Up Close and... Wow! That hair!

I was feeling a bit camera happy yesterday. Or was it the day before? I really don't remember, time is flying now. Speaking of flying time, Cameron is growing very quickly! She has become quite the chatter box, one of her favorite pastimes is talking to the baby that looks back at her from a mirror. She's starting to work on her laugh too, and greatly prefers sitting upright or standing as opposed to being cradled.

Christmas was wonderful this year, we were able to see everyone before the holiday and then spent the actual day at home. It's great to see everybody, but it's also nice to be able to have some time to ourselves as well. Alan cooked on Christmas day, too. He's really getting the hang of it I think. My mom got him a waffle iron for Christmas, so we'll most likely be trying out one of the recipes that came with it this weekend.

Up close and personal so that we can demonstrate her hair as it usually is in the mornings. A liiiittttle bit spikey there (she gets it from her dad).

Alan actually letting me take a picture of him. This is currently the only way to get Cameron to sleep during the day. Even then, it's 50/50 that she'll stay that way after you put her in bed. Yeah, that's Jax in the lower right corner waiting expectantly for me to toss the toy he threw at my feet.

Me and the baby. I think we were distracted by something on TV. Not the best quality picture either, sorry about that!

And lastly, the blur we fondly refer to as Jax. The toy that he's after actually is in that picture, too.

Dirty Hippie Hats

Andrea, Cameron and I went to the Armadillo Bazaar two days ago to check out the crafts and get some gift ideas. Wow was that a neat place! We saw little kinetic sculptures that had all sorts of amazing moving parts, beautiful (and sometimes pricey) handmade jewelry, different types of leather works and much, much more. This Bazaar is an annual event that's held from the beginning of December until Christmas Eve. I have a feeling that these artisans have gained another two and a half people that will come visit and proclaim, "oooh!" and, "aaaah!" for the years to come!

Oh, and we picked up a hat for Cameron. I'll confess, it did seem a bit unattractive when it was laying down with the others (Andrea even called it a dirty hippie hat), but then we put it on an already cute baby and became true believers in hats made from recycled sweaters.

Yep, pretty cute alright. All in all it was a great outing, all of the crafts at the bazaar were wonderful and made me wish I had a larger amount to spend on the shinies that I saw.

Phone Books and Secret Santas

Being that this is Cameron's first Christmas she has a few Secret Santas. Aunt Kitty got her this really great mobile jumper (a Rainforest Jumperoo to be precise) and gifted it to Cameron early. We figured that maximum usage is the best! ...which is why there's a phone book under it as well, haha. Little girl is, in fact, still just a tad small for it. Doesn't stop her from being interested though, and working on that hand-eye coordination.

Updates!

A few people have been asking for new pictures of the little girl, so I guess I'll oblige them ;). These are all taken within the last few days, the ones of her in her hat are from today's outing.

Counting those fingers. Now if only she could figure out how to make them do what she wants.

Flashing me a smile as I bundled her up. She's always so happy when she just wakes up from a nap!

I love it when she smiles at me, hehe.