Dear Camryn...

6 months ago our lives changed in a way we could have never known until it actually happened. 6 months ago our lives became more meaningful, deeper, richer, more complete. 6 months ago we welcomed you into our arms and have loved you every second since!
It was rough on you coming into this world...I don't think you wanted to come quite yet, but we kind of made you! We just couldn't wait to meet this sweet little person growing inside me!

Ever since you were born, you've been super busy! You've always loved to kick your legs, move your arms, and now you roll around like crazy and you love the jumper. You are very close to crawling, I think it will happen any day now! I love to go into your room in the morning to see the huge beautiful smile you give me! It gives me butterflies every time :)

At 6 months you weigh 15 lbs. 15 oz. (51%) and you are 17.5 inches (96%) long! You're our long skinny girl.

Some things you're doing at this age:

-sitting up by yourself
-rolling both ways
-giving kisses
-"bonking" your head
-babbling
-spitting bubbles with your mouth
-standing when we hold your hands
-sleeping at least 12 hours at night
-smiling

Some things you love:

-playing with mom & dad
-your exersaucer
-your jumper
-sleeping
-taking baths
-eating
-moving around
-watching baby einsteins
-sticking out your tongue
-sucking on your fingers or anything you can get into your mouth...
-...except for a bottle...you will NOT take a bottle!

Look at this smile!

We are so happy to have you in our family and we love you SO much! Thank you for being such an amazing baby girl!

Camryn

Here's some recent pictures of Camryn!

Palm Beach Gardens

Matt had his annual sales meeting in sunny Florida this year so Camryn and I decided to tag along to get out of the cold for a few days. I didn't get a ton of pictures, but here's a few out by the pool, and of Camryn STANDING all by herself in the crib!!

We had a fun time just lounging by the pool and being in the sunshine! That's always much needed around this time of year.

Happy 2009!

November, then December, and now almost January have flown by...where has the time gone?! It's been over 2 months since I've posted, thanks to a busy holiday season and 2 broken computers during the busy holiday season! Mine is back up and running (very slowly) so here goes a little update of the last...while.

We started off our lovely Christmas Eve with a yummy dinner of salad, rolls and clam chowder, followed by a sweet nativity presentation by all the little ones.

"Christmas bells are ringing..." sung by all the kids with their little bells

Brooke made all of us girls these super cute aprons and gloves for Christmas! We loved them.

The babies of 2008! Eli, Camryn and Will.

Matt got me a new camera for Christmas, and this cute black coat!

I got him a new ipod, after many long months without one!

Camryn had some help from her cousins opening up her presents! I think she liked the sound of the wrapping paper in her hands better than anything else :)

Daddy and Camryn

We played some serious rock band this Christmas!

Our sweet little angel! It was such a blessing to celebrate Christmas this year with our newest addition. We love her so very much and are grateful for her every day.

We're also so grateful for this time of year to spend lots of time with family and friends, and most importantly celebrate the life of our Savior. We missed not being able to see my family this year and are excited to go to Washington in just a few weeks to visit!

Cute pics by Tiff!

My sweet sister in law took these pictures last time Camryn and I went up to Washington...I love them! She is a great photographer..check out her website www.tiffanyparrishphotography.com Thanks Tiff!

Just a bunch of pictures!

Happy Halloween!!

We had a super fun Halloween party at Brooke and Jed's house last night complete with Bat Wing Salad, Spider Web Pizza, a Yummy Mummy, Witch's Brew, Skeleton Teeth, and Cow Pies for dessert! All the kids looked so cute in their costumes and were nice enough to share some of their candy :)

For Camryn's first Halloween she dressed up as a bunny! She looked so cute and cozy in her little outfit! Cousin Eli was a pea in a pod...how cute is that?!
















Janey was the cutest little witch I think I've ever seen!
























Jacob was a 70's basketball player, and Kaela was a 70's disco girl...Brooke is amazing at costumes! They all looked great!

Camryn's 3 Week Pictures

I know I haven't posted in forever, I'm going to do an update soon with new pictures...until then, here's Camryn's 3 week pictures by Matt's amazing mother, Pat!

She's Smiling!!!

Camryn is starting to smile SO much, I love it!! There's nothing better than when she's happy and content, and just looks at me and gives me one of these huge grins! I love this girl!




















I can't figure out how to turn this picture...anyone know how? Sorry, you gotta look sideways!

Blake & Camryn!

Blake and Camryn got to meet for the first time last Saturday!

They're almost exactly 5 weeks apart...but you probably can't tell by looking at them right?! They look more like 3 months apart :)

Blake is an absolute doll...she is so tiny compared to Camryn, I felt like I was holding a feather! She only weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz.! Camryn was never that size...that I got to see :)

Check out the difference in the size of their feet!! Holy cow!

We're so excited for Luke and Amy to have their new little angel and Camryn's new buddy!

Golfing Adventure!

Sometimes Cami and I like to join our husbands on their golf outings, so we thought it would be fun to take Camryn too!

It started out a little rough...she was hungry of course, but I somehow managed to nurse her in the golf cart, then we put her in the baby bjorn and she fell right asleep for the rest of the time!

"Isn't watching them golf boring?" you might ask...not with Matt and Sam...there's never a dull moment! Cami and I are constantly entertained and laughing :)

We had such a fun time, and it was nice to be outside in this great weather for a couple hours!

One Month Old!

I know I probably sound like such a typical new mom, but this is already going by so fast! Camryn is already one month old today, and we're just loving every minute of being parents...except for the ones is the middle of the night when she's screaming :) Ok, we still love those minutes too, because it means we have a healthy, usually happy, baby girl! Not much has changed since she was a week old, she still loves her swing the most, likes to be outside, and to be in the car. She weighs about 10 lbs. 4 oz. today, according to my scale holding her, then not holding her..don't know how accurate is really is! She is smiling a little more, and is waking up more during the day, which is so fun. We love this girl SO much, and are so lucky to have her in our home as part of our family! Enjoy the pics and the video of her!

Happy Birthday Matt & congrats Camryn!

Last Monday was Matt's 28th birthday, and of course, I didn't take any pictures but I wanted to say how lucky I am to have Matt as my husband and as Camryn's daddy! He is so cute with her and is a great father already. We had a good day of sleeping in, having lunch at Matt's aunt Connie's house with his whole family, then he got to go golfing with Sam, Danny, and Lance, then we all went out to dinner at Red Lobster so Matt could eat crab legs...his favorite! After dinner we came back to our house to eat cake and ice cream and play some Tiger Woods golf on the x-box. It was a great day and we're so grateful to have such wonderful family and friends to spend special days like that with. Thanks everyone!

Matt was also able to bless Camryn last Sunday. He did SUCH a good job, even though she screamed through the whole thing! He was somehow able to focus and say everything he needed to say through her crying and it was an amazing blessing. We are so lucky to have Matt, who is worthy and honors his priesthood and we love him so much! This picture is of Camryn with her 2 newest cousins! Eli on the left and Will on the right. They were all born this summer.