Thriving 9 months

Brendan Robert Camp is just speeding along the highway of life. He's starting to understand verbal communication, crawling and rolling EVERYWHERE and getting into EVERYTHING! He stood up in his crib for the first time about a week ago. He is pulling up on everything and is quite strong. We have started to encounter some tantrums as he tests the parental boundries.

His favorite toy right now are his dinosaurs and one night he even fell asleep with the T-Rex. We also love swinging on the big tree out in front and watching bubbles float. We still read a book every morning after we eat and before we do anything else.

He is still nursing, and weighed 22.3 lbs., and was 30 inches. on his 9 mo. doctor's visit. He falls within the 90-95% for all his measurements. I was sure we has about 27 lbs.! I actually need some momentum to lift him into the cars in his car seat! I joke I need more arms and that he is certianly not getting lighter. According to Dr. Lichtsinn, he is well socialized, and healthy.

His favorite song is the Alphabet Song. He has eaten everything we have given to him so far with his two bottom teeth. so far, the only meat we have introduced is chicken. One morning, I made Lou breakfast in bed. Brendan woke up, Lou fell back asleep and when I came back in to bring coffee, Brendan was eating Lou's egg sandwich; there were eggs and bacon all over the bed and our little "prince" was eating the toast. I wish I could have grabbed the camera before waking Lou up again. It was great!

By the way, his name means Prince in Celtic.

We visited Gram twice this month in Tucson, saw my Grandma a few times and his great-grandparents, helped Mommy to sell numerous homes, went to the Farmer's market, visited Daddy's office twice, out to dinner a few times, and went to the zoo to name a few outings.

Grandma and Grandpa Visit

Last week Brendan's Granparents and Aunt and Uncle came over to visit. He had fun playing with them as did our other child- Reese. We had crab legs and steak and played games too.

For my Grandma

I spoke to both Brendan's Grandmas yesterday and they miss him like crazy. So, this video is nothing special- just everyday action. Brendan is talking and playing with a mobile in his crib. He was exercising those chubby little legs too. I love the rolls on his thighs the best! His hand-eye coordination is improving everyday. He will grab anything you put in front of him and his favorite thing to grab and pull is my hair!

Brendan Takes Tucson

On Tuesday, September 15th, Brendan, Mom, and Reese hopped in the truck and headed South to Tucson to visit his Gram. It took us about 2 and a half hours to get there from Phoenix. It was nice to visit Gram and hang out at her house. She's done a great job remodeling and decorating.

Brendan enjoyed taking a nap on his Gram's shoulder in the creaky rocking chair. We spent time together and then took Gram out to dinner before heading back home. We started to head home about 8 pm and I thought Brendan would have been sleepy. He had just ate but we weren't on the road even 10 minutes when the screaming started. I pulled over before getting on the expressway to see what the problem was and changed his diaper.

While on the expressway Brendan had many screaming- not crying or whining- screaming fits. I pulled over 4 times on the way home. One of the times I pulled off the road and parked to give him a bottle and a change, a police officer pulled behind us to make sure we were okay and stayed until we got back on the road. That time I found him with a little cut that was bleeding on the side of his nose and gave him baby Tylenol to help with any pain he may have been in.

I had never experienced so much screaming from Brendan ever. I thought maybe he was teething because he was trying to eat his hands all day. When we got home we tried unsuccessfully to take his temperature, but don't think he had a fever. We still don't know what his problem was that night, maybe he was uncomfortable, lonely in the back, didn't like the darkness, tired, had gas, or a combination. He is not teething and he soon returned to his happy self, but boy oh boy was that a long ride home. A two hour trip took three. Next time will be better and I'll make sure Daddy is with. Poor Reese was like, "Let me out of this car!"


Last Saturday, Brendan's other Grandma and Grandpa came over and babysat for us while Mom and Dad had a date night. We went for pizza at Oregano's and drinks at our favorite local pub Rosie's. We were only away a few hours, but it was nice to catch up with each other and go out alone. This was the first time in weeks Mom had shaved legs, make-up on, spit-up and booger free clothing, and her hair done. She even smelled like a lady and not a Mommy! It was wonderful! We came home and played Catch Phrase head to head for a while before going to bed. Brendan slept so well too!