Camden { 2-3 } Months Old

My baby boy is {3} months old! How can this be?! Though we are having fun watching Camden learn new things and his smiling and cooing melts our hearts, I miss how little he was. The newborn stage is a rough one, but I miss it so so much. Its true...they don't stay little very long :) 

At {3} months, Camden...

♥is sleeping an average of 8 hours a night.  He definitely knows his days from night. We usually don't have to coax him to go to sleep.  Once he is done eating, he's out (most of the time) 

♥ takes cat naps during the day...about 20-30 minutes. This makes it hard to get a lot of things done, but we make do :)

♥ loves to take his cat naps with Charlie

♥Isn't Loving tummy time right now.. we will have to work on this

♥loves to stand up.. this baby has some pretty strong legs. (I knew this when he was in the womb...my ribs could feel it)

♥loves this sleeping position when dad is holding him...it's called "The Sleeper".

♥is intrigued by the tv. When he is hanging out on the floor, he'll turn his head so he can see it

♥has been talking (cooing and babbling) a lot this month. 

♥Is growing out of his rock n' play, but he still hangs out in it while mom cleans or cooks dinner. 

♥graduated to 8oz bottles...he eats about 5oz every 3.5 hours. 

♥has very few 0-3 month clothes that still fit him. We pulled out his 3-6 month clothes last month.

♥Loves to have conversations with his dad...he missing him all day!

♥Loves to blow bubbles...goodness this kid can slobber! 

♥Is wearing size one diapers still, but he'll be wearing size 2 very soon

♥Would suck on his hands ALL day if we would let him

♥doesn't really like teething toys yet (the hands are much better)

♥Has been loving bath time with bubble bath

♥celebrated his first Valentines Day

♥Discovered that pulling "the lip" will get him anything he wants! Usually after doing this he breaks out the saddest cry...breaks my heart. 

 Camden, we can't believe how much you are growing. Life has sure been fun with you these past three months. We of course are still learning patience, the things you like or dislike, and how to manage the day-to-day tasks. We have been so blessed to have you in our family. Your smile melts our hearts...we could sit in front of you and make faces all day long to just get one cute little smile out of you. You're growing so fast right before our eyes. There are days you wake up and I can tell you have grown over night. Your looks are changing so much too, but you still look so much like your daddy. We love you so much little boy! Happy Three Months!

Happy Valentines Day

Cupid has definitely hit us with his bow and arrow this year!

Camden has completely stolen our hearts and given us the greatest LOVE possible...we knew he would from the first heartbeat we heard, to the first time we held him in our arms.

How grateful we are this Valentines to share all our LOVE with this special little boy.

♥ we love you to the moon and back, Camden ♥

Tonight, in celebration of the LOVE holiday we are going to hang out at home in our cozzies, eat some yummy food, watch American Idol, and LOVE on this little man :)

Happy Valentines Day

California Dreaming...

We're getting ready to go to California soon! I've been stressing out about what to pack Camden for vacation...I can't take my whole house!  Nor do I want to. I have decided if there is something I forget then I'll just have to buy it there.

We will be vacationing with our good friends Steve and Kayla. We just hope they still want children after traveling with us :) there is a high possibilty there will be some screaming, crying, possibly a blow out (in the diaper) ...you never know! :) we are so excited though to get away from this yucky weather we have lingering around here and enjoy some sun, beach, fun, and of course some Disneyland! You can't go to California without visiting the happiest place on earth. 

We have a lot of plans for places to eat, sights to see, and some much needed relaxation. I have purchased Camden some fun sun hats....because lets face it, us Huston's are as white as it gets. Our pediatrician could not stress enough how much we need to keep him covered up and what's not covered up needs sunscreen. Trying to pick a sunscreen has been difficult because babies aren't even supposed to use sunscreen until six months...so we got a list of safe chemical free sunscreens to protect his little white skin.

This vacation will sure be an adventure. Even though I am nervous about how Camden will sleep and just the whole idea abour traveling with a baby, I have looked forward to this. After all...he better get used to it because we will be going to Disney every year...wish me luck with the packing!!

Live Without Pretending

Studio 5 here in Utah is doing a segment called "live without pretending". They asked the viewers if they live without pretending online...whether through Facebook, Instagram, blogging, etc.

Here's the picture I posted on their Instagram...

Anyone who tells you there aren't hard days when raising a baby is lying to you :) We've had a few lately...and when i say a few i mean every single night about an hour before bedtime. Hard to admit, but there have been some nights that while i'm feeding Camden after one of his screaming and fussy fits, I just rock him and cry myself. It's hard when your baby is crying and you don't know what's wrong. It can be exhausting and you really test your patience...at least mine. Who knows...maybe I'm the only mom that struggles with that.  

The other night before putting Camden down for the night he cried for 30 minutes straight. He was over tired...which was our fault. We kept him up later than usual. I could tell I was starting to get frustrated as I changed his diaper and got him into his pajamas. While feeding him I opened up an email from a friend. It had video of a little girl just one year old who has cancer. Her family lives here in Sandy. As I watched this video of her journey I got brought back down to reality. It was just what I needed. I looked down at Camden sleeping so peacefully and felt so blessed. Blessed for his health, blessed to be his mom, blessed to comfort him and take care of him even in the rough times...yes I even felt blessed for his screaming and crying! Because after the screams and cries comes the cuddles.

 I know I'm not the perfect mom...I'm learning...learning to have more patience, to believe in myself, and believe I got this. I'm learning to not get down on myself so much...after all heavenly father trusts me with this baby boy...so I owe it to him to be the best I can be. 

Things in life aren't always perfect, but I believe my life is pretty darn close because I've got everything I need...and that's most important :) here's to living without pretending!