Couch Cruising!

Today Cameron turned 11 months old. I still can't believe how quickly his first year is passing by. Next month, my little baby boy will be one year old. I can honestly say that this has been the best year of my entire life. Not only am I blessed to have the opportunity to stay at home with my little man, he has taught me many new things. I now have an extreme amount of patience, forgiveness and energy that I did not have before Cameron. Some nights we only get 5 hours of sleep, but now I am able to get up dancing and singing to start his day off right. He is such a joy to be around and I can't wait to see what the next couple months have in store. This month has been eventful! Cameron can pull himself up with no heistation and cruises around the living room holding onto the end tables and couches. He LOVES helping us "unload" the dishwasher! He pulls out the spoons and hands them to us (don't worry, knives and forks have been already removed). He can already say several words: Mama, Dada, Papa, Up, Puppy, Yum and as of yesterday, baby. Cammers is full of giggles and smiles all day long, which makes my life happy! He still loves to dance and wiggle. As of two weeks ago, he now waves bye bye and shakes his head "no" when he doesn't want something. Cam also lifts up his arms when I say, "Up please". This makes changing his clothes SO EASY! Cameron completely refuses pureed food now. He is eating strictly table food. This is extremely exciting for me because I love to cook! I had made several little baby meals for him and he seems to like almost everything (except meat). His current favorite meal/snack is cheese favored crackers dipped into cream cheese mixed with avocado. "YUMMMMM," he says! Cameron and I started to attend a baby story time group at the local library on Thursdays. For a half hour, the children's librarian reads a couple stories, blows bubbles, sings songs and dances. All the moms and babies join in. After the story time, all the moms and babies go into a playroom and let the little bambinos crawl around and play! He seems to like it and we now know we need to work on sharing! Poor guy always gets his toys snatched from him! Cameron recently attended his cousin Charlie's 1st birthday and had a great time! They are so cute together. Thanksgiving this year was different - first we had "dinner" at noon (Uncle Ty, Uncle Mike, Luke and Ryan went to Apple Cup this year together and had to leave early) and second it wasn't the same without my Gramps. I kept waiting for him to stomp down the hallway and say, "Jesses!!" I'm so glad I had the support of my family to help me through it. And of course sweet little Cam. After "Dinner," I stopped by Ryan's family's house for a bit. It was nice to see everyone. I can't wait to blog next month and tell everyone about Cameron's new adventures and talents! Next blog will be full of Christmas and birthday stories! Until next time, here are some new pictures of the Ham! Enjoy! The first 7 pictures were taken by Dawn Lucrisia-Johnson and the Santa hat pictures were taken by the famous Zon and Kate Duo. THANK YOU DAWN, ZON and KATE!!