Lost and Found

It's been a relaxing holiday, but we are now back to our regular schedule.  Mr. Stannix started classes again yesterday, and Camilla and I are on our own again.  This semester is a little better though because Daddy's classes don't start until later on in the A.M. So we get some extra time with him.  Camilla enjoys having him around and sat on his lap during breakfast while they split a bagel.  

I haven't blogged for a while because I lost my memory card to my camera.  I was so desperate to find it today.  I had last set it on the computer desk, and thought maybe it had fallen, or got stuck under something.  I took the vacuum out and went nutts all around the computer getting the dust and checking for the card behind the desk amongst all the cords.  No luck.  I finally resorted to asking Camilla if she had seen Mommy's "Little black card".  She babbled something to me, while rolling her tongue and went to her toy box and started chucking toys while she looked for it.  I wish I could say that my kid is a genius and knew what I wanted her to find, but, she didn't.  It was still cute that she was so willing to help.  While she was looking in her toys, I remembered that she was on the chair by the computer desk playing around yesterday. She kept climbing onto the arm of the chair, saying "Det, DOH!" (set, go) and then falling backwards off the arm and onto the cushions of the chair.  I pulled off the cushion, and sure enough, there was my memory card! 

I sorted through the toy box the other day and took out all the really baby-ish toys to make room for some of her newer toys.  Her "too-doo's" (cool dudes) were brought to the top again and she's been having fun wearing them while driving her car. She's growing up way to fast for my liking.  Little miss independent.  I was telling Mr. Stannix yesterday how difficult she can be sometimes just because she's so head strong and active.  I can't even snuggle with her before bed while she drinks her bottle because she doesn't sit still for it anymore.  She just plays now. I think the bottle is going to be cut in the very near future.  She doesn't seem to need it anymore.  Mr. Stannix sympathized with me because he knows that was the one moment I super enjoyed and cherished with our little girl. I guess the fact that she now gives us hugs willingly replaces the snuggles I used to steal.  She loves to run up and give hugs and pats us on our backs.  At least I know she still loves me!

Sunday afternoon we all lazed around the living room and played with Camilla.  She was too funny for words!! Her favorite thing is her "det, DOH! AHHHHH".  She'll take her fingers and race them down the edges of chairs or along the side of the table. "Det, DOH!" and they're off!!! It's so cute when she says it. Mr. Stannix and I were laughing pretty hard.  Then he tried to get her to say "set" on her own. This is how the conversation went down...

Daddy: "Say 'set' Camilla"

Camilla: "DOH! AHHH!!"

Daddy: "No Camilla, Say 'set' "

Camilla: "DOH! AHHHH!"

Some laughing

Mommy: "Camilla say 'ready...set...go!' "

Camilla: "AHHHH!"

She didn't quite catch on, but it was super funny because she kept saying whatever came after what we were trying to get her to say!

On Saturday morning, I woke up with her and we played on the couch for a while. Then she heard Daddy in the room and whispered "Da-Da" and took off.  They were really quiet for a few minutes, and then Mr. Stannix said "Go show mum".  Camilla came walking out of the room with her arm stretched out pointing to it and saying "eh-bow" over and over again.  It took me a few minutes, but I finally figured it out! Daddy taught her where her elbow is! When we used to ask her "Where's your elbow?" she would pull up her shirt and say "BOW!" because that's what she calls her belly button for some reason.  Victory! Her elbow is no longer her belly button. 

We had a fabulous family home evening last night complete with lesson and singing "Once There was a Snowman" about 10 times.  Camilla loved it! The first time she just watched us do the actions, the second time she did the "Tall, tall tall" part and I think by the fourth or fifth time she mastered it. It was great to get back on track with family home evening and to feel the love and spirit that surrounds it! She looked through a picture book while we had the lesson and pointed to pictures of the Savior and said "Jesus".  It's so great to see her learn this young!

Today she has learned "Yes Please" when I ask if she wants something. It's too dang cute listening to her talk!

Anyways, I guess that's all the catch up on the Stannix gang for now! I should go do some tidying while the girly is asleep.  The poor kid got back from grocery shopping and her toes were freezing.  She wasn't too happy about it, and knew she was tired.  She just wanted to lay in her crib, so I put her in and snuggled her up with blankets.  I went in to check her after a few minutes and she was asleep, but her poor little piggies were still ice cold.  I heated up a little wheat bag for them and she's sleeping like a baby.

Now it's time for me to be productive!!