Amos and Julie: January 2011

1.10.2011

Half Birthday

She has her two bottom front teeth. She's been whiny lately due to the teething but I can usually get her to quiet down by singing to her softly.
She eats baby food now. She's had carrots, bananas, sweet potatoes, pears, and peaches - which are her favorite. Peas, not so much. She spits them right back at me and looks at me like "are you crazy mom?"

She loves to swing her arms up and down and pat/bang things. I think I'm going to start calling her BamBam.
She loves to stretch and reach for things just out of her grasp
She loves to play with curtain strings. It seems like she grasps them better with her left hand. Do we have another lefty in the family?!

She opens and closes her hand to feel textures like the leather sofas, the wicker blinds, her pillow pet, and pretty much anything else.
She plays with my jumping jack toy and loves to make him jump
She is very ticklish on her thighs and collarbones
She rolls from her back to front all the time on her play mat
She enjoys playing in her jumperoo bouncer

She takes her pacifier out and then waves it around like a toy and puts the plastic part back in her mouth to chew on. Then if she wants to suck on it again she takes it back out and twists it around until it goes in the right way.
She sometimes wiggles her hips when she kicks her legs. I call it her sassy strut.
She sits up on her own, almost well enough to be unsupervised. Every once in a while she'll tip over so I still stay near her.

I love this hat!

G Reunion

While I was home we got to have dinner with my college roommates. It was great to see everyone again and catch up!

Introducing Baby Boy!

He should be here on or around July 1. We're excited! Here was Cambria's reaction when she found out:

In case you didn't catch that, it was "Wowwwwwww!"

We had a great visit in Maryland with my family. We got to relax and enjoy some good company and good food. Cambria was excited and woke up at 3, but we got her to go back to sleep (sort of) until about 6:30.

She started out her day watching the Grinch for the first time.

Then it started to snow, so her first Christmas was a white one.

Then she got to open up most of her presents before the adults even got to our stockings!

When she went down for her morning nap we all ate cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then opened our stockings. Amos surprised me with a new DSLR camera! I have wanted one for ages to take more creative shots. However, I think in the future Amos and my parents will coordinate better since they both had the same idea and got me a camera as well. Everyone knows how great it is to have continuous shooting and hd video when the little munchkin is growing up :)

Then the last present of the day was given:

It looks like just candy bars wrapped poorly, but upon further inspection...

"To Mimi & Geepy, Love Cambria AND Baby #2!!"

Amos brought some of his Christmas traditions and made apricot balls and chocolate balls as well as his traditional lamb chops for Christmas dinner.

We did some rootbeer sampling in shot glasses.

Amos Claus reading his new Kindle

Cambria enjoying herself in a box.

Playing with the new camera.

I'm 5 months already?!

She loves to stick everything in her mouth, especially her fingers and her feet
She loves playing with crinkly things like her packet of baby wipes
She can entertain herself for hours on her play mat

She enjoys when mom & dad play peek-a-boo with her. We usually cover her up with a blanket and then pull it off and yell 'peek-a-boo!'
She likes looking at the color yellow and if we're reading the Dr. Seuss book "A Wocket in my pocket" she stares at the yellow page.
She is mesmerized when looking at a fire in the fireplace

She enjoys taking showers with dad in the mornings, even after her bath the night before.
She likes to gnaw on butterfly butter crackers and gingersnaps and makes a huge mess.
She is starting to be ticklish on her inner thighs and upper back