I just can't BELIEVE my baby is in the double digits! 10 months old..2 months from the big 1! It just can't be! It has been a long 10 months for this Fahed fam, but I still am completely shocked that Camden is almost one. He somehow along the lines got dubbed the name "Poduh" and Alexander has become "Bubba." I have no idea why or where it came from. Which I am doing my best to stop calling Alexander "Bubba" since we all know that is my dad's name....but I'm finding it a hard habit to break.
Anyways this post is about my sweet Camden. I remember praying over my pregnancy with Camden often and asking for God to bless us with a cuddly baby. If you know my Alexander, you know why! The Lord delivered and Camden is my cuddle bug still. If he isn't rolling around, he wants to be held, hugged, kissed or on Momma's back in the Ergo. He will give kisses on demand and I can't help but eat up every single open mouth slobbery kiss from this precious miracle from God. He has a thing for Grammy and kisses her over, over, and over again anytime she visits. He is still Alexander's biggest fan. Alexander claps...Camden belly laughs. Alexander sneezes...Camden belly laughs. Alexander simply looks Camden's way...and Camden, well, he belly laughs. :) Alexander is just the greatest in Camden's book. They can often be found bear hugging on the floor kissing when I return to the playroom.
Camden's little personalty has really been coming out lately and he is such a delight! He brings so much joy to our little family and I simply couldn't imagine life without him. Not only does Camden look like me, his personality is a lot like me too. He is shy, happy, finicky, quirky, funny and honestly a little OCD. He rolls over to the kitchen set and opens it and closes it a bazillion times until he sees you watching him and then he busts out in laughter like he was caught doing something wrong. He has this crazy head shake thing he does and he knows if he flashes his "scrunchy nose squinty eye" smile we all will immediately burst into laughter. He also is very funny about Alexander's play food. As soon as I lay him down in the play room he turbo rolls over to the play food box, knocks it over, spills the food everywhere and searches through it till he finds the ice cream cone..every.single.time!...Now tell me he isn't my twin? ;)
When it comes to his laryngomalacia he is still doing well, although we are still being extra cautious with him. He still has stridor frequently, but it's not consistent by any means. Just when I forget there is anything wrong with him, he will wheeze and put me right back in my place. The place right under his neck and above his collar bones still sucks in when he breaths...I am hoping that will go away one day too. He has not been scoped by the ENT since 3 months and we agreed with our pediatrician to just give him time to heal. Camden is not doing well with table food b/c of his LM. Alexander was on all table food by time he was 9.5 months old, but with Camden we are going to have to take things very slowly as he chokes very easily with thicker textures. I keep reminding myself to milk spoon feeding him, bottle feeding and babying him as best as I can because he is probably our last. All in all Camden hasn't outgrown his LM as fast we were praying, but we were told b/w 12-24 months is when most outgrow it completely and we are trusting in God's perfect timing.
Favorite things: jumparoo, cups, empty bottles, anything his BROTHER has, cars, Alexander's little people race track and don't DARE take his sippy cup away from him
Favorite food: Chex mix!, mixed veggies, sweet potatoes, green beans, mango, carrots
Least favorite Food: still hates applesauce, spinach and SOUR PATCH POPSICLE
Favorite things to do: take big brother's toys, going for walks, hiding with brother under his tent and dumping all the water out of his sippy cup
New things/Milestones:Camden is still working on crawling and has picked up a bunch of new sounds lately. His first word was "Mommmmma" around 8 months and now says, "Dadda," "Babba," "Gagaga" :)
And this Ladies and Gentlemen is what happens when you give Camden a Sour Patch Popsicle.
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| Whatcha got there Dad? Care to share? |
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| He was NOT a fan! Poor guy! |
