Eating cookies and instruments...

With the exploration of new snacks and such, I've been giving Cameron a "cookie" after dinner.  They are these little biscuits for babies, but you would think it was pure gold by the way he responds.  He waves his cookie over his head so proudly, as if it is his prized possession.  

As I mentioned before, Cameron just loves his musical instrument set.  Check him out as he plays the drums and plays/eats the other instruments...and sings along!

Some Fall pics and celebrating Granddad's Birthday!

Hugs from the Big Man are just the best!  He wraps his chunky little arms around your neck and just snuggles in.

Big snuggles for Grammy

Grammy got Cameron a musical instrument set recently and he just loves it.  I can't believe it, but he doesn't even try to hit anyone with the drumsticks!  He loves waving them around, playing on the drums, and jingling the bells! 

 Good night, Charlotte!

Last weekend we went to Grandmom and Granddad's to celebrate Granddad's birthday.  Cameron was such a champ and went hours without a nap because he was just having too much fun chasing Chico.  We took a nice long drive in the golf cart and enjoyed the perfect fall day.

We went to the playground and Cameron had tons of fun on the swings!

Granddad giving Cameron a push!

Video of Cameron swinging with Granddad

 Even Daddy had to show off his playground skills...

CME's 1st Buggy Ride!

Cameron's teacher invited me to come on a buggy ride with them this morning.  It's the cutest thing ever.  It's basically 4-seater buggies, and the little cuties get wheeled all over the city.  Cameron's teachers said "heavier friends go up front"...so Cameron got a front seat of course!  

They went to the farmers market and looked at the fresh fruits and vegetables.

They went to the green and watched the fish and water.

 They listened to a street performer play his guitar.  The kiddos loved it and were all dancing in their seats.

A video of Cameron enjoying the fountain...

Shaking his head "no"!

I have some great photos from this past weekend that I have to post, but in the meantime I wanted to quickly post this silly video.  Cameron just learned to shake his head "no"!  Oh Lord!  

I make it a point to try and keep the "no's" to a minimum and focus more on redirection.  His "no's" are for the more egregious matters, mostly involving going after electrical outlets, the occasional hitting, the "not-so-occasional" biting, or throwing food and/or his sippy cup.  The other day he threw some peaches from his highchair and I didn't even say no, rather just shook my head "no", and he thought it was the funniest thing and started mimicking me.  While he definitely understands the word "no", he doesn't have a negative connotation with shaking your head "no".  He just thinks it is so funny!  Guess I am going to have my hands full!

Hands up! Baby, hands up!

Cameron's new thing is lifting his arms in the air and waiting for a reaction...us cheering for him, of course!  It's the funniest thing.  It's so fun to see how he's really understanding things now.  He's beginning to make a connection between actions and subsequent reactions.  He's loves to do things over and over and over again.  It never gets old. 

Some arms-up fun in the tub!

Pumpkin carving!

This weekend Cameron was still recovering from being sick with a virus and a double ear infection, but we still managed to have some fun.  We took Cameron to the park on Saturday and he enjoyed the swings and a nice walk on a path through the woods.  The weather was amazing!  

Cameron was very serious on the swings.

On Sunday night we carved the pumpkins we picked last week.  At first, Cameron was petrified of the pumpkins.  He refused to stand on the counter next to them for a picture and just clung to my neck.  After I drew on a Mickey Mouse face, he was a little more interested and was willing to check it out a bit.  

My plan was to draw Mickey on the pumpkin and then cut out all the dark areas...It didn't exactly turn out as I pictured, but not too terrible.

Pink eye...Aww Shucks

Despite tons of hand-washing, after not even 2 weeks at daycare...pink eye.  Poor baby woke up on Friday morning with his sweet little left eye puffy and crunchy.  We took pumpkin to the pediatrician, who confirmed that Cameron had pink eye in both eyes. 

My eyes were feeling a bit heavy as well and the pediatrician said it looked like I had pink eye too.  After waiting for Cameron's Rx at the pharmacy, my little buddy and I went to track down a minute clinic to get my own eyes checked out.  Not surprising, I too had pink eye in both eyes and was prescribed the same medicine as my poor baby!  Later in the day, Josh headed to a minute clinic as well and was prescribed an eye ointment...thank you, daycare.

On Saturday afternoon, we were all feeling much better (and had been on Rx's for 24 hrs) and decided to enjoy the perfect Fall weather and go pumpkin picking at a farm called "Awww Shucks!".  The farm was very fun and had all kinds of things to see and do.  There were hayrides, farm animals, tractors to climb on, and of course pumpkins. 

Ready for Fall...

Cameron, not really enjoying the tractor.

 Checking out the mini-horse, Charlie.

Cameron, grouchily slapping his baby pumpkin.

 A nice little snack of puffs to finish up the day!