Last year….
This year…
Crazy eh!
Cameron is doing well, but is teething – yet again! I got a bit of a look the other day – it looks like he has a few coming in at the same time, on both sides of the mouth and top and bottom – poor kid.
June 28, 2009
I just had a quick look at the site and can’t believe that my last post was June 5th…Where does the time go? I guess I spent quite a bit of the last month marking summative assignments, preparing exams, marking exams and doing report cards – not to mention enjoying every moment I had with Cameron after picking him up from Mum and Dad’s.
Cameron is doing great. He is now walking every where and only resorts to crawling when he has fallen while walking. He sometimes goes too fast -feet faster than the rest of him- and ends up wiping out or crashing into something. But, he gets up and keeps going. He does have quite a few bruises on his legs, arms and head, but it doesn’t stop him. Last week he had carpet burn on his forehead – he was going too fast and smashed right into the couch!
What else, Cameron loves to ‘read’. He reads his books by himself, but loves to read with Grampa. They read a Thomas book together every day, and they also read an aeroplane book every day too. The best is when Cameron is ‘reading’ by himself, he talks to himself as if he is really reading – it is very cute!
Cameron also loves to dance – he has progressed a little bit – he now shakes his sholders and swings his arms!
Oh yeah…he pooped in his potty today! We are nowhere near to training him, but we thought we would get him a potty and just put him on it when we thought he was having a poo. Now when you ask him if he is having a poo he looks at you and laughs so it is easy enough to throw him on his soft cushioned toilet seat…
So, all is well and now that the summer has arrived I will hopefully be much better at getting my posts up more regularly and hopefully I will have lots more to write about.
Cameron spent the afternoon in his pool today and he loved it… photos on flickr 
June 5, 2009
Well it’s been another good week. Mum and Dad left for Niagra yesterday for the Rangers Convention so I was off yesterday and I’m off today and Brett is off Monday and Tuesday. Spending the day with Cameron has been great …he’s napping right now.
Yesterday we went to the park. Dad takes Cameron to the park quite often, and Cameron loves the swings. So, Cameron and I headed over to the park yesterday. We did the swings and the slide and he liked both. We also played in the sand a bit, but it didn’t last that long – he started eating it, like everything else he finds.
He has started a few new funnyand cute things…
Aunt Christine does a wee rhyme for Cameron – round and round the garden went the teddy bear, one step, two step tickly under there. She does cirlces on theh palm of his hand and then goes up his arm and tickles him under the arm. I have been doing it to him for a while now too and now he does it back to you. He puts his finger on the palm of your hand and ’says’ the rhyme then he laughs when his meant to tickle you – IT IS TOO CUTE!!
He also likes to tickle your feet
He has also started pointing…he points to whatever he wants. He will be eating his meal and when he wants a drink, he points to his sippy cup!
What else…he still crawls away when he knows he is going for a nap! But he goes down fine at night time?
Without any effort on our part, Cameron is down to 1 bottle at night. He won’t take a bottle in the morning and he is drinking water and milk during the day. We were joking the other day that Cameron is following the fit for life regime – he loves grapes and he has grapes every morning along with either half an apple, half a pear or half a banana! He loves his fruit!
New to his food list this week – asparagus…yep, asparagus – loved it! Think that might be right now.
So, everything is going well and Cameron is keeping us busy…
May 31, 2009
Another busy week in the life of Cameron Walker
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Cameron is doing great. He has had another 2 teeth come through – on top. He hasn’t been too bad, but he has had a few Tempra moments
He continues to eat well and has added a few more things to his list of foods:
pears, strawberries, veggie burger, ravioli, baked beans and a ham and cheese subway sandwich! This brings me to the cheekiness that is Cameron Walker.
Friday, night Mum was up at ours (I had physio and Brett was helping Dad run a bbq and bar at a soccer tournament). Mum and I decided to have Subway for supper. Cameron had had is supper – veggie burger, potato and green beans and yogurt. Anyway, we were eating and Cameron decided he wanted to try some of Mum’s sandwich – he pulled it away from her and took a huge bite! You had to be there maybe, but it was really funny!
Keeping with the theme of cheekiness – Cameron, knows when he shouldn’t be doing something – he checks to see if you are watching and either way he does what he isn’t meant to do and laughs!
He also ‘runs away’ when you go to get him for nap time. As soon as Mum puts the music on in Cameron’s room (at my Mum and Dad’s) he starts to scream and crawls away from her! Too funny!
What else…he has started dancing – he moves his knees and now also shakes his shoulders – it is really cute and very funny.
He likes sneezes. He laughs none stop if you sneeze. We have been pretending to sneeze and he know does the same thing and thinks it is hilarious!
He can now drink out of his sippy cup, although we still have to hold it for him sometimes…He gets his bottle in the morning and his bottle at night before bed and the rest of the day he drinks his milk and water.
He has also started to walk by himself. He is standing alone and then just taking off. He has gone from one end of the basement to the other – by himself , without us ‘making’ him.
He is doing really well. We are all doing well.
May 24, 2009
Well Cameron has had another busy week full of lots of new things.
The biggest new thing – he has started walking! Last night he decided to start standing alone for quite a bit – we figured about 30-40 seconds and then out of nowhere he decided to start walking. He went about 10 steps all by himself! And now he will walk to you (one of us at one end of the room the other at the other room) not holding on to anything! It’s great! He is so proud of himself! We will try our best to get a video of him…
Cameron has also mastered climbing up the stairs – he loves doing it! We just follow behind him and he makes his way all the way to the top of the top floor. It makes it much easier for us too…not having to lug 26lbs up the stairs!!
Yesterday we went to see Thomas the Tank Engine (at St Laurent Shopping Center) . It was a good show for older kids, but not the greatest for someone as young as Cameron (hard to see the stage), although he did ‘dance’ to the music. He still loves Thomas and stops everything when he hears the music!
We got a webcam yesterday so we could talk to Brett’s mum and dad and so they can see Cameron. It is great- they were able to see him walk this morning and he was crawling around and being his usual busy self.
Cameron is busy! He is all over the place – crawling and walking (holding on to the furniture) he almost never stops!
He also started dancing…wiggles his bum and bends his knees. He has also started to shake his shoulders -it is really cute!
New foods:
watermelon, cornbeef, ribena popsicles, goldfish (crackers), eggs (scrambled) and I’m sure there will be more to add to the list this week!
Brett is enjoying his new job and I am getting back into the swing of things.
May 17, 2009
Well I survived another week at work:-) Actually, I have nice kids in my classes so it’s been a good start back. Cameron is doing well and adjusting fine to getting up early and staying at granny andgrampa’s during the day. He has been good for them and hasn’t given them much hassle…
Cameron has 2 more teeth coming in – 2 top molars- one on each side.
He got his shots on Monday and didn’t have any reaction so we were all happy about that.
He has a few more first to his list of foods:
carrots (baby and big ones too),
broccoli – not a real fan yet
cauliflower;
bbq chicken – grampa’s bbq chicken -
jello – orange
french toast
grill cheese
kraft dinner
milk
and the way things are going we will be adding something new every day!
Cameron continues to crawl everywhere including up the stairs. He is walking holding on to everything and at times stands alone for seconds….we don’t think it will be too long before we are chasing him around…
All is well.
May 11, 2009
Cameron had his 12 month check up this morning…
Everything is good. He is doing really well and the doctor said to keep doing what we were doing as he was coming along really well and he is strong and healthy.
So, Cameron now weighs 26lbs and measures 78cm (31inches). He has 10 teeth and is doing all that he should be and more.
Nothing else to report right now – all is well.
May 11, 2009
I can’t believe that it has been so long since my last post…and I can’t believe that Cameron is now 1 year old, I am back at work, spring is here and summer is on its way…
So much has happened in the last month.
Cameron has gone from his commando crawl to full on crawling – at some speed, I must add. His legs sometimes go faster than his arms and he ends up doing a face plant! He is everywhere, very quickly and is loving being mobile!
He is also ‘walking’ a lot more. He manges to move around most rooms holding on to whatever he can get his hands on for balance – it can be a chair, a table, a desktop, your leg, your bum, your arm – anything! He can also walk holding on to only one arm. He loves to be standing and often will simply stand and laugh.
He has started ‘dancing’ when he hears Thomas. He still loves Thomas. We are going to take him to see Thomas in 2 weeks – Thomas is visiting Ottawa….
Cameron has had a few rough nights and days with teething – his 2 molars are now in – they are huge and no wonder he wasn’t in a good mood!
The new teeth have help Cameron try new teeth…he has tried lots of new foods :
carrots,
olives,
lettuce,
pancakes,
waffles,
hambuger,
apple,
banana,
pickles,
ham,
green beans – he loves green beans
I’m sure there is more, just can’t remember. He tries anything we are having and for the most part he likes it.
oh yes, birthday cake!
Cameron had a great birthday…unfortunately, the Mackies from Milton were unable to make the trip up to Ottawa (they have all been sick). Aunt Christine, Robert, Aunt Carol and Uncle Hugh came to Caemron’s party and of coarse Granny and Grampa too.
It was a really nice afternoon – Cameron was very good -no melt downs and no tears – he loved uncle hugh this time. Cameron was sitting on Hugh’s for ages…
Cameron was spoiled by everyone and was loving all the attention.
He had a great time in his new wagon from Nana and Grandad (Walker) and he got lots of lovely outfits and books. He also got some great toys and lots of Thomas so he was very happy. Kate spent ages making Cameron a lovely name (Cameron) piece to hang up on his wall in his room (see picture in flickr)
Cameron has also started waving and saying ‘bye bye’ when you say it to him.
And so far one of the funniest things he does is shake his little musical car and waits for whoever is there to sing “the bluebells are blue” and then he laughs!
Everything is going really well and we all -Mum and Dad included- survived my first week back at work. It was weird not staying home and spending the day with Cameron and it felt like I had never been away from school, but everything seems to have fallen into place and no one seems too tramatized by the change.
I’m sure I will remember something else once I save and post this, but….
Check out the birthday pictures on flickr
April 21, 2009
Well not too much has happened since my last post. Cameron is doing well. He is still teething – the two molars seem to be through and now it is just the eye teeth that are still working their way down and up. He has had a few rough moments with very red cheecks, but he isn’t really too bad.
We took Cameron to the Experimental Farm last week – it was a beautiful day, so we thought we would make the most of it. He is still a bit too young to fully appreciate the animals at the farm, but he seemed to enjoy himself. He saw cows, calfs, horses, pigs, sheep, and rabbits. He did really well until one of the cows vered towards him and then he wasn’t too happy about being there….
Cameron and the cows
Cameron and I went to a house warming on Saturday afternoon (a girl I work with) and Brett stayed home for a nap – he was working nights on Saturday. Anyway, it was a good afternoon and Cameron was really good. He enjoyed playing with Nate and chatting up all the lovely ladies! At one point he was sitting on Christina’s lap with his arm around her neck and he was ‘chatting’ away to her – it was hilarious!
Cameron has mastered the comando frog crawl and has started crawling (like normal kids) but he hasn’t mastered it yet so the comando crawl is still quicker.
He has also started to pull himself up on the couch and anything else he can get a grip on.
His newest thing is smiling for the camera…it is hilarious…he scrunches up his face and squints his eyes. He does it on comand though -check out video on flickr.
So, I head back to work in 2 wks (May4th) -should be interesting.
We are celebrating Cameron’s birthday next Saturday (May2nd). Nothing too big, just family and a cake really. Will post more after that
April 8, 2009
Streetsville and Milton will never be the same…
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I can’t remember when everything happened (each day seems to have rolled together into one) so I will just tell you everything that happened while we were away for 2 weeks.
Mum, Brett, Cameron and I went down to Toronto (Streetsville and Milton) on the Monday (March 23rd). Cameron was very good on the 5 hour drive (that is including a 45 minute stop). He slept for 2hrs then we stopped for lunch and he slept for another hour after that. We stayed with Aunt Christine and Robert and Mum stayed with Stewart, Kate and Emily.
The first few nights Cameron slept in the room with Brett and I, but it didn’t work. When he woke up in the night, which he does all the time, he wasn’t able to get back to sleep because he was too busy trying to get our attention. He had his little face pressed up against the mesh of the cot and was ‘calling’ to us and neither of us could ignore him or not laugh at him. To add to this, Aunt Christine and Bob live right beside the train tracks. The first few nights it sounded like the trains were coming straight through the window and it was like they were never going to end…I was soon able to even sleep through that.
We had a few interesting nights with Cameron – poor little guy has at least 4 teeth coming in. The best was the night that he was up at 12 and there was nothing wrong with him, he was just awake and wanted to play….he finally went back to sleep at 3am after watching Thomas the Tank Engine!
Trains:
Cameron loves Thomas. He watches the programme from start to finish and doesn’t move. We got him a video and he can sit for about 40 minutes of it. It was really cute – there is a part in the film where Thomas is crossing a bridge and the bridge is falling- Cameron cried when he saw it and now he looks away…
He also says t when you show him Thomas and ask who he is -it is very cute. Aunt Christine might not agree as Cameron whacked her in the face twice to move her out of the way so he could see Thomas!
Teeth :
As I mentioned Cameron has at least 4 teeth coming in – one molar is through on the bottom left side. There is another on the way through on the right side and it looks like the 4 eye teeth are making their way up and down. He wasn’t too bad all things considered, but he did have a couple of rough days.
Clocks:
Cameron still likes clocks and he now points and says tic toc when he sees a clock – too cute
Getting around:
Rolling-
Cameron still relies on the roll to get him to places, and usually ones he is not meant to go to!
Crawling-
Cameron is still working on his crawling. He has now developed a great commando worm (break dancing) crawl. He spent many frustrated days trying to figure out how to move forward, but he has mastered it now. He still isn’t crawling ‘properly’ but at least he is getting to where he wants to go much more quickly. He can also get from his belly to a sitting up position and he has stopped throwing himself back which is great
Walking-
Well we all made the mistake of walking with Cameron. He loves it, he can’t wait till he can do it himself and neither can we!!!!! Aunt Christine and Bob spent most of their time walking Cameron up and down the hallway. He got very sly with it all…He would manoeuvre himself so that he could grab their fingers and then he would stand up and he was off (check out the videos). It was great except that we all witnessed his temper when he wanted to walk, but no one could walk with him!
Words:
None really, but he does say mama and dada, and it seems that he knows who we are and when to use them. When we came back on Monday (Brett had been home for a week himself) Cameron smiled at him and said dada
Pointing and staring:
Cameron continues to stare at everyone, and now he points at them too!
Cousins:
Cameron and Emily are much more aware of each other now and even had moments of interaction with each other. I am pleased to report that there were no ‘fights’ for toys or random whacks on the face etc.
New friends:
Cameron met a lot of new people (Aunt ’s friends) and ‘loved’ them all – Rosalind, who is blonde, got lots of smiles and shy looks, and then she got lots of kisses. Elise, who is also blonde, also got lots of smiles. Janet is also a friend for life. Her earrings and glasses might be what sparked Cameron’s interest at first, but it was clear the second time we met Janet that there was more to it. She also got lots of smiles and shy looks – she then walked with Cameron so… And Elizabeth, also blonde, was treated the same way as all blondes with cheeky smiles and shy looks!
Emily:
Emily is doing really well. She is crawling all over the place and is very close to walking. She is a happy little girl who has lots of smiles for everyone and is a wee character – cheeky wee character!
We had a lovely afternoon on Sunday – her first birthday, if you can believe it!
The time away was great. Cameron was good, and we did quite a bit. We all really enjoyed ourselves.
Enjoy the pictures and videos – I will try to keep up to date with my posts so that they are not so long in future!
