Clothing frustrations....

I just have to take a moment to vent. Because Camila is 21 lbs (65%) but only the 30% for height, I can't find clothes that fit properly! 12 month outfits are too tight in the waist, chest, and thighs, but the perfect length. 18 month outfits swim on her, are about 3 inches too long, but fit her big belly comfortably. I know many parents go through this, but now that she's starting to move more I want to make sure her clothes are comfortable and don't get in the way!

High 5s, clapping, double ear infection and 4 more teeth!

Recently Camila has learned how to give "High 5s", although she's not very consistent. Here's a picture from when she was first learning. If you hold up your hand, sometimes she'll lift her hand up to give you a "high 5", other times she just gives you a look that says "what do you want me to do with that?" She loves it though when she holds up her hand and you give her repeated "high 5s".

She also loves to clap now. EVERYTHING deserves clapping. We usually clap after she does something well, but she initiates clapping just because it's fun to do. We're now clapping in the grocery store, at Kohls, at dinner, and every where else you can imagine. It's so cute though, we don't mind. :)

Our newest favorite thing is when she scrunches up her face. I tried to get a picture of it, and while it's not the best, you get the idea. It's a face you would make if you smell something funky. And the best thing is that she makes the breathing sound at the same time.

Here's Camila in the sundress my mom made for her. She can tell she's a pretty girl. :)

As we already knew how excited Camila gets about water and pop bottles, we figured a 2 liter bottle would be a huge hit. Her eyes light up when she saw it, and she wouldn't let it go for abotu 15 minutes. You can tell we spend a lot of money on toys for Camila. ;)

Another thing Camila loves to do is hide. (Remember her "hiding" in her empty box?) Here's a couple of pictures of her hiding in a blanket tent. I'm already imagining the forts we're going to have!

You can also see her top two teeth, which just started coming in last week. She's been pretty uncomfortable lately, with her top two teeth coming in last week, the outside two bottom teeth coming in this weekend, all while fighting an on-going double ear infection. Fortunately it's only made her a little fussier than normal, but enough for us to notice that she's not comfortable. Hopefully her ear infections will clear up soon!

10 months (can that be right?)

And she's another month older! I can't believe she's already 10 months old. Camila has learned so many new things this month (and just started to show them off the past few days.) She waves at us, claps her hands, and our favorite - squeezing her eyes shut. We'll do an exaggerated blink at her, and she'll imitate us (when she's in the mood to humor us.) :) She's getting her top two teeth; fortunately they're at the same time b/c it clearly bothers her. Here's a 10 month picture of her in her new carseat. (We already have floral print one in the Rav4; this will go in the other car.) Yes, that's a cowprint. I think Fabricio's embarrassed! You can tell in the 2nd and 3rd pictures that she's kicking her feet together like a mad woman. She clearly thought it was a fun new thing to do in her new carseat! At the bottom is a picture of Camila playing with a homemade rattle - a Gerber food container filled with rice. I also have one with rainbow rotini and plan on making one with popcorn kernels and another with beans. She loves these things (and they're practically free to make!) This past weekend we went to the Burnsville Jazz Festival and then visited some friends of Fabricio's. His friends have a large black cat, and I can't put into words how excited Camila gets when she sees a cat or dog. She screeches at the top of her lungs, kicks, shakes her legs, and hops. I keep thinking I need to take her to PetSmart or something to show her a bunch of cats and dogs at the same time!

My afternoon in the Target parking lot

So, I'm embarassed to admit this, but when I was putting groceries into the back of our Rav4, I somehow crushed my key and essentially stranded myself at Target in Chaska. Yes, when I closed the back door I left my key on the bumper ledge and bent the key. As you can see from the picture, I obviously couldn't start the car to go home! Fabricio was tied up at work, so my mom had to come rescue Camila and me. Literally. Fortunately I had the stroller in the back, so I took Camila for a walk (so she could nap!) while waiting for my mom to venture down to Shakopee (to get the other key) and over to Chaska.

$250 later, I have a new key.

Pigtails and more

I tried out pigtails this weekend, as she has enough hair for it. While it looks cute, it's too much work. I think I'll just let her continue to have wild hair for now (except it's starting to get into her eyes!) Here she is showing off her musical skills playing the "drums". Earlier in the day I let her pound on a sauce pan, but that got to be a little too much for our ears. ;) She really enjoyed banging her drumsticks (ok, wooden spoons) on her drum (ok, plastic bowl.) She put up quite a fuss when playtime was over so we could eat dinner! Camila's been very snuggly lately, which is the most amazing feeling. WHen she was a newborn she wanted to be held all the time, but as she's gotten older she's been too busy playing to want to be held much. But in the last few weeks she has started to plop her head down on my sholder when she's tired. Bedtime used to be me holding/wrestling with her for 2 minutes before putting her in her crib (she'd be too interested in the things around her that she wouldn't relax.) Now she actually cuddles a little, so I get just a few more minutes with her. I love that she wants to snuggle! Here's Camila enjoying her first bite of a muffin. We've been trying to introduce new foods to her, such as muffins, pizza, pinto beans (we were at Chipotle) and yogurt. She seems to really enjoy most of the foods we give her (you can tell - just look at her belly!) ;) On our way to work (both Mom & Dad Just playing around