New Update

I hate coming up with titles for these silly blogs... Well once again, it's been a bit since I've updated the blog and I apologize.

Cameron is smiling a ton now and trying to talk. He has LOTS of stories for anyone who will listen.  He is still trying to figure out how to suck his thumb and for now the fists do just fine!

I am still home with him and it is absolutely fantastic! We are having a great time. None of us are going to know what to do once I go back to work, pups included.

Daisy Mae turns four tomorrow, I can hardly believe it. And she is just now starting to show her jealous side. I'm quite surprised it took that long!
Ok, now here's what everyone wants: PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!

A bit cross-eyed staring at birds

 Big smiles

 in the pool

 our last day in mom and dad's room

 in our activity center

 with Aunt Jessica

 Sleeping with the pups

 Chilling in our crib

 Toe-painting at daycare

 masterpiece

 big laughs

 my protectors

 With Grams

 Jordan and Devin Cole came for lunch



UPDATE, Finally

Well, I'm a lot better at updating facebook as I can do that on my phone... so now that the little guy is taking a nap on daddy I figure I will post some pictures for those of you who aren't on Facebook.
Cameron is 9 weeks old today! At our last measure he weighed 11 lbs 2 oz and was a little over 22.75 inches long.  He has slowly figured out how to smile back at us (and it isn't because of gas) and he is starting to make more noises, other than crying!!  Each day is a new adventure with this little guy!
Below are some pictures that I have taken over the past 9 weeks. Enjoy!

Nap time!

 With Aunty Dusty

 Sleeping with Daddy

 Yo, what you looking at?!

 With Great Grandma Ruth

 With Grandma, Daisy and Great Grandma

 Learning knuckles from daddy

 Being a good boy

 Ready for my walk mom, stop taking pictures

 Sleeping with the puppies

 Floor time with Daddy and Duke

 trying to smile



Four fast weeks

Well here we are four weeks later and we're all still here!! Its been a major adjustment and every day is a new adventure but we are getting into somewhat of a routine, if that is at all possible!
The dogs have adjusted very well to the newest addition which is great!! Cameron is getting big and keeping us all on our toes!! The little guy doesn't sleep much during the day - I suppose he is afraid he will miss something... like a Giant's game!

I can't believe how fast the first four weeks have gone by!!  Here are some pictures of the past week.

With Grandma Peggy

 Dr's and visiting people was too much!

 In our moby wrap ready for an outing!

 And today mommy learned Cameron has a sucking issue... he just wants to suck!!! Guess we should have known since he was sucking his thumb for each ultrasound!



Cameron John is here!!!!

So last Friday (4/22) I headed off to the hospital for the weekly non stress test to make sure all was ok.  Little did I know that I wouldn't be coming home for a few days after that...
The doctor had decided it was time to induce me and have the little guy.  So Bryan cancelled his racing trip to Chico and we spent the evening in the hospital.  Around 1 something the doctor came in and said it was time for us to do a c-section and the next thing I know Cameron John Wheeler was born 4/23/11 at 2:25 am.  He was 5 lbs 13.5 oz and 20 inches long.  We are all home now and adjusting well.  Today (Friday 4/29) we got the puppies back from my mom's so now the house is complete!!!!

Below are some of the pictures we have in no particular order:

With Daddy right after being born

 Aunt Jessica came up from Stockton where she had a softball game...

 Grandpa Jerry

 Grandma Karla (she was so amazed at how tiny he was... actually, we all were)

 With Papa watching a baseball game...and they share the same birthday... One Papa will probably never forget!!

 Daddy and the nurses right after Cameron was born

 Me holding Cameron

 Grandma Peggy doing the first feeding since I was still drugged :-(

 Daisy Mae helping me burp Cameron

Good puppy

Lindsay and Jason stopped by last night with their little guy AJ (2 months old) and we got to see how the pups reacted to a baby. Daisy Mae was less than thrilled however Mr Duke was very interested and wanted to make sure the baby didn't go anywhere.  WE tried to get some good pictures but he wasn't very cooperative! But its good to know he likes babies!! And well Daisy acted just like I imagined... hopefully she will get used to our bundle.

Getting Closer!

Well here we are, a month away from the due date and we are just waiting patiently.  I am down to weekly appointments which is weird as it seems like just yesterday it was just once a month.  I asked Bryan to help me hang stuff on the wall so the room would be ready for the baby and his response was sure, but that is the least of your worries with that room... which well he was right.  There were boxes still everywhere and all sorts of stuff just strewn about so I spent Sunday watching the Giants game and cleaning up the room.  Below is pictures of the completed task! Now I think we are a little closer to where we need to be!!!

The closet was full of boxes -diaper genie, high chair, diapers, bouncer and floor gym... now it is filled of buckets... buckets of socks and toys!!

the strollers were hanging out here, they are now put together and in the garage just waiting for use

we won't say what all was in the crib but now it is filled with the monkeys and Sully only because I'm out of room on top of the curio cabinet

and I got suckered into getting a bassinet... so there it is, in front of the bed. It won't fit on the side of the bed but it has wheels so it can go where ever I need it to!!!

and Mr. Duke all tuckered out from being outside with Daddy while he worked in the yard

Hope you enjoyed the slide show!!  I will try to update more later!

April Update

So I went to have a non stress test to see how the baby is doing with his movement and my blood pressure.  All was fantastic, except the little guy wanted to sleep and not move so I was stuck there for 3 hours until he finally woke up, thanks to some apple juice.  We got to do another ultrasound which seemed more difficult to see a lot of things however, they were able to confirm AGAIN that he is in fact a HE!!! He also will have some hair... not sure where he got that from since I didn't have hair until I was one and well, daddy lost all his hair!! ;-) but regardless, all looks good.  He is weighing 4lbs 11oz, give or take 11 oz... and the ultrasound lady said the due date is 5-19-11 give or take 17 days... The DR on the other hand said the guy will probably come closer to the end of April, which I tend to believe what he has to say more so than the ultrasound people.
Those are the updates here, now we just wait patiently for the guy to arrive!!

Baby Shower!

Well the baby shower was quite a success!!! Mom did a fantastic job planning it all and Jessie Lee did a bang up job helping her set it up and making sure it was perfect, which it was.  There were 197 pictures on my camera and who knows how many on moms... it was really hard to pick out what pictures to share... so there may be a few too many!!!  Enjoy

Cupcake toppers my sister Jada made... oh and the cupcakes were heavenly!!!!!!!!

starting to open presents

packed the stuff in the room... before rushing off to dinner with mom and grandma

And this is the bedspread grandma made...it fit perfectly!!!!!