Christmas Pictures

Well, my babies are growing like weeds! And what can I say, I'm a such a proud mama. I can not get over how quickly they grow. I see growth in both of my children daily. I love them both so much! Camden is becoming such a sweet little boy. Merci is just developing her personality more and more. Here are a few pictures I took of the kids for our Christmas cards, as well as more of Merci smiling away this morning. Our love to you all.

My Smiling Beauty

Merci has been changing almost daily. The greatest change has been her smiles. Here are a few picture I took of her last night just smiling away. The pictures go in progression of how she brings about her biggest grins.
The last one is the best one but it came out blurry because she moved.

The Love and Affections of a Big Brother

Oh, The Sleepless Nights!

I have now entered the realm of sleeplessness. My little princess has had mommy up most of the night for the past three nights. I love my little sweetie, but boy am I tired! I have no clue as to why, but she is going through this wanting to be held phase. I change her, feed her, and swaddle her then lay her down. Not 20 minutes later she is awake and fussing. The moment I pick her up she falls right back to sleep. If I continue to hold her she is fine but once I lay her down either immediately she wakes or just a short while later she does. Due to these sleepless nights I have decided that tonight she is going to her own room. I am not sure that this will solve or even help the problem but I figure it can not hurt to try. I love having her right next to me in her bassinet but if I am the reason that she is waking, because she senses me right next to her, then maybe being in her crib in her nursery will help.

Camden is, as usual, doing great! He is getting to be such a big boy. I see changes in him almost daily. He is getting really excited about Christmas. I have told him that we are going to need to make our Christmas list soon. I can not believe next weekend it will be time to put up our tree. He will have so much fun doing that with us this year. Speaking of my little man, he is now up from his nap so I should be scooting along. I'll be sure to post more next week after Thanksgiving. I'm sure I'll have lots of pictures to post. I will also have an update on Merci's measurements for ya'll seeing as she has a Dr.'s appointment on Tuesday (yippy, shot time). Until then, our love to you all.

Merci's Video

Pictures and Update

WOW! Where has the time gone? We have been so busy with not much of anything. Can you even be that busy? It sure seems as though we have.

The kids are doing GREAT! I can not brag enough about what great children we have. Merci is such a joy. She is just like her brother was, very content and not fussy at all. They say babies have a fussy time each day...not Merci. She is just so happy. She is now smiling and cooing. She was up at 5:00 a.m. this morning just laying there kicking her little feet and moving her hands cooing away. It truely amazes me how just a couple of weeks can change so much.

Camden has adjusted so well to being a big brother. It's almost as if nothing changed in his little world. He loves giving Merci hugs and mootches. I dressed them both up today for some pictures and all he could say about Merci was how much she looked like a princess. Which reminds me, I have caught myself calling Merci my little peanut. Well, I always call Camden that as well. He has quickly corrected me and informed me that Merci is not my little peanut that he is my little peanut and that Merci is my little princess. It was not at all a jelousey issue, it was that Merci has her own special name, not to be confussed with his. He's so darn smart that boy! We have been trying to teach him that certain words are not allowed and are unkind to say. Such as stupid and dumb or dummy. We a couple of times now he has caught me saying something was stupid or that I'm such a dummy about something. He quickly pipes in and says "Don't say that mama, that's a baaaad word". It is so hard not to want to laugh when he catches you. I love my son!

These couple of pictures are ones that I took of them today. The both have these adorable outfits that I know if I do not take their pictures in them soon that they will outgrow them. I am not real happy with the one of the two of them together. Merci began sqawking and didn't want any more pictures taken. This was the best one of the few I was able to get and even at that it's not a very good one. I love the ones of them individually. They both are very photogetic. I have so many pictures of them that I'm finding it hard to figure out a good way to display them all. Some day I will have a room that is my studio that I can display them all.