Cute babies

Check out this cute video...it made me laugh so hard!! I can picture Cameron on skates doing this!

I believe in miracles!

The last 6 weeks my day has consisted of feeding Cameron, holding him, changing his diaper and holding him...oh and did I mention holding him?? Good thing he is so dang cute or I would have a problem with this daily routine :) However, my life is starting to feel like the movie "Groundhogs day"! I would like to be able to fix and eat lunch without holding him, do my hair and makeup without holding him or just be able to lay him down and give my back a rest. Ever since we've had to hold him for a half hour after he eats he has gotten in the habit of falling asleep in our arms...so when you lay him down he wakes right up.

Several people have asked me if we have tried a swing. We decided not to buy a swing because they were so expensive and figured the bouncer/vibrater/music thing would be all he needed. Well, little did we know that the swing really might be the secret. When we were at Dan and Linda's house for the 4th of July crab fest we put Cameron in Maya's swing to test it out. We thought we would see if he liked it before we made the splurge. He actually liked it!! He layed by himself for about 20 minutes and then the next time we put him in it he fell asleep. That sealed the deal...we went the next day to purchase a swing.
Let's just say this fairy tale didn't have a happy ending (right at first) but I think with some time it will. I guess it must have been the "newness" of the swing that night because the first, second, third and fourth time we put him in it he cried. However, today he actually enjoyed it and was in it for 10 minutes before he fell asleep. Baby steps....

Christmas in July

Grammy and Grampy had this wrapped and under the Christmas tree for Cameron...however, he was only 4 months old in my tummy. Jeremy decided to put it together tonight to see if he would like it. Cameron seems to get bored easily so we thought he would enjoy something new. He had fun listening to the music and looking at all the toys. I am sure he will like it when he gets a little bigger and can reach the hanging toys and move a little more.

4th of July

The 4th of July can be described by the 5 F's....Food, Fun, Family, Friends and Fireworks! This is my mom's favorite holiday. We have had a tradition of family get togethers on this holiday for as far back as I can remember. Back in the good ol' days we celebrated with aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. It started off with breakfast at my parents then a full day filled with volleyball and swimming, lunch, more swimming, games and then a BBQ dinner and fireworks. As time has gone on our celebrations have dwindled to just our immediate family. We still do a big breakfast at my parents and hang out to play games and after dinner we do fireworks.

My parents had surprise bags for the grandkids. Cameron got a cute sippy cup that had his name on it. I'm sure he will be using it sooner than I think!

Cameron (5 weeks old) in his cute 4th of July outfit...red, white, and blue.




Genive and Herb waiting for the festivities to start. Not sure what weirdo Janessa is doing in the background...she must really be excited about the 4th of July :)

My mom ordered special 4th of July shirts for her and my dad (I told you this was her favorite holiday...she takes it pretty serious). They were really cute and said Grandma's Stars and Grandpa's Stars and they had 6 stars with each of their grandkids names written on each star.

We had so much fun playing croquet. Grampy made us all laugh by changing the rules as we went along (ie, if your ball "kissed" another ball you got to go again). When we asked him to see the instructions, he suddenly didn't know where they went :) Well, it worked pretty good for grampy because he won.

Jeremy and I ditched the family for a few hours and went to a seafood fest BBQ at my friend's house. They went all out and had a full on seafood dinner with crab, different kinds of shrimp, yummy garlic potatoes, corn on the cob, dips and dessert. I had fun learning how to crack crab and eat it for the first time...it was ok, but I have to say it's a heck of a lot of work for not very much meat! Jeremy has a love hate relationship with shell fish. He loves to eat it, but his body hates him after he does. He is alergic to seafood, espeically shrimp. But that didn't stop him from eating until he was full. He paid the price later that night though. His eyes were itching and burning, his stomache hurt, he took several trips to the bathroom, and his nose was stuffy and itchy all night. Even after all that he thought it was worth it.

Proof that not only did I taste crab, I worked hard for it...it isn't easy to crack those things open. I even ate shrimp without dry heaving. Basically I put myself through an intervention and Desensitization really works. I've worked with many clients on their phobias, likes and dislikes and now I can say I have taken giant steps towards my dislikes.

Linda is a veteran at this....I am a rookie, but learned pretty quickly how to eat crab. I also learned that with enough butter or coctail sauce you don't really taste the crab or shrimp :)

I had to feed Jeremy while he fed Cameron. It was quite interesting. After dinner we met up with my family at Michele's house to watch fireworks. Spencer had fun telling us the names of all the fireworks and lighting them. I watched most of them from inside the house because they were too loud for Cameron's little ears.

Rainbows

There was a big storm the other day (it has rained almost every day in June) and after the rain storm there were the prettiest rainbows I have ever seen. If you look close you can see two rainbows...I've never seen a double rainbow. The one on top was a regular light rainbow and the one under it was the brightest most colorful one I have ever seen! Definitely a kodak moment.

Twins - 07/04/2009

 We have always thought Cameron looks like Spencer and tease them that they are separated twins.  I can't get over how much they look alike in these pictures...and it's even weirder that Cade looks so much like Cameron.  This picture looks like Cameron holding Cade, but really it's Spencer holding Cameron :)

 Grammy, Spencer, Cameron, and Grampy 4th of July 2009 

This picture of my friend's daughter holding Cameron, looks exactly like Cade!  Especially because Cade is wearing all Cameron's clothes.  It's a little freaky :)

Mr. GQ

Cameron had his first photo shoot when he was 7 days old. My sister has two friends that started a photography business called Priceless Impressions and they specialize in newborn pictures. They gave me a sweet deal since they are friends with my sister and just starting their business. The best part about it is they came to my house. They wanted to take his pictues when he was only 7 days old because they say that's the best age...they stay in the fetal position and sleep the whole time!

Yeah right, not Cameron. He didn't want to miss out on anything, he was awake pretty much the whole time. They couldn't believe how strong his neck was for only being 7 days old. They said they have never seen a baby be able to hold his head up and move it around with such good control. They would place his head on his arms and every time they would go to take the picture he would lift his head up.

This picture is my favorite, but mostly because he peed on Jeremy's arm twice during this shot!

Aren't those the cutest toes and tiny feet you've ever seen?!?

Another favorite picture....on top of the quilt my mom made him...on top of my table...so cute!

It looks like he is trying to yodel.

Oh wait...this one is my favorite...I love his grin & his little hand on his knee!

He looks so peaceful, yet so mischievous!