The Great Outdoors!

This past weekend Cameron took his first "real" camping trip to Tannehill State Park with Jason and I and Grandmommy and Grandaddy. Uncle Nathan and soon-to-be Aunt Cambre came by to make smores and hang out both nights too! Cameron loves nothing more than playing outside, so this was probably his ideal weekend.

We Hiked--Cameron rode on Daddy's back for the first part and then used his own hiking stick to walk the rest of the way.
(Jason with his GQ model pose)

He also took several rides on the back of Grandaddy's bike. We have a little bike trailer at home that he rides in where he doesn't have to wear a helmet so I was a little worried about how this was going to work. He refuses to wear anything on his head...however with a little singing distraction and some bribery with food he did pretty well. He fell asleep on the back on two different occassions. He was worn out each day!

We also stopped for some yummy cherry vanilla blue bell ice cream. He enjoyed eating his cone the opposite way bottom to the top.
Another first was this train ride. He loved it! We sat in the caboose and he smiled all the way!
We made smores! Yummy!

He even got to sit in his own little Bass Pro Shop chair we bought when he was a newborn.

And played on the playground. He LOVED the slide!
Having fun playing in the water at the Griss Mill.

We had such a fun weekend! Thanks Mom and Dad for making life easier on us yet again and having everything set up and ready for us!

One Year Check-Up and more

So I am WAY behind on this! Other things just always seem to come first over the blog. Anyways Cameron had his one year check up a couple of weeks ago and it was a toughy! Three shots and blood drawn from his arm. It was by far the worst as far as shots go. A little milk afterwards, an airhead and when we got home a popsicle seemed to help alot. He has never had any reactions from his shots which I am very thankful for!

12 months:
Weight: 21lbs 9.9oz (25th%)
Height: 30 1/2 inches (75th%)

Today I got my flu shot at CVS while Cameron sat in my lap eating a sucker. I think he liked it much better this way! :) To be honest I wish I could take all his shots for him!

Cameron has now tried eggs, stuff with peanut butter, and cows milk (still working on this one). The Dr. called today and said his iron was a little low--nothing to be concerned about but that we should try a multivitamin with iron (it's liquid and from what I've heard tastes really bad)...we will give it a try tomorrow and see how he likes or dislikes it! He is right on track growing strong and healthy. Praise God!

He now can drink from a straw!! Jason and I were just at Bass Pro Shops a couple of weekends ago noticing how this much younger baby was drinking from a straw...I let him try mine right then and he acted as if he had no idea. So four days later we go over to my Uncle Dale and Aunt Eloise's house and Uncle Dale said to give that "country boy" a juice box....sure enough right then and there he drank it up. I think he really enjoys his big boy straws now!

He is saying "mom" ALL the time now. It's so funny to here him walking around the house when he doesn't see me just saying "mom, mom, mom". We really have so much fun everyday together. He is a walking machine and has really mastered this over the last 2 months! I can't believe he has been walking for that long. I told Jason the other day I feel like things are much easier now. He can go where he wants to go and can actually play for a short amount of time on his own. We go on walks outside everyday--part of the time riding in the cozy coupe and the other part him walking on his own two feet.



He is such a little boy and loves to play outside no matter how hot it is. Sometimes we cheat and do bubbles inside too.

Peak-a-boo!