Matching piggies

I thought this should be documented! Heading to the beach tomorrow and Camille got her first pedicure - from me of course! Now we have matching piggies! The first one of many I am sure! Love having a sweet baby girl to share the girly milestones with!

Family life

It has been a while since I posted a family update! Things in the Malko household are going pretty great! As normal and crazy as ever. Life is so different with 2 kiddos on the move! Camille has been crawling since she was 6 months old (whew... This Momma wasn't ready for that) and she is busier than ever! She crawls FAST, pulls up on anything and everything and does a tiny bit of cruising! She has also recently figured out how to go from crawling to sitting and back to crawling again. She is into everything and  plays pretty well independently! She had 1 tooth, her bottom left. Lately she has become quite attached to her momma, especially if she is sleepy. She says "mama" which is her only word right now. She babbles baba a lot though it doesn't seem like she has related it to anything yet. She is the happiest baby, especially when she first wakes up! Going to get her from her crib is one of my favorite moments! She lights up and squeals when she sees us walk in her room :)

Anderson is almost 3!! I cannot believe it. I feel like over the past 3 months I have watched my baby completely fade away and transform into this little boy. It has honestly been really sweet. He is so smart and observant. He says the most surprisingly witty things, and has gotten a little sassy.. I think it comes from having such good understanding but not quite knowing how to use it appropriately. We are working on that ;) he loves to sing and LOUD - especially in the car! His favorite is the "Songs for the Book of Like" cd that Sojourn collaborated with other churches to create. It is so sweet to hear him sing such deep theological truths in such a precious voice! I could seriously listen to him all day... I basically melt every time we are in the car. He loves planes trains and cars, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, his "baby doggy" and pretend play. He loves to bring me presents (random toys) and when I ask if I can keep it forever, every time he says "no mom, it's to borrow, borrow means give it back". Haha. He also loves to "talk cars" with all of his hot wheels. He is the funniest most loving little guys - even though he is sometimes a little too rough with his sis. But it is the absolute best to hear them laughing and playing together!

Jon's business is going super great! He is so busy but still finds plenty of time to love on all of us :) we love his flexible schedule and appreciate so much his self discipline and commitment to work hard to provide for us. We are all headed to Destin, FL for vacation tomorrow, and are soooo looking forward to this vacation. Then next weekend we head from Destin, to Fort Myers to visit Jon's family! We cannot wait for his grandparents to meet Camille and to see how grown up Anderson is.

Here are a few recent pictures...

6 months old

I seriously cannot believe my baby girl is 6 months old today! (Partly because I keep thinking she would be 6 months on the 29th, not the 28th haha - I just can't seem to keep it straight! - he brother is September 29th). She is such a joy! Here are some baby Camille updates:

-she is so smiley! When she first wakes up she is just tickled and can't stop showing off that sweet toothless grin!

- she LOVES her daddy! If he is in the room all she is doing is trying to get his attention!

-she sits up great!

- she gets up on all 4s and rocks back and forth. She can move her knees but hasn't quite gotten her hand movement down yet, but full on crawling is in our near future!

- she loves food! (Total opposite of her brother). We haven't given her much more than table food to suck/ chew on. Apples, carrots, avocado, pears, watermelon, mango, mashed potatoes, and perhaps a few other things! She can't get enough and when we take it away she cries and cries!

- she laughs easy and is really ticklish

- she loves mommy to sing to her - you are my sunshine is her favorite!

- she loves her granna and lights up when she talks or sings to her!

- she has a tiny bit of stranger danger and does not like to stay in church nursery!

- she goo's and ga's like a champ! And when she cries it sounds like she says "ma-ma" which I think is pretty sweet because it sounds like she is wanting me :)

- she is seriously so pretty! Those BIG eyes and luscious lashes melt my heart (I think her eyes may turn green)

- she seems to love wearing bows and has never tried to take one off or acted like it bothers her- that's my girl!

I am seriously so in love with this little bundle! Her squishy legs are quite possibly my favorite thing ever, and I could just talk to her all day! I look so forward to developing a sweet relationship with my daughter. God is so gracious to have given us these precious children. Our hearts are so full!

I will do a little update Monday with some stats after our checkup!

3 Months / 2 and a half

The past 3 months have to had been the fastest in my life. I seriously cannot believe that our girl is 3 months old! She is getting so BIG and  we are falling more and more in love with her each day! The house truly is sweeter with a baby girl around. Camille weighed 10lbs 11oz at her 2 month check up (which was about a week after she turned 2 months), but we have not had a weight check since then. We graduated her up to 3-6 month clothes on her 3 month "birthday". She can still sit into many of her 0-3 month clothes, but some are too short. She is LONG.

She can roll over from belly to back and does so pretty much any time we have tummy time. She goo's all the time and is very smiley. She is awake and alert most of the day besides a morning nap and an afternoon nap. Thankfully, she takes an afternoon nap the same time as her big brother most days - which mommy really appreciates! Camille still loves to be snuggled and held close and tight. She loves her activity mat and concentrates so hard to get her hand up and bop all of her toys. She is really good at it - better than I remember Anderson being at her age. She is a great nurser - eating every 3 ours during the day, and then doing a long stretch from midnight until anywhere from 4-6am! I cannot believe that I regularly get a 5 or 6 hour stretch! Anderson didn't let me sleep that long until he was like 10 months old! It is an incredible, unexpected blessing! And since I am such a night owl, it really is only waking me up once a night. We love our soft, sweet, snuggle bunny girl! Her sweet goo's and happy shrieks bring a new joy to our house. Seeing her brother love on her multiplies it by 10! Being a family of four is better than we could have imagined!

 

"I love to roll over"

 

 I think she looks so big in this one!

 

Not so thrilled to be getting her picture taken

 

This one made me laugh... looks like she is gabbing to a friend

 

Happy girl!

 

They love each other so much!

 

Anderson is 2 and a half now! I am AMAZED at how he has grown and matured since his second birthday. His vocabulary and ability to carry on a conversation blow me away daily. Just tonight he was making a joke calling everything at dinner a cookie - we had breakfast and he was calling the sausage a "meat cookie". Then he told Jon his Eggs were all gone and when Jon acted surprised he said "I am just jokin daddy" haha. He is such a little nut. He loves to help me cook. Literally EVERY time I am in the kitchen he pulls a dinning room chair in to be my sous chef. He does a pretty good job too. Anderson is also such a big helper. He is very neat and tidy and picks up is toys so well. One day when picking him up from Sunday School, his teacher said "Anderson is such a good cleaner. He is the only kid that helped clean up and he picked up all the crayons by himself"! So proud of our little man. He has been all about mommy lately, wanting me to hold him - I think this is because of how my time is now divided between two kiddos, but he has been really sweet about it and never acts jealous. He loves pretend play, cooking me breakfast with pretend toys, (he always makes me eggs and coffee). He loves me to play cars and make them have conversations with each other. He LOVES to play games. Uno Moo and Silly Faces are his two favorite "board games" - we play them each at least 3 times a day. He also loves to play domino's and he can totally match them! I was impressed when he picked it up so quickly. One thing that makes me laugh is how much he STILL loves his little push "popper". I really think of it as a baby toy, but he still plays with it daily. I think it is in correlation with his cleaning obsession, because when he is finished playing with it he often parks it with my vacuum - haha. Anderson is seriously the easiest, best toddler that I can imagine. We are so blessed to have such a bright, loving son. Our hearts are overflowing every day!

 

Here is our silly boy. He has the funniest little personality; keeps us laughing!

 

 

Oh yeah, I cannot forget to mention that Anderson peed on the potty for the first time. He sat on the potty one night for 45 minutes because he wanted a "prize" so bad. He cried when he had to get off to go to bed, so the next morning he wanted to get right back on the potty and sat there for another 15 minutes before finally going. He got a small Hot Wheels and was thrilled. Then he had 2 accidents and much to my dismay told me now that he had his prize he didn't want to go to the potty again! My mom tried to get him to go at her house and he said "Ganna, Andersin not do dat stuff" and laughed. So we are back to square 1! Here is the proud boy when he actually had potty success! (Sorry to those of you that may not be interested in seeing toddler pee) 

 

 

~Brooke