Love having a Boy!

It has been fun to know so many people having boys around the same time as me! I know 5 girls who have boys within 2 months of me! How fun! My cousin Melanie came over with her adorable boy Noah. These two will have fun together!

I love this picture of Cameron. I hear that he looks like Taylor all of the time. I can't decide...I think he has Chad's eyes and my nose and mouth. I think he looks like Cameron:)

First Sunday at church! 6 weeks old

One month old!

It's amazing how excruciating a month can be when you are pregnant, and how fast it goes after you have the baby! I can't believe Cameron is one month old! I am not sure how much he weighs now. He wasn't back up to his birth weight at 2 weeks-he weighed 7lb 6 oz. But at 3 weeks he was at his birth weight. I feel like he has gained another pound since then! He is sleeping 7hrs at night-AMAZING! He is already a mama's boy and always wants to be with me, which I am loving. Cam has issues with eating though, and is so kick back when it comes to nursing. He is already smiling, which is the best! I love when a newborn starts smiling for the first time and you get to see how they look and glow when they smile!!

What's not to love!?

A gift from above

My awesome brother took these pictures of Cameron when he was 5 days old. THANK YOU Byron! These are my favorites...

Cameron,

You took your sweet time coming here, and you were not going to come until you were good and ready. I believe that you were with Grandpa, and wanted to spend some extra time with him before you came to earth. A lot was going on in the weeks before your arrival and I was under a lot of stress. I am grateful that you didn't come early because this meant that I could travel to CA and spend precious time with my Dad before he passed and met you. When my Dad passed, I felt his spirit and your spirit and knew that the two of you were together and was grateful that he got to meet you.

I was having crazy contractions for 3 weeks before your arrival. I have never had contractions like that before and for that long. When we came back to UT, I headed to the hospital 4 times with false labor!! You gave me some serious pain, but none of it lead to anything serious. Plus my doctor was out of town, and so I was out of luck with anyone giving me pitocin or helping me along. I knew I just needed a little help, because I was dilating and effacing, but I was out of luck. It was very frustrating, and we were getting anxious because my mom and Marci were in town and were leaving to go home soon. I tried everything to get you to come-took hikes, ate lots of pineapple, did squats, had my membranes stripped twice.

Then on Valentines Day my doctor was finally back in town...I went to see him and all he did was strip my membranes! But he did agree to induce me the next day-Hallelujah! I was admitted at 6am Tuesday morning, and things got moving at 8. As soon as the pitocin started the contractions were finally regular and doing something! They broke my water at 10am and you arrived at 12pm. It was the smoothest delivery ever! It was a wonderful experience and words cannot express the joy that was on your father's face the moment he saw you! We were so excited to meet you! I was in love instantly. You are meant to be in our family.

It got a little crazy after you were born...lots of people were excited to meet you! But after everyone left and I had a quiet moment with just you I felt the spirit so strongly. I felt my Dad and knew that he was there and handed you to me...I knew that before I held you in my arms, he held you in his.

I am so grateful to have you and your sweet spirit in our home at this very difficult time. You have been sleeping so well, and I know that is a blessing from above. I wouldn't be able to handle all of this if you were a hard baby and weren't sleeping. Thank you for being so good for mommy. Thank you for bringing so much joy to our family at this time and forever! Love, your Mother