Cambree update

Its been some time since I've done an actual update. So figured with some fun pics, I would give a brief synopsis of what's been going on with her.

She is seriously a 4 year old going on 20. Her personality and ATTITUDE is far beyond her years!! She always is cracking me up with the things she comes up with to say. Lately she has been saying a lot in accents that is amazing to listen to.

She started gymnastics a couple weeks ago and I was so worried about how she would react. First day she cried for the first couple of minutes and insisted I stay the whole time. But she warmed up real fast. She's a fireball. Since I teach preschool, she doesn't get away from me much so she desperately needs this outside interaction. Last week, she went all by herself. I think we've really found something that she might love which makes me so excited.

She is all about coloring and drawing and is quite the artist. She can whip out a drawing that I swear a 7 year old drew. She is amazing. She colors in the lines and very well. She loves to write too. Just have to get her to write what I tell her too ;)

She has an amazing memory. You tell her anything and she will remember it forever. We told her recently that we will go to Disneyland in January after Halloween and Christmas. She is constantly repeating that-word for word in fact. She remember things that I completely forget I've told her.

She loves her little sister. Her and Ridge play these games 'with' her where Brecklynn is attacking them and they run and scream and its hilarious to watch. Especially now with Brecklynn starting to understand a bit and actually coming after them and screaming.

The other night Tesia came over for a bit and somehow got to messing with Cambree's hair. Cambree was loving it. She kept running into my room to see the new hair do and then running out and asking for a new one. Was quite funny to watch. Her hair is getting so long that you can do a lot more with it.

An update on her nail situation-I cannot tell if there has been improvement as of yet. She has lost 4 nails (of those that were already going bad) recently. They are still pretty gross but I have hope still that they will heal up soon. We'll see.

Nail trouble-kind of gross!!

So about 3 weeks ago Cambree (we thought) got hurt and was losing her nail from it. It was strange to us too at first because she had a hole in her cuticle and her whole nail was just lumpy. But we just continued to attribute it to her injury. Well after Cambree came back from my mom's I noticed that this "injury" was "spreading"-yeah spreading!!

She was losing several nails from the cuticle up. Well weirdly enough, turns out my nephew also started having it too and they found out it was iron deficiency and just put him on a vitamin. So I just started putting her on a vitamin.

Then yesterday two of her nails just went bad, to worse. There was 4 more toes losing the nail and going black. So I just decided to just take her in to make sure that was all it was. They took her blood and found out that she's not anemic. She's a little low but that wouldn't cause her nail situation. The Dr. told me that it was suprisingly probably allergies or even eczema. I was shocked to hear that espeically since Cambree is my only child-or so I thought- that didn't have those things. Ridge and Brecklynn have both those things pretty bad but not Cambree. He thiks its her way of dealing with it. WEIRD!! So now we are watching it and considering taking her off milk and hopefully we'll save her nails. I just don't want her to grow up with weird nails. That's not something I want her to be insecure about as a teenager. So we'll see.

You might have to click on the pic to see it better but that is the original nail to go. You can see how fare its gone so far.

No that's not dirt, that's her nail dying.

Same thumb again but a little better.

Side note with a funny story- so I got home from the Dr. and gave Cambree and Ridge their vitamin. They both hate them but I force them to take them. I walked out to change my laundry and came back in and they appeared to have eaten their vitamins. I gave them their praises and sent them back to playing. Well I walk into Brecklynn and what does she have? Both their vitamins that's she's been gumming in her mouth, all over her hands, legs, and face. Yeah they had given Brecklynn their vitamins. I couldn't help but laugh. I got on the kids for it and they just started laughing too. What is she, a dog? :) FUNNY! They are just way too smart!!

Brecklynn 13 months

With school starting, I've gotten so bad at updating on here. But I had to take some time to update on this little munchkin. She is now almost 13 months. She just finally started to full on walk. Its been about 2 weeks but this week she is walking more than crawling. She is hobbling everywhere and is hilarious to watch her still figuring out her balance.

She is all about handing you things within her reach. She loves to carry things to you and laughs as soon as she gets it to you.

She loves lions and recognizes them and can do their sounds. I LOVE it. She can make the cutest sounds with it.

Books is STILL what she's all about. She could seriously read for hours if you let her.

We took her in for an appointment and she is extremely tall but weighs 18.5 pounds. They were a bit worried about her weight because that puts in her in the 5th percentile. The thing that gets me with that, she is like a garbage disposal. She could eat and eat and eat and eat. She LOVES food.

She has a squealer on her and is quite annoying. Even happy squeals are so ear piercing that its off the charts.

She is truly the easiest, most laid back baby. I love this little munchkin so much!!

Below is something she loves to do all the time. As soon as the fridge opens up, she is walking/crawling as fast as she can to get inside. Let her inside and she just loves to stand there. I really don't get it, but its cute!!

Brecklynn's Cake Smash!!

I've been dying to see this pics and I was not disappointed. I LOVE them. I had seen the idea on another photography blog so Becky McArthur did them for me. She is my first baby to go for the cake so this was the perfect session. There are a TON of pictures, but I couldn't narrow it down. Enjoy!

More Crafty Fun!!

So my parents took my kids the week and I decided to get some crafts done that I've wanted to do for awhile.

So here's a cute Halloween wreath made out of tulle and candy corn out of canvas.

For this project I've had the vinyl for awhile. I have been searching for a cabinet door for awhile to get it to fit. I finally just decided to use one of my old cabinet doors and put some molding around it. I LOVE it!!

Then this has just been an impromtu project that's evolved with every step. So it is done and this is going to be for our playroom and I'm debating on getting a frameless mirror for the middle or a clock or something. But I think it turned out ok.

Thanks mom for taking the kids and allowing me to get so much done.

Table Re-do

I've wanted to do this for a very long time. We got this table from my sister and brother-in-law several years ago. They had redone it and actually we've enjoyed it. However with kids now- it became trashed. Plus I've just wanted a darker table for awhile. So I finally decided to just do it. I consulted my expert crafty friend Amanda Wood and just started. Little did I know :)

I started last Tuesday and stripped the paint off the top and sanded it down. I put two coats ot stain on top. Then little did we know, we got the storm of the decade that evening!! I scrambled and threw tarps on top to try to save it. I have never seen it storm like that!! Anyways, it got water spots on most of my table and I had to Start ALL OVER AGAIN!! I had to sand it down and it took me 18 new sanding paper and 6 hours to get it down again. My whole body ached from doing it. But it was worth it :) I love the result. It's taken so much more than I could ever had expected. So what do you think? Be honest....