A Cameron Tornado

It seems our house is in a prime location to be hit daily by a tornado. Every night we assess the damage and wonder how one tornado can cause such a mess. This is a Cameron tornado I'm talking about. The boy plays hard and leaves a mess in his wake. He is good at putting things away when we "clean up" but while he is playing he creates a mess!! It is so fun to watch him play and wonder what he is thinking as he stacks and reads and talks. We Love our little mess maker!!

17 months

Mama is WAY behind on this blog post but I really want to get some of what is happening down in this blog so hopefully ONE day I can put it in a book.

At 17 months you are 26 1/2 lbs 32 inches tall.
You have 12 teeth. You cut one incisor this month and the other one is close and they have given you fits. I think they hurt you worst than your 1st year molars.

- You are more mobile everyday. You like to take our hands and walk around everywhere. You are very determined to get where you want to go. You are getting much better at walking and really only need us to hold one of your hands and are almost down to a finger.

1st day of daycare August 2012

-You started back to school (daycare) this month. Your teachers are Ms. Rosemary and Ms. Dana. You have so many fun toys to play with.  You are still adjusting and are so tired by the end of the day you fall asleep as soon as you get home.

- You are adjusting to school. Drop off is still miserable (for all of us). You start crying when we turn into the parking lot and it turns into full blown wailing by the time we get to your room. I make daddy take you 2 days a week ( he gets to pick you up those days) because it is so difficult to see you so upset.  Your teacher's say you calm down pretty quickly and play really well. You are getting better at walking to the play ground holding your teacher's hand and she said you love playing outside. Naps at school vary. Some days you only sleep 10 minutes but you average about 30 minutes. Ms. Rosemary said you stay on your cot really well even if you are not sleeping.

- Some of your favorite foods right now are nanas (bananas), nutrigrain bars, and cheerios (these are all your favorite breakfast foods). You also love vanilla wafers. You are not a picky eater at all and each any veggie, fruit or meat I give you. You love sharing your food with Albe. I am thankful you aren't picky.

- You still think Albe is your best friend. You squeal with delight when he comes in the room. You call him bubba.

- You are still a pro at your animal sounds. You know sounds and/or motions for about a dozen animals. You love your animal puzzle and books with animals in them.
- You still love Elmo. You are getting picky on which videos you want to watch and will do the character sound to let us know which video you want to watch.

-You are starting to put words together in  little sentences like "bubba side" for Bubba is outside. You understand what I am saying as we talk through the day. When I say its breakfast time you say, yumm. You follow commands like me asking you to turn off the light (of course I am holding you), arms up, brush your teeth, comb your hair. You are becoming your own little person.

-Your inability to communicate exactly what you want has created some frustration for us all. Bless your heart you know what you want and just haven't figured out how to help us know what you want. This has led to lots of screaming and crying. You don't have a lot of patience with us sometimes :) You are using more words but when you get really frustrated you just say Oooooo, oooooo and point.
-You like to climb and your flexibility works to your advantage to help you climb. Climbing on the diaper box gave you tons of entertainment.

-You like playing in the pantry, stacking and arranging the boxes and pulling out all of my bakeware. You like sitting on some of it. You don't like that we have some of the cabinets baby proofed. You also like playing with the magnets on the fridge too.

-You still love to read your books but now you will read your Sesame Street books and do the character sounds as you go through the book or animal sounds. You are so smart, you know what is on the next page.

-Other things we did this month: trip to Hattiesburg where you stayed with Gpa one day so we could go to the dr. in New Orleans. We also saw your buddy Jude and you went swimming. You met Bully.

It has been another month of learning and growing. You are so smart little man and such a cuddle bug. Your cuddles and loving is medicine to mommy and daddy's hearts! You are a blessing indeed. We love you to the moon and back.

Best friends

On our Hattiesburg visit we had time to visit with Adam's best friend whom he grew up with Jonathan, his wife Jessi and their son Jude. Jude is about 2 months older than C. It has been fun getting them together. This time they almost played together, at least played around each other. We can't wait to see these boys grow up together.

16 months

I am way behind on this post but wanted to get it up before it is time for 17 months! I am using these posts as reminders of what C was up to at this age ( sorry they are so detailed, it is really to help me remember).

16 months

This has been a fun month of watching you grow and learn Cameron.

You are such a fun little fella with a precious smile and laugh.

At 16 months:
You continue to increase your vocabulary. You now also say ball, bowl, bubba, book, done, milk, more, Pat-Pat, Wo-Wo (for Lo-Lo), Bert, yum, walk-walk, rock-rock, bath You try to repeat lots of other words we say but usually only say it one time. Sometimes you will say a word and daddy and I look at each other like did he just say that.

Climbed up on your bookshelf

You have learned a few more animal sounds this month. You know the animal sounds for cow (moo), duck (bak, bak), girafe (ha, ha), cat (meow), dog (uf, uf), monkey (ooo with hand motions), horse (neigh with head motions), elephant (aoh with arm motions), butterfly (you say fly fly and close your hand), bird (tweet tweet), alligator (chomp chomp with hand motions), lion, tiger, bear (roar), frog (ra, ra), bunny (hop, hop), owl (who, who)

You LOVE Sesame Street videos especially anything with Elmo. You wake up saying MO. You can also name Telly, Bert, Big Bird ( Bi Bir), and make the sounds of Oscar, Grover, Cookie Monster and Ernie. It is so fun to watch you read your Sesame Street  books because you do the sounds and name characters. You are mesmerized by the videos and books.

You also love your doggy Albe. You call him bubba and will squeal with delight and say Bubba Bubba Bubba over and over. He is very patient with you and lets you pull and tug on him. He lays his head in your lap. You were starting to be a little rough with him so we taught you to pat him and would say pat-pat. Now you pet him and say pat-pat. You follow him around trying to give him his bones. You are very generous, you even try to give him your puzzle pieces.

Spaghetti beard

You are getting much closer to walking. You are cruising all around the furniture back and forth from the ottoman to the couch, down the chair to the end table and then over to the book shelf. I think you are close to realizing that you could get there faster if you walked. You have taken about 2 or 3 steps from daddy to me but haven't done it consistently so we aren't claiming you are walking yet. You love to hold our hands and walk. We just say you want to walk-walk and you reach up for our hands. With more mobility has come some yucky bruises on  your face (boo).

Trying out new shoes

You have the funniest crawl. You look like a gorilla because you push off with one of your legs. 98% of the time you crawl with something in one hand and push off with the other hand. You carry everything from books to blocks, puzzle pieces and stuffed toys. You get really frustrated when you want to carry something in both hands but can't figure out how to get where you want to go. Sometimes you will even crawl with something in your mouth if you can't figure out another way. I think walking will open up a whole new world to you.

You love putting the lid on your bowls and sippy cups. You will sit and take it off and put it back on over and over. You have very good fine motor skills. You like to put the lid on my water bottles or anything with a small cap you will work until you get it put back on. You like playing in the pantry taking things out and then putting them back in. It really is fun to watch you figure things out and see how your little mind is working.

 You and I spent a few days in Hattiesburg while Daddy taught his classes. You had fun with the grandparents but we missed Daddy.

You had an ENT visit this month to talk about some breathing problems you were having at night. We started a nose spray that has helped and took you off milk for a few weeks (we put you on soy). You are back on milk and seem to be tolerating it fine.


I have LOVED being home with you this summer and am so sad we have to start back to school. You are such a precious gift sweet boy and daddy and I pray everyday that the Lord blesses and keeps you and may his face shine upon you!!