Daddy's in charge

Here's what happens to my boys when they watch too much football. I left them alone so I could get some school work done. At about 9 o'clock my baby was missing from his crib or should I say...never made it to his crib. I strolled downstairs to find this. Both of them were snoring like crazy. Thank God only one of them had a poopy diaper.

The Diaper Genie

Bath Time

Cameron may make a mess with all the spit up and poopy diapers, but he loves bathtime. It usually calms him down, or he uses it as his "resting" time before giving us hell. He's decided he hates bedtime so we try to prolong bathtime for as long as possible. I know it's wrong to try and keep your kid in the tub long enough for him to prune or fall asleep, but sometimes it just seems like maybe it would be an option. Now before you go judging me please keep in mind that I am with him the whole time. I'm not just throwing him in a tub full of water with his bottle floating next to him. Geez...it's not my second kid.


This look just says, "Seriously, Mom, I'm naked inside a bathtub! What will the ladies think?"

TOYS!!!

Why would I not stuff him inside a wicker basket with all his toys and take a picture? This was his best photo so that should tell you how much he loved this shot.

Geaux Tigers!!!

Cameron hasn't seen much of these games, but at least the Tiger print sofa is coming in handy.

The Force is strong with this one.

Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge Star Wars fan. Here is my tribute to Star Wars.

More baptism pictures

Cameron with his cousins Kaleb (left) and Jacob (right). These are Tom and Maranda's kids.

Cameron Barry's Baptism

Cameron's baptism was on Sunday, September 12th. It was a beautiful mass with plenty of friends and family to celebrate our little boy's big day. Preparation for the day was of course filled with memories. Take the cake for instance. Sometime between making a test for school and changing a poopy diaper I got the wonderful idea to make Cameron's cake. I could envision it in all it's delicious glory. A five layer round cake lightly frosted with a chocolate cream filling. The icing was the palest shade of baby blue with my baby's name in perfect script. Here's what really happened. I made a cake once in home ec. Note to what should have been "self": decorating a cake does not come back to you like riding a bike and spending a 60 minute class period decorating one cake will not qualify you to work at Haydel's Bakery. Well it started just as I had hoped. I wanted a round cake, but I poured the batter into a 13x9 pan and baked the damn thing before I realized what I had done. I didn't have a tray to put a 13x9 pan on so I used a tupperware lid which would later result in the entire top half of the cake being ripped off upon flipping. Frosting became my best friend during this process. I used an ENTIRE tub of frosting for just the filling. Then the top layer decided to split in half so I figured frosting functions sort of like caulk and I just filled all the cracks in. I used a total of 2 tubs of frosting for the outside white part, but I needed my pale blue icing. Thank God I made 4 cups of it because I used it all. I ended up dropping my cake decorator utensil, which just so happens to be the size and weight of a small child, into the middle of the cake. At this point there's only one thing left to do: fill in the gaping hole with all the frosting I can find. Mission accomplished.

Here's Cameron in his Christening gown. It's the same gown Brian wore when he was Christened as a baby.

Here's Cameron with his Nanny and Paran.

Under the Big Top

He's juggling, by the way.

Batter UP

All I can say is that we really need to work on his stance and the contact point is all wrong.

It's a Jungle out there!

2 months old

It's only Wednesday, but what a week it's been so far. Cameron turned 2 months old on Monday, then I went back to work on Tuesday. I left him with a few bottles, some cookies and the remote so I figured he'd be okay. Just kidding. His MeMe came and loved up on him. I sure missed him after a long day with the big kids, but what did I do when I got home??? I loaded him up in the rain and brought Cameron to the doctor for his 2 month shots. Awesome. I'm now associated with fever and two pains in the...thighs. He weighs in at 11 lbs 11 oz and is a health 24 inches long. Before you start to think he's well on his way to becoming the half ton baby, he's only in the 50th percentile. How come I struggle to pick up a 10 lb weight, but I can toss this kid around like it's nothing. Does Cameron count as my gym workout? (Not that I actually have a workout, but if I did.)

What's for lunch?

A hotdog!!! Yes, this is the official unveiling of Cameron's halloween costume. We decided to think outside the box...pumpkins are so unoriginal.

Hang Ten!!!