Viva Las Vegas!

Family Pic in front of the Bellagio dancing fountain!

So Cameron can't say we never took him on any vacations...atleast for the first year of his life! When he was just 3 months old we took a family trip to Walt Disney World and camped at Fort Wilderness with Grandaddy and Grandmommy for 11 nights! He slept the whole way there and back (quick one hour flight). This past week we took plane ride number two. This time we traveled even further to Las Vegas Nevada. Jason had a work conference in a hotel right on the strip, so we found some decent priced tickets and tagged along for the ride. The trip there was much longer than expected over 30 hours longer than expected. We flew out of Huntsville since tickets were significantly cheaper...however due to mechanical issues our plane flight was cancelled (I'm thankful they found the "issue" before we were in the sky). Luckily Jason's parents (Papa and Caki) and Uncle Dave live in Decatur so we were able to hang out with them for the night to catch our plane the following day at 5:25 in the evening. We were supposed to have a 2 hour layover in Atlanta which turned into leaving at 11:00pm! ahhhh! At this point mamma was getting frustrated, but sweet Cameron was such a good little trooper and just decided to make the best of it and make friends with everyone he meet. After he greeted everyone who boarded the plane I nursed him to sleep during take-off and he slept the whole way!!! This flight was much longer, just shy of 4 hours. After two flights, delays, and a long bus ride that stopped every couple of feet we made it to our hotel room at 4:00am Birmingham time!! It was a long day! Our trip back went much smoother, however Cameron decided to only sleep 45 min. which was fine, just a little exhausting entertaining a very bouncy 7 and 1/2 month old in your lap for that long in the sky. He did great though!

During the day Jason had class from 8am-4:30pm so Cameron and I walked around the nearby hotels taking in all the sights and sounds. He loved looking at the fountains and has all of a sudden become much more talkative. My favorite part of the trip may have been the buffet that we ate at. Even though I didn't eat the expensive food (such as the King Crab Legs that Jason ate) I very much enjoyed my mashed potatoes and most of all the desserts! We usually dont' spend alot on eating out--in fact we share alot of meals. This however was a different story for this one night. I was a little anxious spending that much money on food since oftentimes I end up holding Cameron with one arm and eating with the other..I didn't want to spend alot on this meal if I wasn't actually going to get to eat it. My big guy sat in his highchair for an hour and a half enjoying everything with us and looking at the beautiful surroundings! It wasn't until after I had eaten dessert number one that he wanted to sit in my lap--I think it was just easier access to all the goodies that he wanted too.

Here are a few pics from our trip:

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Mine and Cameron's favorite part! He did partake in the desserts with mommy!

Dessert Heaven!!!

I just realized the majority of this post is about the buffet and desserts...hmmm

Jason and I decided this was a good age for Cameron to visit Vegas....much later and we would have alot of explaining to do. However it does look like he is looking at these girls in the background while we tried to get a family pic.

Daddy and Cameron monkeying around

eating at the rain forest cafe.

At Ceasars Palace taking in the views.

My sweet boys.

Growing!

Cameron 7 months

Cameron 2 weeks!

I do believe my "little baby" is getting bigger than mamma! This week we've been fighting off a cold! He started feeling yucky around last Friday, but since I know you can't really do anything for a baby's cold as far as medicine goes we decided to wait until Wed. to see how he was doing. When he woke up practically chocking on his "gunk" I decided to go ahead and call. As I expected there was nothing they could do. As new mamma though I wanted to just make sure it wasn't something more serious. Of course when we see the Dr. Cameron is jumping in my lap and smiling (zero coughs or sneezes while the Dr. is in the room with us). Anyways we just kept on with running our humidifer at night, rubbing baby vicks on his chest and using that dang bulb syringe and saline spray (which of course any baby would hate). I think he is finally on the recovering end of this cold...of course it is starting to get me now--but atleast I can blow my nose. Even during his sick week he was still all smiles!

7 months old!

Cold days staying warm at home...with a few outings

So lately we have had some down right cold days!!! On days like this Cameron and I usually stick close to home. There isn't exactly a TON of shopping in the Leeds area without venturing to Trussville or Hoover so most days we stay close to home. Since this is the case there are several employees (MOST) of which recognize and know Cameron and I at our neighborhood Walgreens since it is about 45 seconds from our house. When we just need a quick breath of fresh air that's where we often go. We also took a trip to Lowes this week (which a few of them may know us as well). It's hard to forget such a cute baby I suppose :). Also our normal shopping buddy (Grandmommy) has ventured to Michigan to visit Heather and the kids for the next couple of weeks. On occassion we'll visit Chick-fil-a. Cameron is such a big boy and can now sit in a high chair!

Let's see which toy do I want to play with...

I love the way he smells after bath, and I have a thing for kids p.j.'s too.

You need that evening bath after enjoying pears this much!

We're not crawling yet just rolling around. However he still loves it when we help him stand. I think just would just prefer to walk instead of crawl.


Bring on the warm weather so we can get back to our walks outside...I can already tell he is going to LOVE being outside.

Valentines and Dr. Appointment

Happy Valentines Day!!!

This Hallmark holiday really isn't a big deal at our house...but this little Valentine is:


One of my two Valentine boys!

Wake up Dad!
Jason and I did go see our second movie in the past 6 and 1/2 months! Lucky for us Grandmommy and Grandaddy are such good babysitters! We also cooked dinner at home with Nathan and Cambre (take 2 with the frier!). Jason also finally got to cook some steaks on a skillet. Our house smelled like a steak house..yum!

coconut shrimp

Gourmet Dinner!

Yesterday Cameron had his 6 month Dr.'s appointment. He is really 6 and a half months old now, but our appointment was postponed due to our Dr. needing to reschedule. So the night before Cameron's appointment I get a automated message to confirm or cancel his appointment. I was holding Cameron and had my cell phone in my hand with it on "speaker phone"...the choices are press "1" to confirm or "5" to cancel...before I could press the bottom to confirm Cameron pressed "5"...I kid you not. Apparently he knew he would be getting shots and thought if he cancelled we could delay them even longer. I made sure to get up plenty early the next morning to call the nurse to confirm that we WOULD be there. Actually Cameron took his shots like a champ once again! The nurse had me hold his legs while he got pricked in each thigh...not a problem. We brought glow-worm along for extra support, but he didn't even cry or grunt. Here are his stats:

Weight: 18lbs 14.5oz (around 60/65th%)--
who knew he would be above average in this category. I'd like to show him off proudly to those few who questioned my tiny baby would be able to breastfeed!

Height: 27.25 (75th%)--we've got a tall boy!

Head: 17.25 (50th%)

The Dr. said he is on track and looks great!!! He was such a trooper even though we were there for 2 hours...I think it was worse on me anticipating the shots. We shouldn't have to go back now until 9 months in May.

My shots were a breeze!

Later that night we had our normal bath. Our favorite time of the day. Doesn't every little boy need a spikey hair picture in the tub?

sleeping so good!

It's difficult to get a family picture on self-timer--even though Cameron isn't smiling in this one it was the best we could get before Church this past Sunday--I was just happy the three of us made it in the frame.

So all of a sudden I feel like Cameron is sleeping really good at night--hopefully things won't change because I am writing this. Last night he went from 8:30pm-6:45am only waking up once to eat. After he was up for about two hours he was ready for a nap, which today I decided I would enjoy with him. In fact we all took advantage of it! Unfortunately his 6 month appointment had to be pushed back until next week since our Dr. needed to reschedule. I was looking forward to Jason being able to come with us for these next round of shots...which I'm not sure how many he will be getting this time (I think 3). Looks like it will just be the two of us next week instead. Hopefully they will go as smoothly as our 4 months shots went. Our little man has been growing in all directions. Jason has commented several times how he was done something that no other Greene or Bookout has done, and that is to be above average in the weight catergory! We found a site where you plug in numbers and it looks like he is in the 60th percentile...we'll see next week what the Dr. says. I'm sure things will change once he figures out how to crawl...but in the meantime I've got a big guy on my hands, especially compared to the tiny 10th percentile baby we had 6 months ago! We always have people telling us what a "happy baby" we have. He really is a happy little guy...rarely cries, and smiles and laughs alot. He likes it when we sing to him. His favorite thing is to have Daddy hold him while he runs around the house letting Cameron "kick" his soft soccer ball. He still sqeals with excitement at bath time and just recently learned how to jump up and down in his jumper instead of side-to-side...which he also still does. He soaks his feet in the sink with me and gives greats open mouth slobbery kisses. We are counting down the days until warmer weather where we can play outside! There are so many things that I'm looking forward to doing with him in the sunshine!

a couple pictures

6 months old!

I really like that chocolate nutella mom has on her toast in the morning!

these are good too.

This month I got really good at sitting up, which makes playing more exciting

I get to help mom with the laundry alot!

That looks like fun...let me try

Wait I can't go to bed until I brush my teeth...I mean gums

I can't wait to be standing

This month I started to use my high chair a few times

This world is amazing...I'm learning new things everyday.
I love you Cameron.