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Dear Cameron,

Today you are one year old. Exactly 365 days ago your daddy and I were thrilled to meet you. And in those past twelve months you have grown and learned and filled our hearts more than we ever thought possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Dear Cameron,

Your Daddy and I can’t believe how awesome you are. This month has been a big turning point for you and you’ve handled it with grace and pizazz…keep that in mind when you enter the dreaded puberty years!

In your tenth month you moved from the Infant room to the Waddler room in school. And you have had a ball. It has also forced Mommy and Daddy to finally tackle baby proofing the house. Now you can pull yourself into a sitting position. And onto your knees. And finally up to your feet. You like to hold on to the furniture rather than Mommy or Daddy to walk around the room.

Your vocabulary has expanded although it is much more your listening vocabulary than your talking one. Although I distinctly heard a «Daddy!» while you were looking at him out the window. Lucky guy.

On the not so plus side you have also taken into ignoring us. True, the word «no» is becoming one of the more frequently used ones but so is «love». So I think it balances out. The head shake is back stronger than ever, particularly as it relates to food. You seem to have this aversion to eating for Mommy and Daddy but gobble everything up in school. I would be less insulted if you didn’t consistently refuse pasta. Pasta! It’s the lynch pin of the dining world so you will learn to love it.

Now that you have made great strides in mobility you would prefer to ignore your dozens of toys in favor of snatching at anything that is not yours. Sigh. I have a feeling that phase is going to last a very long time. You still screech with delight as you commando crawl across the floor. But now you also reward yourself with a scream when you have successfully pulled yourself up. All by yourself.

Dear Cameron,

Today you are ten months old. You love nothing better than to have Mommy or Daddy sitting on the floor with you while you play.

This month has also seen you starting to assert your independence. The head shake is back and used primarily for food related requests. Vegetables? Head shake. Cheerios? Hand reaching forward to grab. You have also made your preference for Cheerios known by screeching when Daddy or I walk over to the cabinets to get some food for you. I give in a lot more often than Daddy does. You better be careful…Daddy will definitely be the disciplinarian!

Another new trick is arching your back and trying to scoot off the changing table pad. I can usually distract you with a bottle or shoe to play with while changing you.

I am officially declaring in this blog post that you have said your first word, «Charlie.» DH and I knew it would be your first word because it is probably the word we say the most often besides Cameron. While you still lack the language control to say the «ch» Daddy and I can definitely make out what you are saying. Up next? Hopefully Mommy!

You have learned how to fairly gracefully tip yourself over from a sitting position and start crawling. After a lap or two around the room you scoot under the coffee table and poke your head up right next to Mommy’s feet. I can’t resist scooping you up and giving you a kiss before you squirm away and insist on being stood up on your own two feet. You are already growing up far too quickly.

We can’t wait to see what you will do next!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

I swear that Cameron waited until I left to make some major milestone achievements. Prime example? Her two eye teeth are cutting in. Interestingly she didn’t whine and complain about it, waking up every hour while with Daddy. No, she likes to save that for me!

Another big milestone is that Cameron has started pulling herself up. Looks like it’s time to lower the crib mattress. Yes, we are spoiled and have been able to leave it up until she was almost 10 months old.

The last milestone is her advancement in language. When I left she was still just doing the babbling of nonsense syllables. Primarily «dada» of course. Last night when I was feeding her some Greek yogurt I asked Cameron where Charlie was. She looked over to him standing in the doorway and said, «burg-hie» or something like that. Clearly not the word Charlie (yet) but two syllables and with the «ie» sound at the end. Then we were playing on the floor and DH came in. She said, «Daddy» in his general direction. We’re not clear if she knows that DH is daddy but she’s obviously getting closer.

Look at how much Cameron changed in just 4 days!