Camryn's Check Up at 10 Months

Camryn had her 10 month check up with Dr. Hannon on November 7th.  She didn't need any shots, but we did get her the first round of the flu vaccine shots.  This appointment should have been her 9 month check up, but we are a little behind.

Here were Camryn's stats:
Height:  27.75 inches (35th percentile)
Weight:  16lbs 3oz (10th percentile)

She's still pretty little but Dr. Hannon said that there was nothing to be concerned with and that she looked great!  

Camryn is 10 Months

Here's what Camryn was up to over the last month (at 9 months old):

• Started to get her 4th tooth on the top, giving her a total of 6 teeth
• Started eating a lot more regular food - strawberries, rasberries, bananas, peas, potatoes, chicken
• Is still a very happy baby but in the last month, she has started to make it known when she wants her mommy, wants out of the high chair, or wants to be held.  We've probably heard more crying when she was 9 months old than in her whole life!
• We stopped giving her the reflux medicine while on vacation in Florida, and she rarely even spits up anymore
• Camryn is really into pulling herself up on things, but hasn't taken any steps on her own
• She loves to be sitting on the floor playing with toys or her sisters, but gets very mad at them when they try to move or pick her up

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  Her favorite place to stand up

  
  

  

  Eating the giraffe

  
  

  

  Bam Bam hair

  
  

  

  Eating real food

  
  

  

  Each of the girls have worn this onsie from Josh and Tara

  
  

  

  She loves to throw her head back

  
  

  

  Getting into everything

  
  

  

  She's sucked her lips a lot this month

  
  

  

  Showing off her teeth

  
  

  

  Camryn's first time at the park (well at least out of the stroller)

Favorites from October

Camryn's first time to play at Chick Fil A

Addie and Camryn had fun playing together

A photo shoot with Theresa

Addie loves play dough

Playing with Emily's puppy Dorrie

They cried when it was time to leave this pup

We've always had the rule that if the girls did not eat their dinner, we would save it for them to eat at breakfast the next day.  It definitely isn't the "clean plate" rule, but it helps to make sure that the girls are attempting to eat their food and especially eating the healthy options.

We've always threatened the meal for breakfast but never had to actually institute it because the threat was always enough.  Taylor has NEVER eaten dinner for breakfast, she is our rule follower.  Addie decided one night at dinner that she didn't want to eat her chicken and vegetables and politely told us that she would save it for breakfast.  Oh boy, she's pushing the limit again!

Addie showing me the dinner that she is preserving for breakfast

Putting it in the fridge, and she ate it for breakfast the next morning!

Dinner with the Dorey girls

Feeding the geese behind our house

Addie being a little photographer (like her mommy)

Taylor laid out her clothes like this at night for preschool the next morning

Showing her outfit off from Nana

Halloween

Halloween night, we trick or treated with the Dorey family in our neighborhood.

The girls with Conrad the prisoner

The superheros with their flower

Running to see the Dorey girls

The big girls

The flower in the stroller

A little pre-trick or treating BBQ

And the fun begins

Showing off her candy

Getting moved to the backpack at the end of the night

Preschool Halloween Parties

Halloween was a very busy day!  Both Jason and I had to work and both girls had Halloween parties at school.  Since I was going to take off work to go to the school parties, I decided to not take the girls to Kraft's Halloween trick or treating.  

The parties at school were a lot of fun for the girls but it was a little crazy for me!  I had to run between classes to make sure I wasn't missing the girls and their games.  It was a little challenging but I never missed a game so it all worked out!

Here are all the pictures from Addie's party:

Addie being introduced as Bat Girl

She looked awesome in this costume

Ready to decorate some cookies

Bean bags in the pumpkin

Shooting water at the fire

Here are all the pictures from Taylor's party:

Taylor with the girls in her class and Ms. Lori

Decorating her cookie

Cookie decorating table

Yummy

Whitley and Taylor were super heroes

It was interesting to watch Taylor interact with the boys

Super Woman

Bean bags in the pumpkin

Shooting water at the fire

I didn't get any pictures of them catching marshmallows in their mouth, but the videos were super entertaining!

Taylor Turns 5 Years Old!

5 Years Old

Taylor had an exciting 5th birthday!  We started the day off with birthday Mickey Mouse pancakes!

Addie bringing the pancakes to Taylor

Taylor then had preschool and was able to celebrate with her friends.  She said that she was special because usually the kids get White Cupcakes for their birthday, but Ms. Libby made her cupcakes with purple icing!  It's the little things, ha!

After preschool, we took Taylor to Chuck E. Cheese with her best friend from school, Annie.

Annie, Taylor and Addie with Chuck E. Cheese

Camryn's first time at Chuck E. Cheese

Taylor and Annie on the horse

Camryn getting into the games

After nap, Jason came home early so that we could celebrate with Taylor.  We surprised her with a Balance Bike for her birthday.  We hope that this bike will give her a little more confidence on the bike and will help her with the transition to a regular bike without training wheels.

Addie got Taylor a Hulu Hoop

Trying out the bike

She loved it!

Celebrating with a cupcake after dinner

Jason usually takes the girls to breakfast on their birthday, but he had 3 consecutive meetings that started at 8am on Wednesday, so he pushed the breakfast until Thursday.  Jason has always told Taylor that she could try coffee when she turned 5, so she got her first cup of decaf coffee at this breakfast!  She liked it but only drank a few sips of it (thankfully).

On the way to birthday breakfast with Daddy

Taylor has also asked in the past about when she could get her ear's pierced, and we had always said when she turned 5 years old.  Little did we know that 5 would still seem too young to us and would come so quickly.  We will wait to see if she brings this up again.

One funny thing about Taylor's birthday week is that she KNEW that it was special.  We'd be going to dinner on a random day, and she'd say "do I get to pick where we get to eat since it is my birthday week?"  Or she'd tell Addie "I get to go first because it is my birthday week!"  Jason has already blamed me for this birthday diva personality, and I have NO IDEA what he is talking about!!!