We're halfway there!

Six months ago today, I gave birth. A half year has passed already, which is just unreal to me. As Cliche as it sounds, time really does fly. Wow.

Cameron has changed so much over the past six months. A couple weeks ago he started sitting up unsupported, and just recently he's become a real pro at it! He's SO close to crawling... put him down on his belly, and he can make it clear across the room in a minute or two. He rolls and creeps to get where he needs/wants to go. A determined little boy he is! He's SO happy and easy going, and a very active and busy baby! He has a terrible attention span - pretty sure he gets that from his mama. A few weeks ago he was sitting on my lap at the lake, and when I was looking in the other direction, he reached clear across my lap, took my beer bottle out of the cup holder, put it right up to his lips and tried to drink it! Little stinker!!! Thankfully it was empty :)

Cam *LOVES* toys that bang and make noise - his favorite lately is a "cell phone" I picked up at a yard sale for 50 cents :) That keeps him entertained for long car trips. (or until he drops it, which is fairly frequently!) He also adores this crinkly, colorful fabric and plastic book a coworker gave to us. His other favorite toy is a half-empty water bottle. I wish I could get away with these inexpensive toys until he's 18. Haha!

We've been having a beautiful summer and have tried to do something different each weekend. Back in May, we celebrated my twin nephews' birthdays by going Roller skating. Cam loved watching everyone skating around him - he even did the Hokey Pokey with his Uncle Eric!

In June, Brian and I took him to the Pier at Old Orchard Beach - it was so cute watching him stare at the Seagulls. When one would fly by, he'd whip his head around to follow it through the sky. We of course took our 7th annual photo booth shot at the arcade, and it was incredible to have him in it with us this year :)


On the fourth of July, my mom, Cam and I went on a boatride and he really loved it! He and my mom sat at the back of the party boat and I got a couple great shots of the two of them. He looked so adorable in his life vest :)

Just last weekend, my friend Nichole and her son Mason joined us at York Beach. It was Cam's first time "swimming" in the ocean. As freezing cold as the water was, he didn't seem phased by it in the least! He was kicking his feet and splashing around. He ended the day with a good nap in his pack 'n play on the beach. I was very jealous! An incredibly exhausting but very fun day :) The next day, Brian and I took him to the Yarmouth Clam Festival. He did so well all day - sat in his "big boy" stroller, didn't fuss once! After the Clam Festival we took him to LL Bean where he got to go into the fish tank bubble - where he had an "under-water" view of the aquarium. OMG, he was squeeling with delight. A trip to the New England Aquarium is in our near future for sure! Although having a baby makes everything a bit more time consuming and a lot more work, it also makes everything we do SO much more fun.

Brian's parents finally got to meet their grandson last month (yay!) and in a couple weeks, so will Brian's sister and her family! And we'll finally get to meet THEIR latest addition, Henry (who was born last AUGUST! How sad is that?) We're gonna have a big family gathering on August 8th, where we'll also meet Brian's new twin cousins. We went from NO babies in the family, to FOUR of them in one year! Crazy! It stinks having Bri's parents and sister live so far away, but it sure makes for a nice summer when they're finally around.

I'm very proud of myself - Even with working 30 hours a week and commuting 2 hours a day, I have still been exclusively breast feeding. Cameron hasn't seen one drop of formula. It has been an immense amount of work, but SOOO worth it! I hope to keep this up until his 1st birthday. Recently he's been eating a lot more solids (With the doctor's encouragement and approval, he eats cereal and/or fruits & veggies 3x a day now) so that takes a lot of the pressure off of me. I only have to pump two bottles a day now, instead of three, which makes a HUUUGE difference! Also, effective the 1st week of August, we are switching Cameron's daycare. He'll now be going to my work's daycare. I am SO excited about this - he'll be just two streets away, and I can play with and feed him on my lunch break. I'm not so excited about the $40/wk price increase, but the extra time with him every single day is invaluable.


I certainly have my low times (my house is always a mess, I don't like my job, I'm feeling very unmotivated to do anything outside of caring for Cameron, such as lawn work and organizing my closets) but looking at what an amazing husband, son, family, life I have... makes all those little things seem awfully minut. I'm so very blessed, and when I start to feel down about something in my life, I'm going to reflect on the memories in the making and give myself a reality check. LIFE IS GOOD!