Cam the Moose-Elf :)

We went down to LA yesterday for Kevin's company holiday party at his boss' home in Tustin. The trip down was ok; Cam got within a half hour of Grandpa and Grandma Janice's house before having a meltdown. It was a rough afternoon but all three of us went to the party and Cam did super there, with the exception of when Sue (Kevin's boss's wife) tried to bring Cam into the dining room to meet the 40 or so people in there - waaaaaaaay too much for the little guy. But he loved being held by Sue (she did this cool semi-squat rocking that calmed him right down when he freaked out after seeing all the people) and was generally a very good boy, falling asleep on one of the bed's there for an hour and a half.

He slept pretty well at Grandpa and Grandma's, with the exception of accidentally punching daddy in the eye during the night :) No permanent damage! We had this cute Santa outfit for Cam to wear to the holiday party, but he ended up wearing his holiday Moose outfit with his Santa hat. We might try to get him into the Santa outfit and get a photo to share :) Aren't the moose-feet adorable?!?

We had a GREAT trip back home; Cam slept for the first hour, woke up at 10:30 so we pulled over, changed his diaper, fed him and played with him for about 45 mins, to let him out of his car seat for a while. He was such a good boy while we stopped, we got the last photo here. We got back on the road around 11:15 and got home around 2pm with no other stops :) Little guy did so awesome today!!

He was happy to be home; when Kevin took him out of the carseat and walked into the house, at first his eyes were all wild, but then he recognized where he was, totally relaxed and smiled this huge grin. We all had fun but were glad to be home. However, yet another weekend goes by without our Christmas lights going up!

Cops and Robbers

Cam and mommy were playing cops and robbers the other night; this was Cam's take on being a robber :)

Sitting upright! (kinda)

We tried out the Bumbo chair today since we checked out the box and realized it only fits kids up to 22lbs (we think Cam is about 18lbs now). Cam is still working on his head control but I think he was most surprised to be sitting upright without mommy or daddy holding him up! He's got his burpie, though!

Nice glowing eyes on our vampire baby :)

Doesn't he look like a convict in his Ralph Lauren outfit?? I wonder if that's intentional?!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Cam had a great time over at Uncle Steve and Aunt Mary Ann's new home for Thanksgiving dinner. Grandpa held him and got some smiles, but Cam had the most fun with his cousin Loretta who got more smiles and coos from him than everyone else combined :) He was completely fascinated by watching her and she did a great job of playing with him as well as managing not to get her hair pulled!!

Photo tips from Moray - The Good

My good friend Moray in Scotland very kindly gave us some tips on how to get a great photo of Cam. Sadly, this is only proof you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink! We're getting closer, though.

Photo tips from Moray - The Bad

This just cracks us up; the look on his face!!!

Photo tips from Moray - The Ugly

I swear the baby isn't drunk in this photo!! :) Poor little guy; he'll be horrified by this when he's 16. (heck, when he's 10!)

Too many things happening at once here; he was sliding down the pillow we'd put on the couch for him to lean on, plus he was in mid-blink and the backdrop I'd put on the back of the couch started to slip.

Photos like this make me really want to contact a professional photographer to get a decent shot of Cameron :)

Visit to the Bay Area

We drove up to Los Gatos/San Jose today and got to visit with a bunch of people; Juliann, Sarah and Grant and also Carla (who is still promising to teach Cam to ride in a few years!). Cam did great in the car; slept almost the entire way up to San Jose (2.25 hrs), only protesting when he had a very wet diaper - as soon as that was changed, he went right back to sleep. Our fancy-schmancy car seat cover seems to be doing the trick!!

It was so nice for Cam to finally meet some of the people we've told him about, plus he and Grant seemed to get along; they both stared at each other like they'd never seen a baby before :)

The photo was taken while we were waiting to meet Sarah at her office, just before -seconds!- a big blowout. LOL - our trips up north almost always seem to contain a blowout!! Wish he could do those at home where we're better equipted for them!

ps: note the not one, but TWO burpies :)

Chillin' on a Sunday afternoon

Cam was hanging out, watching mommy fold laundry and trying to eat a pesky giant firefly (don't worry, its really a toy) that landed in his stroller on Sunday afternoon. After he tussled with the firefly for a while, he took the dogs for a walk around the neighbourhood.

Big day for the little man!! :)

Daddy's favourite outfit

Daddy found this just after Cam was born and had to get it for him. True on so many levels!! Cam thinks its pretty funny too. Click here to get one.

This would probably be funnier if we had Cam listening to Kevin's iPod (which he does - he enjoys Queen's "Bicycle Race" - mommy sings it to him when he's gassy and she does the bicycle with his legs to help him fart :) )