Day Off With Cameron!

I took the day off today to take care of Cameron. As you can see from the pictures, I've been having a lot of fun with him today. I think he knew we were playing because he kept kicking his feet back and forth causing the balls to move around. Everytime he kicked a ball, he would let out his high pitched scream. TOO MUCH FUN!

I have a picture of Gracie when she was a baby in a basket with stuffed animals. Cameron wouldn't let me put him in the basket today so I had to compromise. I've attached a picture of Gracie when she was a baby with her stuffed animals. She was about 8 weeks in this picture.

After we finished playing, we were resting in Gracie's room. He was very curious about his surrounding, he kept looking around around her room.

Why Cameron is NOT sleeping through the night....

It is about 4:50 a.m. this morning and I think I have figured out why Cameron is not sleeping through the night or I should say sleeping through to 6:00 a.m. For the past 4 days when I go to his room to feed him I find him laying vertically in his bed instead of horizontally. I couldn't help myself this morning so I took a picture. I had removed the bumper from him his crib a while back because he is a CRAZY sleeper and moves all over. I didn't want the bumper to fall on him if he tugged, etc. I think I will be putting the bumper back on today. He gets in this position because he scoots himself up with his legs. When he is vertical and trys to scoot himself, he is bumping his head against the rails. I'm going to have to get creative to get him to stop doing this. Only then will I get to sleep until 5:00 a.m.

Cameron's Milestones!

We had such a wonderful weekend! We love watching Cameron develop each day. It brings back many memories of when Gracie was a baby. It's hard to believe she's going to be 4 in a couple of weeks. There are times when I look at Cameron that I see Gracie. It's strange they both seem to have similar personalities at almost 4 months.

Cameron had a milestone moment today. He sat in his "Bumbo" for the first time today. He loves to be right in the middle of what we are doing. The "Bumbo" works beautifully. As you can see, he's sitting up on his own watching us go about our business and watching the Cowboys game with Daddy.






























SECOND milestone of the day.....OATMEAL! Cameron had his first bites of Oatmeal. We're a few days early in introducing him to solids but again, I couldn't help myself. He's such a healthy eater, which is not obvious at ALL! I don't think he liked it very much. Again, it's amazing watching them grow and realizing they have to learn everything. He kept pushing the oatmeal out with his tongue. Once he had a few bites, he started pushing the oatmeal back with his tongue to swallow. We'll try again tomorrow.






























THIRD milestone of the day....while sitting in his bumbo, I put his rattle in front of him. He was smiling and screaming (I think he's discovered his own voice). When he screams he belts out these high pitched screams, he sounds like a girl, it's hilarious! As I was saying, I put the rattle in front of him and he reached over grabbed it and put it right in his mouth. Seems overnight he has so much more personality than yesterday.






























Last picture for today....Cameron after bath time. We have a similar picture when Gracie was a baby. Those photos are framed in her bathroom. She loves them, she looks at them and says, "there's me when I was a baby"! It's all about the memories.

Cameron's First Swim

Cameron always sits outside while his big sister swims so we decided to let him try his water legs. Turns out, he's going to love the water like Gracie. (I couldn't help myself with the little swim trunks).
















































This picture is priceless!




















In the last few weeks, Cameron has started paying attention to his baby toys. Here he is holding his little plush puppy. He has been reaching these past few days and grabs the ears. It's funny watching him try to grab his toys, you can tell he's concentrating!















You've probably noticed that Cameron smiles in most his pictures. He smiles and talks ALL the time and it's very comforting to know that he's such a happy boy. He recently discovered his feet, ot at least that he could reach them! Anywhere we lay him, he automatically lifts his legs and reaches for his toes. It's not easy changing his diapers when he won't let go of his toes. He's been teething for about a month now and has lots of drool. I think this is one of Daddy's favorite bibs.

As you can see since our last post, we haven't had much time to maintain our blog. With that said, we have a lot of pictures to share. Cameron has been in his crib for about 4 weeks now. He's sleeping through most of the night. He has his last bottle between 7-8 p.m. (depending on his schedule that day) and will sleep until 4-4:30 a.m. He's been crying for a couple of days when I take the empty bottle out of his mouth so I have started giving him 8 oz. at bedtime. Only one day did that carry him through until 6:00 a.m. As you can see from the photos, he is such a happy baby.
































This is such a great picture. Both kids woke up around the same time so I put them in bed together, Gracie was not fully "awake" yet, but was happy when I put Cameron next to her.
















Mimi & Didi came for a visit over Labor Day Weekend. Mimi spent some great moments with Gracie.

Mimi, Daddy & Gracie playing "Ring Around the Roses"

Cameron enjoying sitting in his bouncy seat watching Gracie swim.

Cameron getting some tummy time. He's not very fond of tummy time. I think 2 minutes is his limit.

Gracie & Cameron went to the doctor today. I thought they were suffering from allergies....turns out they have a cold. Neither has been fussy or complained so I guess we have gotten off easy this time around. Gracie weighs 39.6 pounds and Cameron is 16 pounds (he feels much heavier than that). I have gotten to the point now that I take him out of his car seat when I drop him off at Tally's and when we pick Gracie up from school. He seems to love this scenario more since every day I pick Gracie up from school one of the teachers asks to hold him while I get Gracie from her classroom.

Speaking of school....Gracie started her new school year on Monday. She is actually in a Level III/Pre K class which introduces phonics/mathematics/writing. She surprised me on the way home the other day because she was doing 1+1=2; 1+2=3, etc. I started asking her if she knew what 1+89 was and much to my surprise, she answered "90"! Way to go Gracie. She loves her new teacher, Ms. Misty, although she asked me today where Ms. Nikki was (her Level II teacher). I think tomorrow we might stop by and say hello to Ms. Nikki before we head out to gymnastics.