Good Riddance!!

After 4 months of wearing the helmet we gladly said ADIOS!! The Dr. told us Cameron's head looks "close to perfect". I think it might take a little while to get used to him without the helmet, and I am sure there will be days I wish he still had it on...now that he climbs up to and onto anything...it was nice to not really worry if he was going to fall. I knew he was protected. The news was cause for celebration at Training Table of course :)

Cameron's hair is wet in these pictures because he just got out of the bath. But as you can see his hair is long...it's cute shaggy and definitely the boy style right now. However, I think I might take him in to get his first haircut soon!

9 months old

Our little boy is growing up soooo fast! Cameron turned 9 months on Saturday. We went for his 9 month check up and found out that Mr. Cam has lost more weight...he weighs 16 lbs and 8 oz, so that puts him in the negative 5th%. WOW. I did not know it went in the negatives. She wasn't too concerned about the weight issue though, since he was sick with the flu last week. We got the okay to start solids (real human food solids) along with the yucky baby jar food. So hopefully he will gain some weight back. He is almost 28" tall (35%) and his head circumference is

43 1/2" (5%). Basically he has a mini head! Jeremy will tell you Cameron got that from me! He would probabaly tell you that Cameron got all of his dark hair from him though...lol Cameron's top tooth has arrived. He has a habit of grinding his teeth now and it makes the worst noise ever. Cam loves anything new and he always wants ANY paper or magazine that he can get his quick little hands on. I guess he likes to hear the crinkle noise? Cameron has mastered climbing stairs and crawls up them sooo fast...he crawls the stairs about 20 times a day.

We have been meaning to put Cameron in the "big boy tub" for a few months now, but somehow we kept forgetting and would fill up his mini tub that we set on the counter. So tonight we remembered and let him take his first big boy bath.

He LOVED it! He had so much fun. We knew he loved his bath time, but we had no idea he would LOVE it even more in the big tub with his toys. I should have known he wouldn't just sit there and play calm :)

I took this video first, he had only been in the bath for about a minute. He was having fun playing with his toys. I left the room and figured Jeremy could handle bath time tonight. When I left the room I heard Cameron's contageious laugh and knew I better get back in there with the camera. The next video is what I came back and saw....maybe it wasn't such a good idea to leave those two alone in there?? Needless to say Cameron knows how to enjoy life. We will start bath time earlier so he can play longer!

Another update...

I took Cameron to instacare Sunday morning. He hasn't thrown up since Friday night, but now he has a bad cold. He is really congested, has a horrible cough & a runny nose. I also noticed his lips looked blue to me. I was talking to my mom about it and she said RSV was going around and those were some of the symptoms. Luckily the Dr. said he thought Cam just had a bad cold "but if it gets worse then come back...he could get an ear infection etc." I guess we just paid $40 for peace of mind?! The sad part is he isn't sleeping very well at night because his cough wakes him up and then he starts crying and when he finally falls back asleep he starts coughing again. Poor kid, I feel so sorry for him. Anyway, I guess this week we will camp out at home!

Update

So today is day 6 for Cameron to have the FLU!! I feel so bad for him. We went to the doctor yesterday (day 5) because I was sick of them telling me it was normal for him to still be throwing up and having diarrhea. He was so lethargic and misserable I wanted to know if he was dehydrated. He had lost 2 pounds. I felt so bad for him. It's so sad to see a little kid throw up and be in pain. The worst was he would throw up almost every hour, even while he was sleeping. So he would wake up at 1 am, 3 am & 5 am crying with throw up all over everywhere. We would change him, wash him off, start a load of laundry, put new sheets on his mattress and try to get him back to sleep again. Anyway, he seems to be on the mend...he only threw up once around 3 this morning and his diarrhea is much better. Hopefully he won't lose anymore weight because the next thing we would have to do is take him in for an IV. Cameron is such a trooper and a good kid. He still trys to be happy and smile even though he has no strength. Even though it has been so sad the last 6 days, I have enjoyed holding him and how he cuddles with me and falls asleep on me. I am thankful for Jeremy and how good he is to help! It's not much fun dealing with a sick kid at 2 am! I am lucky to have 2 wonderful boys in my life :) Oh great...I spoke too soon, Cameron just threw up in his crib. At least it's 10:30 and I am already awake. It's much easier to clean him up, change sheets and start wash when I am alert! I hope he gets better...I don't think the flu lasts 6 days??!! PS I didn't post any pictures of his barf or diarreha because of the hate mail I received after posting that picture of his blow out at church ;)

Valentines fun

Cameron had fun on his first Valentine's...

Grammy J and Grampy planned their annual party at Classic Skating. Where the kids got to skate, play in the bounce zone, play lazer tag, use their tokens to play games and win tickets to get prizes. Grammy J made the cute Valentine sacks (you see in the picture) for all the grandkids and the cousins exchanged Valentines with eachother.

Yummy pizza and delicious sugar cookies....

Jeremy pushed Cameron around on Mallory's scooter. Thanks Grammy J and Grampy for such a fun night. We can't wait until next year, Cameron will have fun playing in the bounce zone!

You're invited...

Cameron is having a tupperware party. Please RSVP to let us know if you can come. If you miss it, I am sure he will host another one at our house tomorrow & the next day :)

It's so much fun to see what he will find every day. I love watching him explore & enjoy life!

Random stuff

So random....Ok I never watch talk shows especially Regis and Kelly or something like that. However, sometimes I like to have Good Things Utah on while I am folding laundry or feeding Cameron. So a few days ago I turned it on about 10 minutes early and caught the last few minutes of Regis and Kelly (?) and they were talking about a contest "Beautiful Baby Search" or "America's Beautiful babies" oh-well the name really doesn't matter. Anyway, I decided (just like every other parent out there) that MY kid is the cutest and could win! They announced the deadline was that day in a few hours or something....so I just decided what the heck! I was torn though, helmet or no helmet, that was the question. On one hand the helmet is him right now so I said helmet (plus he might get a sympathy vote or two), then on the other hand he will only have his helmet on for another few weeks, and if they don't pick the winner until March like they said, then he won't be wearing his helmet anymore so it wouldn't be him....sigh! I chose option #2 no helmet and this is the cute picture I sent in! I have no idea how the contest works, I actually have no clue about any of it, but they said something about voting for your favorites March 1st, I assume on their website liveregisandkelly.com so mark the date on your calandar and vote for Camaroo!

He totally posed like this himself, he is so GQ!

A random video of Cameron and his contagious laugh!

Now that Cameron can crawl he is everywhere and into everthing!! He isn't satisfied with just crawling and playing on the ground...he has to pull himself up to everything and stand! This kid is going to be walking too soon. He found the kitchen cabinets today :)