Johnny Jump Up

Grand (still not sure of what Kamdyn will call her) sent Kamdyn a Johnny Jump Up. Kamdyn isn't so sure about what to do with the Johnny Jump Up though. She can't quite figure out that she can pull her legs up to rest. She tries to stand up the entire time and gets really tired. Of course, this leads to a squeal and lots of fussing. Hopefully she will learn to like it. She's just not that fond of the big toys yet. She would rather sit in the corner of the couch with her toys and talk and slobber away. She also likes to sit up with the Boppy around her. All of the fancy toys aren't appealing to her yet. Oh well, we'll keep trying!

Sippy Cup

I decided that we should try Kamdyn with a sippy cup. She did okay, but she would rather use it as a teether instead of a cup. She chewed on the end, but she did great holding the cup. I'm thinking we need more practice!

Kamdyn at 4 months

Here is Kamdyn the day that she turned 4 months old, 8/1/06. These were not taken by the "professional" photographer. However, I wanted a portrait of her in between our Fitz Symms sessions. This is a much cheaper alternative which allows us to purchase more pictures to share with family and friends. Kamdyn did great for two poses. Then, the lady decided to try and take some pics of her on her stomach. That didn't go so well! Kamdyn started pitching a fit and just couldn't get herself back together. I tried to console her, but she wasn't having anything more to do with posing for pictures. Unfortunately, we had to cut our session short. She screamed all the way to the car. Luckily, we did manage to get three poses that turned out pretty cute. Enjoy!

Kamdyn's 8 week portraits

These are some of the professional photographs that we had taken of Kamdyn when she was 8 weeks old. We chose a studio in Augusta that I absolutely love. The lady who photographs the babies and children is wonderful! Believe it or not Kamdyn was wide awake when we arrived for her photo session. The photographer took the "awake" pictures first. Then, she managed to get Kamdyn asleep herself by holding her, rocking her, and playing the sweetest music. I was an emotional wreck as I watched this lady capture this moment in Kamdyn's life. As Celine Dion's song, "Miracle," played in the background, tears rolled down my cheeks. I realized at that moment that Kamdyn would forever have my heart in the palm of her hand. All Mom's and Mom's-to-be should purchase Celine Dion's CD, Miracle. It will pull at your heart strings!

Not much happening

My Mom keeps asking for a new post, but I haven't really had anything new and exciting to post. We've been so busy that we haven't been taking nearly as many pictures of the little Princess. Her babysitter did tell me on Friday 9/8 that Kamdyn is pushing herself around backwards in the walker that she has at her house. That's a pretty new accomplishment! Kamdyn is also pushing herself up on her arms when she is lying on her tummy. She is finally enjoying her stomach for more than five seconds. She rolled over from her tummy to her back yesterday on her own, too. She continues to grow and amaze us. The hardest thing to report is the fact that I miss her so much when I am working. I live for the weekends and the uninterrupted time that I get to spend with her. I love watching her and her personality!

Her next Doctor's Appointment is on October 10. This will be her 6 month check-up. We also have an appointment to have her "Mommy and Me" picture portrait session done on September 26th. I can't wait to have these pictures taken! She is at such a fun age.

Watching football with Daddy

Kamdyn watches TV with Daddy. Check out those cheeks! She adds another roll to those thighs and another acorn to those cheeks every day!

We put her cute little ball cap on so Poppy could see a video of her on his cell phone. She looked so adorable that I had to add these to the blog. Maybe we'll have a boy next for Daddy and Poppy's sake.

In this picture I think she is putting up her "dukes" to fight!

Excersaucer

Kamdyn just doesn't know about this Excersaucer thing. I keep trying to put her in it, but she doesn't seem to like it that much. Maybe it's because her feet don't reach the bottom yet. She tolerates it for a few mintues and then gets bored. I hope she will like it more when she is able to sit up a little better. If not, I guess we wasted our money on this toy. I even put the thing together all by myself, I might add! Richard wanted to know if he needed to take out a life insurance policy on Kamdyn since I had put it together. :) I'm actually pretty good at following directions. He's the one that would have probably ended up with left over pieces and the directions would have still been in the box. Here are a few pics of her in the Excersaucer when she is actually enjoying it.

Roll Over.....Roll Over

Yea!!!! Kamdyn finally rolled over on Wednesday, August 23rd for the first time. And, of course, Richard and I both missed it. I was cooking dinner (if you can call it that) and Richard was playing on the computer in between checking the steaks on the grill. Kamdyn started fussing, which is the norm around 6:30 every night. We didn't think anything about it. I continued cooking. Richard finally looked down at her on the floor and, to his disbelief, she was on her stomach. She was actually fussing because she was on her belly not because she always fusses at that time of night. By the way, she still HATES being on her tummy! We got out the video camera, but she never would roll over for us while we had it out. She did manage to roll over a few more times that night though. Since then, she has been much better about staying on her stomach once she rolls over. I guess her next trick will be figuring out how to get from her belly to her back. Her arm seems to always be in the way as she tries desperately to return to her back! We always have to give her a push back over.

I still can't believe how quickly she continues to grow. I just held a two week old today that one of my friends (Gina) from work just had. She is a precious baby girl with tons of dark hair. I wanted to bring some of her hair home for Kamdyn! :) I couldn't believe that my little angel used to be that little. It goes by all too fast! You get so busy living your life that you sometimes forget to take in all of those "special" moments. Before you know it they are gone.

You can tell from this picture that rolling over to her tummy wasn't quite what she thought it would be. This is how we found her the first time that she rolled over. She was pitching a fit!

I guess she didn't figure out that rolling over is what got her in the first predicament. She was determined to try it again as soon as we helped turn her over to her back. Before we know it she will be crawling and sitting up. She wants to sit up so badly that she can't stand it!