One Diaper, Twice the Work

So much time has passed so quickly for us. Cameron is almost 4 months old now; rolling over, babbling, making demands -- all the things babies her age do. Trying to change the diaper of a little girl that has learned she can roll over at will now is pretty challenging stuff I might add! I spoke to my sisters yesterday, too. Natalie says that her youngest, Noah, now crawls after her around her apartment crying. Ah, the joys I get to look forward to, hehe. I don't think I'll mind so much, as long as I get atleast a few hours' worth of sleep (unlike last night, little pill).

I know I haven't posted any pictures in a while, so here's a few taken just last night. Alan was trying to get her to smile for the camera, so we got these three expressions out of the effort. She's such a cutie, hehe. Makes it all the more easy to not be upset when she does stuff like... want to have a conversation from 1 am to 3 am. Oye, so tired!

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.

Extra Pics from Turkey Day

Just adding a few photos that Papa J took while he was visiting us!

Papa J and Little Cameron

Nana and Cameron

From left to right, Cameron being held by Dad, Mom and Aunt Mia

Little girl enjoying her papasan chair. Yeah, a baby in the baby seat, who'dathunkit?

Aunt Jan with Cameron

Great pictures that I had to share. =)

Turkey, Pie and Cowboy Boots

These last few days have been super busy. My family drove with me from Lake Charles to Austin on Saturday, Thanksgiving on Thursday and lots of other activities in between. Mom, Dad, Mia, Aunt Jan, Cameron and I went to Wimberly, TX, to visit the used cowboy boot store. Within that store one can find cowboy boots from styles with the most garish combination of colors to elegant boots that were custom made 30 years ago but are still in excellent shape. All of us purchased a pair (except Mia, she wouldn't even try them on) and had a great time of it. Even Cameron was showing her Texas blood when we got back to Aunt Jan's later.

(We probably could have gotten her all the way in the boot if it weren't for that diaper)

I love this picture. It was taken at Bull Creek Park on the 21st. She's such a pretty baby! That's Papa J in the background taking pictures of the dogs in case anyone was wondering ;)

Ma-maw Dee holding the babe. That girl loves it when she's being snuggled.

And... this is Ilsa having discovered the baby chair. She barely fit, but hey, it was round and comfy and her bed was in the wrong spot. We're all pretty amazed that she fit, but she didn't seem to mind the snugness of it, haha. Goofy animals. I know I have a picture of the Stash kitty in that same chair hanging around somewhere.

Early Turkey Day!

This past week (from Wednesday to Saturday) I went with my Aunt Jan to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to visit my Grandmother and cousin Ginger. We had a good time, Cameron did wonderfully on the 6ish hour drive, and I got some neat pictures. On Saturday, my parents, sisters and niece and nephews drove down to meet us and have an early Thanksgiving lunch. The food and company were great and those homemade pies that I helped Aunt Jan with were to die for! Ahhh, I can almost taste that lemon meringue again already. Glad we're making another for Thursday. =P

Cameron is a bit fussy after all of the excitement, but who can blame her? For such a little thing she was a trooper. On to the photos!

This is her saying, "Hold me or I'll cry! I mean it! I'll cry!" though not nearly as intimidating as the baby from Spirited Away.

She's pretty cute in her puppy hat and gloves and little striped hoodie. This is after a walk outside when it was a chilly 50 degrees at Gramma's house.

My nephew Noah! A mere 5 months older and 10 pounds heavier than Cameron and what a sweetie he is. I love having a picture of Natalie's youngest boy, but it's a shame Mia didn't snap a few of Kailie and Christopher while she was at it.

Pawpaw Errol and the baby girl bonding. Aww, sweet isn't it? =p She took a nice nap with him too. I can hear Alan calling her a traitor already, haha.

From left to right, my mom (Ma-maw) holding Noah, Mia and Gramma Goldie. They were in the middle of conversation and ignoring me, hence the complete oblivion to me and my actions.

Jolly Jill

Leg Warmers are back in style! Pirate style. Arrr, matey.

Shiny New Toy

I just recently got a new toy, an iPhone, so I've been having a lot of fun with the camera. And the web browser. And the iPod. Ah heck, I've been having a lot of fun with the whole thing. Alan says it's my "BFF" and should get grafted to me and Don and Chad both call me a nerd (I still say it takes one to know one!).

I *think* she was eyeing a dog.

Yep, that's what she was doing alright.

Who can blame her though, I mean, really?

The time, it flies

Little Cameron is 6 weeks old today. She's smiling, working on her laugh and hand-eye coordination, holds her head up with only a little wobble -- she's growing, and quickly! Already she's over 10 pounds (can really tell when she falls asleep and becomes dead weight in your arms). And look at this, her first real nap in her crib; asleep there for over half an hour and counting! She does like her crib, too, which is nice. I can lay her down there while she's awake and she'll occupy herself by looking at the colors on the bumper. The only drawback is that the Stash kitty thinks that it's his bed so I have to shoo him away (more like, pick him up and toss him out of the bed) every time I walk into Cam's room. Ah well =)

Aieee!

As my friend Chad said, "She's being eaten by a dog!"

Oh, the insanity!

Two posts in one day! I just felt the need to share Cameron's new furniture (2 of 3 pieces) and a shot of the big girl herself sleeping in her new bed. Yeah, couldn't help myself.


Soooo the picture of the baby in her new bed isn't so flattering. Don't mind the big vacuum in the hallway in the first picture either, can thank the dogs for that actually. Crazy beasts and their acorn fetishes.

She knows how to work it!

Acamera that is. And as much as a baby can work a camera. Please excuse my finger in one of the pictures. Oops. =P She's five weeks old already! Time is flying so fast. Or maybe it just seems that way because I'm so tired, hah. Silly little girl thinks she's going to miss something by sleeping so wants to stay up all night. That means that at midnight I'm trying to rock a squirming, squawking little bug of a girl and nodding off while doing so. C'est la vie! It all melts away when she flashes me a smile though, so it's all good. =)

More Stuff!

Well, Papa J and Nana just left yesterday to head back home, they were very busy with the camera while they were here though! I've added a slideshow because of how many pictures there are, all pretty good ones too. Enjoy!


We all had a great visit, I want to thank Nana, Papa J and Andrea for all coming down to visit us. And helping put furniture together. That was nice too, hehe. Thanks!

As an aside, two pieces of Cameron's bedroom set came in, photos of those to come later when I get the room all set up.

She's so popular!

Everyone loves a baby! ... and they request recent pictures pretty often too! Not that I'm complaining or anything, as if taking a picture of this sweet little girl is a chore, pshaw. Here's one that was taken just this morning, snuggling with her gator.

This one is a bit older, but still nice nonetheless. Taken with my phone too, not bad eh?

Another picture

Because I like to add them. =) This is Cameron at one week old!

Two more pictures!

The one below is really kind of showing the kind of shape I'm in after Saturday's ordeal, hehe. Long road to recovery ahead of me on that one (Mom says I look like a ghoul). The baby is still cute though >_>. The second one is of Cameron discovering her thumb. Hehe.

She made it!

Baby Cameron Rose Hamilton: Born September 28th at 9:19pm CST. She was 8lbs 2oz and 20 inches long. She's so good! Quiet, calm, rarely throws a serious fuss; a truly wonderful baby. And cute too, if I do say so myself! I'm including a slide show of her first few hours. I'll add more photos to the album as soon as I get them off of my mom's camera. Just a warning though, old people taking pictures without their glasses = fuzzy pictures! Hehe ;)

Labor Day Weekend.

Astrid and Jim came for the weekend and we all had a great time! I'm only posting a few pictures of me, mainly because I take pretty bad ones. =p However, I did promise a belly shot to some friends, so here goes!

I think I had just woken up, so please excuse my puffy face. Hehe. This is at 8 months. Compare it to these below, at about 5 months.

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Alan and I were testing a swing outside of Cabela's. Really cool store by the way; they have great fleece!

We also picked out Cameron's furniture while everyone was down. It won't be delivered until after she's born (as I mentioned earlier), but here's a link to what it looks like. Very nice, much better than our own, haha.