and with five months brings…

This weekend Cam decided to roll around. But instead of doing it the “normal” way, rolling from front to back first, he decided it would be more fun to roll from back to front. Of course, I wouldn’t call his actions purposeful. He reaches for toys that are just out of reach, uses his back foot to push him towards the toy and suddenly finds himself on his belly. It’s all very shocking to the little man.

He also realized he can fluctuate the tone of his voice and decided that loud is best. If what he can do now is any indication of what’s to come, you’ll hear his part of any conversation three houses down. But for the time being, it’s quite entertaining.

And lastly, he is attempting to blow raspberries. He studies us when we make them and then works on doing them himself. This has been our favorite new discovery of his.



Today he turned five months! Can’t wait to see what another month will bring.

giggle butt

Cam has been laughing more and more, and it’s music to his mommy’s ears. Enjoy!

finding time for others

Once upon a time, I spent a night out of my week watching children at Lydia’s House. It is an organization that I strongly believe in. Lydia’s House provides shelter for abused women and their children for up to two years. There are very few shelters that will let women stay longer than a month, which is hardly enough time to pull your life together and start over. Lydia’s House believes in giving these women enough time to empower themselves and begin a new life so they don’t return to their abuser out of desperation.


Unfortunately, my scheduled volunteer hours were placed on permanent hold for awhile due to marriage, moving, changing jobs and having a baby. Now that Cam is here, I find that I have even less free time than before. I took my mom’s lead and decided to fund-raise for them instead.


So now I’m a pin seller. I have these, and many others. They’re $16 a pin, and all the money goes to the shelter. So buy one from me, and feel good about your purchase. Each pin comes with a card describing the purpose of Lydia’s House. They make great holiday gifts for your mom, grandmother, aunts, boss, mail lady, dog walker, teacher, hair dresser, and even your pool boy. (Hey, why not?)

trials of a working mother

I made a decision a long time ago that I would nurse my babies. I knew it would be a lot of work that no one could help me with, but in my mind the benefits outweighed any of the hardships.

Turns out I’m one of the lucky few who have little difficulty. Cam liked to eat, and had no trouble figuring it out.

Cut to going back to work, and needing to pump during working hours. Not fun, but also not a huge deal. I needed somewhere to go in order to pump since I am not in an office. Good for me–there are rooms set up at Nestlé just for nursing moms. Bad for me–none are located in my building. In the beginning I walked over to another building everyday, a couple of times a day, but the walk took even more time away from my desk.

The head administrative coordinator told me it would be okay to use an unoccupied office as long as I put a note on the door. So that’s what I did, and it worked great. It was no secret what I was doing in there, but people left me alone.

Then today, in the middle of a “session,” there was a knock. I responded with a “Don’t come in here!” Door opens. I yell “NO NO NO NO NO NO!” Door closes.

Well, I’m sure he is much more embarrassed than I am. Now about that raise…

(Enjoy my image? My awesome (he’ll be the first person to tell you that) friend created it. Thanks Brock!)

tessa teaches cam to talk

Older kids are very wise. Cam watches the other children in daycare with him, mesmerized by all they can do. I’m sure they are teaching him useful things, such as running, jumping, throwing and asking for more cookies.

Today Katrina dropped by with her daughter Tessa, who is just over 8 months. Look at what she had to teach him!



Cam was playing hard to get, as if he’s not interested in this beautiful older woman. Or he was just being smart and letting the lady talk.

The kid learns fast.

who trick'or'treats with a 4 month old?

It’s always been a pet-peeve of mine when I answer my door on Halloween only to find a parent holding a bag open wanting candy “for the baby.” Right…your twelve pound child can’t wait to score a full-size Snickers bar. Two Tootsie Rolls for you.


So we celebrated Halloween by going to the Blues game. Much like we celebrate 41 other nights during the year (more if we make it to the playoffs). Thankfully, Cam does really well at the games. He tends to watch everyone around us, and the jumbotron. At some point, he wants to eat (I’m sure it’s rare for women to nurse at hockey games, but if the kid has to eat I have no problem feeding him in public) and then conks out for awhile. Our hope is he gets used to game nights now, so he will behave well in the future. And if he doesn’t share our love of hockey, Chris will wonder where he came from.

Especially if he ends up a baseball fan…

my beanpole

Cam had his four month appointment today and I have a lean baby. His stats are 13 lb. 11 oz. and 25.25". Average height and skinny! But I was never a chunky baby, so I guess he’s taking after me. Doctor isn’t concerned about it, so neither am I. However, four months means four shots. He took them like a champ, but now has sore legs and wakes himself with every jerk. It’s going to be a long night…

My office had their annual Halloween pet parade on Thursday, which is always a riot. All the dogs get dressed up and parade about, and get a bag full of treats for participating. If you have any children, they are welcome to come and get their own treats of a different sort. Chris brought Cam in costume which was fun; many of my coworkers have never met him. It was held inside this year due to our ark-building weather but it still worked out great. Cam was (can you guess?) a pumpkin. Pip dressed up like a fire hydrant, and none of the dogs mistook him for the real thing. However, dog hats are not stable things and kept sliding off to the side.


No trick’or’treating for us this year. The Blues have a game which we don’t want to miss. Instead, we’ll dress Cam up and spend the night watching hockey. I’m sure I’ll have more photos to share!