It's Halloween 2010!!

Daddy & Minnie getting ready to trick or treat

Madeleine, Grace and Priya at the pre-trick-or-treating pizza party

Grace with little Nola & her favorite next door neighbors Jordan & Reagen

Grace and Cami

Daddy making pink pancakes for Halloween breakfast (we had no orange food coloring)

Sneak Peek

...of my cute little Minnie Mouse.

Pajama Day & Sing-a-Long

Grace had 'Pajama/Sing-a-Long Day' at school today and each of the classes performed Halloween songs before lunch. Nana and Cami and I went to watch Grace's class sing about a spider. I took a video but I've been having problems loading my videos onto Blogger and YouTube for the past few days...so here's a pic of the little monkey. She didn't really want to wear her jammies so we settled for PJ pants and a Halloween shirt :)

Pumpkin Patch

Grace and I went to Tanaka Farms pumpkin patch today with her little friends Sophie, Ethan and Paige. We picked pumpkins, took a wagon ride, vsited a petting zoo, and got all muddy and dirty....what fun for an almost 3 year old. The weather was very fall-like but not too cold and we're getting excited about Halloween next weekend. Now we just need to carve these pumpkins up!

Happy Birthday Grandma

Last night we celebrated Grandma's birthday with a "girls" dinner party at Nana's house. The boys were all participating in a basketball draft so it was a fun night for us girls to hang out. Of course Grace was so happy because she had both grandmas together (and Sprinkles cupcakes!) and it was so nice having the extra sets of hands with the two girls. I can't imagine doing this without the help of my mom and Mike's mom. They are incredible. Happy Birthday to a wonderful, kind, giving, beautiful grandma/mother in law!!

Aunt Ashley

Came home from college to visit Grace and Cami yesterday. Grace was in heaven.

Stats and Update

I took Camryn to the doctor today and her stats are as follows:

10-19-10 (16 days old)
Weight: 9 lbs!!! - 53%
Height: 21.25 - 67%
HC: 14.5 - 40%

versus:

10-6-10 (3 days old)
Weight: 7.6 - 31%
Height: 20.75 - 80%
HC: 13.75 - 28%

She has been awake a lot more during the past few days and eats almost 3 ounces every 2 hours. She has had some really good nights with long stretches of sleep but during the last few nights got up every 2-3 hours. Most of the time she goes right back down. She is still pretty gassy but is more content when she is awake and loves looking around and looking at our faces. Grace picked her up once from her swing while I was in the kitchen. I just about died...so we had some conversations with her about only daddy and I picking her up, but she can hold her on the couch sitting down. The intent was sweet, she just loves Cami, but wow, that could be dangerous! Grace started her cupcake/cookie/cake decorating class on Fridays in Turtle Rock with Nana and she just loves it. I will have some more pics to post tomorrow of Camryn with friends and family.

Pictures Say a Thousand Words

Mommy & Cami

Aunt Temre & Cami

What a Look...

Sister love....two times

1 Week Old

Cami is 1 week old today...

I can't believe a whole week has already flown by. So far things have gone really well and I forgot how fun & easy a newborn is (except the lack of sleep of course!). She still sleeps so much during the day and is just starting to "wake up" more. The first few nights were hard because she was so hungry and my milk had not really come in so she was very fussy. Now that it has, she has been sleeping at night for longer stretches and I've supplemented with some formula which really helps because Cami is a BIG eater. She finishes eating and is practically ready for the next feeding which is more difficult to handle when you have a 2 year old who does not want to sit in the house all day while her mom feeds a baby. I was so anti-formula with Grace and this time around I'm much more relaxed about using a little here and there if it makes Cami, Grace, and I each a little happier and satisfied. Grace is very good with her sister. She is very kind and attentive towards her and loves to help me change diapers, etc. She has not acted out any more than normal (ie., when she hasn't napped well). She has also gotten a lot of 'extra' attention from her incredible grandparents which has helped her adjust. Both my parents and Mike's parents have been around every day to help us with anything and everything....another reason why this week has been so nice for us.

Sisters....Look-a-likes?

Grace - 1 week old (she had jaundice)
Cami - Almost 1 week old

Pics

Funny face for daddy

First morning home as sisters

Grace introducing our neighbore Kayla to Cami

Camryn is Here!!

Camryn (Cami) Hope arrived on October 3rd at 2:09 am. She was 7 lbs, 13 ounces and 20 inches long. I was 3-4 cm dilated upon check-in at the hospital - around 8 pm - so she came quickly and easily. The hardest part was getting the IV in my hand (ouch) and the contractions (double ouch) right before that lovely epidural. Despite the little adventure we had for the last week with the "packed" hospital, for some reason the place was empty when we checked-in, so we got to pick our L&D room and we chose the same one we had Grace in :) We got home from the hospital yesterday afternoon and so far things are going well but the night is tough. She has her nights/days confused and has been getting gassy at night so she's been crying a lot. During the day she is an angel of course! Grace is doing sooooooooo well...she always talks about how she loves having Cami here. I'll add more pics over the next few days.

PS - Cami looks very similar to Grace. I took some of the same shots of both girls arrivals and we put them side by side last night.....except Cami has WAY more hair than Grace did.

3-4 cm, water broken, going for the epidural soon!

On Pins & Needles

So I call Hoag this morning at 7:30 to find out if I can come in for my 9 am scheduled induction and they tell me to CALL BACK at 10 am. UGH!!!!!! They'll check the board at that time and tell me yes or no. This is killing me, just open one little bed for us!!! :) I guess I better get used to the idea that this might not happen until next week at this point when I will be re-scheduled for induction or it will just happen naturally - whichever comes first. Pins and Needles!!!

UPDATE: We're going in to the hospital this evening. Not sure exactly what time yet, but it looks like the baby will be here early October 3rd maybe?! So excited.