Visit to Ft. Worth

This weekend we went to Ft. Worth for my niece's 2nd birthday party. Camden and Maci enjoyed seeing all of their cousins. Rayleigh (Camden and Maci's cousin who was having the birthday) especially loved Maci. She wanted to play with her as if she was one of her baby dolls. It was so cute! Here are some pics from the trip!

                                                             Maci and cousin Paisley

                                                         Maci and Daddy at the park

                                                                Camden climbing

                            1st cousin's pic: Caeden, Caysen, Rayleigh, Camden, Maci, Paisley, Kolter

                                                                       And another!

                                                               Maci and Uncle Bubba

Very Smiley!

Today Maci rolled over from her back to stomach for the first time. I walked in the other room for two seconds and I missed it! Lucky for Craig he got to see it. Hopefully she will do it for me tomorrow :) She is getting a little better at eating solid foods instead of only spitting them back out at me. So far she has tried rice cereal, oatmeal, green beans, carrots, and peas. So far the only ones she has really liked is the oatmeal and carrots. I have also tried to give her apple juice but she refuses to try it. Here are plenty of smiley pictures of her. She is such a happy sweet baby!

Camden's 6th birthday party

Camden's 6th birthday party was a success! His party was held Saturday July 7th at 5:00 PM. I just haven't gotten around to posting about it yet. We had about 30 guests including friends, family, and neighbors. The kids played on a bouncy slide/pool combo and then ate hotdogs and cake. It was a lot of fun!

                                                             Playing with friends!

                                                                  Splashing around

                                                                Excited about presents!

                                          Camden and his cake that his grandma made

                                                           Blowing out the candles!

                                                                   All of the friends

Maci is 4 months old!!

Maci turned 4 months old this past Sunday. She is doing so many new things like eating her feet, trying to do a sit up, and putting everything in her mouth. She had her doctor's appointment on Monday. She weighed 13 lbs. 6 and a half oz. putting her at the 45th percentile for weight. She was 24 and a half inches long putting her at the 50th percentile for height. Her head circumference had jumped to the 75th percentile, but my family has a history of big heads so I'm not worried :) The doctor wants us to try soy formula for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of 4 to see if it helps with the spit up. If that doesn't help our next step is Alimentum formula and if that doesn't help we are off to see a GI specialist. The doctor also gave us the go ahead for solids and we have so far tried rice cereal. I have two more months at home with her, and then its back to teaching! I am hoping the clock ticks by very slow :) I am enjoying every minute with my precious girl.

Trip to the zoo, visit from cousins, and more

Fun in Waco!

The Zoo

On June 8th, my brother and I took our kids to the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. While this wasn't technically Maci's first visit to the zoo, it was her first visit awake. Her favorite animal was probably the fish. She was very alert and payed close attention to them. Camden also had a great time! His favorite part was probably swinging on the ropes at the Orangutan exhibit.

                                                  Camden being silly at the fish exhibit

                                                 Camden, Maci, and cousin Oliver

                                                                   Strolling around!

                                          This picture of the alligators is creepy to me!

Visit from Cousin Emily and Andy

My cousin Emily and her husband came to visit on their cross country move from Virginia to Arizona. Camden absolutely loved playing with their absolutely adorable cockapoo, Jasper.

                         This is a terrible picture of me, but a great picture of Emily and Maci!

Emily, Andy, Maci

                                                        Camden with his new friend Jasper

Maci's first swim

I took Maci to the pool for the first time this past Saturday, June 16th. We went to the Baylor pool at the Student Life Center. This is an indoor pool so I didn't have to worry about sunscreen or her getting sunburned. She seemed to really enjoy the water. She only cried once when her brother splashed water in her face.

June 2, 2012

This week I went back to work. Maci did a great job staying with Craig on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and my mom on Friday. I missed her so so much. The first day was pretty difficult but it was easier on Thursday and Friday. Now I am done working for the summer so I get another 2 and a half months at home with her. I am dreading August however because it is looking like that's going to mean daycare time. I would do anything to keep her out of daycare. Camden got sick so frequently as an infant in daycare it was a nightmare. I am still hoping that I will magically find someone to keep her that I can pay so she isn't exposed to all the germs. I know kids will eventually get sick when they start school but I would rather her be a little older before it happens.

This weekend the kids and I went to stay at my Moms in Waco. Craig had to work so we decided to go away for a little visit. We had cake and ice cream for my sister in law Alexis' 30th birthday! I got to see my sweet nephew Oliver crawl all over the place!

This afternoon Camden played his last coach pitch baseball game of the season. He hit the ball all three times!!!

Maci finally rolled over again for the first time in almost 6 weeks! Of course she did it for Craig when I was at work....but he did get it on video :). I weighed on the scale this morning and it looks like she weighs about 13 pounds! She is such a sweet baby and is smiling all the time now. She even laughed out loud once last weekend for Craig and twice yesterday for my mom! I guess I'm not that funny to her :).

Some pictures from Portrait Innovations (Maci 3 month pictures and Camden 6 years)

Camden's Kindergarten Graduation

My little boy has graduated!
On Wednesday May 30, 2012 at Bellaire Elementary in Killeen, TX my sweet little boy graduated from Kindergarten! It seems like yesterday I held him for the first time in the hospital. It's hard to believe just how fast the time flies. I was happy that myself, Craig, Maci, Grandy, and Gasah were able to come. The theme of the graduation was Oh the Places You'll go by Dr. Seuss. The class made a video about what they wanted to be when they grew up. Camden chose a policeman just like his dad :). He has learned so much this year and I am excited to see what he will learn in first grade!