1st Tooth!!!!!!!!

It has arrived!! I always let Blake chew on my fingers and this morning I felt something sharp! Sure enough it is a tooth!! We could see the 2 front teeth under the gums for a few weeks now and he has been drooling and knawing on things for it seems like months now! So we're very excited to see the tooth break through the surface! Blake is doing great with solids now. He's eating 3 times a day, 3 tbsp of cereal in the am, 3 tbsp of cereal in the afternoon (with a carrot cube right now) and 3 tbsp of cereal in the evening! He loves his food that's for sure!! Sometimes he gets quite angry when he's done so we have to hurray and mix up some more! LOL! This weekend we are going to try meats. But I better run, we are off to do some shopping with my Mom and sister! Take care everyone!

Love The Cameron's!

Fall has arrived!

Hello everyone! It seems that our summer is over! It went by soooo... fast!! But thankfully our weather has been quite nice! Autumn is close to my favorite season and I have been enjoying the brisk weather! Blake and I are getting in as many walks as we can before the snow hits the ground! He loves going for walks. I don't put him in his car seat anymore, instead he sits up in the stroller like a big boy!! He loves watching the trees and the scenery around him. He also keeps a close eye on Heidi!! She's usually walking in front of us! We are all doing really great! Cal has started hockey again and has been extremely busy finishing the garage. It is now insulated, drywalled and painted. It looks great and I'm looking forward to parking my car inside!! Cal and I have been on a few more "dates" since my Mom and Dad have came home from holidays and my Mom has been available to babysit!! Last night we went to the Brad Paisley concert and had a lot of fun! Blake and I are still going to Aquababies on Wednesday a.m., New Mom's group on Wednesday p.m. and Salsababies on Thursday mornings. Blake loves all the groups!! He has so much fun in the water, enjoys playing with his friends and seems to enjoy Salsa dancing and music! He usually falls asleep by the end of the class!! We are looking forward to Halloween. Our friends Jodi and Jared are hosting a party!! I'll post pictures of Blake in his costume on Halloween! Blake is an eating machine these days!!!! He loves his barley and oat cereal and has tried banana's and applesauce! This weekend we will introduce vegetables. We have lots of fun with feeding time! If you take too long between bites Blake gets a little bit irritated! I'm sure he's gained quite a bit of weight now. I might take him to the health unit to be weighed next week. Take care everyone!

Cal, Tracy and Blake
XOXOX

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a great long weekend! It has been nice having Cal home this past week!! Tomorrow (9th) is our 3 year wedding anniversary! My how time flies!! It is also Blake's Grandma Bev's birthday! Happy Birthday Grandma! Blake is now 5 months, 3 days old. My parents just got back from a 4 week vacation on Thursday evening and said they noticed a huge difference in Blake! Not that he grew much, but that he is much more interactive! He reaches for everything now and laughs and makes different faces at different situations. He especially loves to laugh at Heidi and Jazz and "pet" them too!!! My glasses, hair and necklace also are tugged on regularly! Actually everything he can get his hands on gets pulled and most likely brought to his mouth! He is teething like crazy! It actually hurts when he gnaws on your fingers! I'm not sure if any teeth are going to pop up soon or if he'll just teethe for months upon months! Some of his friend's have had 2 teeth pop up around 5 months and others are 8 months old with no teeth in sight! LOL! Blake has had a cold these past 5 days, but today it is much better. I felt so bad for him, especially during the night, he would get so stuffed up it would be hard for him to breathe. I just wish babies could blow their noses! But thankfully the cold is clearing up. Blake LOVES his Jolly Jumper! It's great for Cal and I too because we can put him in it and do some things around the house without worrying about him becoming bored or upset! He's not quite the jumper I'm sure he will be, but we have it in the front room and he does circles and looks outside at the trees and grass and the big air filled Halloween ornament we have on the lawn! Today while jumping my Mom and I were making turkey soup and we gave him a big carrot to chew/suck on and he just loved it! Probably felt good on his gums. It is crazy how their hand/eye coordination develops so fast. He just took that carrot and put it right in his mouth! When we're eating now he stares at us and the food with this hungry look on his face! He has successfully eaten rice and oat cereal and this week we're going to try barley and wheat. Then next week I think we'll try some meat. It involves a lot of work/planning on Mom and Dad's end!!! But I'm so glad that he is now enjoying his cereal! Anywho, I should get to bed! Blake goes to bed around 7:30 and gets up around 6:30 (other than during his cold!) so I really could get a good sleep too, but I'm a night owl! Talk to ya soon!

Luv Tracy

Success!!

Whoo Hoo!!! Blake successfully ate his rice cereal today! But I had to mix it with a little bit of mashed banana!! It's funny because I barely put any banana in it. I guess it was enough to change the taste! I was so glad that he enjoyed it! He didn't make a funny face or turn away with his mouth clamped shut! So now I will wait a few days and try oat cereal and then barley cereal and then mixed cereals! And I think we'll give him some mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner!!

Tracy ;-)

Dad's On Holidays!!

Yeah! Cal is on holidays this week! Our goal is to get the garage organized so Cal can put the drywall up! We put a big dent in that task this afternoon. Blake sat in his bouncy chair on the ski-doo trailer while we tackled the junk in the garage!! He is such a good baby, we're so blessed!! My parents are back from their 5 week holiday this weekend. It seems like they've been gone forever! It will be so nice to see them and have them home!! We've had a great weekend so far. Friday afternoon Blake and I had a baby shower at Allen Gray and Blake got totally spoiled!! He got a gift card to Toys R Us, so I think we'll buy a Jumperoo!! He also received a very special gift - a quilt the residents made! I thought that was very cool!! Friday night Brad (Cal works with him) and his wife and 3 boys (ages 5, 4, and 17 months) came over and Saturday Blake and I went to my friend Melissa's little boy's baby shower. In the evening Gerry and Lesley came over for a visit! It was nice to catch up with everyone! These past few days Blake has been squealing out loud a lot! It is too cute! I'll pick him up and he'll squeal in delight or I'll be playing with him and he'll let a squeal go!! He's also laughing at Heidi a lot! She'll be sniffing the ground at my feet while I'm holding him and he'll start giggling! It's so much fun! A friend of mine told me last week that starting at around 5 months old babies become sooo... much fun! I guess because they get more talkative and interactive. Today Blake almost rolled from his back to his stomach. In fact, he was pretty much over and realized it and flopped his butt and legs back over! He fell asleep after nursing today on the nursing pillow and I just let him sleep in my lap! He looks like a little angel just laying there so peaceful, not a worry in the world! Such a beautiful sight! Have a great week everyone! Stay warm! Brrrr...

Luv Tracy

15 lbs!!

Blake had his 1 week follow-up appointment today with the pediatrician and he now weighs 15 lbs! The Pediatrician was happy with his weight gain and we don't have to go back again until Blake is 6 months old. The Pediatrician also mentioned that we may have to go see an ENT doctor about the little "hole" near his right ear. If it gets infected or there is a threat that it might get infected he will have to have surgery. So that was a little bit scary to hear, but apparently it's a minor thing and nothing to worry about yet. So we'll try not to worry about it yet!! The pediatrician also said to continue trying rice cereal and oat cereal with Blake and he will probably get used to it. Today he seemed to eat a little bit more than the last few times. So that's what's new with us!! We'll talk to you later!

Luv Tracy

Home Again!

As our title says, we're home again! On Saturday a.m. we left for Grande Prairie and came home this morning. It was a good trip! We stayed at Cal's parents new house and visited with Cal's family. We had a great time! Blake is so close to sitting up on his own!! And this weekend we also noticed how much he now likes to stand! It's crazy!!!! He is "talking" a ton too! On Friday night I went to the Keith Urban concert with Lindsay and Lesley (and it was awesome!!) and Cal told me he was reading Blake a book (called Baby Bug) and the whole time Blake was talking!!! He read it to him a couple of times because he seemed to love it so much! He hasn't been likin' the rice cereal to much, so we gave him a break from that this weekend and I'm going to try Oat cereal with him this week. He has a pediatrician appointment again tomorrow, so hopefully he will have gained a bit of weight!! Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Tracy