Hobbs

Carson and I made a trip up to Hobbs to visit my grandparents with My Mom and my niece, Mia. It was a quick trip but we had a good time visiting. Camilla did not have very much fun in the car but we made it there and we made it home. :) We mostly spent our time visiting my Grandpa and watching the kids play in the backyard. Mia is so good to Camilla, she talks to her, she plays with her, she sings to her and pretty much entertains her. It is always good to spend time with my Dad and to see my Grandma, who Carson warmed up to while we were there. :)

And, of course, I eat good southern food while I am visiting my Grandma. Here is a small sampling of lunch one day.

Chicken fried chicken, french fries, fried onions, all smothered in gravy, with sheet cake for dessert and lots of Blue Bell. I texted Aaron to make sure he was okay with me coming home a little bigger than when I left. :) We sure missed Daddy while we were gone and so happy to see him when we got back.

Carson's Play Group

(Carson likes to wear his back pack to play group and loves to carry in his lunch box, I can hardly handle the adorableness.)

This year Carson is in a play group with some of his friends from church. It has been so much fun and so nice for me to have some time with just Camilla and to get things done without a very energetic 2 year old! All the boys in his group are his age and he loves all of them. He gets so excited to go to their houses and each and every night, he prays to play at their house. He goes through each person one by one and asks to play at their house. I mean seriously, it is so adorable. I feel bad for him on Tuesday/Thursday when its just me. :) I also love having it at my house because Carson gets so excited and the kids are so fun. Plus they play outside in the back yard the whole time and we are taking full advantage of this weather. I make cookies when they come over so they will like me the best. :) Here is a picture of his Friday group. Camilla so far has been perfect when I have them over and loves to watch them play. I just love that there are so many fun kids for Carson to be friends with.

Carson has also been getting into Josie's food when I am not looking lately. I come in and he is filling up her bowl with tons of food and she is waiting very excited. This kid, I have to keep my eye on him every second.

3 Months

Camilla my sweet baby you are already 3 months old and we can hardly believe it. You have continued to grow so much this month and you continue to be my little chunky monkey. You are such a happy easy going baby, we are very spoiled. Some fun things about you this month are:

Your beautiful smile, we could just eat it up. You smile all the time, especially when you wake up. We are also loving your little laugh, it is so much fun. You smile at everyone, but probably at Mom the most. You just follow Mom around the room and smile at her.

You are starting to scoot yourself in your cradle and rolling up on your side. You want to roll over so badly you try all the time.

You are taking baths with your brother which you both absolutely love. Every night Carson runs up to me and says, "bath with Camilla, okay, lets go." You just kick and splash and watch your brother. You get so excited as soon as I put you in the tub.

You love your swing but Mom has to keep you awake when you are in it.

You are still sleeping good and even gave mom a few nights of sleeping 10-12 hours without waking up to eat and they were heavenly.

You still don't like your car seat and we are still not sure why but you would happily live in the Moby wrap all the day long.

You love to go outside and lay on a blanket with Mom.

Some fun things that your brother did with you this month were:

Giving you kisses every morning, "good morning Camilla." As soon as he wakes up he can't wait to find you.

"Camilla's turn," running over to you to give you kisses and then Josie, taking turns.

He asks me all the time if its time for Camilla to eat, baby eating. One day I picked him up and you weren't in the car, he was so confused. He said, "hi Camilla" but then couldn't find you. He looked around the car and then grabbed my shirt and pulled it down to see if you were in there.

We sure are having fun with this age and love how much you love to have "girl talk" with Mom!

Alyssa's Wedding

Aaron's sister Alyssa got married this past weekend and so we made a very quick trip up to Arkansas. We left late Friday evening and came back Sunday afternoon so it felt so fast but we still had a great time. So the sad news is that we left our camera in Arkansas and when we got it back the camera card was gone. So it stinks to buy a new camera card, but we lost all those pictures which kinda makes me want to cry. I do have one that I took on Aaron's phone that I love. All the girls wore these beautiful dresses and Camilla's sweet cousin, Ana Grace, held her for all of the pictures. The kids did pretty good on the trip. Alyssa's wedding was very simple but very beautiful and she looked fabulous. Hopefully I can steal some pictures from everyone else. :)

In addition to the wedding we hung out with family, saw a show in downtown and Aaron played golf. We also took some family pictures at the wedding but I have little hope of how they will turn out as Carson refused to cooperate or let go of his letters to take the picture. A fun day with perfect weather!

Dallas Arboretum

Last week we met my Mom and Mia at the pumpkin patch at the Dallas Arboretum. It was a rough morning but we both finally made it there and the kids were in heaven. The weather was unbelievable! I am just loving the weather right now, we are living outside. The pumpkin patch is designed after Cinderella, which Carson wasn't interested in but Mia loved. They ran all around the pumpkins, climbed the pumpkins, and Carson counted them and tried to carry them all home.

There was also a small petting zoo with a few animals. Well have I mentioned before how terrified my child is of animals? He just freaks out about them, he wouldn't touch one of them. Carson is especially terrified of dogs, he starts crying if one comes near him, in the same room/yard as him. It is especially crazy considering we have a dog and he loves her more than anyone else in the family.

So I spotted face painting and thought it looked adorable but no way would Carson sit still for it. I knew Mia would and would love it so I went and waited in line with her while Carson ran around everywhere with my Mom. Finally while Mia was getting painted Carson came over and said he wanted to be a tiger so we decided to give it a go. The man who painted his face was awesome and very patient with him. He just kept letting him point out all the colors and "help" him paint his face. He looked so adorable I could hardly stand it! I was quick to take some pictures before he could wipe it off.

After all this fun we ate lunch and walked around the flowers.

Then the kids just ran all around the park chasing each other and having a blast.

Camilla was perfect in her wrap, just sleeping the whole time. She woke up to eat and watch the kids run around and then fell back asleep as soon as we got back in the car. After about 5 minutes in the car on the way home this is what I turned around to find:

2 Months

My sweet girl had her two month check up this week and boy has she grown. We are loving how chunky this little girl is, she has rolls all over and I could just eat them all up. Her official stats are:

Height: 22 3/4" (55th)

Weight: 11 lbs. 14 oz. (55th)

Head: 16" (90th)

I can't believe her weight has almos doubled since she was born, I mean my arms can believe it but its just so crazy. Camilla continues to be a sweet, easy going baby. We have really gotten into a nice routine and besides fighting going to sleep at night, she has taken to her schedule very well. some fun things that happened this month were:

You started to smile at us and it is a beautiful, double chinned smile. You smiled first at your grandma and then your mama, but that's okay we were just so happy to see it. You smile the most when you first wake up.

You are sleeping 7-8 hours at night and Mom is loving it. You have taken one nap in your big crib but Mom hated having you so far away.

You are so good at holding your head up and whenever you do your big brother says, "good job Camilla."

You love to look at us and follow us around the room to see what we are up to.

You love your baths and we have to make you get out when the water gets too cold.

You also love playing in your activity mat and trying to grab things.

You hate your carseat and scream a whole lot whenever you want OUT. You are also not particularly fond of the stroller.

You also hated the jogging stroller when Mom tried taking you on a run once, we probably won't give that another try for awhile.

You still love to be held and especially love being in your wrap, really close to Mom and you continue to be a great eater.

I am still loving having two kids and since I can say that after Aaron has been out of town twice and working until midnight, I know I mean it. :)

Labor Day

We had such a fun Labor Day weekend because so many people in Aaron's family came to visit. It was a very busy weekend and I wish I took more pictures! On Friday everyone came to our house to eat pizza and the kids just played in our backyard for hours.

Camilla with her sweet cousin, Abby, who is going to be a big sister again soon. She is going to be so great at holding her baby sister.

Aaron let all the cousins get out the water hoses and they had a blast, everyone went home tired and wet.

Then on Saturday morning we went swimming and the boys all played golf. Then that night we went to Adam and Cassie's house (Aaron's brother) and watched the BYU game, had a BBQ, and again loved the great weather playing outside. On Sunday we had Camilla's blessing and dinner all together.

On Monday we decided to go to the children's aquarium in downtown Dallas. Carson had so much fun, we had been once before but I couldn't believe how much more he was into it this time.

He also loved how excited all of his cousins were. We went outside to pet the sting rays and Carson was loving it, he kept going back to stick his hands in to feel them again.

Can you handle the cuteness?? This is Carson's cousin, Kate, who is just six weeks older than him, they haven't really seemed to notice each other too much yet but I know they will. :)

Carson was in love with his cousin Joseph this trip, he is just 8 months younger than Carson and they had so much fun. Now every time we go to the park or anywhere with kids Carson runs up to me and asks me if Joseph is there, it is so cute.

After the aquarium we went and walked around the fairgrounds for awhile and then all ate lunch together before everyone headed back home.

We were so sad to have everyone leave but we are going to Arkansas in October for Alyssa's wedding so it won't be too long until we see everyone again.

As if this wasn't enough fun, we headed down to Arlington to spend the afternoon with our friends and my family. We went to the Spitzer's house and did the water slide and the kids swam in the pool.

We had a great time just hanging out and eating great food. Oh and have I mentioned yet that Camilla slept through this whole thing?? I mean seriously, this baby is amazing. She was so great and loved being held by one person or another all weekend. She was the center of so much attention and had no idea. :)