The Outside World.

I think it's very sweet and really adorable how Camilla is a completely different baby when she's not inside the house. She's curious, very observant, but most definitely reserved and shy (especially around strangers at the store, mall, etc) she's still a charmer, though.

I decided on a whim, to take some photos of her in the natural light outside and capture her hesitant nature when she's outside -- she is super cute and it really is quite funny how different she is. She stays in one spot, just watching. Maybe she'll reach out a hand to touch the ground, or some leaves (in this case she did grab one and was playing with it). She even got to the point where she was smashing the leaf into the ground... lol.

But... I'll post my favorite picture first.

LOVE that one! It's edited obviously, I thought the grainy black and white filter sort of expressed her uncertainty. It is a HUGE world out there, little does she know.

Isn't our little lady so beautiful?! I think so! Lol. Thank you Grandma Cristina for the super cute dress, too!

Eeeeep! In other news, something scary happened. Normally, me and Camilla walk down to the mail box down the street to get the mail. Well, the other night I asked Josh if he would get it. It was evening, and dark outside, and I didn't really want to go... especially with Cam, so it was no big deal for him to go. Well, A DOG GOT OUT OF HIS FENCE AND NEARLY ATTACKED HIM! Josh is smart and knew how to avoid getting attacked/bit... but holy crap, that is scary stuff. The owners eventually came out and eventually (not fast, mind you) got control of their dog and Josh pretty much yelled at them. I was pretty shaken up when he told me because I was thinking (and he was thinking) WHAT IF THAT HAD BEEN ME AND CAM?!?! We ALWAYS walk to the mailbox! I know which dog it was too, this crazy vicious sounding dog that always starts up an insane racket whenever you'd walk by. I hadn't heard him in a long time, so I didn't really think of him recently. But now, well, I'm not walking with Camilla anymore. I don't trust most of our neighbors and their dogs and I definitely don't trust THAT particular house.

I am also thankful that Josh wasn't walking Desoto because I bet my life that that crazy lunatic dog would not have a leg to stand on right now. There's no doubt in my mind that Desoto would've protected Josh. I just don't understand people... I mean, if your dog is doing everything possible to get out of his enclosure and the first thing it does is try to attack some random passerby.. you are doing dog-parenting VERY wrong. The owner was apologizing profusely, but that sort of incident isn't something that can be excused. What if it wasn't Josh, what if it was a kid walking home? Gosh. And not to sound like I'm happy it happened to Josh or anything (because I'm definitely not, I am super glad he is fine) I'm just glad that this opened my eyes... because it could have been me and Camilla, and that thought makes me want to cry. Needless to say, I cuddled and gave Desoto a ton of extra hugs and kisses for being his doofy self. Desoto is the best dog ever. Hyper at times? Definitely. A total goofball? Absolutely. But he always has good intentions and has never shown any of us any type of aggression, even with his food, treats, or toys , and I know he would protect us. I know he would definitely protect Camilla. They are very much buddies. Thank you for being you Desoto! Not to sound sappy or anything! I probably sound like I'm overreacting, but it just really put things into perspective for me I guess, I'm just... I don't even know what I would've done if it had been me, apart from doing everything I could to keep Camilla away from the dog. Seriously, I don't even want to think about it. It's too freaking terrifying.

She loves bugging him! Lol. She loves to pet and touch his paws.

He's like, mommm get it away from me! Lol.

Her face!! His face!! Hahahah.

She was petting him for like 10 minutes straight.

She thought his nub tail was hilarious.

I love my two babies. I'm so lucky to have them both! (And Josh too!)

My friend (who had a baby a week after I had Camilla) has to rehome her 8 year old Pekingese because he keeps growling and nipping at her baby! Gosh. Another reason I'm thankful for Desoto. Literally zero worries there (other than the fact he thinks he's a weightless lap dog lol). But if anyone knows of someone in the Washington Hood Canal area, who would like a Pekingese, let me know!

No privacy whatsoever.

If it's not the dog that barges in on me while I'm in the bathroom...

It's the baby.

Sigh! If I actually close the door, she'll sit outside it and start crying. Lol. It's the saddest thing ever. Sometimes if I put her in her room to play while I go package something up or put some dishes away, she'll start crying... and I'll find her sitting right outside the bathroom door in tears! I'm like, geeze mommy's not ALWAYS in there! Lol. Silly Camilla.

P.s. I keep forgetting to add... Camilla has two bottom teeth! EWEEEEP!  She's had them for hmmm, a good few weeks now? I just kept forgetting to mention it because I'm so forgetful. Haha. Whoa this font is huge... okay, bye bye! Time for me to get some sleep! :)  

The day of INSANE wind.

When I play a video of her favorite song being played live in a studio.. she gets so grinny and happy.

'I do works now.'

'I helps with groceries now.'

Awwwww Lol Josh's flag pants.

'I want dat bone mom.'
'No mom, IT'S MY BONE DON'T GIVE IT TO THE BABY. I'LL CRY.'

'MOMMM DESOTO DOESN'T SHAAARE.' Lol. I love her expression! Denied.

'GIMME DAT BONE YOU JERK DOG.'

'I WON'T GIVE UP.'

'Okay fine. You win.'

'I get you next time you diabolical doggy.'

Desoto wins! For now...

 

*Giggles*

I've wanted to do this post for awhile, but haven't had the time to go through my back-in-the-day photos. Unfortunately, there aren't many baby pics of me, so eh! This'll hafta do. :)

BABY JOSH!

 BABY CHRISTINE! (in the Philippines)

BABY CAMILLA! YAY!

                                                                                                                                        Mmmm.. toes!

Haha, Josh is sooooo adorable. And he has hair! Me... not so much and I can't stop laughing at my mom's 80's hair. Is Camilla gonna look back at pictures of me and laugh at my hair/style too? :) Lol. I think as for the battle on whose hair Camilla gets, that's still up in the air. So who knows! :) She is sooooooooo gorgeous! I especially love the middle picture. :) I made that headband too! It was a quick do-it-now-or-never job but eh! She rocks it. <3

Well, was gonna make this a fast post and Camilla is already demanding my attention. Look how adorable she is, and how adorable we were once upon a time! LOL. WE LOVE YOU ALL!! MWAH!!!

P.s. GEEZEEEEE!! It is WINDY today. It's been blowing nonstop all day long. 

No cool blog titles come to mind...

Hello, friends and family! I couldn't think of a cool blog post title, and sometimes I think that's half the battle of this blog-posting world. Sorry about the lack of updating... we have been SO busy. With a lot of stuff. Plus we've been buckling down on things that needed doing! I also have a few different ventures I'm plundering... so... yeah, definitely busy!

But let's focus on Camilla first... she is constantly on the go! If you set her down, she's race-crawling to whatever interests her the most! It can be very tough getting anything done when we're by ourselves, but I try to play with her and occupy her mind as often as I can and do the other stuff when she's asleep, or if she's really engrossed in something (like her lappup, her singing pup, or her ringing telephone.) Sometimes she'll be really fascinated with her books... which I love, I can't wait until she's old enough to take frequent trips to the library! As a kid, we went every Saturday and I'd literally check out 10 books and it was my favorite thing to do as a kid haha. I'm excited for that!

Anyway, that's why I'm so thankful that Josh is really hands on when he's here on the weekends. I can do store stuff, clean up, actually cook something (sometimes, lol) and etc. He's gone this weekend though (boohoo!) and he should be home by Monday evening, or Tuesday at the latest. Ah well, such is life. It does totally suck, but I'm proud of him for doing what he has to do, and we're biding our time with toys and work. :) Camilla is definitely a mommy's girl, but there are times when she really wants her daddy. :) And he is an amazing father! I know for a fact (since I'm a girl) that she's going to get pretty annoyed with his over protective-ness, but hey, what dad isn't? Lol.

Speaking of work... the shop has been pretty crazy the past couple of days. I post every item that's in my store on Wanelo.com and a couple of my items have made the front page, and that's where 90% of my sales come from, so if and when I get noticed on there, it means big business. I'm so thankful for that website, and so thankful for everything! With what I'm bringing in and (this venture my friend offered me that I'll explain later) Josh and I finally sat down and literally drew up a budget (it took a couple hours and lots of talking lol) and we figured out financial goals, and in general, budgeted all our money out so we could put plenty away in savings for each check. It should have happened a long time ago, but Josh is more of the spender and I didn't want to be naggy or strict, even though I am (about money lol)... but we've finally done it! I also opened up a savings account for Miss Camilla, another checking account that all the biz money will go into, and etc. GOSH. It's so much to keep track of... but we can do it!! I'm not really sure how to go about handling taxes for a business either, but I probably should start doing that since I'm making more now than when I first started. But I dunno! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! *deep breath* I'm excited for the future (financial-wise) because we're actually being serious and set goals and... I feel more grown up! Haha. That's so weird to say since I have a baby and duh, I am a grown up. It just feels good, I guess. :)

Oh! My friend from high school (and we worked together at a restaurant) is a big online entrepreneur and he's going to start a woman's blog/woman's site type thing. Anyway, he hired me as a head writer and (for now it's freelance) but basically I'd be writing articles now and then and/or blog posts and rewriting PLR articles... it sounds like a really awesome gig, and it's completely freelance at the moment so it's not something I would have to focus a lot of time on. He also owns a couple other twitter-style sites that I'm being paid to make microblog posts! It's pretty awesome and I'm excited for it! But... he explained to me what PLR articles are (private label rights) and basically, it's a great way to earn passive income. It makes me want to start my own PLR companty, but this blog post is already getting really long winded about ME so I'll shut up now. I'll explain what PLR is perhaps in the next blog... I guess I'm just way too excited about our future adventures and what's in store for our family!!! Josh is really excited too, and he's loving all of this LOL.  I am too. If we stick to our goals, the future looks really bright. Here's hoping!!!

Anyway... cough cough! More on CAMILLA!!!! She is pulling herself up onto everything! She really just wants to stand up alllllll the time. Which makes me nervous, because 80% of our flooring is.. hard! Haha. Josh went out and got a rug (because our last one seems to have disappeared?!) and Cam's in the living room most of the time, so we put the rug there and so far so good lol. She has her 9 month wellness checkup next month... if I could ever get through and make a damn appointment! Well, it's not getting through that's the problem. They keep sending us "reminders" in the mail but every time I call they're like, "Oh, it's too early to make an appointment that far in advance." Then stop wasting trees and sending us notices! Lol. Sheesh! She seems to be more tired of her bottle but she is still really crazy about breastfeeding. If I'm sitting down with her she'll chomp at my chest and I'm like... GEEEEEEZE LADY! I'm sittin' here! Haha. It's embarrassing... good thing Josh is the only one that's seen it.  She loves her avocados though, and banana. :) Those are definitely her two favorites. Camilla is crazy about her toys! She gets into obsessive bursts with different ones now and again. She currently LOVES the tea set Josh got her for Christmas... and it really is so adorable when she plays with it. It sings songs and she can open and shut the lid (she loves opening and shutting things haha) and it came with a cute little tray with three cakes that she can play with. It's very veeeeery cute watching her play with the little cakes and tray! My word, she is just such a darling. <3 (and Josh is soooo happy that she loves playing with it.. it really makes his day when she plays with her tea set!)

Teapot!

Ah well... picture time! We love you all and thanks for reading! It's always nice to just type away and let all your thoughts seep out onto a blog. :) OH Grandpa Frank/Dad! Thank you for the V-day cards! They were super cute and we'll definitely buy a big box of chocolates -- haha! I took a picture of Camilla holding hers but I accidentally deleted it. :( But don't worry, we'll put that $40 to good use on something for her! LOVE YOU and MISS YOU!!!

Love everyone too! Be safe and stay wonderful, family and friends!!