Where's Lily?...

I left Lily on the changing table for a minute to wash my hands. I came back to find Lily had covered her head with a burp cloth and was cooing happily and loudly underneath. When I took it off she seemed surprised and happy to see me.

The other big news for today is that Lily rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time. I saw that she was about to do it and yelled for Matt to come quickly to wittness it. Unfortunately in typical fashion Camille would not move quickly and would not move out of his way--so he missed it by just a second.

I guess I can't leave Lily on the changing table anymore.

Lily's packin'

Yes, all my photos today seem to have a rotation problem. Well, yesterday evening after arriving home from Waco I needed to get a few things done around the house before going to pick up my parents from the airport. (My parents finally arrived after being stuck in San Francisco an extra day waiting in line after airport line, following Dallas's Saturday wind and dust storms.) Lily likes to see what's going on. She wasn't content lying on the floor, but she was happy a clam from the vantage point of the front-pack.

Boppy and Camille at the piano

For some reason the second picture didn't rotate. I'm only mastering one part of this blog posting at a time. So, try not to get a crick in you neck:)

Camille's great grandfather Colvin (who is called Boppy by the grandchildren) is a retired Baylor professor in the music department (and has many other credits to his name which I won't list here). Boppy and GG have a lovely grand piano in their home which is a Camille magnet. This trip Boppy sat down to show her about the piano. I don't know whose face was brighter, Boppy's or Camille's. Both really enjoyed the experience.

GG's birthday party

On Sunday we went to Waco for GG's birthday party (Camille and Lily's great grandmother). There was a lovely luncheon where Camille and Lily both had a wonderful time. Lily cooed and smiled at all the ladies who took turns holding her. In fact when GG was making a little speech thanking everyone for coming, Lily tried to compete with her own talking. Lily loves to talk when other people are talking. You know...so does Camille, come to think of it. I guess it must be a family trait--from Matt's side of course:)Camille ate her whole meal when we were still eating our salads and then was very well-behaved, playing off in a corner with the goodies Nana and Papa brought. Later on Matt's cousin Gillian came over and was a sweet playmate, letting Camille boss her around in the games that Camille made up. Camille gave them both a good workout, as one of her games was stand up and then drop to the floor (on Camille's count of course).

Baylor Baby!

Lily playing

Lily is now starting to use her hands to manipulate toys. She is very focused on this toy, on which she is pushing down as it plays music and lights up. She is also soaking the pillow with her constant drool. What a cutie!

Bathtub adventures

Camille insisted on sitting next to Lily in the booth at Arbys the other day. I actually got to sit next to my husband in the booth. That's the first time in a while.

On Sunday I was giving Lily a bath while Camille watched. Camille agreed to be very careful if I let her join Lily in the bath. The only complaint was there wasn't enough water to keep Camille warm. They both seemed to have a good time, and I only had to clean up the bathroom once.


This picture was taken with a flash in the dark when Camille was sleeping. I was laughing because Camille apparently arranged her blanket to be a head scarf before going to sleep. Matt removed the blanket after taking the picture so she could cool down, but in the morning she proudly told me that she'd made a head scarf in the night.

Cat vs hamster round one

Camille is hamster-sitting this week. After a traumatizing ride to our house in the car, Jasmine the hamster took to hiding for a short while. When I put out her fresh food last evening, she had apparently recovered completely. If you double click on this photo to enlarge it you can see Jasmine eating away, oblivious to her worst nightmare stalking just outside the safety of the cage. The cage will stay closed this week and Kady cat will continue her exclusive diet of dry catfood. (I have to say that I'm very proud of myself for figuring out how to get this photo off of the camera and onto the blog with out the help of sleeping Matt. I know I should know how to do it by now. It's not the getting the photo off the memory card that's hard; it's Matt's not-so-intuitive photo organizational system on his computer that I don't want to mess up.)

Louder!

Camille continues to do a funny thing. When she is watching Dora the Explorer on TV the character asks the viewer a question and then wants the viewer to repeat the answer. Dora says "say it louder!" and Camille yells "louder!" It's too funny!

Little cuties

When I read to Camille at night I bring Lily in to Camille's bed unless Matt is home to watch Lily. Camille replaces Lily's pacifier as needed to make her be quiet so Camille can hear the story.

Lily gets really excited watching the mobile over her crib. She still doesn't really like tummy time, and she'll rare her head up and then yell out in frustration. She seems to be saying, "You're a slow learner, Mom. I tell you every day that I don't like this!" Propping her up on the boppy pillow resulted in a big mood improvement.

Camille and Lily love each other!

Camille held Lily without support for the first time. Lily actually spent a lot of time looking up at Camille and smiling. They are so cute!

Lily and the mirror

Lily has discovered joy in watching herself in the mirror underneath the jungle gym. It's cute! You can see Camille has put her doll Daisy next to Lily and covered them both up snugly. Camille is very concerned that no baby be cold.

Life these days

You can see my life in this picture. Camille is really particular about details. She had to have two blankets in place, her car hat on her head and her baby Daisy under the covers while we read a book with Lily.

Camille was excited to put bows in my hair.

We put Lily in Camille's princess chair, and Lily really enjoyed it. Camille even read her a book. You can see Camille put her baby Daisy in the chair with Lily. The baby doll is often next to Lily or in Lily's place in her bed, swing, etc.

Lily loves to smile and coo. She is also enjoying lying underneath her jungle gym, and she is starting to realize that she can hit toys with her clenched fist.

Camille loves to dress up and pretend. Note Camille's fashion sense--Sombrero with green and yellow Baylor bead necklaces and purple Dora slippers.

Camille likes to talk on the phone. Here Camille is talking with papa on Matt's cell phone. One day I let her answer our home phone because I was feeding Lily and I knew it was Matt calling. I tried to tell her that this was a one-time activity for her, but Camille thought it was so fun that for a week afterward she yelled out that she would answer the phone every time it rang. I think I've finally convinced her that she's too young to answer the phone, and I won't make the mistake again for a while.--Stephanie

Camille's the Mommy

Camille tells me all the time that "Camille's the Mommy." We've had conversations lately about who is the real mom and who is the doll's mom. Camille told me last night, "I'm the mom so you have to do what I say." Um, no. Camille is acting very maternal lately. She believes that her dolls have very important feelings and needs, just like Lily. As a stalling technique she will say that her doll is hungry and needs a bottle before she goes to bed. I tell her that the doll will have to wait until breakfast just like her. Last night Camille wrapped her doll in her beloved Bear Blankie and put in the doll to bed on her shelf for the night so that the doll wouldn't get cold. You can see her sitting with the doll this morning watching TV. Tonight she had a temper tantrum that partly had to do with concern that her doll was cold and I wouldn't let her get it a blanket (when she was supposed to be taking a bath). Camille wrapped her doll snugly for the stroller walk with Nana last weekend.

A few days ago Aunt Kristine came over to give Lily a bottle. Lily is good about the bottle, and I want her to continue. Lily and Kristine were having a cooing conversation when I took this picture. Lily smiles from ear to ear and works hard at her cooing noises.

Camille's quote of the day

At the dinner table tonight I asked Camille if a certain classmate got in trouble today at school. She said "yes" and explained what the child did. I asked Camille if she herself gets in trouble at school. She replied, "No. I get in trouble here."--Stephanie

Lily slept through the night!

Lily slept through the night for the first time last night. She went to bed about 10:30pm and didn't get up until 5:55am! I hope tonight is as good. Unfortunately she was so hungry and greedy when she drank her breakfast that she over-ate and projectile vomited it all over me, herself and my chair.

Camille was asking for "The Rest of the Cats" this morning and it took me a little while to figure out that she was stating the title of the movie The "Aristocats," which she apparently misunderstood.--Stephanie

Lily's dedication

We had Lily's baby dedication at church this Sunday. She was the only girl with about 10 other boys in the service. You can see that she slept through it. She got the biggest "ahhhh" from the crowd. I certainly think she was the cutest one!--Stephanie

Family photos

Here are some family photos we took this weekend at home before Lily's baby dedication at church.--Stephanie

Foo Foo bunny

Here is a family pic from Christmas at the Reitmeiers' home. The next picture is Lily with her new bunny. He sings and carries on. He's very amusing. Lily watches him. Camille loves him! Camille named him "Little Bunny Foo Foo." We call him Foo Foo for short.--Stephanie