The Adventures of Matt and Cami: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Busy Little Hands

After we realized that Lily might not sign forever we made these videos to remember her busy little hands. Enjoy.

18 months

Lily, at 18 (now 19) months:

you are a BUSY girl!
You love to run or twirl around – with your arms up in the air saying “ahh”

you’ve been pretending for a while now – you pretend to go to sleep and wake up and say “oh-ee” (morning!), you pretend to eat pieces of “food” and share with us or your other toys, you have lots of “conversations” on the phone and “call” Daddy or Grandma several times a day

you went through a picky stage and didn’t want to eat a lot of the foods that you previously loved. Then we realized you were cutting your canine teeth. Now that they’ve mostly broken through you are back to eating all your favorite foods again.
your favorite foods right now: milk (you are a milk junkie!), pears, grapes, carrots, green beans, potatoes – in any form, cheese, yogurt, black beans, crackers and chips, frozen waffles (just like your Dad)

your hair keeps getting lighter and lighter and the back is starting to curl a little bit

you love to look through the fence to see if the neighbor boy is out playing

you are starting to sound words out more – you try and repeat us whenever we say something to you. It’s fun having a little parrot.
things you say consistently are: Mom, Dad, B (which could mean baby or blanket), clean diaper (sounds like keee-dye-er), and clean up (keee-uh)

Stats

Height: 33 1/4 in. (75-90%)

Weight: 24lbs 10oz (50-75%)

Head: 19 1/8 in. (90-97%)

because you are saying more things, you are choosing to sign less which makes both of us more frustrated but we’ll get there
you like to fake laugh all the time. You put your tongue between your lips and hiss while you wrinkle up your face. You think you are so hilarious!

you starting Nursery officially but you’ve gotten used to having Mom in there with you (I fill in when needed) that when we try to leave you cry pretty much the whole time. Hopefully you’ll get the hang of it soon so we don’t have to worry. Last week, Dad tried to take you and you kept pushing him back into the room when he started getting close to the door.

Lily, you are such a joy in our home. You are sure getting a fun (and a little bit sassy) personality. We couldn’t imagine our lives without our sweet girl!

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Matt’s Company Picnic is always a blast. They had so many fun things for the family to do – two playgrounds, a splash park, and a dog run with a pond. The company also provided burgers and drinks, entertainment by a band which happens to be one of the dentists in the area, face painting, and a caricature artist.

To say this girl likes swings would be a big understatement. She LOVES them!

There was also a raffle with all these prizes up for grabs. Fortunately, they get enough prizes for every family to get something so it’s not really much of a raffle. Matt got Lily a little pink tricycle that she loves. We’ll see if she ends up loving it as much as the baby he got for her last year.

Fun times!!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Ward Campout

August 19-20

Our ward campout was a success – despite the rain. It started raining as soon as we got to the camp ground and didn’t stop until AFTER we got our tent set up. The rain let up for a little while and then picked up again and continued throughout the night. But that didn’t stop us from having a great time!

Roasting ‘Mallows

This stuff is yummy!

Did I get it all off?

Dance Party – The Electric Slide

That night, as we tucked into our sleeping bags, Matt discovered that our tent was leaking right on his side of the bed. The stakes weren’t pulled tight enough and a puddle had formed on the top of the tent. Luckily Matt was able to fix it quickly and we didn’t have anymore issues.

Breakfast the next morning was DELICIOUS. We had deluxe breakfast burritos. They were so good!