4.18.2010

here he comes, there he goes

Chris and I thought Cam would be crawling any day now for quite some time, but Cam was on his own schedule. At home, he had the two of us carrying him around and at daycare the big kids brought toys to him. Why crawl if you don’t have to? We knew he had the strength to crawl but he was still figuring that out. And we were waiting for him to sit up from laying down, knowing it would happen soon after that.

Thursday night, an hour and a half after bedtime, I looked over at the monitor to see why he was suddenly quiet and watched him sit himself up. Then he looked around trying to figure out how he got there. He did it a couple more times at 4:30 in the morning, so proud of himself that he started bouncing on his butt. Since I did not want to play his Sit Up-Lay Down game at that time he quickly figured out how to lay himself back down.

The next day he stayed home with Chris all day, who reported Cam took his first crawling steps. There were a couple more on Saturday, and longer crawls on Sunday.

I always say Cam is a ball of energy. He is on the go all day, usually bouncing, until the second he crashes. Now that he’s crawling, I think we’re all in trouble. Especially Pip.

Cam loves his Pip!


Cam is noticing Pip more and more, and he’s been so patient. Cam is especially enthralled with his collar and grabs it any chance he gets. He has also grabbed his fair share of fur and tugged on his fair share of ears, but Pip has yet to complain. It’s fun to see Cam light up when Pip walks into the room.

I love my family of four.

4.11.2010

trip to the zoo

We took a family trip to the zoo today. Cam had a couple favorites. 


Itty-bitty fish and

gigantic elephants!

He tried to teach the elephants to bounce. They didn’t catch on too well.

He got a close-up look at the chimpanzees. After watching one eat his neighbor’s poo, he decided it was an insult to be called a monkey.

All that animal action made for one sleepy baby.
And a couple of happy parents who enjoyed his long afternoon nap.