Back to work for Mama and Cam's First Day of Daycare!

Three weeks ago I started back to work. It has been an adjustment, but it is going alright. Cameron just started daycare today, so for the past three weeks we have had to juggle him around. For the first two weeks, he was watched by a combination of Mom, Aunt Jen and Tim. Last week I had a business trip in DC, so Tim and Cam came along with me! More on that in a separate post. While I was at work those first two weeks, Tim would bring Cameron to his babysitting location for the day. The two of them had a nice routine, where they would snuggle together for a while when Cam woke up and give me a call. It was really sweet but it made me miss Cam so much! Tim took pictures on several of the mornings to send to me at work - they are posted below. It was a nice way to start the day, a call from Cam and then a picture of him!

Cameron started daycare today at the YMCA Sweetheart Daycare. He had a really good day, enjoyed "playing" with the other kids and was really good for the teachers. He had a few short naps, ate a few bottles and had his diaper changed a bunch of times. He played in the swing, exersaucer and bouncer. Everyone was telling us how cute and sweet he was, so we are glad that he is doing so well. Of course, we also realize that it is only day 1 and we'll see how it goes! Cam is such a sweetie though, we are sure everyone there will love him. :-D

Cam's First Hockey Game

A few weeks ago, Cameron went to his first Crunch hockey game. It was on February 2nd and the Crunch were playing against San Antonio Rampage. They lost, but Cam didn't seem to mind. He liked the game - enjoyed watching the action move back and forth on the ice, liked looking around at the crowd and he even slept a bit. We were able to stay for the whole game (including overtime and a shoot-out), which was surprising. We figured Cam might get sick of it fast. I'm not sure why we thought that, since he was born to hockey-loving parents!

Bath Time!

Here are a bunch of cute pictures of Cam from one of his latest baths. We tried to style his hair, but it is too long and thin to do much. Once he gets another haircut we should be able to style a quality mohawk or spike.

I love my bath!I don't even mind water pouring over my face. Here is my spiky hairdo. And Mama's attempt at a mohawk for me!

Finally, my little baby Curly-Q-Do.

Three months old!! (an extremely overdue post)

Cam turned three months old a few weeks back - in fact, he will be four months very soon. I want to try and record Cam's monthly progress, because I am sure that when we look back on it, even just next year, it will all run together.

So, for month three:

• Cameron found many things - his fingers, blankets, his feet, the sun and tummy time
• He went on his first airplane trip to Florida (hence the sun he found)
• Cam went swimming for the first (and second) time, in the pool at Omi and Opa's condo complex. He seemed to like it quite a bit, although he did not like floating on his back.
• Cam went to Disney World for the first time - a day trip to Magic Kingdom where he enjoyed several rides and slept quite a bit
• Being in FL was exhausting for Cameron. Every day we spent a few hours or more outside and apparently it was so tiring for him, because he would fall asleep at 6 or 7 (one night as early as 5:45!)
  
• He started chewing on his fingers like crazy, he loves them and they keep him occupied
• He got his first shots and was such a good boy, only squeaking a bit before falling asleep
• He started using his jumparoo! When we first put him in it, his feet couldn't touch the floor so we made him a little platform of duct-taped together 2x4s
• We nicknamed him Mr. Lizard because he LOVES to stick his little tongue out. It is almost like he is trying to taste the whole world.

And a few pictures from month 3....

New photo albums

A few administrative things... Links are in white.

• We have a new front page image (on the main TravelingWalkers page) - reload the page if you don't see it.
• We finally put pictures online from our Europe trip from October 2006. There are lots of great shots, take a look.
  
• Tim uploaded a bunch of new pictures of Cameron. The weekly shots are almost up to date, and Tim added new monthly pictures for January.
• Tim also added pictures from our trip to Siesta Key in 2007... soon we will update with pictures from this year's trip.
  

The rest of our Florida vacation

The first and most important thing to say is that Cameron is an AMAZING traveler. We were so, so happy and proud of him for doing so well. He did awesome on all four flights, despite the mess on the way down and then a three hour delay in the airport on the way back. On each flight, he either slept, ate or charmed the other passengers around us. He smiled and laughed at people and everyone around us talked to him. He was good in the car, he was good sleeping in places he didn't know and he was good being held by lots of different people. He is a Traveling Walker, through and through!!

In Orlando we stayed with our friends Erin and Jason, in their new house. It is a gorgeous place and we had such a good time with them. We spent lots of time chatting and just hanging out, it was great. We already wrote about going to Magic Kingdom, but besides that we also went to another cool place while we were in Orlando: Blue Springs State Park. It is a natural spring that stays around 73 degrees all year round. During the winter lots of manatees from the connected river come up into the spring and stay there to keep warm. There is a really nice boardwalk along the whole spring and we got to see a ton of manatees, including some very cute babies. We brought along a picnic lunch and ate it there - it was so nice to eat outside in January!

Manatee Mama and Baby in the spring
Cam and Daddy on the boardwalk

Cam and Mama
After Orlando we headed down to Siesta Key for a week to stay with Omi and Opa. We had a fantastic time down there - the weather was great and Cam loved being outside so much. He loved being able to wear less clothes, loved going for walks every day and most of all, he loved spending so much time with Omi and Opa!! Cameron went swimming for the first (and second) time while we were there. The pool is kept at a nice warm 84 degrees so it was perfect for him. He liked swimming, especially when we pulled him around so he could kick his legs. He was not a big fan of floating on his back, but that was probably because the sun was so bright! We also went for walks on the beach, sat outside in the sun and ate delicious food every day. It was so relaxing and we had a great time!

Happy baby!!

"Walking" on the sand for the first time

Going for a walk on the beach
Cam in his sun hat and bathing suit, relaxing on the beach

Swimming in the pool

The whole family enjoying a gorgeous sunset

A tradition - taking our picture with the pelican statue

These are only a few of the great pictures that we took, we will upload the rest to the Photo Gallery very soon!