Cam and his pals

My favorite part of any new job is the honeymoon phase. It is really hard to screw up in your first two weeks on just about any job. In my experience, it takes at least a month or so before you are even trusted to do much of anything. Not this job! It has been an eventful, but fulfilling, first week. Things have settled down a bit since that hectic first hour, but I could really use that honeymoon phase!

I don’t know much about blogs, but one thing I have noticed is that when you don’t have a lot of great material for a post, you make lists. So here is a list of ten thoughts from my first solo week with Cam:

1. I’d like to have words with the good folks at Carters baby clothes about the engineering of the buttons on most of their onesies. I mean really? How did they test this before going to market? Why use buttons at all? Zippers all day! I haven’t kept track, but my guess is I am about a 60% shooter when it comes to getting these things on in one try.

2. Remember that truly awful 1998 song called Lullaby by Shawn Mullins? Well, that thing pops into my head EVERY time I try to put Cam down for a nap. EVERY time. Join me in my misery: http://youtu.be/hG9C0VwruXE

3. Poop isn’t as scary as I thought it would be. I think getting a dog first has made all things poop easier. So thanks Quinn!

4. It may be a little while before I have lunch at the normal lunch time again. I am convinced Cam can hear me making myself food and turns on the water works immediately.

5. I am starting to learn the difference between the hungry cry, the messy diaper cry and the tired cry. I’m not a big fan of any of these.

6. I probably get a little too excited when I have just enough free time to do the dishes or finish up laundry.

7. I never thought I would ever write a sentence like the one above. Ever.

8. I’m pretty sure I still have no idea what I’m doing.

9. There is nothing cuter in the world than an infant sneezing. The full body action is outstanding.

10. Cam is the man. He really is. So far, so good….

Some exciting blog fodder coming up to end the month. We are taking a full family road trip to Bethany Beach for the wedding of our great friend Katie Stouffs this weekend. We are excited for Cam to meet all his “aunts” and “uncles” and return to one of our favorite places on earth. Sara and I got married in Bethany, almost exactly seven years ago.

The Bethany trip (about a 7 hour drive) will probably look pretty easy compared to our trip just a few days after we get back. We go to Vegas on April 30th. A quick 4 day trip for a conference that Sara is a part of at the Bellagio. Cam will get to meet his Aunt Kate and three of his cousins who live in Arizona. This promises to be a different Vegas than the one I usually see! Stay tuned…..