CAMIisms

Last week we needed to go to the store so I asked Cami if she'd rather go to Wal Mart or Kroger. She said Wal Mart.

We drove passed Kroger and she said..
"Bye Kroger.."
I said "Bye Kroger. Cami wants to go to Wal Mart."
She sat there for a minute and said "....who you talkin' to? They don't have no mouth!"
HAHA! I seriously LOL'd.

She saw a man walking down the street and said..
"Uh. Look at that man. I don't like mans."
I said "You like daddy and Papa T"
"They both boys." she quickly replied.

She is so overly dramatic lately.. several times she has told us these things.
-"Ohh..my legs hurt. I can't walk" while talking like an old woman.
-"My baby! She bumped her noggin. I need check her." talking about Carrah because she is her baby afterall, right?
-"I can't go to school. I don't want to take a nap. I just close my eyes."

I'm really proud of her lately though. She is learning so much and it's awesome to watch. She can FINALLY hold up 3 fingers and say "I'm 3." She knows what a triangle, square, and circle are and points them out at all times. Even on random things like chips and pieces of cheese I cut. She even folded a washcloth a few days ago and it was near perfect..I was really shocked!

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Announcment from PrissyMiss Boutique

BACK TO SCHOOL SALE!!!!!!!!!

Now through August 24th, enter the code Free_Ship at the end of checkout and receive FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders!!

If you've ordered from me, send me pictures of your PrissyMiss wearing her Bows and receive an additional 10% off coupon!!

Visit PrissyMiss Boutique and put your order in now. Don't miss out.

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I Forgot Wordless Wednesday

If I would not have forgotten Wordless Wednesday, it was to be called "Quickly Healing"

..because that is just what Carrah is doing. Thank you Lord.
You would never know the traumatic incident she endured a little over a week ago by how well she is toddling around, doing patty cake and fake laughing..

..not to mention her devious grins.
You know by this lil face that she is into something she isn't supposed to be.
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Walking!!! SO crazy..I can't even believe it!

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Museum First

Last Saturday we wanted to do something fun with the girls that didn't require tons of sunscreen. We came up with the idea to go the Museum. The one we were planning to go to that both Chris and I went to when we were kids, had a really awful website which made us think twice about driving so far to see it. So we opted on our second choice. It's a new Museum that's about 25 mins away. It was a LOT of fun..even for me. Ha! I always loved museums and find the neat little exhibits and interesting facts very enticing!

The best part for our girls was the kids room that you could run around, scream and holler and play in. It had different scenes that you get to walk through, get down and play etc..

Cami in a little cubby hole with "chickens"

She climbed the staircase to the top of the castle!!
Carrah enjoyed it too. She tried to put every single thing you see in the background in her mouth! EW! You gotta watch her..she's a mess.

CAmi's FAVORITE part!! She would not let other kids play. lol. It's a stage with different music. You sing with it and you appear on a big screen TV. That's what she is looking at..herself! Ha!

Taking a boat ride.

btw: on a completely different subject.. if you try to place a Bow order please let me know because i've gotten a couple of emails saying they can't place their order. I have no idea what's going on and don't know if it is affecting everyone? Thanks!

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Motivation or Lack Thereof

I've always been a really motivated person. But i'm only a really motivated person if something gives me incentive to be.

For example, when I was in school I was extremely motivated to make good grades. My incentive was that my dad would be very very disappointed in me if I didn't and I hated for people to be disappointed in me..so I did everything I could to ensure that I made good grades.

I've always been motivated to eat healthy. My incentive is obviously to look better and be healthy.

Now, to my point, I'm not motivated to blog any more..I have no incentive... :( It kinda makes me sad because i've done it for so long, but here lately I feel like i'm so busy that i'm pulling at little things just to try to make a post. I'm also very busy with PrissyMiss Boutique and the girls. I think a little of it is being private as well. I feel like I used to blog to get more readers and be liked..lol. How shallow am I? But seriously.. I haven't had a post without a comment in months and now since going private, a lot of posts have gotten almost none.
Anyway, i'm not saying i'm not going to post anymore because I don't get comments (WAHH poor me) Just saying most of my posts from now on will probably be ONLY about the kids..things they do and say and pictures of them because (like Lindsay said) this is pretty much my online baby book for them. Ha!

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Carseat Switcheroo

I think I mentioned this briefly a while back. Carrah was almost to tall, within one inch, of outgroing her infant seat, so we switched her into Cami's convertible. Cami is now in a ..whatever that seat is.. lol! It was my MIL's, but she let us use it until we can afford one of our own.

So far it is working out well. I thought Cami would be jealous because she has had that seat since she was a year old, but she thinks it's super cool that Carrah now has her seat. She loves to tell everyone about it. Carrah is really digging the seat too. I thin it's a lot more comfy than the infant carrier.

Just for fun..here is Cami in the same seat, on the same side of the car at 14 months (Carrah is 9 mos.)

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Showing Her True Colors

Look at this fabulous divaesque expression.

She does not like to share with little sister..just doesn't grasp the concept.

I can't understand why..just look at little sister's sweet face.

Nope, not phasing her. It's all mine! Okay wait..here's a nice lil face.
Nope. Definitely not sharing w/ little sister.. Mine, mine, mine!!
Look out big sister, she's mad now and she's coming for you!!

to be continued....
:)

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NFL Starts TONIGHT!!

WOOOO HOOO!! So excited!!

Though, I don't love either of the teams playing tonight, I love that football is coming back on!! I'm anxious to see if T.O. starts tonight. It'll be weird seeing him play for another team because he's been with the Cowboys since I became a football fan.

I think i'll be plopped in front of the TV with some GFree Chocolate Chunk Cookies, cup of coffee. Then later, after the kids are in bed, possibly a Coconut Rum and Coke. Mmm!!

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Photo Friday

What you end up doing when it's 95+ degrees outside.. :)

Hello lil turkey! I definitely think blue is her color (that and dark purple)

Aww..sleepy times. She fell asleep with her arm hanging out of the crib.

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Baby Books

Last night around 10pm, while I would normally be getting ready for bed, I was dragging the girls baby books out.

I'm the worst baby book keeper ever. Especially poor lil Carrah's. I haven't wrote anything in it since she was about 5 months old!! Ha! I had a ton of stuff to update and fill in. I also added pictures and a few little things that i've saved..like her dr's reports and ER bracelet.

While I was doing Cami's, I read back to the letter I wrote her in Aug 2006, when she was 3 months old, and it brought back so many memories..aww! You never think you'll forget those sweet moments, but somehow you manage to and i'm happy that I wrote so many down.

btw.. if anyone knows how much gas prices were in October 2008, let me know. :)

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Yummy CUTEness with a Flower & a Bruise on Top!

What kind of week is it without CUTEness pictures?! Not a fun one for me, in fact.

The girls and I went to Michael's to get some supplies on Tuesday. The trip is about 20 minutes there and 20 mins back. Both girls were sleepy and cranky the entire time. No fun..but they were Oh.So.Cute so I forgave them.

Lil Carebear in her absolute yumminess!
She's wearing her glasses very well. She doesn't seem to be bothered by the stitches at all. We get them removed on Friday.

A pretty picture of the FlowerClip and HeadBand for the website.

Sweet cheeks! I love her little chin!

My crazy girl! Doesn't sit still for a picture..EVER!
She is all about peddling her tricycle now. She flies around the circle of our house. Carrah can't quite keep up anymore. Darnit!

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Words to the Last Post

Hehe, can't believe I left it all day without explaining.

She woke up super early (6:45am) that morning. By that time, we had already been out running errands, played (forever) and cleaned up bedroom and playroom. She first fell asleep in the black chair that she always sleeps in, then woke up, came upstairs where Carrah, my cousin and myself were, whined because she didn't want to see my cousin and went and sat down on the stairs pouting. I ignored her and thought she'd be back up there with us shortly, but she wasn't..

My cousin was leaving and said "Kaycee, Cami has fallen alseep on the stairs!" I didn't believe him, I thought she was faking, but oh no she wasn't. lol! She woke up smiling like .. wow where am I? ha! But her knee was sore! She couldn't even bend it!


While we're on the subject of Cami.. today was her first day of Mother's Day Out! She was sooo excited and had a lot of fun. It goes from 9-2 every Wed through the summer. Carrah and I had a very relaxing day. I finished all of my orders. (The ones that didn't ship today will go out in the morn!) and paid all of my bills..well the ones that I could pay. ha! I also cleaned the kitchen, mopped the floors and washed 2 loads of laundry. Woo Hoo!! I think I like MDO :)

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Wordless Wednesday - SoO Sleepy!

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Slowly, but Surely

I'm getting there.

.. back to normal life that is. I've been so on edge about Carrah. I'm following her every step to make sure nothing else happens! She has been really cranky(obviously) and clingy. So i've been sitting around the house holding her. I love the cuddles, but I just feel so awful for her.

This morning though she woke up in a great mood!! I think she finally got rested and was back to her happy little giggly self. I love it!!

I think we're venturing out of the house today, for the first time by ourselves(without Chris) since, I think Thursday..haha! I have so much to do. I know some of you are reading this that have orders in with me and I have NOT forgotten them I promise. It's just been so difficult to get anything whatsoever done..even taking a shower and making food has been a job!

I'm really not meaning to whine. I feel like I do a lot of that lately. It just seems like something is always happening around here. God is trying to teach me something from all of this, i'm sure of it.

Cami had a good week at VBS last week. She loves things like that. I went and watched her sing and dance with all the kids to one of the main songs they do and it brought tears to my eyes. I don't know if it was just the emotion of seeing her do it or what.. it just made me proud that she is so excited to be singing about Jesus (even if she isn't sure why yet)

Anyone else ready for summer to be over?! Goodness, I am. It's so hot here, I can't even walk to my mailbox without feeling like i'm going to melt into a puddle. Fall is much more my thing. Come on football, come on pretty leaves, come on breezey winds, county fairs...and... CARRAHS BIRTHDAY in Oct!!!

Well, that turned into a big bunch of talk soup..or randamity :)

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New Products from PrissyMiss Boutique

Products not yet listed on the website.

New Disney Princess Novelty Collection
{Jasmine Bow not pictures)

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Watch Your Babies Closely & Give Them a Big HUG!

I was working on a cute post to feature a gorgeous picture like this one..

but instead, I have to show you this one..
and this one. Carrah was upstairs with Chris this afternoone when she pulled an armoir down on top of her. The entire thing. It's as tall as me! She was so bloody all over her face, I didn't even recognize her. We rushed her to the Emergency Room where they immediately got us in. She received 3 stitches in her nose. Then she went for a CT Scan. It came back normal, praise God! He is the only one that could have saved my baby!! It's a miracle that she is okay. She does have a broken nose, right at the bridge, but other than that she is perfectly healthy. She has a ton of bruises, but she is playing, eating and drinking well. Please keep us in your prayers.
This is after I cleaned her up.

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"Weight" for Cami

Cami has been tiny since birth. She was born (doctor insisted on inducing me for his own scheduling benefit) a week early at 6lbs 2oz. She had no health problems, other than a heart murmur, which we later learned was "Pulmonary Valve Stenosis." Her case wasn't so severe that she required surgery though, thank God. So I figured her being a (sort of) preemie, plus having a heart condition, she would always be small. That's how it appeared at every routine doctor visit. She was always in the 3-10 percentile.

Her doctor always seemed a little worried, but would say "You're small (um..NO) so it's probably just in her genes." However, around her 15month check..or somewhere along there, I honestly don't remember, Dr N said "she may be "Failure to Thrive" and you should see a nutritionist." I never did. I knew that I was feeding her healthy foods because I too eat healthy, but Cami just wouldn't eat. The lower parts of her eyes always looked black and sunk in. Her backbone and ribs protruded like a starved child's would. It broke my heart everyday. I constantly asked my step sister who is a nurse what I was doing wrong and she said "nothing..you can't do anything if she wont eat, maybe she needs a feeding tube put in her belly."

Oh.My.Gosh. I was terrified it was going to come to that! I didn't want to be in Children's Hospital with an active (at the time) 2 year old. No way would she have that and I wouldn't want to put her through it.

My worries continued. Every day that she got older, she looked sicker.. to me anyway. Everyone else insisted that that was just going to be her size and shape. I didn't believe them though. She is so much smaller than everyone else and always looked sick.

Fast forward to May when I started myself on the Gluten Free diet. I read numerous articles about Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance. One of the symptoms in children with Celiac Disease is "Failure to Thrive" and almost violent behavior. I thought *holy cow! what if this is affecting Cami?*

I told Chris about it and we decided to give it a try. Gluten Free is very very difficult with a 3 year old. She already had foods that she loved and didn't want to give them up. She cries for things all the time and it's SO hard not to give in.

We have had her on this diet for approximately a month. When I took her and Carrah to the doctor this week, she gained a POUND in a MONTH!!!!!!! Do you hear me people?!?! This is HUGE news!!! I know it sounds like a measly pound, but for us that is like TEN pounds! She has only gained a pound in a YEAR so for her to gain a pound in a MONTH, is amazing!! Even her doctor was surprised when I told her about the diet and how well Cami is responding. Her little belly is pooched out and full, I can no longer feel her backbone and no more black cirlces under her eyes!!!

PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!! My baby girl looks healthy for the first time since she was about 6 months old. :)

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