Catch up #2--Blessing Day

We had Cami blessed on Sunday, May 30th, in church. We had a lot of family come up and support us! It was such a great experience. I was pretty teary eyed the whole day thinking about how blessed we are to have Cami. She is such a special kid and I feel so grateful to be her mother. What a huge and blessed responsibility we've been given as her parents. Originally we planned to have her blessed in my blessing dress from when I was a baby, but I realized a few days beforehand that I was blessed at 2 weeks old and Cami was blessed at 2 months...not quite a fit in such a dainty, little dress. Needless to say, we made a quick trip to Jolene's and got this cute dress for her.

She seems to grow faster and faster. She looks bigger to me each day and she's developing new quirks and learning new things each day. It was great to listen to her baby blessing and know how much her Heavenly Father loves her and what great things He has in store for her. It is times like this that I just count all the beautiful blessings in my life and am just overwhelmed with gratitude. We have such supportive family on both the Bryner side and the Jones side. I am so grateful for our families. Cami is a lucky girl to have such a loving group surrounding her.

Bryner Family shot. She was out cold during the blessing :)! She's always so cooperative!Bryner grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa Bryner

My family :) Good looking group!

Jones side grandkids (minus Tavin and Kirra!)

Our beautiful Camdyn!

Luncheon at the clubhouse afterward. We're chilling with the Bryners :)

My Grandma French, Cami's great grandma!

All of the people who came out for Cami's blessing. Thank goodness for family!!

Catch Up #1-- Quality Time with Matt and Cindel

Where to start? Well, Cami is now three months old. She is so super fun right now. She talks to us all the time, is beginning to giggle (so I try to be a comedian basically all day now :), rolls over to her side (and, incidentally, sleeps on her side now), and can bust out of EVERY swaddle I put her into. It's almost not worth trying to wrap her up in a blanket :).

Matt and Cindel Liebenhaut came into town (my sister and bro-in-law) from FL to visit us for a week. It was so much fun to see them and get to know Matt. They've been married for two years now! (They sacrificed their anniversary trip to come and see us! That's dedication!)

We did the Temple Square tour--Church history Museum and Visitors Centers. Matt said this is like his "hajj" coming to the Mormon motherland. He's been a member of the LDS church for three years now (is that right, Matt?). So, it's only fitting he sees the sites :)

Whenever the Liebenhauts come West, they bring the party! My sister Rhiannon and her fam came from Idaho and my dad, stepmom, and grandma came from New Mexico to see them here in UT. This is Cami and her cousin, Paisley. They're three months apart. They are going to be BFFs :)

The three son-in-laws. All athletic, all 6-2' and higher, and all fun. We went up the canyon for Memorial Day to do a picnic. The trees still hadn't bloomed by this point. Very late spring!
The girls. Rhi is looking awesome and lost all of her pregnancy weight! I am, well, still working on it! Jillian Michaels DVDs should kick in soon :)

We took Matt and Cindel out to La Costa after the rest of the family left. We also played a pretty ghetto game of streetball: me and Bry vs. Cindel and Matt. Matt definitely has the intimidation factor with his height and Cindel can run figure eights better than anyone I know :). Needless to say, they won. Rematch this fall? Definitely!

Cami is learning to throw up gang signs. She's representing the "West Side" here. We put her in the booth with us, facing Matt and Cindel. She was all smiles!

After the party weekend. We still take A LOT of naps. Some day this kid will sleep through the night :)

Who is that Girl I see...?

...Staring straight back at me?

She stared at herself for a good ten minutes. Funny Girl!

Cami's Stats

For her two month appointment she:

weighs 12 lbs 4 oz (90th percentile, but under the curve for weight when they looked at how long she is)

length is 24 inches (95th percentile)

and her head circumference is still in the 75th percentile.

My Baby is 2 Months Old! Since When?!

Still so little. Some times I feel like I'm trying to make her grow faster than what she is doing by all the toys, books, and activities I put her through! But then I also look at her and realize I don't want her to grow up so fast! 2 months has brought us a lot of fun new attributes from our baby girl. (notice that she only has one sock on in this picture. it is impossible to keep 2 socks on this kid!)

We're still taking alot of naps together. :)

She got me a book for Mother's Day. I'm reading the Percy Jackson books now. Bryan was great and got me a gift from him and then put this book beside her in the bassinet for me to find :)

So, we were debating whether to get her a swing or not and we put her in one at our friend's house. When I took her out to go home she started crying. She LOVES her new swing and it makes me laugh because the music is all carribean/island style versions of kid's songs. Yah, mon!

The Fencer pose. She is always on guard and ready to take anyone down!

We went to the library and got some picture books to read to her. She does not like "Russell the Sheep" (she cries every time we start reading it to her), but she loves "Click clack Moo! Cows that type" :)

She smiles at us ALL the time now. So stinkin' cute :)

And yes, she found her thumb! It's okay though. We usually stick a pacifier in when we see she's sucking on her hand.

Tummy time has been much more successful lately. She gets her head up a lot better now.

My chubby baby! She's put on some weight, for sure :).

She loves bath time now :). . . .

. . . But hates getting dried off and lotioned.

She talks with us all the time. She has a lot of important things to say :)

We find out her size this coming week. I wonder how big she is now! 2 months of pure joy :)!

The Bryner Fam :)

First Family Pictures! (she's 4 weeks old in all of these pictures)
(Cami didn't allow me to do my hair this day so I did the best I could with limited time to get ready. I know what it means to be a mom now :)

I love those feet :)

Total Buddha belly! She's well fed :)

She was out cold for most of the shoot until we got to the family pics and she let loose! I'm surprised that we actually got one decent one in. She was screaming by that point!

These last two are my favorites. What a little angel baby :)