Camden- {11} Months!

Camden is {11} months today. My baby boy is growing so fast and I absolutely love the little person he is becoming. His personality is HUGE! He is full of so much energy we can hardly keep up with him. His smile is the most contagious thing out there! and his thighs...well those are still the most kissable thing ever :) We love this little boy so much and can't believe we are almost to his one year birthday.

Camden had a big accomplishment this past month! Shortly after he turned 10 months (September 25th), he started to walk and has taken off everyday since then. At {11} months he is becoming less wobbly, and isn't scaring us as much. At first he walked a little like Frankenstein, but this is also getting better as he is learning more balance. He prefers walking now instead of crawling. It has been so much watching him learn this new milestone. Every time he walks we praise him by clapping and saying YAY! He now claps for himself and is pretty proud of his accomplishments. So are we :)

{Height and Weight}

Camden got sick this past month and we ended up taking him into the doctors, so we got to weigh him. He is healthy 22 pounds! He might be a little more that that by now because he was sick at the beginning of the month. I'm not sure on his height this month, but he is growing like a weed. all of his 6-12 month clothes have been packed away. he is now wearing 12-18 months. Some of these items are a little too big, but he'll grow into them. 

I found some more great shoes for his chubby little feet. They are called Stride Rights and they are awesome! They come in Wide and Extra Wide, so we don't have to fit to get his shoes on.he is still wearing a size for diaper and has the biggest pop belly when we let him run around in just his diaper. He's the cutest thing ever!

{Health}

Camden did get an ear infection this past month, which caused a runny nose, long nights, and a lot of medicine. He also had a little cough, so we took him into the doctors to get checked. Luckily it was all connected to the dang ear infection! This sickness took a bit longer to clear up then the last couple of colds. Then mom and dad ended up getting a stuffy nose too! Go big or go home...right?!

{Sleeping}

Sleep...what's that!? This past month it has been like having a newborn again...okay maybe I am exaggerating, but Camden has been waking up about three times a night...screaming! As always, we blame it on the teeth because he got two this past month (his top two) at the same time. It was brutal and they took FOREVER to move down. Then on top of being sick, the sleep record hasn't been great. 

We are still putting him down at 8:30pm. This bedtime works for him and we try really hard to stick to it, with the exceptions of weekends. His naps are some what consistent. Some days he takes two and some days he takes one, it really depends on how the night before goes.

 {Eating}

Camden is a fantastic eater and I really hope this continues. He will eat anything you put in front of him. He loves banana's and Cheerios for breakfast and recently started calling everything food related a "nana" this month. We have one more container of formula left and decided after that we will introduce Cow's Milk. We think he is ready. 

His favorite snacks at this point are yogurt melts, string cheese, Cheerios, and recently Baby Gold Fish. he really will eat anything though. He loves his fruits and his veggies. We usually buy the canned mixed veggies and he downs these things. We don't really feed his baby food anymore, we just cut up big people food into little pieces.

{Likes}

Some new/old likes this past month...

• Camden loves to walk
• He loves remotes! This hasn't changed...
• Camden loves to throw toys and other items in the tub
• He loves when dad gets home from work.
• Camden loves to tear apart our closet and play with all the shoes.
• He loves to be tickled.
• Camden loves going on walks
• He loves bath time and splashing
• He loves to go to the park and swing.

{Dislikes}

 dislikes this past month... 

• Camden doesn't like if you leave the room without him
• He doesn't like to get his face wiped off
• He hates getting his diaper changed...worst parts of our day
• He doesn't love to have messy hands
  

{Firsts/ Holidays/ Etc.)

•  Camden started walking (September 25th)
• Camden visited his first pumpkin patch
• Learned the new word "nana" which now means any kind of food to him.
• He got his two top teeth at the same time! He now has a total of four!
• Waves BYE BYE more now

Camden, we love you so much little boy! You truly are the reason for living. You make us so happy. Your grandparents love you so much and we thank our Heavenly Father everyday for sending you to us. We don't know why we are so lucky to have the happiest and cutest baby. We are so excited to see the person you are going to grow up to be. Before you were born I would always wonder what your little personality would be like. You have the cutest and BIGGEST personality and you really know how to make mom and dad happy. We love you so much, Camden. Happy {11} months!