D.C. trip

I'm finally finding some time to post about our little trip! A couple of weeks ago Steve and I headed out to D.C. to be at the special ceremony for his grandmother, Oma, who was receiving a Congressional Gold Medal for her service as a WASP during WW2. It is the highest honor a civilian can receive from the government and what an honor it was to be there to support Oma! It was also great because it served as a big family reunion as well and I got to meet quite a few of Steve's extended family from Georgia that I had never met. Sweet family! Steve and I decided to go out to D.C. a couple of days early and stay a day late to do some touristy things. Cambry stayed here with my parents (G & Pops) and had a great time with them! We are so thankful they were able to take some time off work to love and care for her! What a blessing. We had a FABULOUS time but we missed Cambry greatly! It was a long time away from our baby girl! Below are some of the highlights of our trip in pictures:

On Tuesday, we started off with a trip to the Capitol Building & an audio tour of the inside. I found it very interesting!

We grabbed a quick lunch on the way to Mt. Vernon, George Washington's estate. This was probably my most favorite sightseeing part of the trip! I just love historical homes and learning about what went on in back in the day in those homes.







Wednesday was the big ceremony day for Oma! We headed back out to the Capitol Building for the ceremony and then enjoyed a big family lunch at famous Old Ebbit restaurant.

Here we are waiting in the HUGE line to get through security. Apparently the ceremony was the largest they have ever accommodated in the Capitol Building, so they were a little, umm, slow & unorganized with all the people. :) We made it through, though!


Oma's sweet airforce escort, Cheif Meckles, made these precious signs for all 22 of us family members at the ceremony. We were to use them to locate each other once we all got there. It was a VERY creative and great idea. It is a picture of when Cambry & Oma met for the first time. It was a surprise to me when we got there and brought tears to my eyes, as I was missing her so much!


Steve's Dad & cousin Sarah both were interviewed for the Houston & Dallas news!




Oma & her gold medal, along with her escort Chief Meckles & all the family. We are so proud of you, Oma!!






Thursday was our big sightseeing day. It was our last full day in D.C., so we crammed as much as we could into it. We were exhausted by the end of the day, but it was worth it! We decided to take a bus tour b/c it stopped at all the major sights we wanted to see. It worked out great! The first stop was Arlington National Cemetery.






They also had a special exhibit to honor the WASPS at the cemetery and had a life size picture of Oma on the wall! WOW!


Lincoln Memorial & Washington Monument






The White House
When we got to the white house, they had the typical visitors walkway blocked off where we couldn't get in front of the gate to take pictures. Apparently it was because the president was arriving & we had to wait for him to get inside and all the secret service to be cleared out before they would open it up. High security. I guess it a good thing. :)





The Supreme Court Building


We also visited the Holocaust museum & got passes in the Capitol Building to listen to the House & the Senate in session. Very interesting.

To top it off, we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, there as well! We had a wonderful dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak house on the 11th floor of a building overlooking the Reagan Airport. Magnificent view, delicious food, & perfect company!



Friday we headed home to see our little girl and despite our worries, she remembered who we were! :)

Spring!

We are so excited it's spring time! We've already been on lots of walks around the neighborhood, to the park to swing almost every day lately, & have been feeding the ducks! Cambry LOVES to be outdoors so we are looking forward to this warmer time of the year!

On our latest trip to feed the ducks,
she probably had the most fun picking the grass. :)

Fun Weekend!

While Daddy went out of town this weekend for a youth retreat with his guys from church, we tried to make the best of it, although we missed him so much!! Friday night we went out to dinner with Miss Katie (soon to be Mrs. Katie!) and got to see her new house! Always a great time! Then, Saturday we headed out to Ft. Worth with G to see Mammaw (Cambry's great grandma) for the day. Cambry got to show her all the things she can do now since we saw her last at Christmas...such a big girl! Then, we went back to G & Pops' and got to spend time with Pops, too! Cambry enjoys being loved on by her grandparents & great-grandma! What a fun weekend we had!

Miss Katie makes me smile!


Nothing better than kisses from Mammaw!


I love my Mammaw!!


Exhausted baby girl with G!

9 months!

Our Cambry girl is now nine months old and what a fabulous nine months it has been! It seems as though she has always been a part of our family and God couldn't have blessed us with a more perfect addition. We just love her to pieces! These past couple of weeks, Cambry has had a cold that turned into a sinus infection so she is on an antibiotic right now. We were supposed to go to her 9 month well check up but apparently she can't have shots until she is done with her meds, so we had to postpone it for another week. I will have to update with stats later but for now here is what she's been up to:

* Cambry sleeps from 7:30/7:45pm-7:30am and takes 2 naps for 1 1/2 hours each.
* She takes 4 bottles of either breastmilk or formula a day and she eats solids 3 times a day.
* She loves her baby food--the only thing she doesn't care for is zucchini or yellow squash.
* She feeds herself puffs or cheerios & can drink out of a sippy cup by herself.
* She still isn't truly crawling--she does the army crawl & gets her knees under her here and there. She is content just sitting and wiggling here and there. We joke that she will probably be walking before she does her "true" crawling!
* She is pulling up to her knees on the coffee table, etc & can almost pull all the way up by herself.
* She says da-da, ma-ma, ya-ya, na-na and we hear an occasional ba-ba.
* Cambry loves to wave at herself in the mirror!
* She still LOVES to read. Her favorites are Babyfaces & Baby Animals.
* Her newest trick is to put her arms above her head when we say "touchdown!" Silly girl!
* Cambry has become pretty snuggly this past month. She loves to cuddle right before her naps or bedtime once she gets her pacifier in her mouth. We love it!
* She has also become quite the Daddy's girl lately, as well. She has always enjoyed being with her Daddy, but these days he better not come into the same room or walk by without planning to stick around or there are BIG tears. And, Daddy loves it! :)

We are so very thankful to the Lord for Cambry and while we love the stage she is at now, we are excited about how she is going to keep learning and growing! These are some of our favorite pics of this past month!

Cambry's New Trick

One day this week, I walked in to get Cambry from her nap and she was sitting up in her crib--this was a first! She was giggling and so proud of herself. I was too! She's been able to sit up for a while, but this was the first time she had pushed herself up into a sitting position from laying down. Well, this new little trick has been so much fun for her that she "practices" it during her nap times instead of napping! UGH! It's the end of the week now and she has spent the majority of her nap times this week rolling around, then sitting back up or just sitting there. One nap time she literally just sat there for 1 1/2 hours playing with her pacifiers--not crying, just sitting. What in the world?! She knows how to get back on her tummy, she just chooses not to. Oh, the new things to explore in the crib from this position! I hope the newness of this skill passes quickly so we can get back to our normal napping. Silly girl!!

This is the first day I walked in to find her sitting up in her crib.


She was sound asleep! I guess she got tired of sitting. Poor baby!

Melt my heart...

My sweet Cambry's little face is enough to melt my heart. But now that she says "mama" over and over it's a whole new ball game. My heart is overflowing!

Roomie Fondue 2010!

This past weekend we continued our annual tradition of fondue with my college roomies! We were trying to count back to what year we started it and we are thinking December of 2000. WOW! Each year we get together and cook up a 4 course fondue meal. It includes a cheese fondue, salad course, 3 meat & veggie fondue & then we top it off with a chocolate fondue. It is simply delightful and even more so to spend the evening with my dear friends! This year we missed Cindy who had to stay at home in NM since she is due with baby Andrew anytime now and Laura in VA who is currently packing up her family to move back to Texas--YIPPEE! Thanks for hosting it this year, Sarah & Wade. We are already looking forward to next year!

Kicking off the evening!


Wade & all the meat he cut up--that is some serious meat!


Us, Sarah & Wade, Katie & Wes, Traci & CJ


The gals!