Cambry's First Christmas!!

We had the most wonderful Christmas this year with our little girl! We started our festivities with our "family of 3" Christmas on Christmas Eve morning. We woke up & had a yummy cinnamon roll breakfast, opened presents & enjoyed the day together celebrating the birth of Christ! We told Cambry it was pretty special to have a white Christmas as her first Christmas! On Christmas Day, we woke up early & went to G & Pops' house for Christmas with my immediate family. That afternoon, we headed to Ft. Worth for another family Christmas with my mom's side of the family. The next day we got up early and drove to Conroe to see YaYa & Poppy for Christmas with Steve's side of the family. It was a busy few days but we enjoyed all the memories we made with Cambry & our family as we celebrated the birth of our Savior, together! And boy did Cambry get spoiled by our family!!! :)

Thanks for making our stockings, G!


Cambry LOVED pulling the tissue paper out of gifts the most! :)


She was also busy, busy with the paper from her gifts!






Some fun in the snow!!






Pops showing Cambry the tradition of him sneaking the dog into the nativity scene. Silly Pops!




Enjoying sitting with her Great Grandma (Mammaw)




Aunt Summer & Aunt Kendall liked putting the panda hood on Cambry's head. Cambry thought it was pretty funny!

Poppy with his grandkids


We can't forget Lucy...she had a great Christmas, too! :)

Merry Christmas!!

What could be more special than celebrating the birth of Jesus with our beautiful little blessing this year?!

Family Pictures

Our friend Jenny said it so well that as photographers wives, we often find ourselves asking, "But when are we going to get our family pictures taken?" A while back, Jenny & I decided that since our husbands are both photographers we would have them take each others family pictures. What a deal! Josh was so kind to take a few family pictures of us back in November when Cambry was 6 months old. We were very pleased with them and are so thankful to have a few family pictures of our own! Thanks for capturing these sweet memories for us Josh!!

Play Date!

Cambry had a play date with her friends Addyson & Reagan today! Jody, Courtney & I worked together and our baby girls are each about 3-4 weeks apart. Since we are staying home with our girls now we try to get together often. Today we were reminiscing of the first time we all got together & they were so tiny & just slept...now they are rolling & crawling all over the place! So fun! Thanks for coming over today--we are already looking forward to next time!

This picture makes me laugh. We were trying to get a pic of all 3 of them & Reagan kept touching Cambry & Cambry wasn't too happy about it. :)

Another try with a little rearranging :)


Cute friends


Check out our little crawler in the background!

Sweet girls learning how to share

Ho, Ho, Ho!

We took Cambry to Stonebriar Mall for her first visit with Santa! We weren't really sure what to expect as far as her sitting in his lap. She hasn't had stranger anxiety yet, so we were hoping she wouldn't mind Santa. When it was her turn, we sat her down in his lap & she looked up at him, smiled, and grabbed his beard! haha She didn't seem to mind him a bit. Steve brought his camera and snapped a few pictures on the side, too.

Cambry says she's excited to go see Santa!




Here's the one they got:


These are a couple we took on the side:




Merry Christmas!!

Snow!!

Steve woke me up as he was leaving for work on Tuesday to tell me it was snowing! FUN!! So I decided that Cambry needed to experience her first snow. After she had her breakfast, I bundled her up and we headed out for a few pictures. She started off happy but once she felt it on her hands she didn't want to have anything to do with it. She also kept falling backwards due to her puffy jacket. Poor baby! She didn't care for that much either. We might be a bit too young to enjoy it. Maybe next year...

Thanksgiving 2009

Cambry had a busy, but wonderful first Thanksgiving! We spent a couple of days in Conroe with Steve's family and then we headed to East Texas to spend it with my family. Lots of driving but Cambry handled it all like a champ & we are thankful we have wonderful families to drive to visit! She didn't sleep as much as we thought she would in the car but she was a happy camper jabbering away and playing with her toys. She started saying "da-da" this weekend--I guess all that talking she did in the car paid off!

Sweet Cousins Clayton & Cambry



Cambry got an early Christmas present from YaYa & Poppy...a jumperoo! Clayton was sweet to show Cambry all the tricks on it.


A ticklish little girl!


Cousins with our baby girls!
Me & Cambry, Wendi & Avery, Annie & Sloane, Judith & Meredith


Great Grandma Vinson & her 4 grandbaby girls!


We are thankful for our precious Cambry!

6 Months!

Where has the time gone?? Our tiny little baby isn't so teeny anymore and is growing up! It is so much fun to watch her learn and grow each day but man it goes fast! Cambry had her 6 month appointment last week and got an A+ in all areas. She is a healthy little girl and we are so thankful for that! Here are some things Cambry is up to these days...

* Weight: 18.5 lbs (90th percentile)
* Height: 26.5 in (90-95th percentile)
* Cambry loves her sleep! She takes 3 naps a day each 1 1/2 - 2 hours and sleeps from 8:00pm-7:30am.
* Up until now, Cambry has been eating oatmeal twice a day and 6 oz of breastmilk at each of her 5 feedings. We got the go ahead from the doctor to start veggies and fruits. So far we have had sweet potatos and butternut squash, both of which she is a fan!
* She gets so excited about her food. She kicks her legs and does a little breathy pant until she gets her first bite! So cute!
* We are in the process of transitioning to a 4 hour feeding schedule.
* She is sitting up on her own. Way to go baby girl!
* She has 2 little bottom teeth that are growing taller--I still can't believe it!
* She loves to talk--she jabbers away and we are noticing some little syllables in there.
* She plays peek-a-boo with us and it is just so cute!!
* She loves Lucy. She giggles when Lucy gives her kisses and always looks around to find her at the sound of her collar when she comes into the room.
* Cambry is reaching for and grabbing anything in sight!
* She has discovered her hands and feet & will study them & then try to eat them. :)
* Over the past month or so Cambry has started sleeping on her tummy. We lay her down on her back and she immediately rolls over to her tummy to sleep.
* Cambry loves to read! She gets so excited when we get a book to read and she stays interested in it the whole time. She loves to help us turn the pages, too!
* She still loves music. Singing to her lights her up and also is very calming for her. She likes any toys that light up or sing too!
* She likes to sit in her bouncy seat while we are eating dinner. She kicks, squeals, giggles & talks the whole time.
* She still LOVES her pacifier! We try to give it to her only for naps & bedtime & those times we are out and about if it is getting close to nap time and is needed.
* Cambry is still a very easy going baby and has such a happy disposition--as long as she has had her naps! :)

Some pictures of this last month...

Eating cereal for the first time!


She did pretty good and thought it was yummy!


Practicing sitting up all by herself!


Nothing better than reading with Daddy!


Being silly with Lucy


Happy girl!


Swinging at G & Pops' house


Pretty girl!




I would have to agree with my friend Sarah when she said that the 4-6 month age range is her favorite! So far it has been my favorite too as she has reached so many milestones, she is awake longer stretches during the day, is so tuned in to us & her surroundings & is just a happy go lucky little girl! We just love seeing so much more of her personality! I love, love this baby girl and can't wait to see what next month brings us!