It has been over three months since my last blog entry. That is longer than I intended, but a short break was something I did plan. With a beach vacation starting in a few days, it will probably be a few weeks before I get anything else posted. So I felt like this would be a good time to remind my many readers that we are still here!

When I started this blog Cameron was a few weeks old and I was fretting my decision to be a stay-at-home parent. I never wanted this blog to just be a running diary of our days together. I wanted to share milestones, and funny anecdotes of our time together. That has gotten a little harder as we settled into our routine. We had a crazy first few months together, but things have settled down in recent months. We have a very strict routine and I go out of my way, for us not to go out of our way and get into any trouble. In short, we live fairly boring lives. The most exciting thing that has happened to us was the time that daddy forgot he left the library books on the roof of his car a couple months ago. He drove home and didn’t remember until a couple hours later. Back in the library parking lot and the surrounding areas were pieces of these books (ironically mostly about cars and trucks) all over the place. A lost cause. And a 30 dollar braincramp. Could have been worse!

Back in April I posted about Cameron starting to walk. I’m “happy” to say that he hasn’t slowed down since. He’s getting close to running and is tall enough to get into almost everything in the kitchen. What used to be relaxing trips to music class and storytime have pretty much turned into me chasing him around for 45 mins. Attempting to stop him from sticking his thumb in some poor baby’s eye as he attempts to say hello. We’re still working on proper salutations!

We have continued to enjoy PBS Kids when we are home and have a little bit of downtime. I’m a big fan of Arthur, much more than he is. It’s probably over his head, geared more towards adults I think. He has gotten into Sesame Street, which is cool. Many of the same characters (and actors) remain from when I was kid. He’s partial to the letter of the day with Elmo (clap, clap) and the Count telling us the number of the day (stomp, stomp). And of course the hilarity of Super Grover. Neither of us are very fond of the Flying Fairy School animated bit. Nor can we understand why it gets so much of the show.

Next up is talking. We can’t decide if he’s started talking yet or not. He “talks” a lot, but its mostly the kind of sounds you heard from Adam Sandler early in the movie Billy Madison. He does say Daddy, and Doggy (these sound almost identical, but you know what he means). Mama. Truck and Car are getting close. In short, he’s about there, but we’ve decided not declare a first word just yet. Stay tuned…..