Catching up!

Let's not talk about how long it has been since we've updated our blogs. We have a lot to catch up on...Cameron's first Christmas, 2 weeks with the grandparents while Mommy & Daddy went on vacation, 1st birthday party, a Today Show appearance...it's been a busy few months! To start off, we had to post this video. In early December we went to DC to visit Aunt Kelly & Uncle John and to spend some time with our dear friends Aaron & Karrie and their twins Emma & Avery. Cameron, being the big almost one-year-old thought the little twins were okay, but when it came to the Cohen's dog Lucy...it was love at first sight.

Happy Thanksgiving!

On Wednesday night, we took Cameron out to see the balloon inflation for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The staging area is only a few blocks south of us and circles the National History Museum. It was a bit of a mad house, and Cameron wasn't all that interested...but we had fun nonetheless.

Daddy and Cameron escaping from the Energizer Bunny.

A quick pic amidst the mob of two happy parents and one sleepy Mini.

On Thursday we had a quiet Thanksgiving Day at home. We watched the parade on TV and spent half of the day in our pj's. For Thanksgiving dinner the Mini had some of Mommy and Daddy's turkey and sweet potatoes. Mmmm!

The t-shirt, courtesy of Aunt Kelly, says it all...Little Turkey!

Mmmm...turkey!

And finally, you know that commercial with the giggling baby that says "laughter will add 8 years to your life"? Well, consider this our efforts to help you all live a little longer. Enjoy!

Everyone's favorite monkey!

We took Cameron to the Fall Festival at church on Sunday, which may be his only chance to wear his truly fantastic (if I do say so myself) Halloween costume. Though he didn't win the costume contest (rigged!), we thought he took first prize!

Getting his Crawl on....

So Cameron has mastered his army crawl - and is especially motivated to crawl when there is a something with buttons in sight. Here's a video of him crawling across the room on his blanket to grab his favority toy - Mommy's Blackberry. He's sporting his Little Pumpkin outfit his Aunt Kelly got him. Enjoy.

7 months old!

Here are some pictures we took in the park over Labor Day weekend. Hard to believe our little guy is already 7 months old!

Beach baby!

We celebrated Kevin's graduation from grad school with a trip to South Texas to Kevin's parents new beach house. Cameron loved getting to play in the pool and down at the beach. He's getting more talkative all the time - here are some examples!

Cameron's new swimsuit - are we excited or what?!?

All decked out in his gear with Mommy and Daddy at the beach on Mustang Island.

Mmmm...food!

We started feeding Cameron food this week, with mixed results. On Wednesday, we broke out the rice cereal...the undisputed favorite first food recommended by doctors and every book on the market. We mixed it up with some formula, which Cameron is very familiar with, and went to town! The first day he was a little unsure of the texture and flavor. Day 2 was even more unhappy, and by his mid-morning feeding on Day 3 he was crying and pushing back in his chair trying to get as far away as possible from the offending food!



So, on Friday (which as Day 3 of the "Rice Cereal Debacle"), after thrashing around and crying because clearly Mommy was trying to torture him with this mushy nastiness, Daddy picks him up, comforts him, and says, "Why don't we try some carrots?" Fine. So, Mommy pops open the jar of carrots, spoons some into the Little Mini's frowny mouth and...bliss! You would have thought the heavens opened up and angels began singing, doves descending, harps playing. This kiddo LOVES him some carrots. So Mommy sneakily mixes his rice cereal with his carrots, and he has been pounding them down for 2 days now!

This was just a cutey cute picture of my two favorite men that I had to include. Our little Chunky Monkey has (unofficially) weighed in at 20 lbs! Kevin lovingly calls him the Michelin baby. He's mostly smiley and happy, though we've had some cranky days recently. We think there might be some teeth on the horizon. Fun times!