I'm Berry Sweet

OK, just wanted to share my FAVORITE pjs! We've graduated to the t-shirt and shorts variety (she used to sleep in sleepers) and I just love this I'm berry sweet one from Old Navy. Mostly, I like the color! :) In the second picture you can sort of see Camila's tooth. You can really notice it now, and her second tooth is on it's way up. Unfortunately, her second tooth is bothering her a lot more than her first. The first tooth wasn't a problem; this one seems to be causing a lot of discomfort. She's been fussier these past few days, crying unexpectedly and generally unhappy, but you can tell she's trying to play and be happy. Let's hope this one comes in quickly! I mentioned earlier that she's getting better at rolling. Still the case, as she'll roll across the living room if there's something she wants. A precursor to crawling, but I suspect she won't be doing that yet for a while. She knows we'll bring her things if she complains enough, which isn't great parenting on our part! ;) She's also starting to really enjoy standing and jumping. Perhaps cruising along the furniture will come before crawling! Mealtimes are going really well, and Camila's learned to feed herself sweet potato puffs! Just 2 weeks ago she didn't know what to do with them; she just played with them. Last week she'd try to get them in her mouth but she'd always end up munching on her first. This weekend - success! Straight into her mouth, and then she'll "ask" for more. We have to keep an eye on her otherwise she'd end up with 5 in her mouth at once! She's also gotten better at using the sippy cup. Sometimes it's a toy, and the times she's thirsty she knows what she needs to do. Unfortunately she just ends up soaking wet sometimes, but that's ok - it's just water! :) We're trying to go for a walk every night after dinner, and fortunately the weather has been really nice. It's my only source of exercise right now, unfortunately! (Well, that and walking to the bus or walking through the skyways!)

Ah...the remote. One of her constant favorite toys. She goes in spurts. Some toys she grows tired of after a few days, but the remote, water bottles, my black slipper - don't worry, it's new! and our cell phones are guaranteed favorites.

I may have said this already, but one of her new favorite noises sounds a lot like "mamama". Maybe I coud trick mysef into thinking her first word was "Mama", but considering she says it all the time it's clear she doesn't know what it actually means! :) Plus, she says "dadada" a lot too! But it's so much fun to listen to her babble, especially when she is telling us a story. The facial expressions to go with her "stories" are priceless!

Picture update - 8 months

Fabricio refers to the picture below as "Camila's Face". She looks like this a lot, especialy when she's watching us or something else. I think she's trying to take it all in. Plus, you can see her sucking on her little lower lip - her way of self-soothing. What a cutie! was just amazed that I captured a picture of her neck.

I was amazed that I was able to get a picture of Camila's neck. We don't see it a lot since she's a "little" chubby!

A fun new game - pull the burp cloth (it's clean!) off her head. Guaranteed to get lots of giggles!

Here's a picture from last weekend - just before she got her thigh stuck in the crib slats!

Tummy sleeping, raspberries, and hyper girl

The last time I posted Camila was starting to sleep on her side. Imagine my panic when she started sleeping on her stomach! Actually, last Friday was a pretty eventful nap/sleep day. She got stuck in the crib slats during her afternoon nap. Not sure how her big chubby thighs got all the way thru the slats, but it was pretty tough for me to wiggle her leg out! Then Friday night I went upstairs to check in on her and she was on her stomach! This being the same girl who hated tummy time with a screaming passion. Saturday morning she woke us up early (about 5:45) crying b/c her legs got stuck while she was on her tummy so she couldn't flip over. She was NOT happy! Fortunately that phase only lasted a couple of days, and she's back to sleeping on her back or side. Whew! This past week she's also having great fun taking whatever toy or blankie she has in her hand and putting it in my mouth. Gotta say, this interactive play is a lot of fun! She finds it hilarious when I "munch" on her fist. She's also starting to engage us in play of blowing raspberries, with Daddy in particular. Watch out for the spit, it's a messy game! :) Oh, she is getting much more mobile now too. As demonstrated by her sleeping on her tummy last weekend, she's rolling over both ways, all the time. She's making crawling movements as well. She just has to have the right motivation to want to move towards an object. It looks like her 2nd tooth is finally coming in, but it's hard to tell for sure. It might still be a few weeks yet.... The best thing this week was one day when we picked her up from daycare they told us that she was having a "jumping" contest with one of hte other babies. Camila was in the Exersaucer and her friend Isabelle was in the Jumperoo. They were looking at each other, screeching, laughing, and jumping like crazy. No wonder she's such a great sleeper; she wears herself out during the day! And in case anyone was wondering just how active Camila really is, here's a story to establish the fact that she's always on the go. We went out to dinner last weekend, and the waitress commented "Wow, she's really hyper". This being at 6:30 at night when we thought Camila was pretty tame! ;) I'll post pictures later, just wanted to get my comments updated.

Mozart's new favorite sleeping position?

I walked into this sleeping position when I checked in on Camila during her nap today.... How can this be comfortable? Her arm is pushed up against the crib bars, and her face is almost squished! Hey, at least she can be comfortable and sleep in any position, right? :) And here she is playing on her new piano. Perhaps we'll have to start piano lessons early? She's been playing it all morning (and better than me!) ;)

7 1/2 months

Here are a few more pictures from the past 2 weeks.

Camila has recently started moving all around in her crib; we're never sure which direction she's going to be facing when we pick her up in the morning!

She'll probably hate this picture in a few years, but look at the size of her tummy! This should give you a clue as to how much she loves to eat! She eats solids at least 3 times a day, and takes around 30-35 oz of formula/breastmilk. When we had daycare start to give her solids they got confused and started giving her fewer bottles, and we noticed a difference because Camila started waking up again at night! Not cool!!! Fortunately we've gotten it figured out, and while they give her more "meals" than I'd like them to I'm not going to worry about it until I talk to her Pedi at her 9 month appt. Until then, she's a well-fed baby! :)

We tried something new at breakfast this morning. A slice of apple in this infant mesh feeding thing. Once she figured out how to use it, she wouldn't let go!

Just a picture we captured one morning this week. Always a happy girl in the morning (unlike her Mom!)

Again, just another picture, no commentary to go with it. :)

We tried out a new hairstyle this week. A ponytail works pretty well for her crazy hair! Plus she's in my favorite summer outfit. :)

No, she's not waving intentionally, but it's a cute shot.

Complaining about the wind!

She's recently started to roll to her sides, so I imagine it won't be long before she starts to roll onto her belly. She's also trying to crawl, although she doesn't get anywhere! Camila is very chatting, and is always talking to herself. She hates to be by herself, and will cry if she can't see anyone. We thought it was just her not wanting to be away from me, but she did the same thing to my mom this afternoon when Grandma & Grandpa were watching Camila. My mom stepped into the kitchen where Camila couldn't see her, and yep, she started to cry! Little girl wants to have people around her at all times!