Cam's first haircut

Not sure why we decided to do this today, but after Cam woke up from his nap looking like Bozo the Clown yet again, we took Cam down to a kid's salon here in Paso for his first haircut.

We weren't sure what to expect from Cam (he's not liking anyone fooling around his ears lately, go figure) but he did GREAT with the haircut. It helped that there were murals and lots of Elmo toys to entertain him.

The first cut did choke me up - that woman cut off my baby's curls! But the hairdresser very nicely saved some of his hair for me with a cute commemorative card. And Cam looks like a little kid now - no more baby boy :( Kevin thinks he looks like a Marine w/the super short hair - next time we'll have to go w/longer clippers!

Swinger

Cam was never totally into swings until he got to try the outside, sitting upright version at the playground. But last night, when he was winding down for bed after his bath, he saw the swing cousin Chris, her husband Mike and son Tyler got for him last year, and let Kevin know he wanted to get into it. He swang in there for a good 10+ minutes, just chilling out w/George. A bit out of character, as usually at night he's chasing the dogs around the house. We figured he was off b/c of the new ear infection.

Well, tonight he wanted back into the swing! He loves the mirror, and will lay there and stare at himself; loves the toys, loves the music and loves to just hang out and swing. He took his first bottle (we're putting his meds into his first bottle of just a couple ounces) in there - amazing!

Cam is feeling better today, not quite himself totally but on his way. We've decided to spend an extra day at home and head up to house/dog sit on Sunday, to get a few things done around here and give Cam an extra day to recouperate. We might try to get him a haircut tomorrow too - that will depend on how the night goes and if mommy is up for it tomorrow (we'll go to a place here in Paso that specializes w/kids - no bowl haircuts for this kid!) - we'll let you know!

This is the face of a double ear infection :)

Its not so bad, huh? He *just* woke up from a 2.75 hr nap, THAT never happens at daycare! A good side effect from spending the day at home. We're off to get his antibiotics - go DRUGS THAT KILL EAR INFECTIONS!!

Another double ear infection

Saw the doc and she confirmed it; we go back on antibiotics tonight. A different version to try to kill this strain of bacteria. Doc thinks that Cam is just getting exposed to more and more germs at daycare, so ends up with ear infections. She also said that if he wasn't getting sick now, by the time he was 4 or so, he'd be getting sick then. So we're trying to be in the mindset of we're building Cam's immune system - riiiiiiiiiight....

We also have an appointment in late July w/an ENT specialist in San Luis Obispo - we'll see if he talks about any options other than surgery to put in tubes.

We'll see how the next day or so goes, and decide about the trip up to SJ to house/dog-sit at that point. If Cam's not feeling better it would be pointless to go and completely discombobulate him.

Here we go again...

I got a call from daycare today; Cam spiked a 101.5° fever this afternoon. Which wasn't surprising to either Kevin or I.

This seems to be the pattern for us; Cam starts drooling like a fiend, starts to have bouts where he wakes up and tosses and turns for 1.5 - 2 hrs in the middle of the night, spikes a fever, gets a double ear infection and when we are done w/antibiotics, we have 2-4 new teeth.

Cam started drooling madly on Sunday.

Since Sunday night he's been waking up and staying up for 1.5 - 2 hrs/night.

Last night he did have a mild fever but one dose of Motrin it was gone. He slept until 9am this morning.

Today at daycare, he spiked a fever around 2:30pm. I picked him up, called the doc, and we'll see tomorrow AM if we've got another ear infection.

We're still on for our trip up to the Bay area right now, but we'll see how the next few days go. Please send Cam some healthy karma :)

Love,
M, K and C

The Walk-in-ator

Cam has been practicing getting down after pulling himself up, and last week discovered how much fun it was to "chase" a toy with wheels. This morning while we were getting his food/bottles together for daycare, he figured out how to walk with the walker/scooter toy my cousin Chris sent Cam. We're using the term "walking" in its loosest definition here!

Don't worry - K was right there w/Cam the whole time :)

Standing tall

Cam was watching daddy mow the lawn in the backyard when I snapped this quick pic. This was right before his meltdown b/c he wanted daddy RIGHT THEN.

It's only happening for a split second, but Cam has stood totally on his own several times now. When I went back to check on him during his lunchtime nap on Sunday, I walked into his room and saw him standing very sleepily in the corner of his crib. I was stunned! Cam went back to sleep, but when I told K he didn't believe me - until he saw Cam do it later on that afternoon :) As soon as he does it a bit longer, we'll get a photo of it.

We had a good (albeit extremely freaking insanely hot) weekend here in Paso. We stuck pretty close to home and AC as the temps on Friday/Saturday were 110°. Sunday was better, high 90s. Today so far its been in th lovely mid-70s but that will change soon - high today mid 90s. Cam got to play in his pool this weekend (after trying watermelon again - he wants to eat what we eat, but isn't too sure about it) and we did manage to get the dogs a bath. Pretty mellow weekend overall.

Starting to get excited about our trip up to the Bay area next week to house/dogsit for Mike and Sherry - looking forward to seeing our friends up there and for Cam to meet lots of new friends too :)

Watermelon!

Cam tried watermelon today for the first time. He loved it whole and spent a good five minutes smacking it like a bongo. Wasn't quite as thrilled once a piece was cut for him, although he did take a few tiny bites. We'll try again tomorrow!!

Da Da for Father's Day :)

Cam's "walking" is coming along quite well, as you can see in the video. So are his vocals; on Sunday he clearly said "Da da" for the first time :) K was thrilled! We also think he says "doggie" and "daddy" but its probably wishful thinking.

We had a busy weekend; Grandpa and Grandma Janice visited with us on Saturday and stayed the night, and on Sunday we got to go see Uncle Steve, Auntie MA and Loretta. Cam was invited to play in the pool, but the water was a bit too cold for him, so he declined - he had more fun getting passed around to everyone sitting outside enjoying margaritas and then had a blast playing down on the patio with Loretta and the dogs.

We did find out that the "Little Swimmer's" diapers don't really hold that much #1; mommy ended up drenched! Fingers crossed we don't find out about #2 the hard way :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day!

Love,
M + K = C

Cam and George

His eyes are glowing red (Cam's, not George), but we finally got a shot of Cam carrying George in his mouth like the dogs carry their toys. We're pretty sure that's where Cam learned this. Hopefully having two dogs for brothers won't be a detriment :)


ps
the George's have been separated :)