Catching up...

Althought these pictures are several months old now, I thought I just had to share! This is Cameron's first official ride on his new bday bicycle from Papaw Staines! I was even able to capture his very 1st accident! I just love the colors, big smiles, and expressions on his face! So cute!

 

Apple Picking!

This is Mommy's FAVORITE time of year--Fall! To kick off the season, we went apple picking and had a picnic at a local orchard! This will DEFINITELY become an annual event in the Bauss household! We had so much fun! So glad Papaw Staines could join in the fun! ENJOY!





Some favorites from the day...

Great Wolf Lodge!!

As all of you know, we took a trip to Great Wolf Lodge to celebrate Cameron's birthday instead of dealing with the stress and cost of a birthday party. It was probably one of the BEST decisions we have ever made! It was a blast and Cameron LOVED every minute!! Aliyah & Elizabeth even came to join in the fun! What a fun weekend, we cannot wait to go back!! :)

To make our weekend extra special, we got Cameron an upgraded room with his very own "wolf den" in our room. He LOVED it. He had his OWN bed, OWN room, OWN tv and all the snacks he could ask for!

We spent most of the weekend in the water park....we could not get Cameron out of the water!

He LOVED the slides, even the big ones! What a little dare devil we have on our hands...haha :)


Cameron had so much fun playing with Elizabeth & Aliyah all weekend. They splashed, floated, and jumped in the water for hours!!

Some of my favorites from the weekend....


Cameron saying, "bye bye water, bye bye slides, bye bye splashing...." Basically saying goodbye to EVERYTHING in the entire place....too cute!

Checking out all the water :)

Learning to float in the water. We are definitely signing him up for more swim lessons soon. He was definitely showing us that he is ready to swim like a big boy...and with his lack of fear for the water, it will be necessary before next summer!!

First night there at dinner. He had ALL his favorite on own plate: pizza, mac & cheese, pineapple, cucumber, hotdog, and bread...followed by a glass of chocolate milk! What a lucky boy!!



I have LOTS more pictures. Will post more soon! :) :) ENJOY!

A few favorites....from year 1 :)

Ok, ok, ok....I know I'm WAY behind and I know have haven't posted anything in a LONG time. I had every intention of having a collage for each year of Cameron's life ready and posted for his birthday, but as you all know that didn't happen!! We have been TOO busy celebrating his 3 years of life with parties, trips, gifts, and more cake/ice cream than I want to think about--haha! Anyway, here are some of my VERY favorite pictures from his first year. There are HUNDREDS more to choose from, but these are some of my all time favs! I'll post year 2 & 3 within the next few days, then catch up with all of our summer activities.

 

Vacation part 1 (of many )

Ryan had to work in Charlotte for a few days last week, so we decided to extend his time and add a mini, end-of-summer vacation onto the trip. We started the trip in NC visiting family :) Cameron COMPLETELY enjoyed the swimming pool this year. This is his first time in water wings and after a few minutes of checking things out he jumped right in. He is a little fish now...you can't keep him out of the water! He loves it!!!! I forsee swimming lessons in our future before next summer roles around....

 

My new jammies

Thank you Nana, Aunt Michelle, and Joan for my new jammies. Cameron's words when opening them, "Look Mommy at my beautiful new jammies!" He immediately took off the shirt he was wearing and put the top to the jammies on, as you can see from the mis-matched outfit in the picture :)

The wiggly kid :)

So, nearly 2 years later we have finally hit another milestone: a tear-free haircut for Cameron!! I have attached the pictures of his very first haircut below, which was perfect. He sat by himself the entire time with NO tears. However, as most of you know...every haircut since the first has been full of tears & wiggles...to the point of us paying the "wiggly kid" fee everytime! Hopefully he has finally realized that haircuts aren't so bad and we aren't facing another 2 years of wiggly kid cuts :) :)



Cameron's first haircut...look at those cubby cheeks...ADORABLE!