11 Months Old

So... I'm the worst blogger ever right now. I completely forgot to post an 11-month photo of Camille! I suck! So here are some ultra-cute, if not belated, pictures of Camille during her eleventh month of life!

These first pictures are of Camille's newest favorite food: fruit in a pouch. When we were in Wyoming visiting Jake's relatives, his Uncle Wayne asked if we'd like to have these fruit pouch things. Lindsey, the little girl they were originally bought for, didn't care much for them, and all the adults who tried them thought they were gross. Jake and I said, "Sure, why not? Give her a fruit pouch."

Wayne got a fruit pouch. Up until this point, Camille had been wary of him. I don't know why, because Wayne and Jake look the same. Wayne also kind of reminds me of my brother, as far as fashion sense goes. I think they'd be great shopping buddies.

Anyway, once Wayne gave Camille a fruit pouch - and she tried it and determined that she loved it - Wayne became her new best friend. When we got home to Utah, we got Camille her own fruit pouches, and she's been having a great relationship with them ever since.

 

Ten Months Old

Camille is 10 months old! That's almost a year! This is insane!

 

Nine Months Old

Nine months! Holy crap!

So, let's see... what does Camille do, nowadays? Well, she crawls like it's the Indy 500, 

she tries to feed herself with a spoon, 

she cruises on the couch, 

she hates her car seat (she used to like it just fine), 

she's learning how to drink with a straw, 

she will wave good-bye (but only once; if you try to get more waves out of her, she'll stare at you like, "I waved at you already, asshole. Get out of my face,"

and she takes baths without a baby tub. She loves splashing around in the water!

Here she is trying to feed herself. Please take note of the pea-bindi she's given herself.

 

Eight Months Old

I can't think of anything to write that isn't woefully cliche, so I'll just get to the good part: pictures!

Seven Months Old

Camille's milestones this month:

She can crawl!

She pulls up on low stuff and tries to stand. She doesn't quite have this standing thing down pat yet, but she sure tries it a lot.

She does handstands.

She can feed herself Cheerios.

She sleeps by herself in her crib.

Still no teefers, but they're almost here.

Six Months Old

Camille is six months old!!

I took like 900 pictures and her facial expression didn't change at all.
I guess this month we'll have a deadpan picture.

Camille sits up very well now. Sometimes she still falls over, usually straight onto her face, but she's much better at leaning over and grabbing toys and not falling.

She likes her baby laptop a lot, but I hate the damn thing. The songs get stuck in my head.

She kinda claps. She'll smack her hands together if you clap, but it doesn't make any noise. Whatever! Close enough.

She's way better at turning over, both ways. She'll flip all around if she's in the mood. She also does something that Jake and I call "bulldozing." She'll be on her tummy, and she'll wedge her feet into the floor and stick her butt way up. Then she'll push herself forward, thus bulldozing anything in her way with her head. She bulldozed right off the edge of the bed one day. She fell onto a pillow that was on the floor, but it scared her so she cried anyway. I almost cried, too.

Her most recent feat is illustrated in this picture:

There's the first step toward crawling!! She'll push up on her hands and knees, but she doesn't know where to go from there. She just sits like that for a few minutes, then she'll fall onto the ground or start crying. I know that when she actually starts crawling I'm going to hate it, but I'm still looking forward to it.

Now is the start of her sign language learning. We're starting with "eat," "more," and "milk." Once she can actually sign those, we'll move on to "pain," and then whatever else pops into my head. Or Jake's head. When she signs "poop," I'll know where she learned it.

Five Months Old

My peanut is five months old!

In the past month, she's seemed to have grown sooooo much. She "talks" more, and will carry on a conversation with you if you talk back to her. She can push up on her hands and sit up by herself for a few seconds. And she thinks she's a dinosaur.

Here are some pics of her adventures this past month!

"I has a feet."

"I has anudder feet."

Naked butt baby.

Four Months Old

Camille's newest activities:

She can now roll over. She hasn't mastered it yet, but she can do back to front and front to back.

She can suck on her thumb without poking herself in the eyes!

She can sit by herself... for about 5 seconds. Then she'll fall over, usually right onto her face.

She thinks her feet are the most entertaining things attached to her body.

She thinks it's fun to lift her butt off the changing table when I'm trying to strap a new diaper on.

I'm looking forward to finding out what another month brings!

Three Months Old

This should have been done yesterday, but I was still getting to know my new computer... MacBook! It was my Christmas prezzie from Jake. He's the best!

OMG! Three months! That means she's no longer a newborn; she's graduated to infant.  O_o

This month, Camille has learned how to chew on her hands, suck on all her fingers (including her thumb), and can aaalllllmost roll over. She sticks her legs straight up in the air and then lets them fall to the side and bring her body with them. She'd roll all the way if her arms didn't impede her progress. Damn arms!

Around the 2-minute mark, I start talking to Jake about

random stuff. All the cuteness happens before then, anyway.

Feel free to ignore me.

She's learning to sleep with a lovey (Jake calls it a muneca the n should have the little squiggle above it but I don't know how to do that on a Mac yet). It's a little stuffed bunny (Mr. Bunbun) that I crocheted (and it was way easy to do so nobody get impressed!). It will help when she's sleeping in her own bed and she wakes up in the middle of the night. Instead of flipping out, she can be like, "AHOMGWHEREAM... oh, Mr. Bunbun is here. I guess everything is OK and I can go back to sleep without needing my parents to comfort me ZZZzzzzzz..."

Ideally, anyway.

She likes to sleep with it on her face.

I didn't put it there. Swearsies. And yeah, I know she's wearing Halloween jammies. I don't care. They're cute and warm and they still fit. She'll wear them until they don't fit anymore!

Two Months Old

Holy crap! It's already been two months! RIDICULOUS!

Here are some milestones that several websites agree a 2-month-old should have reached:

Smiling. A 2-month-old baby should smile in response to happy-time stuff. Camille definitely smiles. She used to only smile when she was pooping, but now she'll smile at me, at Jake, and at various familiar relatives. She also occasionally smiles at Sophie, but she still doesn't like it when Sophie licks her face.

No more wobbly head. At least, not that much of a wobbly head. Camille can hold her head up very well and look around. When she's on her tummy, she can lift her head and upper chest up, and has almost figured out that using her arms to prop herself up is easier than holding her head up with no arm support. She tried to lift her head and look around on the day she was born, though, so this head-holding business is old news.

Hand control. Two-month-old babies should be able to hold onto a rattle, finger, or other smallish object for a little while. Camille can, but isn't really grabby just yet. On her play mat, the toy octopus that dangles has a little hand-hold, and she'll snag that and hold onto it for about 10 seconds before letting go. She's way more interested in kicking things that strike her fancy.

Standing with assistance. Two-month-olds should straighten out their legs and stand with assistance. Maybe they'll bounce a little, maybe they won't. Camille likes to stand because it offers her a better view of things. She's convinced she's going to miss something important if she's not up and in the middle of everything. Jake has tried to coax her into "walking," but she just lets her legs go slack and drags her toes on the floor. Little squirt.

Complexity is fun! By this, I mean two-month-olds are no longer captivated by the simple black-and-white patterns that they found fascinating as newborns, and are now graduating to COLORS! Camille has a mobile over her crib with safari animals on it (elephant, zebra, what have you) and she didn't used to really give a shit about it. Now, however, it's probably her favorite toy and she'll just lay in her crib and talk to her animals while Jake and I are busy trying to do stuff. She also enjoys her toy octopus very much. I consider these animals to be complex, so check off another developmental milestone for the Squirmy Worm.

Personality. And how. Two-month-olds should be displaying a distinct personality, and Camille definitely does. She's happy most of the time but isn't shy about yelling at people who displease her. She likes to be naked. If she's not sitting up and able to see the entire room, she gets very upset. I predict that she's going to be a bossy-butt when she gets older.

Noise maker. Two-month-old babies will "talk" when you talk to them. They'll imitate inflections in adult voices, and will respond when you say something to them. Camille likes having conversations. Jake's sister Jill had about a 10-minute conversation with Camille today. It was so cute! We tried to video it, but Camille stopped cooperating as soon as the camera was rolling. I suppose she wasn't ready for her closeup.

Toots. Apparently, gassiness hits most babies between two and four months. Camille has been farting like a champ since Day One, but I'm pretty sure that's in her genes (coughJakecough). They don't smell bad, though, and I guess now they're supposed to start smelling? We'll see. I haven't noticed it yet.

She kind of rolls over, but not really. I think all her rolling has been accidental thus far.

One Month Old

Camille is one month old today! Time sure does fly when you're sleep-deprived!

September 26
Here she is at the hospital.

October 26
And here she is on the couch!

The teddy bear in the second picture (her name is Stephanie) is my teddy bear that I've had since I was two or so. That bear has been to more countries than most people I know. Every time we do a picture like this, Stephanie will be present to gauge Camille's growth.

And yes, I realize that Camille is only wearing one sock. She kicked one off and I didn't notice until after I took the picture.