time is not crawling, but Cameron almost is

03/17/2010
03/17/2010
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

All of a sudden, Cameron started going up on her toes and lifting her entire body up off the ground–it was like she just instantly decided to do it the other day. She’s been able to get up on her knees and has been scooting backwards for a little while now, but this “downward facing dog” business is new!


03/17/2010
03/17/2010
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Clearly, it’s hard work. I am truly inspired by the exercise regimen this little gal has fashioned for herself. It seems she gets tired and discouraged, too (poor little gal looks spent in this picture!), but her recovery time is remarkable–after just a few short minutes, she’s back to practicing and telling us all about it!

This was taken on St. Patrick’s Day, by the way. We have no strong affinity for the day (do we even think missionary work is a good thing? Um, no…or, I should say, “generally not,” but especially not in the way-back-when days.), but we all wore green (except for Dylan, who totally refused) and Tom made a vegan corned unbeef dish for dinner. During the day, we went to story time and, because we couldn’t stay for the whole session, we brought back shamrocks and green paper for after-school craft time….


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Cameron is 7 months already???

bath night
bath night
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Though it’s been harder to just whip out the camera (and carry it along, for that matter), the camera still lives! Dylan loved sharing a bath with Cameron the other day. Cameron was fine, but seemed a bit more concerned about the space that suddenly wasn’t just all her’s! She really loves the bath!

In other news, she finally started opening her mouth to solids (about a couple of days ago). We believe avocado was the “breakthrough” food. But, today, after seeing the pediatrician, we’re pausing new foods (on Day 4 of avocado) and have had her vaccines delayed because of some hives that just manifest yesterday. The doctor believes it’s viral (oh, lordy, when will we finally be done with these viruses??) and will clear in a couple of days, but she didn’t want to confuse the cause with vaccinations.

At this point, Cameron is in the 70-something percentile for weight and still at the 95th for height and looking good otherwise. We’ll take her back for vaccinations in about two weeks…!

I can’t believe she’s already 7 months old. I know I repeat myself when I say this, but time really is flying….


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dylan takes cameron out

Dylan thought it would be pretty funny to put a take-out container on Cameron’s head. She humored him…!


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hats off to Seuss

made cat in the hat hats at story time in honor of dr. seuss's bday
honoring dr. seuss’s bday
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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, we got to make Cat in the Hat hats at story time (and we heard a story). I love how Dylan gets enthused by events and themes like this. We had to check out a Seuss book and we’re back to reading “The Lorax” nearly nightly…and, of course, I had to take his picture in his cute little hat…!

Back Log: At this time, three(!!!) years ago, Dylan was crawling around listening to Mothersong. My, how time is flying.

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a little extracise

03/02/2010
03/02/2010
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Just a shot of little Cameron’s (so far still) toothless smile. We’re pretty happy she likes this thing. She can spend a lot of time in it. We’re able to do a little cooking here and there, a little cleaning, a little this, a little that. It’s nice. And, Cameron gets a little “extracise” (as Dylan would say!).


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another beach day in between rain

strollin' to the beach. cameron's second time in the double stroller
strollin’ to the beach
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In between rain and sickness, we had another opportunity to hit the beach in the morning. Here’s Cameron happily riding in the double-stroller. Dylan and Cameron sit back to back, but she can hear him talking and often tries to twist around to see him. He chats away in her direction. Once we’re at the beach, though, he usually abandons her for his snack (we get a little something from the cafĂ© there) and people-watching. He notes everything from the volleyball players to the dog-walkers and the folks on the sailboats…! Cameron’s big ol’ eyes just try to track every bird that comes near that is hoping to get a crumb from our snacks. We usually stay for about an hour and it usually feels like too short a time (and that probably means we’ve stayed just the right amount of time).


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what?? this was from 2/23??

good morning, sunshines!
good morning, sunshines!
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

I made a little administrative error and forgot to transfer the domain name for this site in time, so it was down for about a week–I just changed hosts and I was hoping the transition would be seamless. Oh, well! In any event, a lot has happened. This picture is from “way back when….” The kids had just woken up (see Dylan’s lovely bed-head??) and, as usual, they were happy to hang out with each other.

These days, Cameron is usually the first one awake. She then starts swatting people in the heads (Dylan and I are the closest targets!) and attempts to make morning conversation. She’s very loud and chatty.

Luckily, Dylan loves her to pieces and, despite being totally groggy, he usually starts giggling at her and reaches out to take her hand.

Then, we make our way downstairs for breakfast, etc. Sometimes, we sit for a story before eating; other times, the kids just play and coo at each other….


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we are uncertain about bananas!

bananas day 1.5
bananas day 1.5
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Last week, Cameron started bananas, but owing to the potential tummy virus, we gave her a couple of days break. Then, we decided to hold off for another day (Sunday) when we took the kids to see Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo show–we didn’t want poor Cameron (or us, for that matter!) to be puke-covered while out and about!! But, today, we resumed the food trial.

Overall volume of food is still pretty darn low. Today, I tried giving her just a few spoonfuls. The jury is still out on whether she likes it!!


mmmm ? bananas!
mmmm ? bananas!
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Regardless of the actual taste experience, Cameron clearly enjoys having her own food “gear!” In fact, one of the reasons we decided to try bananas again this morning was because she was looking a little put-out while Dylan, Tom and I were enjoying our own breakfasts of solids!! As you can see, she perked up as soon as she had her own little set-up. Such a sweet girl…!


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push ups

Here’s Cameron, “tethered” to her mat by a long, long string of drool (click on the picture to see a larger picture)! She’s gotten so good at pushing her entire body up off the ground. She’s also added scooting backwards as a strategy for getting at whatever it is she wants! We’re in no hurry to have her crawl, for certain; we are just impressed by her brute strength!


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morning at the beach

2/22/2010 - harbor beach
2/22/2010 – harbor beach
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It was such a beautiful day, I spontaneously decided to take the kids to the beach. I figured we had to seize the day since it won’t be long before I’m back to full-time and I will no longer be able to spend mornings with the kids.

Cameron loved being outside and watching the dirty birds tweet and fly around. It was also the first time I put her in the stroller for a ride instead of just carrying her in the Ergo! She seemed to enjoy the ride there, but once the stroller stopped, she wanted o-u-t! And, pronto!


Jill, Jonah, Dylan and Emily
Jill, Jonah, Dylan and Emily
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We happened to see some mommies we met long, long ago when Dylan was just months old! Dylan loved playing with Emily and Jonah who both just celebrated their 4th birthdays this past weekend. He didn’t want to leave, but being the nice fella he is, he didn’t give me hard time about it!

As always, more pictures can be seen on flickr.


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