Walking...

Camryn has been cruising for a long time, but tonight while we were at the hospital visiting my friend who had a baby she took off walking on her own. She started off walking along the wall in the hospital room and then BAM....she just took off. She walked at home tonight as well, so I guess we are going to have our hands full! She is absolutely hilarious right now and such a joy to be around. She is doing animal noises for a duck, cow, dog, horse, monkey and sheep. (I think that is all of them!) Her favorite show is Bubble Guppies. She squeals and dances when we turn it on for her! She is always full of smiles and loves playing with other kids. That is all for now. Just a quick post that she is off and walking on her own now! We close on our new home May 10th and are VERY excited. I cannot wait for Camryn to have a play room and a play area in the basement too! It is going to be awesome! Thanks for reading. Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend regardless of the weather!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

I dare you....

to try and get a picture of Lenny & I like you want to!
Okay, I must admit, the Lenny & Camryn pictures have been pretty difficult to get the last few months, but today was impossible! She LOVES Lenny, but there is no way she will just lay down next to him and let her Mommy snap a quick pic. She swipes him up, rolls over with him and is gone! Camryn is VERY busy these days. I would say she is about a week away from walking. She is constantly on the go! Some new things she is doing are if you say, "READY, SET..." she will yell GO! She LOVES spelling her name with the letters on her bedroom wall and is really starting to imitate the letter sounds, she talks in our "Beans" voice. (We have a scratchy voice for our dog and now Camryn talks for him too!) :) She also is counting to 3 and "clears" her voice if she hears someone clear their voice! It is so awesome to see the new things she is learning everyday! Here are some pictures of her from today! Enjoy :)

and one of our sleepy dog...just because he looked so cute! :)
Thanks for reading & have a splendid week! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

All claps for the Easter Bunny!!!

Camryn was all claps for the Easter Bunny! She surprised me with how well she did! Camryn had her 1 year check-up yesterday and it went great! It was a couple of weeks late because we had to reschedule, so I was pretty excited to finally get in and see how big she had gotten. Camryn weighed 21lbs 4oz and was 31 1/2in. long! She was in the 50th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height. Dr. L said she was doing just awesome! We are transitioning this week to whole milk and are cutting out the bottles. He wants her off of them within a month, so I cut her down to 2 today and she did really well. I am hoping to have her off of them by the start of next week. Well I am off to bed...Happy Easter weekend to everyone! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

No pics, just words...

Yes, I am doing a blog post and it is not the 15th of a month! Can you believe it???

We have FINALLY found a house and have an accepted offer contigent on the sellers finding a home. They had 14 days from this past Monday, so fingers crossed and lots of prayers that they find a home they love! It is the perfect home for us right now...4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a finished basement. It is a cozy home, but very comfortable and homey feeling, if that makes any sense. We are very excited about it and praying that everything falls into place for the sellers, so that we can move forward with everything.

Camryn's birthday party was a huge success.(I will have to post pictures from that soon!) Camryn is keeping us super busy. It seems like she turned one and has learned so much. Her vocabulary is growing and she is cracking us up. Yesterday I yelled for Mark and she yelled Dadda, so I kept repeating it and she kept doing it over and over! :) She also tells you what a duck and cow say. She says hi there, momma, dadda, nana, duck, quack, moo and it sounded like she said Grace yesterday, too! She also pants like a dog when she sees them! Haha! She claps her hands when you sing, "if your're happy and you know it" and loves waving!

That is all from here....don't pass out from the fact that I have just posted twice in the same month for the first time in a loooooooong time! I hope everyone is enjoying this fantastic weather we have been having!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

O-N-E!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to our

sweet

loving

goofy

precious
amazing

gift from God

Camryn turned ONE today! It almost seems unbelievable. She is such an amazing little girl. She is smart, beautiful and hilarious. She loves to clap and read. If you give her a book upside down she will turn it right side up and then read it. It is hilarious! :) She is walking with a cart, but not on her own yet. She is a pretty picky eater, but that is okay! She loves playing outside and playing with animals. We had a great day today. We woke Camryn up early and surprised her with a mini cupcake and balloons. We sang Happy Birthday to her and she just smiled and clapped. It is always amazing us what she learns and does. This past year has been the best!!!

Here is a picture of Camryn & Lenny tonight....
I had to sneak in and do a bedtime picture because we had a pretty busy day and before I knew it she was asleep! I cannot believe how much she has grown and changed since her first picture with Lenny!

Happy Birthday, sweetheart! We love you sooooo much!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy

11 months!!!

Dearest Camryn,

You are 11 months old today! Yesterday you celebrated your 1st Valentine's Day!!! (your last 1st holiday!) You got a balloon, two dogs, an elephant, cards and money! You came and surprised Mommy at work with a Valentine Serenade from the Community Foundation! It made my day! Your favorite things are looking out the window, reading books and playing with our animals! Daddy is amazed by your dexterity! He thinks the way you turn the pages in your books is amazing! (Along with everything else that you do! :)) We all think you are pretty amazing and love watching you learn! Your favorite stuffed animal is Lenny. You squeeze him REALLY tight and make the cutest face when we tell you to give him hugs. You love eating bananas, not cut up though, you like taking bites of it while Mommy holds it! You want to be a big girl! You want what we are eating so we are starting to experiment more with that! You prefer to drink out of a sippy cup with a straw! You will walk along the couch now, but haven't taken any steps on your own! You say Dadda, Momma, Nana, Deedee, but mostly still babble alot!!! The past 11 months have been the greatest ever! We love you baby girl!!!

(Here you are at 11 months...you don't like to sit still very long unless it is to look at books! :))



Love you,
Mommy & Daddy

I'm officially...

A BAD BLOGGER!

The past few months I have been trying to be better, but I have still only managed a post a month. I have had every intention of blogging in between Camryn's monthly "birthdays", but have not had much success. Christmas came and went and I had pictures that I wanted to get on here, but when you have 7 Christmases in 2 days and a baby who is into everything that isn't always easy. By the time I get Camryn and we get home from work, eat dinner, get her bath and get her to bed, I am usually on the verge of passing out too! Today is Camryn's 10 month birthday! 1o MONTHS!!!! Where has time gone? Camryn is getting into EVERYTHING! She doesn't like to be held unless she is super exhausted and enjoys walking around in her new shoes with help! She is learning something new everyday. She prefers yogurt meltaways over puffs and has a new love for club crackers. She also would rather drink out of a straw than use a sippy cup...Miss Big Stuff!!! At her 9 month check up she weighed in at 19lbs 4oz and is 29 1/4 inches long. Here are some catch up pictures to fill everyone's Camryn fix! We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!

Christmas morning with her presents!

This Christmas business is fun!!!

Snoozing in her big girl car seat!

Our best option out of the 10 month old pictures with Lenny! For the most part he was getting attacked!

And last, but not least 2 of my favorites on Emily's 30th birthday and Camryn's 10 month birthday!!!

In other news....we sold our house in Brownsburg and everything went smoothly with the closing, so we moved the day after Christmas. All of our things are currently in a huge storage unit until we can find our future home. The search has been frustrating to say the least, but we are trying to stay positive that the right home will come up for us! Hopefully I will have something exciting to post regarding that soon! Keep checking in and I apologize for the lack of posts! Hopefully all of the extra pictures will more than make up for it! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn