Friday, January 29, 2010

Baby Camille Version 2.0

We're home after Camille's big day yesterday -- surgery to fix her cleft palate and to put tubes in her ears (despite not having ANY ear infections to date...more as a precautionary measure and to drain fluid). She did beautifully and required no packing at the surgery site, just a few stitches. So far, we've already heard a few new sounds and she enjoyed a few bites of yogurt and applesauce, with Ta-Da!...NO reflux!! So far, she's handled the "restraints" (they look like "flat floaties" at her elbows) very well and still manages to crawl/scoot and cruise. With the exception of a some fussiness (understandably!), she's our cheery and bright Camille! Of course we LOVE whatever version she presents to us but I have a feeling 2.0 will get even more rave reviews! Pictures to come soon --

Sunday, January 3, 2010

New Year, New Joys

Camille has been delighted with a new musical walker (well, she has to do the walking, which she's not quite yet doing, thankfully, but cruises, crawls, pulls up and occasionally falls down) she received from her Grandma & Grandpa. Thank you!






And the game we could play for hours...

Holidaze in Review

As my last post suggested, life got a little crazy back in November and December but on the heels of 2 weeks "off" I'm slowing catching up. We've had more visitors, more milestones and more adventures in Kansas. Sadly, we weren't able to make it to see some very important people but we'll just have to look forward to seeing them in 2010! Ellen, Camille missed you! Aunt Caroline, we missed your delicious Christmas meal! Betsy, we missed seeing Minnie and I especially missed seeing Camille with another pooch, more her size. On the bright side, we had a great time in Lawrence with Gran and Granddad with all his toys! Eric and I even managed to make it to Yellow Sub -- yummy as ever. Thanks to everyone for making our holiday spirits bright!

As I type this, Eric is valiantly trying to give Camille bites of peas and after 2 spoonfuls, it's "ACHOOO!" And out come the peas. The behaviorist in me is saying, "we don't want to make this an aversive experience so maybe we should just wait until after the surgery (which by the way, has been scheduled for January 28th!) to increase the chance we'll have it be a positive experience!" The mom in me is saying, "how cute, he really is able to keep her face clean!" By her smiles and sqeals, she seems to be enjoying herself.

The following are a smorgasbord of fun!

From Grandma & Grandpa's visit in November:


Fun with Daddy at the Wheelers for Thanksgiving -- thanks again for such a great time!

Let's Go!

'Tis the Season! (Well, 'twas)

Happy Birthday, Zach!! We had so much fun at your party! (sorry the beer bottle was left in the picture!)

Daddy, the Jungle Gym