SUNDANCE

Last weekend we went with our summer sales office on a trip! We went and stayed at a cabin in Heber City and went snowboarding at sundance! We had so much fun and I'm glad we have so many good friends in our office. Thanks everyone for the fun trip.

9 MONTHS

I cannot believe sweet Camden is already 9 months old. He has grown so much lately and learns

new things every day. At 9 months, Camden:

- crawls everywhere.. He started this at 8 months

- has two funny teeth.. They are both on the bottom but they are not next to each other. Ha, he looks like a little pumpkin.

- he can play peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, and will throw a ball back and forth for hours.

- he is not a good eater. He loves his bottles WAY too much!

- he tugs at my pant leg and says mamama when he wants me to pick him up.

- loves the veggie dip gerber bites

- loves sticking his tongue out and sucks on everything.

- sleeps from around 9PM - 7 AM and wakes up once in between.

- takes 3 naps ( morning, afternoon, & evening)

- he loves to unfold my laundry as fast as I can fold it.

- walks around tables and along the couch.

- loves watching kids play, especially his cousins

- will find the tiniest crumb no matter how clean the floors are.

- constantly pulls the door stoppers.

We just love our little buggy & we are so grateful each day that he is ours!

DECEMBER

December has been such a fun month for us. But, it started out not too fun because Camden came home from daycare with the stomach flu. The poor little guy was throwing up for 3 days. He just layed around, cried, slept a ton, and would not eat his bottle. It was the saddest thing and everyday I wished it was me that was sick and not him. Finally after about 8 days, he was finally back to his smiley little self. We went to Christmas parties. Camden saw lots of different Santa's. Cam and I stayed in Richfield for almost a week before Christmas and then went back for 4 days to celebrate Christmas. We got to see sweet McKinlay get blessed, cute Kaylen play in his first piano recital, and spend lots of time with our families.

CAM WITH SANTA:

CAMDEN, FINALLY FEELING BETTER:LOVES HIS NEW "BIG BOY" TUB:BRANDI FEEDING CAM SOME DINNER:CAM & DAD AT A FOOTBALL GAME:CAM & HIS FIRST TOMS:UGLY SWEATER PARTY:

THE NEXT POST WILL BE ABOUT OUR CHRISTMAS! :)

THANKSGIVING

This year for Thanksgiving we did the usual.. went to Richfield, had two thanksgiving dinners, went black Friday shopping (kind of), saw lots of friends and family, went to Breaking Dawn, and Austin played in the Turkey Bowl. We had a wonderful thanksgiving and I am very thankful for all the wonderful things I have in my life, especially my family & friends. Holidays are so much more fun with a little guy around. I can't wait for Christmas! :) My family had Thanksgiving at my grandparents house. Even though they are no longer alive, we thought it'd be fun to prepare and eat dinner at their house like we always did.

MCKINLAY THANKSGIVING:AUSTINS FAMILY'S THANKSGIVING:TURKEY BOWL CHAMPIONS:HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

5 MONTHS

Camden is now 5 months old. I cannot believe how fast time has flown by. But, I love each new stage that he gets in to. He is so much fun and learns something new everyday. Camden went to the dr a couple days before he turned 5 months and this is what we learned:

WEIGHT: 15.1 LBS - 30%
HEIGHT: 26.18 IN - 71%
HEAD CIRC: 16.5 IN - 24%

So, he is STILL long and skinny. I swear I feed him, ha! In fact, he eats a ton. I even started him on rice & baby food at 4 months. He is just so active that he burns a ton of calories a day. He never sits still and he is constantly rocking back and forth. Here are some fun facts about sweet little Camden at 5 months:

- He is bald. Very bald. Well, I guess he does have a small patch in the back, haha!
- He rolls EVERYWHERE. If you put him on one side of the room, he'll roll clear over to the other side.
- He loves Austin's parents dog, Lou. He will watch his every move and just laugh right out loud.
- He has a hard time eating from a spoon because he wants to be looking at everything in the kitchen or grabbing everything on the counter.
- He eats 7 oz about every 3 hours & one meal of rice/baby food at night.
- He has been getting up at like 5:00 AM every morning. Fun, right?
- He can almost sit up all by him self. You just have to hold one of his hands. He can sit alone for about 10 seconds.
- He wants to crawl so bad. He just lays on his tummy and rocks back and forth until he moves a little.
- He wears 3-6 month clothes and can fit in a few 6-9 months.
- He loves me to sing "Hush Little Baby" to him. I don't know why but it always calms him down.
- He got really sick with his last shots and had a fever of 103. :(

-He loves to stand on his feet

-He does really well at sleeping in his own crib. He has been doing this since he was about 3 1/2 months old

-He loves bath time & will suck on a rag the whole time

-No matter how mad or sad he is, he will ALWAYS smile for his daddy

Here are a few pics of little buggie at 5 months:

SICK LITTLE GUY:

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

BLACK TIE PARTY

A few weeks ago we headed up to SLC for a party for Austin & Ty's work. We went to the party Fri night, spent the night in SLC, slept in for the first time in months and went shopping the next day. It was our first night away from little Cam but I know he had a blast in Richfield with all his grandparents & cousins. Thanks to Vivint for a fun night and to our families for tending. :)

RICE CEREAL - 4 MONTHS

Camden turned 4 months last week & is starting to want a bottle more often. He constantly stares at everything we eat and he tries to get our food into his mouth. So, we figured it was time for him to start eating a little rice! He loves it. I would give him a spoonful and he would lean forward with his mouth open. He acted like he's eaten from a spoon for a long time.

At 4 months, Camden:

- Weighs 14.5 pounds

- Still sleeps through the night but has been loving getting up for the day at 6:00 AM

- Grabs anything he can reach, puts it in his mouth & throws it

- Will only use the Playtex Binky's

- Loves rice cereal

- Has started rolling.. even back to belly

- Destroys his play mat (He will throw his arms and legs everywhere until the whole thing falls apart)

- Falls asleep every time we get in the car

- Still loves cartoons & watching things on our phones

- Eats 6 oz of milk about every 2.5 - 3 hours

- Talks CONSTANTLY... loud!

- Doesn't cry when we wakes up in the mornings. He just lays in his crib and babbles and kicks his feet.