through mommy goggles

Thursday was Aaron’s 23rd birthday! When he brought Camille into our bedroom at 6 am when she woke up, he was surprised to find presents waiting for him on the bed. I gave him a new blender (pathetic, I know, but we’ve really been into smoothies lately and ours broke last week) and “certificates” for me to make him some smoothies. Camille gave him a double picture frame. One side had the picture of her in the laundry basket and the other had clay imprints of her hands. Her gift was definitely better than mine, but isn’t that how it’s supposed to be anyway! Later in the day we met him at work and had lunch with him, and then he and I went out to dinner and stopped at Kohl’s for some quick shopping (I was in desperate need of summer clothes). We finished off the evening eating cake at my parents’ house with them and the Haworth’s. I think he enjoyed his first birthday as a Dad. I hope he did!

Happy birthday, Aaron! I love you so much! You are such a wonderful husband and Daddy!

Camille has learned how to roll onto her side! I'm afraid it won't be long until she figures out how to roll all the way over :)

Camille and I spent Friday at my parents’ house. It was an absolutely beautiful day and we were outside for about four hours – the longest Camille has ever been outside! She played on her jungle mat, went on a walk with Grandpa, took a cat nap in the pack ‘n play, and bounced in the bouncer while I helped my Mom plant flowers in her flower boxes.

Camille has been doing just great! She keeps getting bigger (duh!) and has been sleeping through the night every night – usually from about 9 at night to 6 the next morning. The only problem is that she doesn’t seem to want to take naps during the day anymore. A few days ago she took a three hour afternoon nap, but since then her longest nap was 30 minutes. (IF ANYONE HAS ANY NAPPING ADVICE I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!)

Next weekend we will be driving with my parents to Chicago because my cousin, Seraj, is graduating from high school. It should be quite an interesting trip, considering Camille isn’t too fond of her carseat! I’m really looking forward to going, though, and it should be a nice weekend. And I’m sure we’ll have tons of more pictures to post when we get back!