Camille Meets Haisley and Benton

Haisley has been so excited to meet her baby sister!  When the time finally arrived, she covered her eyes and acted a little overwhelmed by the whole thing.  Completely understandable!  Benton was very preoccupied with the tiger he had gotten.  Camille brought Haisley an Elsa nightgown and brought Benton a bag full of animal figurines.  They both loved their gifts!  After warming up to the idea of having a new addition in the family, both of the older babies seem to love holding Camille and giving her attention!  Love my new family of 5!!

Sweet Camille Has Arrived!

Or sweet and precious baby girl has finally arrived.  We went in Sunday morning to be induced.   I had been having contractions for several days and I felt like she was ready to come!  They started the pitching  around 7:45.  At 9 I was only 2 cm, but was hurting pretty bad, so they started the fluid for the epidural.  The epidural was started, didn't work,  head to be redone, and finally kicked in at 11:58.  It sweet angel big was born at 12:07 pm.  She weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz, and was 20 inches long.  The 3 hours of contractions were the most horrible pain of my life, but 1 second of holding my baby girl made it all worth it!   You are loved beyond measure,  sweet Camille!

Nowadays, they do the first bath in the room, and this momma loved it!  Camille was such a trooper and especially loved when they washed her hair!

After a couple days in the hospital, we were ready to come home!!  We were so ready to be home with our Haisley and Benton and to start our life as a family of 5!!

 Camille!  We love you so much and are so very thankful you are in our family.  You are loved and adored by us all! 

Benton Boy at 22 Months

For some reason, we all refer to Benton as Benton Boy!  I cannot believe my baby boy is almost 2!  He is turning into such a big boy before our eyes.  He is becoming more independent by the day and he is really understanding most of our directions for him.  Now him obeying our directions is a completely different story.  He likes to be a helper and throw things away for us.  He also likes to get everyone's shoes and deliver them to each person.  Such a sweet little fella!  He is WILD.  I had no idea how wild a little boy was, and to be honest, I don't think all little boys are as wild as he is!  He is constantly looking for something to climb and jump off of.  He knows no fear!  Our sweet boy keeps us on our toes.  He is the life of the party and almost always has a smile on his face. 
Some updates on the angel this month...

Size:  Benton weighs about 29 lbs.  He is in size 2 clothes, size 5 diapers.  He wears a size 7 shoe.

Talking:  He is really trying to talk a lot more these days.  We can't always determine what he is trying to say, but it is not for his lack of trying.  He is starting to put a couple of words together here and there. 

Eating:  Baby boy still loves to eat.  He also loves his milk, which Haisley doesn't like.  We limit milk to one cup in the morning, otherwise he would drink it all day!  Benton loves most foods, but there are a couple that I have recently found he doesn't like.  He won't eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and really doesn't care for bread in general.  He loves mostly any type of meat! 

Sleeping:  This update changes daily.  Sometimes he sleeps like a champ, other times he does not.   Overall, I would say that things are getting better in the sleeping department.  He still goes down for naps and bedtime without any problems.  He naps from about 1-3 and goes to bed by about 7:30ish.  He normally gets up between 5:45 and 6.  We have had a hard time finding a diaper that he doesn't pee through.  We attribute most of him getting up during the night to being completely soaking wet with pee, all the way to the mattress.  Mark thinks it is all the water he drinks during bath....

Benton enjoying an ice cream sandwich.

A little McDonald play/eat time with cousins.

Everybody lays out pitching a fit, right??

 My baby boy before his big boy haircut.

Benton has started to get the camera and bring it to me and say "cheese" until I take pictures of him.  That explains the next several pictures!!

We love you so much, sweet Benton boy!  Your sweet smile and love for life does brings us immeasurable joy.  You keep your mommy on her toes and praying!  You are adventurous, precious, and oh so funny!  We love you!

Camille Gentry at 37 weeks, 5 days

We had yet another check up last week and everything still looked good!   I am 1.5 cm and 70% effaced.  If we don't have her before August 23rd, Dr. Alverson will induce me then!   I literally cannot believe how quickly this pregnancy has flown by.   We have been so blessed to have a noneventful pregnancy this time.   We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of our sweet baby girl.   Haisley cannot wait to meet her and Benton keeps hitting my stomach and saying,  "Baby Out."  I think he is heard that momma is ready for the baby to be out!   We are as ready as we'll ever be for her to come!  I do actually feel better than I did with my previous pregnancies, so that's a plus!   We are so blessed and excited that you are ours, sweet Camille!  You are already so loved by us all!

Camille Gentry

  Our precious baby girl FINALLY has a name!   Camille Gentry.   It has been a long time coming,  and nobody can say that we didn't put enough thought into it!   We have been discussing names for quite some time now, and feel like we picked the perfect one for our sweet girl!   We love the girl-i-ness of the name Camille and Gentry is my grandmother's maiden name.  
  In addition to having picked her name,  we also got to see our baby girl via ultrasound yesterday.  As far as we know,  she is doing perfectly.   She is moving a ton,  head down,  has a head full of hair,  and weighs about 6 lbs which is in the 30th percentile.  I am about 1 cm, which I am hoping is not an indication of how labor is going to go!   With Haisley and Benton,  I was 1.5 cm and 2 cm at this point....overall we are are just praying for a healthy delivery for mommy and baby girl!   Dr. Alverson will probably induce me the week of August 22nd.   Can't wait to meet you,  sweet one!   You are already so loved!