If You Chance To Meet a Frown...

Camerons signature frowny face. I think its so funny and so cute! He does such a great frown. Doesnt he look pitiful?

Growing Like A Weed

Cameron is growing way to quick! I had no idea about sizing with baby clothes when I was buying for him before he was born so I just assumed that when it said 6 months on it then it meant he would fit it at 6 months, how naive of me. I now realize that, of course, every baby is different and mine seems to be the big one of the pack because he is already in 6-9 month clothes, some 9 month and a few 12 month onsies! Can you believe that? And only 4 months old... Anyhow, I obviously bought for the wrong seasons when I was shopping and I bought a lot of clothes up to 6 months because I figured I would have at least 6 months before I would have to worry about buying more. So he had no pants that really fit him and no warmer onsies since the weather is cooling down, and no socks big enough to fit his chubby feet! Last night we went and got him some new clothes, long pants, long sleeve onsies, socks and a good winter jacket for in the next few months. Childrens place was having a sale and this hat he is wearing was only 50 cents, so I had to get it, how cute. The picture here is him in some of his new clothes. Because he has outgrown 90% of the clothes I had bought him before I figured it was time to sort through them and store them away. Look at all those clothes he has grown out of in just 4 months... This picture doesnt even do it justice for how big those piles are. At least I know now with my next baby, but unfortunately he/she could be totally different!

Just Peachy

Last night my friend, her husband and I did some canning. We are both learning so it was a fun experience. This was the first time I have ever canned anything! A member of our ward has some connections in eastern Washington so he got us 25lbs of peaches for a good deal. We got a good system down and we went through 75lbs of peaches in 3 hours, which may sound like a long time to more experienced canners, but I am proud of us. We had a fun time! I am planning on continuing to can fruits. I also ordered a dehydrator so that will be fun to use as well. I am really trying to work on learning how to build our food storage, especially with so much focus on it from the church right now. I am feeling somewhat unprepared so I am trying to make an effort to increase my education and my food supply. We have some wonderful sisters in our ward that know so much about it and I am so blessed to be able to learn from them and take in all their knowledge for myself and my family. I am also so glad I have a great friend right across the street to do things like this with and to keep me motivated!

My Favorite Time of Day

As excited as I am to watch Cameron grow and become more independent minded it also makes me sad because this means he isnt wanting to be so cuddly anymore:( He loves to sit on your lap or be held facing outward so he can see the world and explore, but he is not so much for the snuggled up against my chest or in my arms thing nowadays. So at night before we go to bed I wake him up at 9:30pm to do one last feeding before turning in myself. And during this feeding he is still half asleep so he just lays there in my arms cuddly and snuggly and drinks his bottle. He holds onto my hands and he is so sweet and peaceful. I love it! It has become my favorite time of day because I have my little tiny new baby back for those 15 minutes where he just wants to be held and rocked and he falls back asleep on my shoulder. During this time it gives me some good thinking time and I always end up thinking how much I love him, how I cant even believe that he is my sweet little boy, how grateful I am to my Heavenly Father for sending him to us and how I am just so infatuated with every little thing about him. He is such a sweet baby. At this time he is so calm instead of kicking and wiggling and I often have the time to admire the little features on him, his little button nose, his chunky little toes, all his rolls and knuckle dimples and his soft skin. I know one day I am really going to miss him being at this age so I am savoring every moment of it! I only wish that the super cuddly snuggly stage hadnt flown by in an instant. Now I know with my next baby to expect it to go by fast so I will savor every last second of the newborn stage. I love my little Cameron with all my heart and then some.

Look At Me!

This morning Cameron sat on his own! He has been starting to do it for the last few days but I have had to support him still. He doesnt like to lay back anymore, he will work so hard to pull himself into a sitting position if you have him leaned back, even to feed him! So today I was working with him on the floor and I let go and he did it on his own. Of course it only lasted for about 30 seconds-1 minute and then he fell to the side, but he still did it. And he was able to hold it for that long a few times. So now he just has to work more on staying steady for longer.
He kept trying to eat his toes! He would sit there and look at me and then grab his foot and work really hard to pull his mouth to it, but sadly his budha belly got in the way:) He is growing so fast and learning so quickly. I am so proud of him!

Scrapblogs

I found this new cool website where I can scrapbook online and then save it to my computer and print it off for a scrapbook. I can also share them online and have them in my blog. I have the 3 I have done so far at the bottom of my blog page. Or y ou can go to www.scrapblog.com/littlesmiles and then you have the option to view them in full page so you can read them. This is one of my new favorite websites!

New Things To Do

Just this week Cameron starting using his doorway jumper and we got him an exersaucer. I noticed that he had been getting bored with the things he has been doing for a while, he didnt like to sit in his bouncer and play with those toys anymore. He wants to have his head up and be standing or sitting and be able to look around and explore. He has really been enjoying both of these new toys. He is becoming very independent and wanting to be able to do things on his own. He tries to hold his own bottle, when we lay him down he works so hard to pull himself up, he would much rather be in the sitting or standing position. So, thanks heavens we found some things that will keep him entertained, at least for now!
He also has found his feet! He loves to sit on our tummys and look around and talk, and just within the last week and a half he has really started to like grabbing his feet. Sadly, he is such a chunk that he cant reach them as easily as some babies... He can only reach them in a sitting position. If I try to bend his feet up to his hands while he is laying the belly gets in the way and they go barely further than vertical. Im hoping he will start lengthening out soon.

T.E.D.D.Y. Study

When Cameron was born they did a test at the hospital to look at his genetic risk for Type 1 Diabetes aka Juvenile Diabetes. To be honest I completely forgot that we even did it! But when he was about 2 months old we got a phone call with the results and he has a 3% risk of developing in his lifetime. This may not sound like a lot and it isnt, it leaves a 97% chance he wont, but its higher than normal. The average population has a .3% risk so he is significantly higher. Being at this risk it makes him eligible to be a part of the TEDDY Study (The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young). In this study they look at antibodies in his blood to determine if his risk increases and if his body is starting to attack the beta cells and destroy them which is a sign of the beginning stages of Type 1. We decided to have him take part in the study. It helps them and helps us to watch him closely and would alert us early on if he started showing signs. If we didnt participate and he did develop Type 1 we most likely wouldnt know anything was going on until he got really sick. Today we had his first appointment and I got to go over all the information about him. Every month I have to send in a stool sample where they look at viruses he has passed in the last month. Also 4 times a year we go in for an appointment where they draw blood to look at the antibodies. It was sad to watch him get poked, but it was kinda funny because they couldnt find his vains through all his chub-wub! She had to push and poke around on his arm, and then his other arm, then both his feet and still couldnt find one. Finally she tried the first arm again and after a while she found one. But once she found one she laughed at how deep his veins are, they are way down there under all his insulation. Also, they look at stresses in the home and in the childs life, stresses while I was pregnant, my diet while I was pregnant, Camerons diet, water in the home, and lots of other things that they are studying to see if they contribute to Type 1. The average age for developing it is between the ages of 9-12 and the chances of having it show under the age of 2 is low and before the age of 1 is extremely low. It is a 15 year study but he can leave at the age of 4 is we choose. It was very interesting to hear all the information and I am glad we have this opportunity to watch his health so closely and be able to help out a study at the same time.

3rd Wedding Anniversary

Today is our anniversary! I cant believe how fast time flies. It seems like we were just dating and here we are 3 years later with a house and a baby. I was looking through some of the pictures from when we were dating so I thought I would post some, funny how young we look! (And how skinny we were...)

3 Month Photos: Part 2

Eating his hand, as always

His little feet

Holding Daddys hand

We bought this teddy for Cameron while I was still pregnant with him

Sleeping so sweetly

Me kissing Camerons little hand

Cameron with flower, how sweet

Cameron looking so cute

Chubby Boy!

Arent these great!? I am so glad I found Jeramiah and Kariah (Photosbyiah) to do his pictures! They turned out so good!

More 3 Month Photos: Part 1

Our Family

Me and Cameron

Our Family

Picture Collage

Festival in the Park

Today in our little town there was a "Festival in the Park" going on. So my mom and I took Cameron to wander around and see what was going on there. At first he just wanted to sleep in the stroller but he woke up and wanted to look around. It was so hot! There were lots of little booths with things to look at and purchase. It was a mini-fair. Cameron seemed to have a good time looking around and exploring his surroundings. He is really becoming quite the little explorer. This is one thing I love about living in a small town in the boonies, we have fun quaint little gatherings and farmers markets and all the fun things to enjoy in the summer. They had a little train you could ride that went from one end of the festival to the other, I think if they have that next year he would really enjoy it. I cant wait for him to start really being able to enjoy things like this!