Baby Edwards

1st Birthday!

I cannot even believe it, but my little man is officially a year old! It's just incredible how much he has grown and changed over the last year. It makes me sad how he looks less and less like a baby, and more and more like a little boy. At the same time, each new chapter brings new challenges and new experiences. Cameron is so interactive now and SO funny! He loves to laugh and be silly, and loves his own jokes! He plays peek-a-boo, snuggles and lays his head down on the pets, and has the best time running around and yelling happily at the top of his lungs. Cameron says "dog", "cat", and "da-da". He points to everything and says "ta?" (I think he's asking, "What's that?") Every time he gets out of a car or goes outside, one arm shoots strait up in the air and he looks up at the sun, as if saying, "What a glorious day!" He's so silly. He shows his tummy a lot, loves to splash like a wild man in the tub, and gets upset when it's time to get out. Cam loves to flip light switches and squeals with delight when he sees a ceiling fan. He certainly has his moments and his opinions grow by the minute, but Cameron is generally a very happy little man.

We just celebrated his 1st birthday with a little family party at the house. We were so happy that all the family drove in to celebrate Cameron's big day!

Cameron's smash-cake

Delicious Mickey Mouse ice cream cake

Mom and I slaved for an entire day making these gorgeous shortbread Mickeys!

Playing a "Cameron" game

Cam enjoying his fire truck from Aunt Kelly

with Grandmom and Grandad

Playing with Uncle Chris

While he enjoyed being sung to, at first Cameron had NO interest in his cake at all. He just picked up globs of icing and threw them in anger. How dare we offer him a delicious cake for his birthday!

After several attempts, he finally ate some cake and allowed us our photo opportunity! As Granddad said, we were thrilled to have a picture of Cam's "first time eating cake, shirtless."

Playing with Aunt Melissa

Mamaw's birthday is right after Cameron's, so she opened her present from us...what could be better than pics of Cameron. :)

An attempt at a pic of Ella, Cammy, and Grampy G.

Reading a story with Aunt Colleen and Ella

Cam's first time sleeping with a blanket in his crib! What a milestone!

Grampy got Cameron a ball pit for his birthday. Our 2 static-y-haired friends had a ton of fun!

Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Linda

Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Linda stopped by SC on their way to visit Michelle in Georgia. I was so glad we had the opportunity to see them and spend some time together. Cameron loved meeting his great Aunt and Uncle!

1 year portraits and visiting Santa

We took Cameron for his 1year portraits, and unfortunately, they did not go as well as they did 6 months ago. Cameron is now at the age where he's very aware and does not like being put down (and posed) by himself with strangers. We got a few good pictures of us as a family, but as soon as it was time for Cam's solo photos, he was not interested at all! That said, we only got a few shots...but they're pretty cute!

After Cam's portraits, we saw that Santa was at the mall and there was literally no wait at all, so we figured we'd stop for a visit. Cameron sat on Santa's lap and was very good. He wasn't afraid, but also didn't love Santa either. He just kind of sat with no reaction, but I'm glad he tolerated the experience!

First Thanksgiving!

I can't believe it, but Thanksgiving was Cameron's "last, first" holiday...(other than his birthday). Josh's family rented a house on a nearby lake and we (including Josh's siblings, our nieces and nephews, and even Grammy and Grampy) spent a few days fishing, kyaking, pedal boating, throwing the football, playing cornhole, roasting smores, and just having a nice time together.