At the Beach!

Uh Oh!

Deep in the humidity (I mean heart) of Texas...

Don't get me wrong... I love Texas but that level of humidity is ridiculous! Camryn took her first plane ride to visit some of her family in Houston at the end of July and even got to venture to her Mommy's favorite childhood vacation spot to get some beach time!

The flight there was amazing! We took a later flight so Camryn could sleep and we lucked out with it only being 50% full allowing us to have our own row and allowing Camryn to bring her car seat onto the plane.

After a great trip to the beach where Camryn grew quite fond of Shaved Ice and eating sand we got to spend some time experiencing the Texas food I had missed, visited with family, and Miss Camryn discovered she can open cabinets and spread the contents all over the floor!

Check out Facebook for tons more pictures about our adventures.

I promised...

I promised myself that I would be better about updating the Blog but I have failed...I am sorry if I have let anyone in a significant need to know about our lives or if I have assumed that anyone cares and this entire message is pointless. Irregardless, I have returned and will try to sum up the events since the Fathers' Day post.

I tried my hand at entering Camryn into a Gerber baby competition, after getting her photo approved the photo was posted for people to vote via Facebook...if you are reading this I am guessing you voted one or more times. We did pretty well encouraging voting and I believe in the end Camryn had 150 or so votes...pretty competitive compared to the other babies. The online votes will determine 6 winners from different age groups (iPad 2 winners) and a panel of judges from Gerber will select an overall winner ($50,000 scholarship). The Gerber website claims that winners will be announced sometime in the month of August...I am still waiting to hear and Colby is still waiting for an iPad2 to show up on our doorstep.

Camryn's Alphabet Mat (as pictured above) has been a sound investment thus far until Camryn discovered that ripping it apart and throwing the pieces around the house is much more entertaining than actually playing with the toys on the mat. I find myself reassembling it every night and while its great practice for my letter and number skills it can wear a girl out!

The Kahl family has discovered the greatness that is the Phoenix Culture Passes which gives two free adult admissions to a variety of museums and attractions in the Phoenix area. I can stop by the library at work, pick one up and we have 7 days to stop by the attraction of our choice. With this new option we took Camryn to the Phoenix Zoo for the first time on one of the hottest days of the year! On the upside it was "Snow Day" at the Zoo so we got to see animals interact with snow and ice in their enclosures but the heat was a little much for the humans there.

Note: Yes, she is wearing shorts (curte little plaid ones at that) but, her chubby little thighs led to some shifting.

The Father's Day Photo Shoot

You know how some projects seem so easy until you are in the midst of them and realize it was a bigger undertaking then you imagined? My original plan for a Father's Day gift for Colby from Camryn was 4 simple pictures- with Camryn holding a different sign in each, "Happy", "Father's", "Day" and "love, Camryn". Approximately 75 pictures and 1 hour later I had a boatload of photos of Camryn eating signs, waving them above her head, dropping them, and shaking her head so fast from side to side that it looked like an optical illusion. Alas, after some picking and choosing I decided on the final four...but I wanted to show off some of the rest as well (more as a testament to the work that truly went into trying to keep a 8 month still).

Playing Wears a Girl Out!

Poolside Cutie!

Summer is officially here...I am sure I am not the first one to point it out but I figured I might as well make the official announcement.  June has been a busy and celebratory month thus far. I celebrated my 25th Birthday on June 8th and Colby and I marked our one year anniversary with a night out to dinner and a movie on June 11th. Camryn had a celebration all her own as I got to squeeze her little baby belly into her swimsuit and slather her in sunscreen for her first swimming experience...she has already gone twice. On Sunday Camryn and I headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Waldrop's for a BBQ and swimming...unfortunately Colby had to work and missed out on the festivities but he did get to go swimming with Camryn on Monday! After trying on her first pair of "swim diapers" adorned with Little Mermaid decorations (I think I was a little too excited for the Little Mermaid part but that was the movie and the soundtrack of my childhood) I sun screened Camryn up while she attempted to eat the bottle (as seen in the pictures). Looking like a miniature pink version of Gilligan or the Gorton's fisherman according to my Dad we hit up the pool. It looks like Camryn is going to me a little fish!