Crawling!!!

She's on the move! Camryn has been working hard at being able to keep up better with her sister, and for the past week we have seen some signs that she is getting ready to crawl - rocking on her hands and knees, scooching, and finally she made those first few movements on all fours this afternoon!

Here are two little videos that show her starting to move a bit (we missed capturing her BEST effort - but I am sure there will be more videos to come :o))...

The first - Taylor was also vying for some attention ;o)

The second - it was a little after 7, and Camryn was obviously ready for BED! :o)

Taylor didn't crawl until she was 9 months old, but I was sort of hoping Cam would be on the move before Christmas...and now it will add another element of fun to our holiday celebration this year. :o)

8 months old

Little Miss Camryn, how is it possible that you are two-thirds of the way to being ONE already?

Each month that goes by, there is a little less snuggling, but a lot more playing!

8 month lil' chunk :o)

Love those rolls!!

8 month stats

** We are STILL getting up at night, but most often it is only once - around 3-4am. Our goal during Christmas break is to get Camryn moved into Taylor's room and finally into her crib! I am hoping that having her a little bit more removed from me - not being in our room anymore, will somehow help her to reach that wonderful milestone of staying down all night long! Bedtime is usually sometime between 7-7:30pm, and up around 7am!

** We have stayed out of the doctor's office for a solid two weeks - yay! :) I don't have an accurate "weight" for Cam this time around, but she is definitely growing!! She is filling out her 9 month clothes and moving toward 12 month sizes.

** She is SO CLOSE to CRAWLING! She gets on hands and knees, and will rock and rock, then the hands start moving forward, but the legs don't quite follow yet, and she ends up chilling on her belly. :o) I think it is going to happen soon, though, which is exciting!

** Food is going really well. Still two meals a day with fruit, veggies, oatmeal, and yogurt - lots of milk, too, of course :o)

** Camryn is a great napper when we are home - morning nap, goes down about 2 hours after she wakes up, afternoon nap around when Taylor goes down (2ish hours long), and sometimes another short early evening nap, too!

Pictures from our family photo shoot last month - so she is a little younger in these pics, but I love them!!

Sickness, snuggles, sweet moments, Santa, silly face, sprinkles, scooching, sleepy girl

Sickness
 After Camryn's struggle with fevers, it was Taylor's turn...she had two days home with dada until she felt better

Snuggles
 Taylor's new favorite friend, Rudolph

Sweet moments
 Facing everyone in to see baby Jesus in the manger :)

Santa
  A little visit to S.C. - Camryn just looked at us and smiled, Taylor required a little more coaxing this year :)

Silly faces
 No explanation needed :)

Sprinkles
 Mem came up and we made Christmas cookies - Taylor was in charge of the sprinkles (which required a little guidance, otherwise she would have emptied the whole container on one cookie ;))

"Scooching"
  Someone is working on crawling

  But it is still a lot of work and can be quite tiring  :)

Sleepy girl

Family pictures (on a very cold and windy day!)

Determined to get some updated pictures of the family that included Camryn, we scheduled a family photo session...in November. It was cold and windy, just like we should have expected, and even though I was SURE that there could only be 1 or 2 possible good pictures, our wonderful, patient photographer managed to capture moments that I didn't even know happened. :o)

A few of our favorites!!