Camille is 9!

Camille turned 9 a few days ago.  She counted down to this day for the whole month.  Hopefully it wasn't a disappointment for her!  I invited over her cousin to play with her for the afternoon and eat dinner with us.  Camille loved playing with her.  I took them to the new Orem park by the library which just opened the week before.  It's a pretty fun park and has equipment for kids of all abilities, including kids in wheelchairs.  The little girl who inspired the park was there zipping around in her wheelchair.

Camille is generally happy most of the time, especially if she is playing with a friend.  Her friends are Sarah, Hudson, and her cousin Mika.  She loves chocolate and ice cream and most desserts.  She also likes burnt toast, soups, and pasta like spaghetti.  She still has her feeding tube because she's not as motivated as her mother is to get rid of it.  She needs to drink more on her own.

Camille got  a dragon pet, pajamas, a new outfit, and a few things to decorate her room.

Camille requested a chocolate three-layer cake with pink frosting and marshmallows.  It was not my best cake.  I think the frosting was too thin and the cake wasn't firm enough so the top layer started sliding off.  It still tasted good though.  She also wanted and got potstickers or gyoza for dinner.

She loves to play imagination games, read comic books, and Geronimo Stilton books.  She's not so fond of math but we work on it for an hour together every morning so that she can get better at it.  She likes to hold my hand when we walk to school together and wants me to walk her to the classroom so she feels less alone.

Her health has been reasonably good although she is fond of telling me that she doesn't feel so good when there's something she doesn't want to do.  She worries about a lot, especially scary things like Halloween decorations.

She is a loving child and we are glad to have her in our family!