1 Year Check Up

Cameron had her one year old check up today and is 31"(95%) and 20.1lbs (35%). She's still tall and thin according to the charts, but I'm not sure just how chubby they want her to be. She's not skinny by any means. We'll be trying to switch from formula to whole milk here soon. We tried it a few weeks ago and she wanted nothing to do with regular milk, regardless of what I tried, so hopefully it'll go better the next round. She got her three shots which we'll be dealing with tomorrow so I have the Tylenol ready. It started to hit her tonight and she was pretty tired by about 6:30.

On a side note, my business is going really well and I finally got some deliveries on my side of town. So far, I don't think I've been any closer than 25 miles from my house for any delivery, and I had a request for Florence the other day too! I had to pass on that one but I did offer to meet them in between. So, I was so excited when I got one for Goodyear and I didn't have to plan ahead for an hour and a half round trip.


Here's a pic of Cameron and her cousins Max and Rylee at her birthday party.

Cameron's First Birthday Party

We had a few family and friends over for Cameron's first birthday party yesterday. I think she had a lot of fun opening and playing with her new toys! She wasn't too sure about the birthday cake at first but she got into it after a few minutes. Here's a few pictures and here's a link to more. Thank you to everyone who came over and celebrated with us!

All dressed up

Thanks grandma for the new dress! Cameron finally grew enough hair for me to put barrettes in too!

Goings On

We're back in the routine again after our Seattle trip. My new rental business is going well so far. I have four or five rentals under my belt and a few more scheduled for this month. Cameron is getting bigger by the day, both in size and personality. She's trying to master feeding herself right now, much to Brian's disgust. He can't stand it when she has food all over her face, let alone her hair, hands, arms, chest, and belly. She's got the pointy finger down pretty good, so we hear a lot of "da da da da" or lip smacking (when there is food involved) accompanied by a pointing finger. And to the dogs' delight, she throws all her food on the floor when she's done with it. Here's a few pics of letting her feed herself some baked beans. Mmmm, yummy. Cameron will be 1 on October 6th, so mark your calendars for a party (that she won't even remember)!

Seattle

We had a great trip to Seattle this past week. It was nice and cool and only cloudy one day that we were there. I hadn't been there since I was about 12 so we did all kinds of sightseeing and also visited my friends April and Joe and their baby Conner. We stayed with our family in Edmonds, north of Seattle and visited the Boeing Museum, Snoqualmie Falls, took a ferry to Lopez Island, did a harbor cruise, went to Pike's Market, hiked at Mt. Rainier, went up the Space Needle, and lots of other fun things. Cameron did pretty well but was definitely maxed out by the time our overbooked flight home came around. She spent three hours climbing on me and trying to get down although there was no where for her to go. There's lots more pictures here.

A trip to Costco

Our trip to Costco this week yielded a fun toy for Cameron and $200 worth of other stuff that we didn't know we needed. We only went to return something!

Plus here's another pic of us trying on new clothes for our trip on Tuesday. I got this entire outfit at Ross for $8.99. Gotta love Ross!

Our little boy

I tried some new winter clothes on Cameron today since we are going to Seattle on Tuesday. I know, it's not really winter, but anything under 75 degrees is pants weather to me! She will definitely have to wear a pink shirt with those overalls!

New Business

I think most of you got an email from me telling you I'm starting a new business renting baby equipment. I have cribs, car seats, high chairs, strollers, and a bunch of other things available for rent. My target is traveling families and grandparents who have grandchildren visiting. I'm working on getting listed on as many sites as I can so people can find me. I just took my first reservation a few days ago and I'm hoping many more will follow. Hopefully when the winter visitors return, I'll get many more requests. Visit my website - Sweet Pea Baby Rentals.

On the crib chewing front, I'm trying the Gummi Rail. I just spent an hour filling in all the teeth marks with a stain pen. It doesn't look like new but it looks better.

Vegas Pics

There's not too many of them but Cameron did pretty well. She got a little antsy the last hour of the car ride but otherwise she coped pretty well.

She loved rolling around on the bed at the hotel. She missed seeing the Bellagio so we took her pic sleeping in the stroller.

The last one is what I found on Friday morning after getting her up for the morning. I guess I let her "play" in her crib too long. Yes, those are teeth marks along the entire inside of the railing.

Vegas, Baby!

We're taking our first real trip with Cameron this weekend to Vegas. It should be interesting!

Here's Cam helping me vacuum. The second pic shows how small she really looks wandering around the house on her own.