Brewer's Game

The Milwaukee Brewers played the Atlanta Braves (Chad's favorite team) last night. So we went to the game as an early Father's Day gift to Chad. An hour to Milwaukee, an hour to wait for the game to start, three hours for the game, 20 minutes to get out of the parking lot, an hour home, 20 minutes to put Cameron to bed. It was quite a long night.

All in all, we had a good time. I was nervous to take such a small baby. But it seems like he enjoyed it, even though it was pretty loud a few times. Chad was upset because the Braves lost. And people gave him crap for wearing a Braves jersey. He didn't seem to mind too much. I think he enjoyed his Father's Day.

Happy early Father's Day, Chad!

Chad with Cameron and some of the Sausages

Chad scored an autograph cause he was carrying a baby

We were excited to get a smile on camera. Guess he was having a good time!

The famous Sausage race during the 7th inning

3 1/2 weeks old

This last week has been kind of weird. Cameron has become more of a fussy baby, although still not the colicky type from my nightmares. He's really a good, mellow kid. But his cranky periods are in the mornings, opposite of the typical times of crankiness for most babies (at least from what I've read). AND, this is the gassiest, poopiest (is that a word?) kid I've ever seen! I feel bad and want to try to avoid different foods, but I can't even think of what I've been eating that would cause such nasty poops and red, sad faces in Cam. Hmmm...we give him gas drops, but that doesn't seem to help.

Also, I thought that maybe he had thrush. I took him to the doc last Friday and he said that Cam looked like he could maybe have it (from the symptoms he displayed and the way I've been feeling when I breastfeed), so he gave us some cream and yummy medicine for Cameron. The pharmacist thought that Cam would hate the medicine (it smells like cough syrup or NyQuil), but he seems to enjoy the 4 times a day he gets it!

Aunt Katie is here this week to help me and visit with the booger. She loves him, especially when he cuddles up with her (almost like a puppy!). She's been a super help in hanging out with him, feeding him, and trying to get him to sleep. We love her being here!

My parents and Chad's parents will be here this weekend for Cam's blessing (we're sure to have lots of good pics from that visit).

One last thing to mention is how Cam has high-pitched moans when he sleeps. It lasted the longest and was the funniest today while Katie, Chad, and I were trying to eat lunch. I almost couldn't get my drink down cause I was laughing. I wish our video camera worked so you all could witness it. Hopefully we'll get it fixed soon.

At the park

Daddy and Cam at the lake

Katie and Cam

It's been hot here!

In the bjorn

After bathtime

Too Many Pics?

Am I taking too many pictures of Cameron? I mean, I upload new pictures of him about every two/three days. But he's changing so much, I don't want people to miss out on it. So, in order for you readers to keep up with how quickly little Cameron changes, here are some more pictures for you.

Cameron is figuring out he has arms. And I'm not sure he knows what to do with them yet. In some pictures, he looks like ET with how skinny and long they are. Other pictures make him look like a porker. And from the way he's been eating lately, I'm not surprised!

ET

Flailing

More Flailing

I really like this one...

I think this looks like me as a baby, poor kid. He has no chance.

Daddy and Cameron

Cameron loves his daddy. And Chad loves his "boddy", as he calls him. Chad's already trying to get Cameron to love watching sports. But poor Cameron can only see about 8 inches in front of him. I'm sure he'll like sports more once he can focus a little better!

The many faces of Cameron...

We can't decide who Cameron looks like. I'm sure his looks will change a ton as the weeks go on. But, like me, he looks different in every picture. I had a roommate in college that saw photos of me in my room before she ever met me. She told me later she wasn't sure which one I really looked like, since I looked different in every picture. I guess Cameron takes after me in that regard.

Doesn't this look like the Vulcan sign?

Pucker up!

First Bath

We gave Cameron his first tub bath today. See pics below:

At first, he didn't seem so sure about it...

But then, he seemed to like it

The poor kid needed his nose cleaned out. He was so stuffy yesaterday that he snorted every time he cried. It was actually pretty funny.


This is a robe that some of Chad's Italian colleagues gave Cameron. At this point, he was a little tired of dad taking pictures. I told Chad to leave him alone, but he wouldn't listen.


I rest my case.

It's the little things...

I was pretty ok with things last night. Mom left and I felt like I had a handle on things here at home. That was until she called me from the airport. She had a long layover, so I told her she could call me if she got bored. We just chatted for a little while, but after we hung up I cried. It's ok...it was my daily dose of hormone release. But our phone call made me miss her a lot...I can't remember the last time I missed her so much. And she had only been gone for a few hours. And she'll be back here in a few weeks for Cam's blessing.

So then I was scared again. Of course, I think it's Satan that wants me to be terrified of being a mom. So I need to let go of the fear and embrace the newness of it all.

Cam slept in 4+ hour stretches last night! I was so proud! It took a while to get him back to bed this morning, but it was such an accomplishment. I was so shocked that I kept waking up at the time he should've been getting up to go check on him. But he was still fast asleep. Let's hope tonight is that way, too.

I think it's funny that the milestones in my life now are how long Cameron will sleep through the night. Or how much he'll eat in one sitting. Or how long he stayed awake staring at the wall. It'll be neat, though, to see him grow and change and become more of a little man.