Fun, fun, fun.

Our favorite thing to do in our house is have fun and laugh.  We try to do a fun activity every night even if it just a dance party after school.  Tonight it was making flowers and playing outside. 

Tatum went to get a snack out of the pantry and she saw the coffee filters.  She asked me what they were and I told what they were and what they were for.  And then I had an idea.  I decided we could make flowers out of them and use pipe cleaners for stems.  So thats what we did, and we had a lot of fun making them!!

Working hard coloring the 'flowers'

Camdyn helping too!!

Our finished flowers in a vase.

When Daddy got home we decided to go outside and enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather.  Matt mowed the lawn and I pulled weeds.  Tatum danced around and went on her slide and Camdyn got to go in the pink swing for the very first time. 

Twirling

Camdyn in the pink swing.

We put Camdyn to bed in her crib last night for the FIRST time. 

Camdyn's Crib

Yes I know she is 8 months old, but she has slept in our room every night.  I kept saying we were going to have her sleep in her room, but then everything went on with her ears and I wanted her near me.  And yes it is all about me and wanting her in our room right next to me.  :)

So yesterday morning I was kissing her before I left for work and I looked down at her and was like, wow when did she get so big?!?!  Camdyn is almost as big as the bassinet bed!!  So we decided that last night we would put her in her crib in her very own room.

It was tough for me to put her in there, for some reason I was nervous about her being in there alone and it being to dark and yadda, yadda, yadda.  But we got the light just right and got her all settled in her bed.  I checked on her 4 times before I went to bed and of course she was snoozing soundly each time.

Sleeping Beauty

I heard her crying and jumped out of bed and went to get her.  I figured it was around 3 because that is when she has been getting up to eat.  Camdyn and I went downstairs and I looked at the clock to find out it was only 11:45.  Knowing she couldn't possibly be hungry yet and also the fact that she was sound asleep on me again we went back upstairs for a little rocking time.  When I put her back in her crib she was not a happy baby.  I tried a couple of more times to rock her and put her back in her crib but she just wasn't having it.  So I rolled over the bassinet and put her back in our room and of course she went right back to sleep.

So we will try her crib again tonight and when she cries I will be sure to see what time it is first to try and figure out why she is waking up and hopefully can just comfort her back to sleep in the crib if it isn't quite eating time yet!! :)

Figure maybe she will feel a little more comfortable every night and soon she will be snoozing the whole night through in her very own room!! (And then we can work on getting Tatum to sleep in her room!!)

8 Months

Camdyn Breeze turned 8 months yesterday, Tuesday October 4th.  Cannot believe she is getting so big and is getting so close to 12 months!!  She is still working on the whole concept of crawling, she hasn't gotten it yet but as I have been saying she is close, so we just keep waiting!!  She has started to try and pull herself up to standing.  She is pretty darn close with doing this as well.  We got the baby gates and are ready for her to be on the move!!

Tatum is such an adorable and great big sister.  She is always caring so much about Camdyn and being so great with her.  It is so wonderful to watch them together everyday.  Tatum is becoming even more polite.  Everything is can I please do this or can I please have that.  Even silly things, like if she wants to come upstairs with us she will say, "Can I please come upstairs with you Mommy", instead of just coming along.  She is so sweet.  Sharing is something she is also a pro at.  She always makes sure Camdyn has the same amount of toys she does.  (Don't let this fool you though, Tatum can throw tantrums better than anyone I know, haha)

Yesterday I took both of the girls to get their flu shots.  We went into the doctors office and both girls were as happy as can be.  Recently we have just been taking Camdyn to a lot of doctors appointments so Tatum didn't know she would have anything to do with the visit.  I told them they were getting some flu medicine so they don't get sick.  Tatum seemed fine with that, guess she didn't know the flu medicine was a shot.....  I guess the older kids get the harder it is to give them shots.  The nurse asked me who should go first and I said Tatum would and as soon as Tatum saw the needles she started freaking out big time.  She was so super upset about it.  Camdyn didn't like it much either but as soon as she got it and I held her for about a minute she was fine.  Tatum not so much.  She cried all the way to the car and didn't like that she had a bandaid on.  She had gotten a sticker at the doc office so I said, why don't we put the sticker over the bandaid so you can't see it anymore.  She liked that idea and that made her all better :).  Later in the evening she thought it was pretty great that she and Camdyn had the same bandaids on though.  I told Tatum last night when we were taking off the sticker and bandaid that I was so proud of her for being so very brave.  She said, I am not brave Mom, I cried.  I told her that even though she cried I still thought she was super brave :)

We decided it was time for Camdyn to have meat so I made her up some chicken on Monday night.  She wasn't sure of it at first, but did pretty good with it.  We mixed it with peas the first time and squash the second time.  I asked Tatum is she wanted some and she took one look at the mixture and wrinkled up her face and said, "that's yucky Mommy".  Can't say that I blame her, it really did not look all that appealing, haha.  Going to keep up with the chicken for a few days and then probably move on to turkey and see if she likes that.  We also gave her puffs for the firs time on Monday (10-3).  She tried the sweet potato ones.  She LOVED them.  It was so cute watching her try and get the puffs into her mouth.  Mostly the puffs ended up on her seat or the floor and her thumb ended up in her mouth.  But she kept on trying!!

Trying out some puffs.

Gramma and Grampa sent the girls a little Halloween care package and in it was a bracelet for Tatum to make. She just made it tonight.  She got to use glitter glue and everything (pretty exciting for her!!)

Glitter Glue....

Thinking hard.

All done.

The girls just had a laughing fit while we were sitting here.  Camdyn thinks Tatum is HILARIOUS!!!!

Weekend Fun

Had a busy weekend around here as usual.  We went to a potluck with some of our very best friends (the Blum's, Halls' and Shields') on Friday night and it was so much fun!!  It was great to hang out with some of the gang that we don't get to see very often.  We really enjoyed the company and the laughs. 

We got the girls new matching jammies when my Mom was in town and Friday was the first night they wore them, they were too cute!!

Hi sister

Matchy Matchy

Saturday we went out to look for baby gates for the top and bottom of our stairs since Camdyn is so very close to crawling!!  We didn't find what we were looking for but we better find something soon!! 

So close to crawling.

Then of course it was off to the ASU game.  Another win for the Devils!!  Tatum did awesome this game with the noise.  Every week I think she is getting better.  She started off terrified but we went to the team shop and I got her some Sparky paper and a pen and she went to work on drawing Sparky (and everyone else we were with) a picture.  That seemed to do a good job of distracting her.  And she would get scared and cover up for the fireworks and loud yelling and then be fine.  Once again I must say that I am so happy we got her the Minnie Mouse Ear Muffs.  They are definitely doing a great job so far!!  Camdyn slept a lot of the game, but did great for the parts that she was awake.

See her tooth?!?!

Tatum looking cute

Camdyn and Uncle Doo Doo

So as I mentioned Tatum drew Sparky a special picture.  It was getting close to the end of half time and Sparky was walking around on the field near where our seats are.  And I said Tatum lets go say Hi to Sparky.  So we went over there and got his attention.  And then she told him she drew him a picture and Lindsey threw it down to him.  He grabbed it and hugged it and started blowing Tatum kisses.  She blew him kisses back and yelled I love you Sparky.  It was so stinkin cute and Tatum was sooooo excited that he loved her picture so much!!  Sparky is so great to make Tatum feel so special!!!!

We spent 2 hours at the park this morning with a friend and her 2 sons.  The girls both had a blast and are both zonked out asleep right now and I had a great time too chatting with Caitlin!! 

Another weekend with too much fun and too little sleep!!  There isn't another ASU home game until October 29 so it will be nice to have some Saturdays that we can get a few things done for the next couple of weekends. 

As you all know we are often silly at our house.  Here are just a few pics of the sillyness :)

Cheese Mom

Noodle Moustache

Soooo funny!!!!

These 2 are so silly!!!!

Sickies

Well in our house we have had a bunch of sickies the last few days.  Matt was sick last week with a cold/sore throat combination.  No fun for him!! 

On Tuesday Camdyn had a fever and was throwing up.  We are used to her reflux throwing up, but not her projectile throwing up!!  Gross I know, poor Daddy got that one :(

On Wednesday I took Tatum for her regular Pulmonologist appointment and unknown to us she is sicky too!!  She has an ear infection, and is wheezing.  So she got an antibiotic for her ear and a steroid for her wheezing.  And the doctor wants us to do her breathing treatments every night through the winter.  Poor thing.  She never even complained that she wasn't feeling well!!  Glad she got some medicine for sure.  At her next pulmonology appointment they will be doing some lung function tests on her to see how she is doing and what her lungs are like.  The office is getting some new "state of the art" equipment that will more properly diagnose lung problems in kids.  So we will see how that goes.

Some good news..... Camdyn's ears are all better!!!!  She had her appointment with Dr. McKenna yesterday and we were so excited for the news.  Dr. McKenna was really glad too!!  Camdyn still has some blood behind her ear but it has moved off of the ear drum and now there is a clear view of the tube and through the tube.  So now the blood that is in there will just act as wax and come out as wax does.  We are so very happy that Cam's ears are finally cleared up and she doesn't have to have any more ear drops or anything like that.  Our next appointment with the ENT isn't until December.  Don't get me wrong I love the staff and Dr. McKenna, but we will be VERY glad to be stearing clear of the office for a while :)

ASU vs. USC

Saturday was the ASU vs. USC game and the Devils won!!!!  It was an awesome game and soooo much fun!!

It was our week to bring food to the tailgate and we wanted to do something a little different.  So we made mini pizzas, pasta and salad.  Everything turned out really good.  The girls and I made some football cupcakes that were quite yummy!!


Football cupcakes.

We have been trying to think of ways to make the fireworks less scary for Tatum....  When we were at the Disney store this week we found some Minnie Mouse ear muffs.  So we got her those and told her that Minnie Mouse would protect her ears.  She did a little bit better this game.  We still had to spend most of the first quarter in Sparky's shop because she was terrified, but then I took her back to the seats and she was scared for a while but seemed to do better and better as the game went on.  Tatum isn't a fan of the loud screaming or banging on the railing.  She would put her ear muffs on for fireworks and loud times and then get so excited that she didn't cry and would say "I did it!!".  We were so proud of her.  Hopefully next time she can be even less scared and we can stay in the stands the whole game!!

Minnie Mouse Ear Muffs.

We had a great time at the tailgate.  There was an ASU tailgate that we went to check out and it was pretty fun, they had a bounce house and a couple of games for the kids.  Tatum had a great time over there!!

Jumping in the bounce house with Aunt Lindsey

Camdyn and Aunt Jenny

Sisters in the play zone

Aunt Kristi and Tatum went back for more fun!!

The tailgate and the game were a lot of fun!!  Its good to be a SUN DEVIL!!!!

Ready for the Game.

Having fun at the tailgate.

Tatum relaxing.

Laughing

Such a big girl

Tatum and her Papa

Bowling

Friday was Adam's (Uncle DooDoo's) birthday.  We went out to dinner and then we went bowling.  It was the first time that we have taken the girls bowling and I think it was a success.  Camdyn had a good time, she watched the lights and then fell asleep, big excitement for her :).  And Tatum had a blast.  She loved wearing her special bowling shoes and they looked just so darn cute on her.  We got her one of those bowling ball slide things (don't know the technical term for it, haha) and she did great.  They played 2 games and the second game she scored 114 and got 3 strikes!!!!  We will definitely be going back again!!



Cutest bowler girl



Uncle DooDoo helping Tatum.

Camdyn and Mommy

Too much excitement!!

Final scores!!  Tatum did GREAT!!

Tatum and Daddy ready to BOWL!!

Family Fun

Tuesday night we were just hanging out at home having some family time after dinner.  All 4 of us were on the floor trying to get Camdyn to crawl.  She is so super close to crawling, every day she gets a bit steadier on all 4's and it takes her less time to get there.  Can't wait for the crawling to start!!  We gotta get to Target for baby gates for the stairs!!

"Watch me Camdyn!!"

Getting close to crawling!!

While we were playing Tatum decided that we should take lots of pictures.  So we had a little photo shoot doing silly things.  Just a few fun photos to share!!

Blue, blue eyes

"Let's be silly Daddy"

Tatum wanted to be tigers.  They are roaring :)

Tatum took this pic

Dancing!!

Its always fun to just be silly as a family!!