(almost) a year in the life of Cameron Joseph Walker

In NINE days, Cameron will be ONE year old! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. As cliche as it sounds, it seriously seems like only yesterday that I was pregnant with him, or still in the hospital with him, or at home in the very beginning with him-desperately trying to figure out how to take care of this little person. I cannot believe he is going to be a year old already. What an amazing journey it has been to watch him grow and change. I had absolutely no idea how much work, but especially how much joy and fun it would be.

I decided when Cameron was first born that I wanted to get pictures taken of him every month during his first year. I knew it would be an expensive commitment, but I also knew that during his first year, he was going to change by leaps and bounds from day to day, week to week, and month by month. So every month, we got to the mall and took pictures. The photographers at the photo place eventually remembered us, and all thought Cameron was so cute and so fun to take pictures of. I will be going next week to get his one year pictures taken, and it will be bittersweet to think that we won't be getting monthly pictures taken. It will be nice not to spend the money though!

So I thought, what better way to celebrate his birthday than to reflect back on the last year....So bear with me, this will be a long one, but here is the year in the life of Cameron Joseph Walker.......enjoy! And check back in a couple of weeks for his one year pictures-they are sure to be a lot of fun!!!

one month old-April



two months old-May



three months old (and technically, Father's Day)-June



four months old-July


five months old-August


six months old-September




seven months old-October



eight months old-November



nine months old-December


nine months old-December/Christmas



ten months old-January



eleven months old (and Valentine's Day)-February

It's beginning to feel a LOT like Christmas...

With only NINE days left, it is really feeling like Christmas. Where did this year go? It seems like only yesterday that it was last December and I was pregnant, drinking my two a day Decaf Gingerbread lattes from Starbucks....But it is almost Christmas, and we are alllmost ready. I just finished my Christmas cards, and that kicked my butt into updating this. I got on here and was appalled to realize that my last update was in September. I laughed as I read through it really quickly and saw that Cameron was alllmost crawling. Well, my little Cameron is now officially crawling. He got up on his hands and knees right around Halloween. He is crawling EVERYWHERE. He pulls himself up on everything. He used to let us walk him around the house, but he has realized that crawling is way faster, so his knees just fold and he wants to crawl. He is talking and laughing and just growing every single day. One of his newer revelations is the light. He loves looking at lights. We can walk around the house alll day long asking him where the light is, and it never gets old. He even tries to say light.

He has eight teeth. Four on top and four on bottom. He has been a little teething machine since the middle of August. They just keep coming and coming. We just went to his NINE month appointment, and he weighs just a little over 21 pounds, and he is 28 inches long. He has slowed down a little bit, but not much...It is so amazing to watch.

Well, without further adeiu, here are some recent pictures...

He was a monkey for Halloween (naturally)


And we caught Cameron dressed as a business man one day, reading the newspaper!



His first trip to Philippe's (a true Southern Californian)

Showing off his hot bod at Mommy and Me


Some pictures of Cameron at Halloween




And Cameron's other Christmas pictures

Cameron and Santa Claus (he actually did really well-he was not afraid of him at all!)

Well, that's it for now. Cameron, Jeff and I want to wish everyone a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY HAPPY New Year! I PROMISE to get on here more often and update everyone with new pictures and news. That's one of my New Year resolutions.

Six Months Old!!!

well, Cameron turned six months old on September 10th. He is getting bigger and bigger every day. He has mastered sitting up by himself. He is on the verge of crawling. He is moving and moving, he just hasn't figured out that he needs to get his knees up. Once he figures that out, he is going to be unstoppable.

We have had an eventful month/month and a half. Cameron has eaten his way through all of his fruits and veggies, and so far, he has not turned anything down. He loves it all. We took him to his first Jack Johnson concert (hopefully not his last). It was at UCLA (go bruins!). We had a great time. He slept through most of it, but was singing along with everyone else.

Cameron had his first beach adventure the first weekend of September. We went to San Diego for a birthday party (Happy 5th Birthday Brooklyn and Ajax!). Grensted!). Cameron had a great day. He did really well. Jeff loved taking him in the water-they went in a bunch of times, and each time, he took Cameron a little bit further. He was up to his waist in water one time. He LOVED it.

Cameron has been a little tooth making factory lately. He got his bottom two and his top two all within about a month and a half. He has had a hard time with it-but he is super tough and his teeth are the cutest teeth ever!

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:
these are from the Jack Johnson concert:



and these are the beach pictures:








Of course, Cameron had to eat the beach umbrella. The last one is Cameron passed out in the car on the way home. He is holding his new friend that he got from Robin and Linda Grensted. He didnt let go of it all night.

Well, that is it for now, but I will TRY to get on here sooner next time, even if just to put up new pictures!

Cameron starts eating solids!

Well, we went to the gastroenterologist (however it's spelled....we will call it the GI dr). He was not too worried since Cameron is so healthy, but he is going to keep an eye on things. He recommended that we start him on some rice cereal, which we did right away. Cameron loved it! He has now graduated to some yummy carrots. We went back to the GI dr and they weighed and measured him, and the results are.....Cameron is 27 inches and 16 pounds, 15 ounces! My big guy! Here are some fun pictures for your entertainment:

Here is Cameron hanging out with daddy in the baby bjorn:

Cameron and his Grandpa, on Mommy's birthday:

Cameron with Cousin Emerik and Aunt Fran:

Cameron eating rice cereal for the first time:

Cameron has recently discovered the BEST food ever....his feet!

He is allllmost sitting up by himself:

My happy little guy:

Cameron loves his mommy (and she adores his super cute little butt)

Its a boy, and he's a cutie!!

And last, but not least....Cameron's first taste of carrots. He is excited, he loves it, and he is not a happy guy when they are all gone....

Fourth of July fun and Cameron is allllmost four months old!!!

I cannot believe that Cameron is going to be four months old tomorrow. My little guy is getting bigger and bigger every day. We go for his four month appointment tomorrow, and I can't wait to see how big he has gotten. I weighed him a couple of weeks ago, and he was 15 pounds 8 ounces, so I can only imagine what he will weigh tomorrow!

I didn't realize until I got on here that it has been a month since I last updated this! I am so sorry to any of you that have been looking for recent pictures. I promise to try to update this more often. It is a lot of work taking care of a little guy all the time, but I will get on here more often.

We went to my parents' cabin in Mammoth for the Fourth of July weekend. We left Thursday around 6 and we were up there until Sunday. Cameron did pretty good on the drive going up and coming home. He slept most of the time, and cried only a little bit a couple of times. He slept like a champ up there. We had a lot of fun. We took him to the parade, but did not do fireworks. We thought he was still too little to enjoy them.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend. Enjoy!