O'Baby Love: Four. Weeks. Old.

Yesterday Baby Camryn was four weeks old. What a big girl.

Where has the time gone?

I cannot believe she is just days away from her one month birthday!

Time really does fly by when you have a little one, just as I have always heard.

Camy is doing really well!

She is still eating like a champ, and doing much better about latching right on without a battle.

She is starting to go longer stretches at night between feedings (let the angels sing!).

She is staying awake for longer periods of time after her daytime feedings, and has become much more focused. She doesn't seem to aimlessly stare around the room anymore.. she really studies what she's looking at, is captivated by our faces when we talk or sing to her, is very expressive like she wants to say something back to us, and is starting to track objects, sometimes even turning her head and craning her neck to follow something in her line of sight. :)

Her fourth week was chock full of fun and family and friends!

Over the course of her week she met several new friends...

We spent Friday afternoon with an old high school friend of mine and her 2 kiddos, Hunter and Bailey.

That evening we had her dressed in my favorite skirt,

so we couldn't resist taking a few photos..

which clearly was not Camy's idea of an enjoyable Friday night!

Well, maybe its not so bad....

Until you try to put a bow in her hair! Yikes!

Taking those photos wore her out, so she snuggled up with Daddy to fall asleep. I just couldn't get enough of her chubby little arms and legs all curled up with her Daddy. Melts my heart

Saturday morning our friends Kristen and Tim stopped by for a quick visit, and Camy got some cuddle time in with Tim. The last time they were here Tim was too afraid to hold her because she was so new and tiny, but this time he scooped her right up and rocked her to sleep! He's going to be a great daddy - they are expecting their first son in January and we can't wait for Camy to have a new friend just down the street!

Later that afternoon we loaded Miss Camy Lou up and headed out to visit our friends Alex & Kelly and their precious new baby girl, Alina. On our way home Saturday, Camy had her first Target experience, and she seemed to love shopping there as much as her Mommy! That's my girl!

Sunday was Camy's first trip to Nana & Papa's house (Andy's parents), and I don't think she woke up long enough to even realize we were in a new place. She ate twice while we were there, but passed out immediately after both feeds! She spent a good part of her time there snoozing on Uncle Dee's chest.. so cute.

Monday was a great day - the super amazing Lisa Woods came by our home to take Camy's newborn photos at long last. We had to postpone the shoot a few times while we were dealing with jaundice and surgeries and new work schedules.. but the photos were most certainly worth the wait!!!! We cannot wait to see the rest of them!

Following the photos at home, we all drove over to a nearby park with Lisa to meet up with Katie, Keith and Little Miss Annabelle for some outdoor photos. We attempted to take a few shots with the girls together, but I don't know how those turned out - its not easy to get to newborns positioned in a shot together without them squirming away, or kicking each other, or rooting around on each other's faces for food. But it was fun to try!

Tuesday we had a visit from Tabatha and Miss Audrey,

Camy's Hair Idol. :)

I wish we would have taken some pictures of the 2 of them,

but poor Audrey was not having a great day, so maybe next time.

Wednesday (Camy's Four Week Birthday!!!),

we had a visit from Barbara and Miss Campbell.

Camy's fashion sense has been inspired by Miss Campbell's good taste in bumble-bee attire,

and they were sweet enough to bring her a little gift:

more bumble bee clothes in the next size up.

::love!::

Here they are completely oblivious to each other on the play mat...