This is one small step for babies, a giant leap for Camille

(Written by Rémi...)
Ok it's not like Camille walked on the moon, but she did walk [and without a space suit!!!]. While we are visiting Steph's parents for Thanksgiving, Camille has been using the ample carpeted space to her advantage. On Wednesday, she ventured forth unassisted into the void. She's still mostly getting around on her "quatre pattes" but here's the proof, she's on her way!

Trouble

With a capital "T" and that rhymes with "C" and that stands for Cell Phone!

I'm a little sad that Camille learned so quickly how to hold a phone. She's probably had way too many opportunities to pick up this skill watching me talk on the phone (something I try to keep to a minimum while she's awake, but you know how it is).

Bon Weekend

We had a busy week and a nice slow weekend. Saturday was rainy and we couldn't walk the dog to Central Park (our usual Saturday morning routine). Instead we picked up bagels and stayed in, taking our walk on Sunday instead. Later that afternoon we walked the other way, eastward to the river to see the sunset. It was a beautiful night.



Camille ready to go to the park.



Rémi and Camille enjoying the view at the river.


Yes, I asked a stranger to take this one, and after the usual camera tutorial, I think he did a pretty good job. (Notice Camille's giving me the side-eye)


Evening stroll



Reading Camille's bedtime story.



Lately, Camille has been cracking up every time she burps. I've started imitating her and she thinks that's pretty funny too.

Little miss copycat

Copying Papa.

We've had an action-packed couple of weeks. First my kid sister Jami and her husband Andy came to visit. We had a great time with them, but didn't take many pictures, since they were only here a couple of days and did a lot of sightseeing. I bet Jami might post some of her pics on her blog (here). After they left, Camille caught a little virus that kept us apartment bound for a few days. Man, having a sick baby is no fun! Now that she's on the mend, we're so happy to be back in action. Lately her life's work is to copy whatever Rémi and I do. She's getting better and better at this. She imitates our speaking by blabbing, our hand gestures by waving her hands, and if I make a raspberry or some other funny noise with my mouth, she does it too. It seems every day she becomes a better mimic. She is also freestanding, if only for seconds at a time. As soon as she realizes she's standing unsupported she sits down or reaches for a hand hold, but she's getting more confident. It's wild to see her change so much every day.

See for yourself!

She was really into Aunt Jami's necklace.

This is what Camille does when I go into the kitchen. She tries to climb over her gate using any prop available (pillow).


Fun with Sophie la giraffe.


Pointing.

We took the girl on her first subway ride down to the Brooklyn Bridge. It was windy and cool, but a fun time nonetheless.



Trying to escape.



World's cutest sick baby.
In our house, when you have a fever you're allowed to have your passy all day.

Trying something new

Another day, another new blog. I'm jumping on the blogspot bandwagon because I'm hoping this blog will be easier to update, and that will prompt me to update more often. Also I'm annoyed that I haven't been able to put videos on our old blog. Of course we'll keep the archives alive, so anytime you need a one month old Camille fix, it'll be there for ya.



We took Camille to Central Park on Halloween. Most of the kids in our neighborhood do their Trick or Treating at the shops, all the boutiques along Madison Avenue were giving out candy. So we walked Camille around a while in her monkey suite. As my sister pointed out to me, it's pretty funny to watch her do all her normal stuff, completely oblivious to the fact that she's wearing a monkey suit.

We stopped at Dean and Deluca for cider and cookies.

Monkey girl.