Prayers for a dear friend...

Larissa, a great college friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I am not sure how many readers I have out there, but all prayers will help. Larissa underwent surgery today to remove the tumors and starts chemotherapy and radiation next week. She will be doing those treatments twice a week for 4 hours over the next 6 months. From what she told me Hodgkin's Lymphoma is treatable if caught early. She has a very positive attitude, but is also very scared and sad. Please keep Larissa in your prayers!

Melissa, Larissa, Kate & Karissa (We thought that was pretty funny, all of the issa's and then "Kate")

Keep your chin up Lar! You are a strong and beautiful person! :)

Love,
Missy

Baptism

I have had my 1st official Mother's Day and I honestly could not have asked for a better day. We had Camryn baptized Sunday morning at church and then had a big lunch afterwards with all of our family. It was such a beautiful day. Not only are we blessed to have Camryn, but we are blessed to be raising her in such an amazing support system. Our families are awesome!

My lovely husband got me a ring for Mother's Day! It was a pretty hilarious situation. He decided he wanted to get me a mother's ring, but when he went to the jewelry store there were too many options. He thought it would just be best to let me come and pick out exactly what I wanted. However, Mark wanted me to be able to have something to open, so he bought the UGLIEST ring he could find and had me open it. My reaction was, "awww...thanks!" I tried so hard to act happy about it and he asked me if I liked and I told him no! He was dying laughing and thought it was just great to see my reaction to this hideous ring. It was definitely something I will never forget and we got an awesome laugh out of it! :)

Here are some pics from Camryn's baptism:
Sorry that I have become a slacker. Camryn has been keeping me very busy lately! Gotta run!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

6 weeks

Today I had my 6 week postpartum appointment and everything went great. He said I have healed up great and have no more restrictions. I cannot believe that Camryn is already 6 weeks old. She is such a great baby. She actually slept through the night one night last week, but is usually just getting up once a night. Dr. C. couldn't believe it. He asked me what I am going to do when I have a "real" baby!
Camryn is doing amazingly well. She is so strong. She has been doing really well holding her head up and I actually have a picture of her holding her own bottle on my cell phone. It cracked me up! We went up to Logansport for Easter this past weekend. It was so great to be back up there with our family. Speaking of Logansport....we may just be headed back up that way...for good! (Fingers crossed and major prayers on that) Mark has a job interview a week from Friday. I am trying not to get my hopes up, but I basically already have the for sale sign in the front yard and have my to do list made. Here are some pictures of Camryn from this weekend! :)

Camryn with all of her new clothes from our shopping trip Friday! She is a great little shopper! :)
Family picture after church:

All dressed up:
Have a great weekend! Ours will be filled with baseball games!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

One month check up!

Camryn had her one month check up today. She is 5 weeks old today. She weighed in at 9lbs. 13oz. and was 22in. That is a gain of 2lbs in 3 weeks and she has grown an inch since birth. She is starting to make her way into some of the 0-3 month clothes and growing out of some of her newborn stuff. She is still in newborn diapers though. She had to have a shot today at the doctor too. I'm not sure who it was harder on...her or me! Her little eyes bugged out and her little bottom lip came out and boy did she cry. I was stronger than I thought, but it broke my heart! A little bit of mommy snuggles got her calmed down in no time though. Dr. L said she looks just great and we don't go back for another month. Here are some pictures from this past week!

One month old!
How big is Camryn???
...sooooooooo big!!! :)

The princess after her bath!
This little girl has definitely stolen our hearts!
At the doctor...pre-shots
I have never felt so blessed or so in love. The last month has been the best! Camryn brings so much joy and love into our lives. Have a fantastic week and a Happy Easter! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

4 weeks

*** I apologize..this post is a day late. I started it yesterday and had intentions on getting it finished, but didn't take her 4 week picture until bedtime last night. Enjoy! :)

Camryn is 4 weeks old today! That seems impossible. Friday will be her one month birthday! Wow! She seems to be growing like a weed to me, but not according to her clothes! I keep trying to put her in her 0-3 month clothes because she has so many cute outfits in that size and they are all still huge! We are working our way into the pajamas. They are pretty spacious, but she has wore a couple of her pjs in that size. She attended her first wedding shower on Saturday up in Logansport and was such a good little lady! She wore her first dress and looked adorable! :) She is doing pretty well with sleeping at night now and has only been getting up once a night for the past week or so....with the exception of last night (she got up twice). Here are some pictures from this past week!
Lounging at Grandma & Grandpa Crispen's on Saturday morning!
Wearing a dress for the first time...it was a little big, but oh well! She looked pretty!

4 weeks old (4/12/11)
Trying on her sunglasses!!! All ready for Daddy's baseball game tomorrow!
Uh Oh...I hear lots of toots...gotta go! We hope everyone is having a great week! :) Mark's team is 2-0!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

She passed!!!

Camryn passed her hearing test today for both ears! She pulled an all-nighter last night...she must have been studying pretty hard! :) My mom came down to go to the doctor with Camryn and I and it was sooo nice to have time just the three of us. After the doctor we did some shopping at Clay Terrace and had lunch. It was such a fun day, even with my sleep deprivation. Camryn has to have 2 follow up appointments within the next few months just to make sure she continues to pass, but the doctor today said he had no reason to believe that she would have any issues! That is all from here! We are off to bed! :) Goodnight!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

3 weeks

I cannot believe it has been 3 weeks since Camryn was born. It has flown by and at the same time I don't remember what life was like before her! Mark went back to work yesterday and Camryn and I survived. I must admit it was a bit difficult not having the help that I am used to, but I quickly figured things out. We take him lunch everyday, so she gets to have a lunch date with Daddy. We all love it. She is doing really well and sleeping for 3-4 hours at a time at night. We made our first trip up to Logansport last week for a long weekend before Mark had to go back to work. It was so nice to be with our family from Wednesday til Sunday. We got to visit the Great-Grandparents and had several visitors too! It was great to have the extra help, which meant some extra rest for Mark and I. Mark's baseball team has their first game tomorrow, so weather pending Camryn may get to go see her Daddy coach the Bulldogs. She also has her E.N.T. appointment tomorrow. Please send prayers our way that we get a good report. Here are some recent pictures! Enjoy :)

3 weeks old:

Off to lunch with Daddy:
All tuckered out on the ride home from Logansport:
I will try and remember to post tomorrow after our appointment. Pray, Pray, Pray!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn