Eleven Months

Our big boy is eleven months old today. The countdown is officially on until his first birthday! He's full of funny sounds and faces these days and has the fastest one-leg, one-knee crawl you've ever seen. He eats like a champ and keeps us entertained all day long.

I had to include this last photo because of the ridiculous face Soph is making. I don't know if I caught her post sneeze or maybe taking a sniff of a dirty diaper but it had me cracking up when I downloaded these pictures.

Up He Goes

Camden's method of standing up is different than I remember Sophie's way of doing it. She always used things around her to pull up on, while he prefers a wide open space. He gets himself into a little sumo wrestler pose and just pops right up. His balance is already really good, he'll stand that way for quite some time, usually waiting for the cheering and applause.

Ten Months

Camden turned 10 months old on February 17! It's getting trickier to get him to sit in this rocking chair for our monthly pictures. Even with the help of my little sidekick, Sophie, we have to be quick before he's trying to wiggle away. This kid doesn't stay still for long.

 Recently Camden sprouted a new tooth (his sixth!), has started standing up all on his own, which of course requires lots of clapping, caught another cold (boo!) but now seems to be just about over it and is sleeping through the night again (yay!)

His current favorite things are eating, eating and more eating. Although it isn't that tough to do, he already eats more than Sophie and he doesn't seem to be too picky. Hurray! Although if he points to something you have, you better hand it over or there will be a big price to pay. He's starting to show more and more of his personality, playing funny games with us and cracking himself up. He loves to shove a leaf or handful of dirt in his mouth then wait for my reaction. When I say, "yuck!" he laughs hysterically and crawls away as fast as he can. The weather has been beautiful and this little dude has been enjoying every minute we spend outdoors.

P.S. I know I always say this, but I swear his hair isn't red. I just never bother adjusting the white balance on my camera before I take a picture in his room. Bad lighting in there, apparently.

P.P.S Sophie at 10 Months

Camden's Crawl

This may not be the most traditional crawl, but he can move! Camden is nine months old today!


Camden Crawl from Sarah Kemps on Vimeo.

Tiny Teeth

Not to be outdone by his sister, who may have crawled just a teensy bit earlier, Camden is sprouting four teeth at once. All top four teeth are starting to poke through! At first, I was afraid he was going to be lopsided because the two on his right side came in first, but the left side followed just a day or so later.

Here is when Sophie's top teeth started coming through.

Seconds from Crawling

Our big boy is so close to crawling! I know it's going to happen any day now.

He's following closely behind Sophie, who started crawling right about this same time.

Sophie's first crawl

Eight Months

Plus about two weeks. 

He wants to crawl. Loves to eat. Claps and talks and melts our hearts. Camden is growing like a weed. 

I swear his hair isn't red, just some weird lighting going.

Six Months

A lot has happened since I last decided to post something on here. We went to Disneyland, vacationed in Hawaii, Sophie turned three, we finally moved into our house and had a big party for the birthday girl, and Camden has hit all kinds of milestones! He is six months old and rolls over, sits on his own, bites with those two tiny teeth and cracks us up every day. We started him on food at four months so he is already eating a variety of things and grabbing for more. This boy is a kicking machine, he can not hold still for one minute. He has blisters on his toes from jumping and his ankles just from kicking and giving himself little rug burns! He is a happy little guy and so mellow. We love him so much!

Here they come!

Camden has sprouted his first couple of teeth. 

Life's Latest

I've got so many great pictures to share from my big camera, but it's taking me way to long to get those downloaded and on to the blog. So for now, we have updates from my iPhone. Some day I'll have my camera, my computer and working internet all in the same place. Here is a little peak into what we've had going on lately...

Most importantly, we've been loving on our big boy, who is growing like a weed! He turned five months on the 17th and changes daily.

We've started feeding him simple solid foods and he's not sure what he thinks. Some days he likes them, some days he purses his little lips and won't let that spoon in.

We tailgated for the first Fresno State home game.

Then poor little Camden got sick. After a couple of week of Sophie in preschool, I think sadly some germs came home with her and our little guy caught the worst of it. He was a trooper though and back to his happy self in no time.

We helped Baba celebrate his 87th birthday!

 Camden found his toes and has been holding on to them ever since.

Sophie picked up a new hobby...karaoke.

Our cabinets have been installed and we are starting to see our kitchen take shape! Appliances are here and are being installed and the counter tops are in progress.

Sophie got an early birthday surprise from Mimi, a Sofia the First dress and tickets to Disney Jr's Pirates and Princesses show. She loved it and danced in the aisle.

And just this last weekend, another early birthday celebration...Disneyland. We visited the Magic Kingdom with four other families. All five families have little girls who are all turning three within a month of each other and they amazingly all have little brothers ranging from 3 months to one year. These girls all became friends through The Little Gym when most of them were just about a year old and it has been so fun to watch their friendships develop.