A first for everything...

We had a couple of firsts in the last week or so. I had my first Father's day (it really is all it's cracked up to be) and we spent our first weekend away from home when we went to Granny and Poppy's (Jesse's Parents) house for Mike and Michelle's co-ed baby shower. Actually, that was another first as well. And while we're at it, I woke up on Sunday with my first hang-over in the post-fatherhood era. Those infant cries aren't so sweet when you're head feels like it's going to explode! I really wasn't on the top of my games as evidenced by me changing her diaper and leaving her lying on her pajamas as I pulled the diaper away. She taught me a lesson by immediately pooping on them. Well done Cameron!

In any case, Father's day was really good. Cameron picked out her "I heart Daddy" shirt to wear, we met up with Sara's Dad for dinner and I got a bike trailer so Cameron can join us on bike rides through Point Defiance.

Cameron met lots of Mommy and Daddy's friends and extended family this past weekend and and it sure wore her out. She always fall asleep in the car, but always wakes up about 10 minutes after we bring her in the house, but not this time. We got home at about 7 and we finally had to wake her at 10 to eat before going to bed. She immediately fell back to sleep and lasted until 6:30am! I think it might have been Sara's favorite day as a Mom so far. Probably not, but I'm sure she enjoyed it just the same.

Here's a few new pictures... Lots of smiles and finally Sara giving the new trailer a spin down the road. It's actually her first time on a bike since she got pregnant, but it's, well, just like riding a bike so she seemed to pick it up pretty well.

Daddy's little girl or Just like Mom?

People have been telling us lately that Cameron really looks a lot like me (take that Adam!) but I really don't see it, so I thought it would be fun to post some pictures and let you decide. The first two pictures are of Sara and Cameron when both are about two weeks old. The bottom two are Jesse and Cameron when both were about a month old.

Smile!

Crib time and trying out new binkies

Here's a few new pictures from recent days. Sara is trying to get Cameron used to being in her crib so she's starting to put her in it when we're doing things in her room like putting away laundry or restocking the diaper supply. She seems to like it okay - she gets pretty intrigued by the frog mobile. She's starting to take a pacifier too. We bought quite a few different ones to find out which one she likes and you can see for yourself which one she chose....I promise I had no influence!

We also picked up a "moby" carrier that she likes quite a bit. It's a little on the hippy side, if you ask me, but it's actually really comfortable to wear and it makes it pretty easy to get things done without leaving her by herself in her swing. It comes with a book that makes it sound like your baby is guaranteed to get into Harvard if you "wear your baby" as much as possible. We'll see.

I also loaded up a video of Sara putting Cameron in her pajamas for the night. Nothing crazy happens, she's just being her usual cute self and you can hear her little infant cry.

Smiles and Kisses!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post again....we're knee deep (literally) in a landscaping project. Nothing like taking a few vacation days from work to do back-breaking labor at home.

In any case, everything went well at Cameron's appointment. She weighed in at 8 lbs 6 oz and 20.5 inches. She's in the 25% percentile for both weight and length, just the same as when she was born.

It's starting to get really fun because Cameron has started smiling at both Sara and me. Sara was holding her over her shoulder the other day when I came home from work and as soon as she heard my voice, she turned her and looked at me with huge eyes and an even bigger - non gas induced - smile! She's only been doing this for the last few days so we still get excited every time...it's like Christmas!! She's even started reaching up to give us kisses. Here's a few new pictures - Sleeping on Auntie Kristen's lap and just waking up from a nap. Also, here's a video of her lifting her chin to get some good Daddy lovin'. I dare you to say that you've ever seen anything cuter. I know I'm biased, but still.

Jesse

Cameron's First National Holiday

Cameron had a great first Memorial Day as we spent Saturday at home, Sunday in Longview where she got to meet Jesse's extended family for the first time, and in true Memorial Day fashion, we spent Monday BBQing at the Morkerts'.

Sara and I learned a good parenting lesson on Sunday. No matter how cool it is when your new baby sleeps for 6 hours straight, don't let her do it when it's from 6pm to midnight! Cameron did that and when she woke up at 12:30 to eat, she didn't want to go back to bed. What started as a quiet Sunday night turned into a very fussy and sleep deprived (for Mom and Dad) Monday morning. Lesson learned.

As requested, here's some new pictures.... (clockwise from top left) Cameron and Sara after bathtime, Cameron getting her usual fresh diaper kiss from Daddy, Reese (Snow White) and Colin (Spiderman) holding Cameron, Jesse's Aunt Barb with Cameron, (She swears that she reads this every morning so we'll see how long it takes her to leave a comment!) and holding hands.

Tomorrow is the one month Dr. appointment so I'll post her new weight and length tomorrow.

Jesse

routines are good

Well, it's been over 3 weeks now and it's safe to say that we're officially ruled by routines. Cameron is eating like crazy, gets a little fussy between 6-10pm, and instantly falls asleep in the car. We're getting brave enough to head out of the house now - last weekend we went to Home Depot and Lowes, but didn't have enough time for Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It was still a nice, little Saturday - extra points to those of you that get the movie reference! We even met up with some friends on Sunday at Emerald Downs. I guess it's never to early to teach Cameron how to bet on the ponies.

Sara's first Mother's Day was nice. Cameron got her some gift cards to spend on a post-maternity clothes shopping spree. Sara was very excited and said it was a very thoughtful gift. I'm proud of Cameron for thinking of it.

Cameron is really starting to sleep well at night, but that hasn't stopped me or Sara from having crazy Cameron-related dreams. The other day I had a dream that Cameron somehow ended up inside our duvet cover! I woke up and realized that I was standing next to the bed, running my hands gently over the comforter trying to find a baby-sized lump so I could get her out. I kept feeling and feeling and feeling because I was sure she was in there but I finally woke up enough after a few minutes to think to check her bassinet and sure enough - she was there. I've even woken up in the middle of the night to Sara sitting up in bed with her arms shaped like she's holding a baby, only there's no baby. We're officially baby crazy!!