Cam and his buddy Braden, playing while the bridesmaids get ready
Cameron with Grandma and Grandpa in church - check out Cam's suit!
Close up of Cam
Kristin, Cam and Tim
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Marissa's wedding
This past weekend, my good friend and college roommate, Marissa, got married in Buffalo. We headed there for the weekend. During the rehearsal dinner and reception, Matt watched Cameron, but Cam got to come to the ceremony. There are a few pictures below.
Cam and his buddy Braden, playing while the bridesmaids get ready
Cameron with Grandma and Grandpa in church - check out Cam's suit!
Close up of Cam
Kristin, Cam and Tim
Cam and his buddy Braden, playing while the bridesmaids get ready
Cameron with Grandma and Grandpa in church - check out Cam's suit!
Close up of Cam
Kristin, Cam and Tim
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Cam's last bath in the little tub.
Cam is getting so big so fast! We finally decided the other day that it was time to move him up to the big bath tub. The last few baths we gave him in the little tub resulted in Mama and Daddy getting almost as wet as Cam! We recorded a little bit of the last bath in the tub here it is.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Cameron waking up from his nap
We recently got a HD camcorder so we have been taking lots of videos of Cam. The videos are much larger than our digital camera videos, so we weren't sure if we could post them or not. The video below is from the camcorder, so it looks like it works!
Tim took the video about an hour ago of Cameron waking up from his afternoon nap. Make sure to watch the whole thing because the end is the cutest part.
Tim took the video about an hour ago of Cameron waking up from his afternoon nap. Make sure to watch the whole thing because the end is the cutest part.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Breaking News!
Breaking news (literally) at TravelingWalkers.com - Cameron's first tooth has finally popped through the surface! After months of drooling, chewing on everything in sight and exhibiting all the signs of teething, Cam's first tooth has finally arrived. It is his bottom, front, right tooth. We don't have a picture of it yet because he is very protective of it - squeezes his lips shut when you try to pry into his mouth, and if you actually get his mouth open then he sticks his tongue out. We catch glimpses of it when he smiles (and we can certainly feel it when he chomps down on our fingers) so we will have to try and get a picture that way.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Cameron's Nursery
We have had a long standing request from Emily to see pictures of Cameron's nursery... and now, finally, we can post some. In the past, we tried to get pictures of the room but just couldn't get anything good because his room is too small. A few weeks ago Tim got a new lens for his camera - a wide angle lens that can capture the entire side of a room.
The theme of his room is jungle animals. You can see his crib on the left and his dresser/changing table on the right. In the middle is our glider rocking chair, which we LOVE. Next to that is his toybox with a basket of books on top of it.
This pictures has a better shot of his crib. Hanging up on the top right side of the picture is a toy net that has a bunch of stuffed animals in it.
We are really happy with how it came out, and Cam seems to like it. He loves the animals on the border, rug and lamp. We talk about them while he is getting changed, since he looks right up at them. Cameron also loves the glider and it is where we spend time rocking, singing and reading together. When we are getting him ready for bed at night, we read a book or two as part of the night time routine. One of us sits in the rocker with him, the other sits on the footstool. We rock and read and tell stories. It is a great way to end the day.
The theme of his room is jungle animals. You can see his crib on the left and his dresser/changing table on the right. In the middle is our glider rocking chair, which we LOVE. Next to that is his toybox with a basket of books on top of it.
This pictures has a better shot of his crib. Hanging up on the top right side of the picture is a toy net that has a bunch of stuffed animals in it.
We are really happy with how it came out, and Cam seems to like it. He loves the animals on the border, rug and lamp. We talk about them while he is getting changed, since he looks right up at them. Cameron also loves the glider and it is where we spend time rocking, singing and reading together. When we are getting him ready for bed at night, we read a book or two as part of the night time routine. One of us sits in the rocker with him, the other sits on the footstool. We rock and read and tell stories. It is a great way to end the day.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Adventures in solid foods
What is this? Two posts in two days... crazy! Actually, we have lots of great pictures of Cameron that I want to get posted, so I will try to post something new every couple of days.
As I said in the last post, Cam has started eating real food. Here are a few pictures.
Mama, I don't think i like green beans so much...
Well, maybe they are okay - as long as Daddy makes funny faces while I eat.
Mr. Messy Face
The first cheerio starts with shock and surprise that I am allowing something so tiny near his mouth (usually I cover his mouth and take away the offending little object).
Why isn't this mushy like my other food?
Very interesting... I think I like it!
Where did my Cheerio go?
As I said in the last post, Cam has started eating real food. Here are a few pictures.
Mama, I don't think i like green beans so much...
Well, maybe they are okay - as long as Daddy makes funny faces while I eat.
Mr. Messy Face
The first cheerio starts with shock and surprise that I am allowing something so tiny near his mouth (usually I cover his mouth and take away the offending little object).
Why isn't this mushy like my other food?
Very interesting... I think I like it!
Where did my Cheerio go?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Six months old! (and Five months old!)
Wow, has it really been more than a month since we have posted?? Oops... we could give any number of excuses: vacation, nice weather, laziness. But we won't bother with that, nor with the fact that we completely missed the five month update. So here you go, the first in the line of a bunch of updates, combining Six Months Old! and Five Months Old!
Food:
During month five, Cameron tried each of the rest of the cereal options. He really likes all of them, but we haven't given him barley cereal in a while because it makes him very gassy and cranky. These days, he mainly eats rice or mixed grain cereal, but occasionally has oatmeal cereal.
Once he turned five months old, we started in on the veggies. Our plan was to go with green veggies first, since they are not as sweet as the orange ones. We figured that once he got a taste of the sweet stuff, he might not be so keen to go back to the green ones. Peas were the first non-cereal food he tried, and he liked them quite a bit, and did a great job eating them. It didn't take him too long to figure out how to open his mouth like a little bird, and then to swallow the cereal without pushing half of it out of his mouth. Since then, he has made it through the full veggie circuit: green beans (did NOT like, unless mixed with cereal), carrots (liked a lot, although they did scary things to his poop), squash (LOVED) and sweet potatoes (LOVED). He has been doing really well with eating, and has definitely figured out how to tell us that he wants more food (mouth WIDE open, or grabbing for the spoon) and how to tell us that he is done (lips clamped so tightly together there is no chance of sliding the spoon in there).
He also tried Cheerios for the first time a few days ago, but so far hasn't had too much success. He can't pick them up and get them all the way into his own mouth yet, so we have to feed them to him. He sits there with a funny look on his face, chewing and trying to figure out what the heck is in his mouth. The Cheerio usually falls out half way through, or a soggy half slips out of his mouth and sticks to his chin. Pretty funny and cute, since he has no idea it is stuck there, and can't figure out why Mama and Daddy are laughing at him! He gets better every time though and I am sure he will be chowing them down like a pro soon enough!
Mobility:
The beginning of month five, Cameron was a pretty immobile baby. He could roll over every once in a while, and move a little bit in a circle when on his tummy. That was about it. In the time frame of a week, he went from little motionless baby to the baby that couldn't stop moving. We went quickly from spinning in circles on his stomach to rolling all over creation to now full-fledged creeping that is so close to crawling. He can move pretty quickly when he wants to, which is usually when he spots something on the floor that he shouldn't have. He shows off his new skills all the time and is very proud of how he moves around. It is very cute, but we are in trouble and need to finish baby-proofing the house ASAP!
In addition to creeping, Cameron has also figured out his balance pretty well this past month. He can sit up pretty well on his own, only tipping over when he makes a grab for something far away (or sometimes just randomly tipping over). This has been nice because he can sit and play with the toys on his play gym, which gave him a whole new perspective and made the toys like new again.
And Cam has been using his jumperoo like a crazy man. He loves to jump and jump and jump some more. Sometimes we think his little legs are going to break, for how fast and hard he jumps all over creation. He really loves it.
Sleep:
Nope, Cam still isn't sleeping through the night. If you saw Tim or I in person, you would be able to figure that out from the size of the bags under our eyes!
Sign Language:
We are teaching Cameron some simple sign language, to try and alleviate frustration when he gets old enough to want to tell us things but can't talk yet. So far we try to only use five signs to keep confusion down. We do "more", "eat", "drink", "sleepy" and "all done". He hasn't used any himself, but he certainly watches us intently when we are doing the sign. We will see how it works!
Travel:
Of course, no month would be complete without some travel. In April, Cameron made his second plane trip and got another state. We went to Texas for our friend Emily's wedding. It was lots of fun and we had a great time there... and it will be a separate post. We also spent Easter in Massachusetts, as well as this past weekend.
Six Month Stats:
Cameron had his six month check-up today. He is healthy and strong, growing very well. The doctor said that he thinks Cam will be an athlete because of his build. He probably just said it to make us happy... and it worked! Here are Cam's stats for six months:
Weight: 17 pounds (50% percentile)
Length: 27 inches (75% percentile)
Head: 44 cm (50% percentile)
So we thought that we had a chunky monkey baby, and it turns out that he is tall and thin-ish. Most important though is that he is healthy, and we are thankful for that.
And we promise, it won't be another month between posts!!
Food:During month five, Cameron tried each of the rest of the cereal options. He really likes all of them, but we haven't given him barley cereal in a while because it makes him very gassy and cranky. These days, he mainly eats rice or mixed grain cereal, but occasionally has oatmeal cereal.
Once he turned five months old, we started in on the veggies. Our plan was to go with green veggies first, since they are not as sweet as the orange ones. We figured that once he got a taste of the sweet stuff, he might not be so keen to go back to the green ones. Peas were the first non-cereal food he tried, and he liked them quite a bit, and did a great job eating them. It didn't take him too long to figure out how to open his mouth like a little bird, and then to swallow the cereal without pushing half of it out of his mouth. Since then, he has made it through the full veggie circuit: green beans (did NOT like, unless mixed with cereal), carrots (liked a lot, although they did scary things to his poop), squash (LOVED) and sweet potatoes (LOVED). He has been doing really well with eating, and has definitely figured out how to tell us that he wants more food (mouth WIDE open, or grabbing for the spoon) and how to tell us that he is done (lips clamped so tightly together there is no chance of sliding the spoon in there).
He also tried Cheerios for the first time a few days ago, but so far hasn't had too much success. He can't pick them up and get them all the way into his own mouth yet, so we have to feed them to him. He sits there with a funny look on his face, chewing and trying to figure out what the heck is in his mouth. The Cheerio usually falls out half way through, or a soggy half slips out of his mouth and sticks to his chin. Pretty funny and cute, since he has no idea it is stuck there, and can't figure out why Mama and Daddy are laughing at him! He gets better every time though and I am sure he will be chowing them down like a pro soon enough!
Mobility:The beginning of month five, Cameron was a pretty immobile baby. He could roll over every once in a while, and move a little bit in a circle when on his tummy. That was about it. In the time frame of a week, he went from little motionless baby to the baby that couldn't stop moving. We went quickly from spinning in circles on his stomach to rolling all over creation to now full-fledged creeping that is so close to crawling. He can move pretty quickly when he wants to, which is usually when he spots something on the floor that he shouldn't have. He shows off his new skills all the time and is very proud of how he moves around. It is very cute, but we are in trouble and need to finish baby-proofing the house ASAP!
In addition to creeping, Cameron has also figured out his balance pretty well this past month. He can sit up pretty well on his own, only tipping over when he makes a grab for something far away (or sometimes just randomly tipping over). This has been nice because he can sit and play with the toys on his play gym, which gave him a whole new perspective and made the toys like new again.
And Cam has been using his jumperoo like a crazy man. He loves to jump and jump and jump some more. Sometimes we think his little legs are going to break, for how fast and hard he jumps all over creation. He really loves it.
Sleep:Nope, Cam still isn't sleeping through the night. If you saw Tim or I in person, you would be able to figure that out from the size of the bags under our eyes!
Sign Language:
We are teaching Cameron some simple sign language, to try and alleviate frustration when he gets old enough to want to tell us things but can't talk yet. So far we try to only use five signs to keep confusion down. We do "more", "eat", "drink", "sleepy" and "all done". He hasn't used any himself, but he certainly watches us intently when we are doing the sign. We will see how it works!
Travel:
Of course, no month would be complete without some travel. In April, Cameron made his second plane trip and got another state. We went to Texas for our friend Emily's wedding. It was lots of fun and we had a great time there... and it will be a separate post. We also spent Easter in Massachusetts, as well as this past weekend.
Six Month Stats:
Cameron had his six month check-up today. He is healthy and strong, growing very well. The doctor said that he thinks Cam will be an athlete because of his build. He probably just said it to make us happy... and it worked! Here are Cam's stats for six months:
Weight: 17 pounds (50% percentile)
Length: 27 inches (75% percentile)
Head: 44 cm (50% percentile)
So we thought that we had a chunky monkey baby, and it turns out that he is tall and thin-ish. Most important though is that he is healthy, and we are thankful for that.
And we promise, it won't be another month between posts!!
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