6 months! Really?!?!?!

Cameron hit the 6 month mark this past week. I realized it when I was at work and wrote the date for the first time. Then I spent most of the day thinking back to when he was born. I can't believe we have already had half of a year with him. I can't believe that now he is technically closer to being 1 year old than he is to this actually birth. It is amazing to see how much he has changed. He continues to be more fun everyday. It is impossible to go out to eat now without attracting the attention of everyone around us. We have become the entertainment. Our little man puts on quite a show. He can sit in a highchair, and likes to squeal quite loudly now. Very rarely do we get through a meal without him grabbing something off the table that he shouldn't get. The most exciting incident was earlier this week at Moe's. He grabbed Casey's glass of ice water and pulled it over into his lap. I think he was the only one there who didn't find it hilarious. He is into EVERYTHING. He gets in his walker and gets around the house. He wants to touch everything and if it is small enough put it in his mouth. He is trying to scoot and can sit up now all by himself. He can't get there alone, but once you sit him up he can stay there. It is cute! I just can't believe what a big boy he is. He loves his Daddy and Mommy. Bedtime is still an issue. For some reaon he doesn't sleep great lately. Some nights he goes to bed between 8 and 9 but usually gets up at some point and stays up for a while, OR he doesn't go to bed until almost 11 and sleeps all night. We don't know what to do. Anyway I am attaching a few videos of him to show you how much trouble he has started to get into. He is too cute! Also I am putting my up new favorite pic of him and his Daddy. They are best buds!

24 weeks!

It is amazing to me to think Cam turned 24 weeks old this past week. I can remember every detail of his birth so vividly and still think about it all the time. I remember the first few days, and when I look back at pictures I can't believe how much he has changed and grown. Just a few major things...he eats so much now! He eats twice a day, and he loves peas, bananas, applesauce, sweet potatoes, and squash. He likes carrots, pears, and peaches, and he hates greenbeans. He is so funny when he eats. He wants to try to help you, and if you aren't getting the food to his mouth fast enough- he lets you know. He talks ALL the time and is hillarious. He has now learned dada, and it is about all he says- over and over. I'm not convinced he knows who "dada" is because he yells it whether Casey is around or not, but all the same it is a sweet, sweet sound. We are working on mama, and even if he doesn't make the connection and I am mama I will probably cry the first time he says it. :)
He loves outside still. He still hates car rides and his car seat. Some days he hates them more than others. He like a stroller when he isn't tired or hungry.
He is now putting himself to sleep. That is really the only way he goes to sleep. We can try to walk with him and rock him like we use to, but he doesn't go to sleep. He will still go to sleep with his bottle at night and that is when we get our cuddling and loving in. He is such a sweet baby and so so happy. I am attaching a video below of his new favorite word.

Much needed update...

Well I have to say I am disappointed in myself. I had really intended to be a faithful blogger, but things have not worked out that way. I have just gotten SO busy living and enjoying life that I forget to write about it. I really hoped that one day I would be able to print out all of these blogs and use them as a baby book of sorts, but I realize now there isn't much to share. I am sad, because Cameron is growing so fast, but I just can't find the time. It is amazing how fast everything goes. I LOVE my life right now though, and my baby is the most perfect thing ever created. He is so much fun and changes He is hillarious eating. You can't get it to him fast enough, and he definitely lets you know. His favorite thing in the world right now is his jump and go. He will stay in it for hours somedays. Yesterday he jumped for an hour and 15 minutes straight. He laughs and laughs. I finally took him out because I thought he needed a break. His daddy insists he is already working on his vertical so he can be a good basketball player. I'm not sure, but either way it is REALLY cute! Apparently he really like Winnie the Pooh and Dora. It is part of his morning routine at Ms. Rachel's. I have not experienced this since they don't come on during the weekends, but this is what I hear. He has a stuffed animal that he loves, George the Monkey. He has become the trick for a happy car ride. He will usually just hold George and talk to him while in the car, which is a good change from the screaming he use to do. He is trying very hard to sit up now. You can't leave him anywhere, which we unfortunately found out this weekend. Until now it wasn't necessary to strap him in his boppy seat, but now he will sit up and fall out. Luckily he was on the floor when he broke out this new trick so he didn't hurt himself, but it scared us! He puts himself to sleep now. It is too cute. He usually whines a little bit, less than a minute, and will then talk to himself until he goes on out. This whole process usually lasts less thatn 3-4 minutes. Lastly and the most exciting news is he cut his first tooth yesterday (Sept. 27th). He had been obviously beginning to cut them. You could feel the raised place in his gums and he was chewing on everything. Last night in the car he was chewing and I put my finger in to feel and there was a little corner coming up. He has done surpising good with it. He was waking up a lot during the night, but the doctor said to give him tylenol before bed and if needed rub baby orajel on his gums, and that has done the trick. I can't believe he is over 5 months already. It is surreal feeling and so strange. It seems like it hasn't been that long, yet I don't really remember much about how it was before him. He is amazing and we are having such a good time with him. Everyone that meets him or sees him talks about how lucky we are to have such a happy baby. He smiles at everyone and puts on a show. They (whoever they is) say that you can tell their disposition by now, and if you can, we will have our hands full. I'm just happy he is such a content and happy boy. He is always fun. Ok I hope I do a better job with this blogging thing. We will see!

Back to Work...

I haven't posted much lately and there is so much that Cameron is doing. He is so big and independent. He wants to try to sit up all the time. He thinks he is too big to lay down like a baby now. He is aware of his surrounds and he looks at everything. You can put him in his boppy bouncy seat now and he will stay there all day if you talk to him. This is great because I can sit in the floor with him and work on stuff for heading back to work. I have such mixed feelings about returning to work. I have always said that being a stay-at-home mom isn't for me, but there were many times this summer when I thought that was exactly what I would become. We did so much thinking and praying and we finally found Rachel. She lives in the neighborhood next to us. Her husband is the youth pastor at Laura's church and she is going to come stay with Cam everyday while we are at school. I felt so much relief when we got this set up. Cameron will still have one on one attention, and I can go to work and focus on my students knowing my baby is being taken care of. I trust Rachel and know she will do an amazing job, but as the time drawers nearer I am beginning to get sad. I have missed teaching. I really love my job, and I missed going to work everyday and seeing my students. I couldn't help but feel a twinge of sadness as I rocked him tonight. I looked down and saw my sweet, beautiful, perfect little man and realized that I would no longer be with him all day. From day 1 I have been here to provide everything for him, and that is not going to be my job anymore. Well it will always be my job, but there will be someone else who does it too and that makes me a little sad. I have had the most amazing time being able to be at home with him all this time. I am so lucky because most moms get 6 weeks, and I got 15. It has been such a blessing and time I will cherish forever. I am so blessed and I love him so much.

2 Month Checkup

We took Cameron for his 2 month checkup today. It was a little late because we had to reschedule since we were out of town on the original date. It was terrible, but we all survived! It was so sad and he screamed and cried, but it was only temporary. It was time to eat so a bottle made everything right with the world again. He is a BIG boy! He weighed 14 pounds and 6 ounces and was 24 3/4 inches long. That put him in the 90th percentile for both...Casey was so proud! Besides that we have started adding some rice cereal for his reflux and we get to take him off of his colic medicine. Here is a picture of him happy on the way to the doctor and his boo boos!

Happy 4th of July

We spent 4th of July at Lake Sin Claire with Casey's family. We had a good time and Cameron had his first lake experience. He LOVED it! Bebe bought him a little baby pool and he had fun with it, but really liked the lake. We were so suprised that he didn't get scared or cry. It was like he had been doing it his whole life. He floated around and kicked and splashed and looked ADORABLE in his lifejacket. He also really enjoyed the boat. It put him to sleep quickly after all of his swimming. The fireworks didn't scare him too bad. Overall it was a really good trip. On another note, Cameron is scooting like crazy. He smiles ALL the time and "talks" so much. He makes all sorts of noises and tries so hard to communicate. He has found his hands and stares at them and then shoves them and anything else in his mouth. He is drooling everywhere, but we don't care! His spit up gets better and worse. Some feedings there is none, and other feedings you wonder how he is still full. I just keep remembering he is gaining weight and this is temporary. Speaking of weight...we visited Aunt Abbey at her office when we were in Covington and Cameron weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces!!! BIG BOY! We go to our doctor tomorrow for shots! :( I'm really dreading it, but I know we have to do it. I'll let you know how it goes. Here are some pics of the 4th. He is adorable!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, June 30th

Casey and I went to New York City for two days to celebrate our anniversary. We packed so much in our short 2 days, but we didn't want to be away from our baby any longer than that! It was so much fun, but we missed Cameron terribly. He stayed with my parents who took great care of him, but we still missed him! Cameron and I actually went down early to stay in Covington for a while because Casey had basketball camp. It was a good time to spend time with my family and let them spend time with Cameron. Since we live farther away it is difficult for them to see him as much as they would like so it was fun. We got to visit Nanny and Pop and Abbey and Bryan came over everyday. Mom and Dad got to see him whenever they wanted, and I think everyone really enjoyed this time. I'm going to post a few pictures of the amazing city of New York.