This Week I'm...

This week I'm pumped that I won in both of my fantasy leagues!  Andre & Matt Schaub hooked me UP...as they should.  Andre Johnson is only the best receiver in the league :)  Love it.

This week I'm stoked that the Texans have opened their season 2-0.  Saweeeeet.  It's about time, fellas.

This week I'm really excited to that Michael Vick has been named the STARTERRRR for the Eagles.  Seriously.  SO pumped.  I miss watching that boy play.

This week I am heartbroken for Reggie Bush!  First the Heisman debacle (which I totally don't agree with btw), and then a broken leg.  SERIOUSLY??  Poor Reg.

This week I'm sad that my Pawpaw is still in the hospital and is struggling physically with breathing and lack of energy, and struggling mentally with indecision from the doctors.

This week I am praying for Pawpaw constantly.

This week I'm thankful that I have gotten to chat with each of my brothers on numerous occasions and I got to hang out with my sis-in-law.  Love you guys!

This week I am having trouble believing that my baby brother is 21!!!  Reidster- you're the bomb.  I'm proud of you and I can't wait to see where you go in life!

This week I am optimistic about the future of Mr. Noah Longino & Miss Kayla Czajkowski (soon to be Mrs. Longino!)  I am SO looking forward to the wedding festivities this weekend!

This week I am relieved that Brian is home from his work trip.

This week I'm a little under the weather, but it could be worse :)

This week I'm ecstatic that Glee is BACK baby.

This week I'm ANNOYED that ppl break into other ppl's cars and steal their stuff!  NOT NICE.

This week I am proud of my hubby for his character.  He works hard, displays honesty & integrity every day in his work, and he is finding success.  You're awesome babe!!

This week I am thankful for soooo many incredible blessings in my life.  I'm thankful that my God is a GOOD God. 

9 HOURS!!!

Okay.  Cameron went NINE HOURS between feedings last night!!  WHOA.  Now if we can only get past this colicky phase every night until midnight! 

Mommy is a happy girl this morning :)

Cameron: 2 Months

My baby munchkin is a pretty healthy little 2-month old!

Weight: 11lb 7oz - 66%

Height: 23in - 82%

Head: 40%

-her jaundice has draaaastically improved- still some yellowish tints here and there

-extended feedings at night to anywhere from 5-7 hours.  sweeeeet.

-appears to be "colicky".  boo for nightly screaming sessions from 9p-12a.

-is smiling a few times a day when mommy is talking to her

-anytime we do tummy time- she rolls over to her back pretty immediately

-can lift her head, but not her chest very well

-can support her body weight with her legs

-eats every 2.5-4 hours during the day (usu 3)...but only about 2-3 oz at a time still!

-sleeping times are generally 12-8 with a feeding or two thrown in there!

-loves her bouncer when it's vibrating

-likes her playmat for about 10 min at a time

-still likes to be held! :)

-likes her swing as long is it swings from side to side (yay!)

We love our sweet pea and are lovvving having another baby around!  We know that she is a blessing from God and was perfectly created by Him.  Thanks, Lord, for hooking our household up with lots and lots of joy and love!!  You are good.

BFFs

Tatum came over tonight while her momma had open house and her daddy had a softball game.  The girls were hilar, as always.  The little ladies just played & played.  

They played with Giant Legos.

They played on the little laptop.  

They played dress up.  

They played WrestleMania.   

They pooped each other out big time!

Sweet babies :)  Cutest little Bffs.

Prayers for Pawpaw

My Pawpaw was diagnosed last week with stage 4 cancer.  They found the cancer in a bone marrow sample from his spine, but they know that this is not the original location.  They are continuing to run tests in order to find the affected locations and most importantly, the location where it started, in order to make decisions about the types of chemo drugs to use.

My Pawpaw is 79, still goes to work every day (he's a lawyer), plays golf with his buddies, goes to watch his grandkids sports, etc...  That is, until about 6 weeks ago.  Over a matter of about a week, he got to the point where he needed help getting dressed, and even getting up off the couch and walking to the kitchen for a drink!  The doctors originally diagnosed him with a muscle disease, but when the treatment had no effect, they tested further and found cancer.

They suspect that it began in his colon, and based on this theory, they began chemo on Saturday.  Although cancer is never good news, my Pawpaw is happy to have a diagnose and a game-plan (or at least the start of one).

Please pray for him to continue to gain back some strength, for an increased appetite, for increased energy, for the chemo to be HARD on the cancer cells, but easy on the rest of his body.  Pray for his diabetes to stay under control, and pray for his mental strength.  He and my Nana are so thankful for the blessing of family and friends and cannot stop talking about how lucky they feel to have so many people visiting them/loving on them/encouraging them right now.  It's pretty cool :)

Thanks for the prayers!  And hey- while you're at it- check out my friend Meredith's blog.  Her momma is finishing up her chemo with a series of 4 INTENSE treatments.  I know they would so appreciate your prayers as well!

Hook 'em

B and I get season tickets to UT football each year, but at this point in our lives, it's just not convenient to make the trip down to austin for every single home game.  Our plan this wknd was to just lay low and try to sell our tickets to someone...but no one claimed them.  SO at the LAST minute- Cameron & I hit the road to Austin!! 

Hannah-Banana watched Cameron while Betho & I went to the game.  It was Nug's first game and we had a grand ol' time cheering our Horns on to a victory.  Hook em'!!  After the game, I got to see some old ACU ppl that I haven't seen in forev- super fun!  When we finally got back to Cody & Nug's we were so ready for bed...but Cameron had a massive explosion that filled her carseat and leaked all over Betho's house. Whoops. 

Aves and B-Riz had a fun little daddy/daughter bonding wknd here in Plano.  They hung out, played, and watched football together.  Daddy even got her ready for church alll by himself...and she looked extra cute.  I'm so proud babe :)

Uncle Reidster stopped by for a mini-visit as he passed through to McKinney.  We love you Reider!

Avery: 16 Months

My angel is growing up.

-22 lb

-still a shorty/skinny little thing

-is a successful BumGenius 3.0 wearer now!

-is the greatest big sis

-loves to give Cameron kisses

-is SO disturbed by Cameron's crying

-is absolutely terrified of the vaccum

-FINALLYYYY says "mama"

-other words, "dah" (dog), "dite" (bite or drink), "daddmm" (daddy), "mama", "byebye", "uh oh", "hi", "duh" (duck), "bah" (ball), "mmm" (yummy), "tsh" (trash), "taddmm" (tatum)

-bedtime: 815ish, sleeps until 9ish

-still cried out a few times during the night but always goes back to sleep pretty quickly

-1 nap a day (2-3 hours)

-runs

-jumps (but doesn't really leave the ground)

-current dance moves: twirl, drop it like it's hot, shake your booty

-lovvves bathtime a LOT

-can recognize all her extended family & point to them in pics

-calls most animals "dah"

-loves walks outside

-can put on her own shoes (slip ons)

-loves mommy & daddy's shoes

-always trying to put on more clothes

-loves pushing her "friends" in her baby stroller

-loves her giant legos

-loves her baby laptop

Avery melts our hearts every single day.  LITERALLY.  every. single. day.  She is so overflowing with joy and laughter and smiles.  She is so incredibly friendly to pretty much everyone she sees.  She's a jabberbox.  She dances anytime she hears music.  She loves on her baby sister.  She loves on her animals & dolls.  She is just such a vibrant and joyful little lovebug.  Brian & I are in love with that child and are so so thankful that God blessed us with little Averton!!  She brings an unimaginable amount of happiness to our life!!

Love you Aves!!!

Labor Day Wknd

We spent a super relaxing Labor Day wknd @ my parents' place in F-burg.  LOVED IT.   Our Friday afternoon/night drive down there took 7 HOURS!!  dang.  On Saturday night we ventured into San A to see Trinity play.  Aves had the BEST time running around and trying to keep up with the big kids during the game...but by the end she was donesky.  Cameron did pretty darn well too...I was so proud of my little colicky baby :)

We spent most of our time just relaxing, snacking, playing horseshoes, enjoying the absolutely breathtaking view, listening to music....  ahhh life out in the middle of nowhere is awesome. B-Riz even got to dove hunt while we were there...umm...he was in heaven :)

Aves, Cameron and I went back to SL for a few days to visit Pawpaw in the hospital and to hang out with Nonni & Big Poppy a little longer.  We swam @ my parents' house and I got to have a girls night out with girls that I NEVER get to see, which was SO nice.  My mom drove us back on Wednesday night...we were happy to see B-Riz...we missed him!!

Sister, Sister

Avery loves her babysis.  She gets a little annoyed sometimes that I am constantly holding Cameron, but she lovvvvvves her all the same.  Anytime Cameron makes a PEEP, Averton drops whatEVER she's doing and sprints (Avery-style...which is pretty hilar) to wherever Cameron is to make sure she's okay.  If I don't respond IMMEDIATELY, she scurries over to me and makes this cute little noise and points in Cam's direction like, "Mom!!  Cameron's crying, don't you hear her!!? Help!"  It really is the cutest thing.  Aves will offer Cameron the paci if she can reach her, like surely that will solve the problem!  She'll pet her sweet little head and bend down to give her a kiss too.  She is presh.  Such a sweetheart with so much love to give!  I seriously think she might be the best sister in the universe.  Time will tell :)

On another note- last night was monumental.  I only got up to feed Cameron ONCE!! I got up numerous other times to give her a paci or otherwise sooth her back to sleep, but hey- I'll take it!  After her 2:10 feeding it took almost TWO hours to get her to FINALLy go back to sleep.  That child was WIDE.EYED.  But she 100% made up for it by not eating again until 8:30.  Thanks Cameron!!

Super pumped to spend this long wknd in F-burg with my parentals, Rileton, my girls, my stellar hubster, and allie!!  Yay!! 

My sweet 7 week old

So Cameron's stomach issues have definitely seemed to have improved with time.  I'm not doing dairy, and once I got used to it, it's really not bad at all :)  Thanks for the help from you non-dairy pros out there!

She still has her moments where she grunts and cries out and seems to be working reallyyyy hard on something...but they are MUCH less frequent and shorter lived than they were previously.  YAY!  It's normally at night before bedtime...or more like AT bedtime ha. 

I spent some time the other day reading a little bit on colic and it pretty much sounds like Camo.  Just not a terrible case of it?  I'm pretty positive she'll just outgrow it with time. 

At 7 weeks, she is a pretty happy baby that does what most 7 week olds do.  She eats, sleeps, poops, coos, has rolled over a few times, is working on perfecting her beautiful little smile...

I realized about a week and a half ago that poor little Cameron was getting JIPPED, because we gave Avery SO much more attention as a newborn.  So I've started being WAY more intentional about talking to her and playing with her...even though she can barely see me.  Poor child.  I just kind of forgot that even as a newborn I need to tell her how amazing and cute and sweet and loved and perfect she is!!

Her jaundice issue is still lingering a bit...we got bloodwork done yesterday and are still waiting on the results...the doc just wanted to play it safe...so hopefully everything is normal!

K...the Caminator is crying...naptime is officially over (although it never REALLY began...oh well!)