It's a Baseball Kind of Day

Today, we celebrated Cameron's first birthday with our family and friends.  Tim's parents brought both sets of grandparents down for the weekend and birthday party.  We had so much fun spending time with them because we don't get to see them enough.  Kyle, Nikki and baby Jordan also made it down for the party and my grandparents were there also.  It was such a wonderful day!  My party planner/cake decorator partner-in-crime and sister Nikki helped me plan and get ready for the day.  She used her Cricuit to help make these awesome banners for the birthday boy.  Here is also our present to Cam, a new Everywhere Chair!

 Another banner to help set up our own concession stand of goodies.  This was a perfect spot for all the treats for the day - baseball cupcakes and baseball Oreo pops, Cracker Jacks and Cam's glove smash cake.

 Since we are huge St. Louis Cardinal fans around here, we had to incorporate a little Redbird love into the day.  We found this cute Cardinal outfit and had it personalized!

After a yummy baseball-inspired cookout, it was time to dig into the goodies, and that included the cake!  At first Cameron looked and touched the cake, not quite sure what to do...

 then he picked it right up and started chowing down!  By the time it was over, there many have been more cake on and around Cam than in his mouth!  We took Cam straight to the bath tub to clean him off.  So much fun!

 After the quick rinse down, it was time to open the gifts.  Cam started out okay, but it didn't take too long for him to crawl off and find something else to do!

 Big sister really wanted to be opening "bruder's" presents, but she hung out on the chair with her cousin Hadley watching from afar.  Such a great sister!

 Cameron got some new clothes, a few awesome new toys (including this water/sand table and some musical instruments), and some money.  We are so grateful for everyone's generosity!

Before the night was over, we did have a minute to snap some family pictures to capture the moment.  I have to thank my cousin, Lori Rutledge, for many of these amazing photos!  Thank you so much, Lori! 

It was the perfect evening and we are so blessesd with awesome family and friends!  Thanks for all your love and support!  Happy Birthday (party), Cameron!

Life with Boys

There are moments with Cameron that I just stop and think, "Hannah never did that!" Cameron is bigger and stronger than Hannah ever was at this age. He is also 100% boy and always crawling, pulling, going, etc. Here are just two instances when I've realized how different life is with boys...and how much I love it!

Cameron hanging out on the dishwasher.

Cameron enjoying some of sister's leftover vanilla pudding cup.

Let's Head Outside

It has been an abnormally warm spring (getting into the upper 70s and even lower 80s!) but this family is not complaining! We have been outside at some point in the day every day it's been nice. Because the weather has been so beautiful, Nonnie and Poppy gave Cameron one of his birthday presents a few weeks early. They bought him a swing for the swingset! As soon as it was installed, we had to try it out. It is a huge hit!

Cam absolutely loves his swing! When it's time to go inside, he arches his back and screams and cries! And, Cameron isn't the only one who is loving the swing set. Big sister Hannah continues to love to be outside playing. Right now, we are teaching her how to pump/swing by herself. She is trying really hard!

Hannah also loves helping her brother swing on his new swing. Such a good big sister!

I know this is only the first of many outside days and fun in the sun!

Eleven Months -- Almost There!

Look at the big eleven-month old! I can't believe Cam is inching his way to his first birthday!!! This month was another fun one and I love watching Cameron's personality develop. He is such a fun, happy and smiley boy -- and all over the place! There are still no steps being taken, but he is getting much steadier on his feet and continues to cruise all over the place. I think one of the reasons he still prefers crawling is because he is so much faster at it! We are also starting to switch Cam over to whole milk and will continue to wean him off of formula throughout the next month. Cameron loves to be a boy and is all over the place! He never slows down and is always going after his sister or her things. Sometimes, that is not a problem. Other times, not so much! I continue to love watching Hannah and Cameron's relationship grow and develop and look forward to even more of that as the months go by. Cam is still a great sleeper and is taking a morning nap (about an hour) and an afternoon nap (about two hours). I'm hoping that this summer we can make that one three-hour nap! He continues to eat well and is also getting more teeth! Both bottom teeth are coming through now and I don't think it will be long for some of the others. We've had a great month and look forward to a big celebration in a few short weeks!