Cameron's First Christmas

What a WONDERFUL day. Just like any new parents we kept hearing from everyone "I know Cameron is going to get a TON of stuff for Christmas". We tried to be cognizant of the fact that he would not really understand or even remember anything about this Christmas so we tried not to go overboard with buying him a ton of stuff. While we did get more than we probably should have (we couldn't help it) I think we did better than most new parents. And even though we spent quite a bit of money on him for toys (most of them being educational ones) and clothes he did just as we expected, paid more attention to the paper than the actual gift. That's okay, it was cute to watch. BTW, to all of you who thought of us this Holiday with cards and gifts, we say "Thank You" from the bottom of our hearts!

Twas the Night Before Christmas

As I mentioned in an earlier post, we were SO excited about starting the "Glenn Family Christmas Tradition". I put things in motion by purchasing our new Christmas pajamas. Of course Mommy and Daddy had to get regular pajamas (no Christmas designs for us) but I found Cameron the cutest little Christmas pajama set and he was as handsome as ever in it. Then on Christmas Eve after dinner out with friends we headed back home for our Christmas story. We got all dressed up in our new pajamas and read the Christmas story from the bible. While we knew he wouldn't understand this year we plan to do this every Christmas. Our main reason for this is so that we can expose Cameron to the TRUE meaning of Christmas. As the tradition continues, he will be able to understand the reason behind all the excitement over Christmas as well as why we do things like give gifts on this wonderful holiday. We were supposed to read the story and then open one gift each before bed but in true Cameron fashion he feel asleep before the story was over. We were not disappointed at all, it was truly special starting this family tradition. We will see if next year brings about different results.

Cam Turns 8 Months!

This week Cameron turned 8 months old. I honestly can't believe it. He has become such a BIG boy. As you have seen over the past few months he is growing and growing, getting bigger and longer each day. If I had to guess I would say he is probably about 19 (solid) pounds right now. While we don't have another doctor's appointment until his 9 month check up I am pretty sure I am close in guessing his weight. ( I can tell by how tired my arms are when I carry him - LOL).

Development Track I know every baby is different in their development but I can't help but compare Cameron to the other little boys in his class. I have to say he is ahead of his classmates when it comes to his fine motor skills and his vocal skills. He is much more vocal than others in his class (sometimes not in a good way). He does this thing now where he will just start to scream at the top of his lungs. It is not a crying scream but a laughing one but it is SO loud it is ridiculous! It sounds like he is trying to hit a Mariah Carey note or something. Too funny. His favorite word to say is da-da. Yes da-da. I have not heard ma-ma yet but I know its coming soon.

The Teeth Cameron's bottom two teeth came in right before he turned 6 months old. He really didn't know what to do with them when they were fully in. When I would put the spoon in his mouth he would try to chew on it because he was not use to them being there. Now he has one top tooth coming in. You can see it starting to poke out and when you put your finger in his mouth you can feel it. It's going to be funny to see him so young with top and bottom teeth! Then again, you never know. It may take months for those top ones to finally come in.

Crawling - NOT One area in which Cameron is not ahead of the rest of his classmates is with crawling. Again, I know all babies are different and some babies don't crawl at all but because Cameron is on his belly most of the time I thought he would be crawling by now. Don't get me wrong, he can get anywhere he wants to go but not from crawling - from either scooting or rolling over to get there (see video). Jante' and I say it every day - he is going to be a handful when he starts to crawling and walking. Just watching him trying to get from point A to point B he is so determined. If he is sitting in your arms and he sees something he wants, you would think he was 100 lbs because he uses his strength to maneuver to where he wants to go. We will see how much longer it takes for little man to start to crawl!

O Christmas Tree

I can't believe it but it is time to put up the Christmas tree already. I originally planned not to put up a tree (because we were going to be in Atlanta on Christmas Day) but once we decided not to go to Atlanta until the 26th, I could not resist putting up the tree. Plus this was a great way to get in the Christmas spirit. And of course the rest of the family tried to help. It took longer than I'd planned but we finally got it done. (Or should I say, I got it done, as you can see Cameron and Jante' took more breaks than they did work).

God's Creations!

One of the new "Glenn Family" traditions we will implement for Christmas is reading and sharing the true meaning of Christmas with Cameron. We will get dressed up in our new Christmas PJ's and read the Christmas story from the bible and then explain to him why we celebrate this great holiday. We think it is very important to teach him early the real meaning of Christmas and all the wonderful things that God has done for our family. Some great friends of ours (Keiya and Kevin Myles) invited us to the Creation Museum and we knew this would be another way to show Cameron the great works of the Lord. The Creation Museum is a museum dedicated to bringing the pages of the bible to life. We had a great time walking through the stories from the bible and really seeing first hand the miracles God preformed. Trust me, we know that right now Cameron doesn't understand many of the things that's going on but as Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."