Cambry 17 Months

Baby girl is 17 months old today! That is so close to 18 months which seems so old and such a milestone. But goodness she is so much fun. And so so cute. I was dying over the cuteness of these pigtails. Oh how I love love love having a little girl.

Skills: Her new words this month include: backpack (bapa), outside (side), Pa, Gigi, Nana, night night (ni ni), bat, and snack. There may be more but that is all I can think of now. She will also imitate some animal sounds.

Likes: There are of course the usual suspects - baby dolls, her blanket, and shoes. She pretty much carries her baby and blanket around the house all day. It is pretty cute. She even had her baby doll give me kisses tonight on each cheek. She loves giving kisses. She also loves Daddy. When she sees something of his during the day she will point and say Dada. In the evening when it is getting close to the time he comes home from work she will see cars go by outside and say Dada. As soon as she hears the garage door she says Dada Dada Dada. She also loves for us to "get her". In the evening after bath she is super wild and silly and just wants to be chased and tickle-attacked. As soon as we stop she starts furiously signing "more". She loves the "more" sign. She also loves to go through my make up bag. That is how pigtails are possible :)

Struggles: Vegetables! We had sort of taken a break from the veggie wars since last time I posted. We had quiche a couple of nights (which she LOVES) which has onions, mushrooms, and spinach. Then we had something else that had a bit of veggies in it that she ate. She still won't touch a plain veggie. Also sometimes food in general is a struggle. Like tonight, she would not touch the chicken. It was chicken soft taco meat made in the crockpot. Super soft and flavorful. With melted cheese on top. She ate it last night and liked it. Swatted it away tonight. Only wanted blackberries. We gave her one blackberry but then told her she had to eat some chicken first before more blackberries. Ensue crying. Wouldn't eat at all. So we tried again an hour later after bath and after much coaxing she finally tried the chicken. She liked it and ate it all. We didn't even attempt veggies because that was already difficult enough.

Schedule: She is down to 1 nap. She started this a few weeks ago. She still gets very tired in the morning but will just not go down for a morning nap. However, if we go anywhere in the morning, she will fall asleep in the car for a little cat nap. She usually takes her 1 nap around 1pm. Sometimes she only sleeps an hour, sometimes 2. She goes to bed at 7:30 and wakes up around 6:30. Tonight she didn't want us to read her a story or sing a song, she just kept saying ni ni and pointing to her crib. Ok, you got it! Night night! She eats her 3 meals a day and an afternoon snack. She drinks milk 3 times a day too (separately from meals though).

She still has 12 teeth but 2 more top ones have started poking through and I think the bottom 2 might be close behind. She wears size 4 diaper mostly, and between a 4 and a 5 shoe. Her clothes are 12-18 or 18-24.

We love our Cambry Paige!

Baby #2 Bumpdate: 18 Weeks

Well here is another iphone self portrait until we get a chance to take a better belly pic. I feel like this angle makes me look smaller. Seems like my tummy sticks out more in real life.

How Far Along: 18 Weeks

Baby's Size:  Bell Pepper

Maternity Clothes: Yes, mostly maternity clothes, or stretchy shirts

Movement: I feel the baby move every day now and I love it! I don't feel it much during the day though because I really have to be still and paying attention to notice it - they are still very small movements. Greg was able to feel it move the other night though which was exciting.

Sleep: Great. At least one bathroom trip a night though.

Symptoms: Praise God the nausea is getting much better! I still get a bit nauseous toward the end of the day but it is so much better. Yay!

Food Aversions/Cravings: I think I am pretty much eating my normal foods. I have randomly been wanting grapefruit though lately. And spinach salads.

Best Moment this Week: Spending time with family this weekend.

What I miss: Having energy! By the afternoon I feel so tired. Today after lunch we were driving home from Lindsay's house and Cambry fell asleep about 10 minutes before we got home. She did not transfer in. So that was her afternoon nap. I was dying for a nap but it just wasn't possible.

What I am Looking Forward to: Finding out the gender in a little over a week! So so excited! We find out on a Thursday and Greg's parents are coming that weekend so we may tell his parents and my parents together in a fun way that weekend. So I am not sure when I will post the gender - but hopefully sometime that weekend. Did I mention I am a bit excited?? I feel like once we know the gender we can really start to work on stuff. Most of it when can already do now but for some reason I just feel hindered until I know.

Shaggy

My friend Joan asked me if I have ever posted a picture of Cambry without a bow in her hair -haha. Bow-less pictures are probably few and far between. I have pretty much put a bow in her hair ever since the day she was born. She could be my only girl so I have to enjoy it! Anyway, to remember what she looks like with no hair accessories, here is my girl in the morning. Her hair hangs straight in her face. And she never moves it. It is so funny. Sometimes I don't even see how she can see anything but she will just walk around with it completely in her eyes like it doesn't even bother her. Cutie pie!

Graduation and Mothers Day

We went to Dallas this weekend to see my brother-in-law graduate from Dallas Theological Seminary. We are so proud of him and that huge accomplishment. It was a fun weekend hanging out with family. They had party at their house after the ceremony with friends, family, and lots of yummy food. Cambry had a blast playing with her cousins.

We got back to Houston on Sunday afternoon. We took Cambry to a splash pad by our house. She didn't seem to enjoy it like she did the other day. Maybe the water was too cold for her.

Here is a picture of me and my girl. I am so thankful for this sweet little one. I am blessed to be her mother. I can't imagine life without her - she brings so much joy. Being a mother is the very best thing in the world! I am also thankful for my own mother who is an amazing mom. It was fun spending time with my parents this weekend. And I feel so fortunate to have such an amazing mother in law. I didn't get to see them this weekend but Greg's parents are coming to see us soon and we are looking forward to it.

We didn't have any big dinner plans since we were tired from being out of town this weekend, but I requested a salad for dinner so Greg made some really good chicken for the salads. It reminded me how we used to do Super Salad nights before we had Cambry, and I think they were on Sundays. I have been majorly craving spinach salads lately. Tonight was spinach topped with chicken, black beans, tomato, avocado, and tortilla chips.

Then after dinner I went and got a snow cone. There is the best little stand right by our house. I got half cake batter and half cookie dough! I had never tried those flavors, but I thought they were really good. I usually get fruity flavors like watermelon and banana. That probably sounds so gross but I love banana snow cones. I am not sure what made me try it in the first place because it even sounds gross to me, but I have liked them ever since I was a kid.

Well that pretty much wraps up our weekend. Still counting down the days until we find out the gender. 11 more to go!

Zoo Day

We had a fun day today. We met Diamend and Grayson at the zoo. It is funny how at this stage of life one activity can take up the whole day. Like, what did you do today? Oh I went to the zoo. People without kids may be thinking well ok what did you do the other 8 hours during the day? But things like this can pretty much take up most of the day.

It basically took all morning just to pack for the zoo. Snacks and water (for her and me), diapers, extra clothes, sunblock, etc. They have a splash pad so add in a towel, swimsuit, swim diaper, etc. Anyway, looks like I am going on a cross country road trip. I probably could have gathered all this pretty quickly if I could have focused better. But in between packing I was getting her ready, getting me ready, making breakfast smoothies, doing laundry, and continually adjusting Cambry's shoes since she insisted on wearing a pair of shoes around the house that were way too big for her.

We had fun walking all around and looking at the animals. We went in the petting zoo to see the goats.

After grabbing lunch we tried out the carousel. Cambry was very excited until it actually started moving. Then she clung to me for dear life. 

Grayson liked it!

We hit up the splash pad before we left. This was Cambry's first time at a splash pad. She loved it! She would run up to the fountains with her mouth wide open trying to drink the water. Funny girl.

This looks like a snack vending machine but it was a mommy vending machine! I had never seen one. It had diapers, wipes, pacis, nursing cover, tide pens, hand sanitizer, you name it.

Cambry crashed on the way home but then woke up when I tried to transfer her in. So she is in her crib fussing. Hopefully she falls asleep soon!

Baby #2 Bumpdate: 17 Weeks

How Far Along: 17 Weeks

Baby's Size:  Potato

Maternity Clothes: Belly band and a lot of maternity shirts. I recently bought the softest maxi skirt at the Gap outlet. It is not maternity but it is very stretchy and so comfy. The good thing about being a SAHM is that you don't see the same people everyday so you can wear your favorite clothes over and over again, ha!

Movement: I felt the baby move for the first time on Monday - so neat! It was just teeny tiny movements down low. I haven't felt it again yet but hopefully I will start feeling it more soon. I love that feeling.

Sleep: Great. At least one bathroom trip a night though.

Symptoms: I wish I could say the nausea is gone now, but nope, still lingering. It is much better during the day. I really only start to get nauseous around 4 in the afternoon. Some evenings are not too bad but others I feel pretty nauseous. Sometimes I worry if it will last the whole pregnancy, I hope not! I still get pretty tired during the day too and occasionally lightheaded.

Food Aversions/Cravings: I am trying to eat healthier. Pickles still sound good though and I still eat milk and cereal after dinner. 

Best Moment this Week: I have several best moments this past week. One was feeling the baby move - yay! Another one was getting a pedicure. Ahh, it was wonderful. I hardly ever treat myself to this. I think my last one was when my friend Kristen treated me to one before Cambry was born. I do plan on getting another pedicure when I am close to my due date though. When you are in labor and then in the hospital feeling super beautiful (riiight), at least your feet can look good :)  Also, I got my hair trimmed and highlighted this week. It was long overdue and it always feels so good to get it done. That is another thing I recommend doing when you are close to your due date.

What I miss: Having energy, feeling good at night.

What I am Looking Forward to: No more nausea! Also, finding out the gender! I am DYING to know. I don't remember being this anxious with Cambry but maybe I was. Every day I tell Greg the countdown of how many days left before we find out. We have a little over 2 weeks. Eeek! I do not see how people have the patience to wait until the baby is born. I can barely wait another day. The birth day is already exciting enough so why not have an extra exciting day at the halfway point, right? Anyway, I can't wait to start planning the nursery, thinking about names more, and going out and buying a new tiny outfit. 

Recent Pics and Veggie Wars

I have been getting lazy about blogging lately. But here are a few random pictures recently.

She brought me 2 bows one morning and wanted to wear them both

My sweetie pie

A girl needs accessories!

Fun new game - put stickers all over mommy!

Big Sis 101: Learn how to put a diaper on a baby

Big helper sweeping the yard

Mmmm smoothie!

In other news, we have started trying to really work on getting Cambry to eat veggies. We are definitely failing so far. She will eat a few things if they are well hidden in a soup or some other type of casserole. But as far as plain veggies, she will only eat green beans...sometimes. She will not even try anything else.

So we are trying to get her to at least try ONE BITE of whatever veggie we are having that night just so her taste buds start warming up to veggies. Not a whole serving, just one bite. Once she takes a bite she can have the rest of her meal. How has this worked out for us? Well let's see, she has gone to bed 3 out of the past 4 nights without dinner. The one night she did have dinner was because we were at a restaurant with friends and we didn't want to fight the battle there.

She still gets a sippy cup of warm milk before bed so her tummy is not completely empty and she has not been waking up at night hungry or anything. But she is not budging on the veggies. Not sure what to do. I may need to start doing the same thing at lunch time. If she misses lunch then she will for sure be starving at dinner and will have to try a veggie then right? But I am a little scared that the whole afternoon would be miserable and I won't have Greg around to help. Maybe I'll do it on a Saturday, ha! Let's hope this girl starts eating soon because I don't want her to loose any of her precious baby rolls that she is still hanging on to!