Cam turned one this past Sunday, October 6th! We still can’t get over it!

For Cam’s birthday we thought it would be great to keep it simple and do something we know he loves. We went hiking of course… but not one of our usual local hikes, Cam has now officially “hiked” his first 4,000 footer in the white mountains, Mount Liberty. It was rainy at home but as we drove up north it remained overcast most of the day leaving us to the beautiful foliage and an 8 mile adventure. Cam did great, myself and Eric is another story! I haven’t done a 4,000 footer since I was pregnant! And Eric had quite the heavy pack, he swears Cam must weigh in around 50 pounds now a days! Here’s some pictures from his birthday.

Present time! Rusty helped him rip off the wrapping paper!

Looking cute as usual, even in his Super Cam Man PJs.

All bundled up and hydrating with mom’s camel bak before we started our big hike.

Rusty leading the way…

Keeping an eye on things over Eric’s shoulder…

Snack break!

We made it to the summit, not much of a view but well worth the journey.

Cam climbed in the driver’s seat, told us to rest up, he’d drive home.

And to end the great day, a cake smash! He was a little hesitant at first…

But then dug right in…

Literally…

The happy birthday boy

It’s been a busy couple of months, with a couple weddings of close friends, to enjoying the beautiful fall weather, we feel like we go nonstop. And with Cam on the move, crawling faster than the speed of light, walking holding onto anything and everything and taking steps on his own here and there, and just today figuring out how to stack objects so he can use them to climb over things such as safety gates, we see ourselves stopping no time soon! And we love every minute of it. There are days we just lie on the floor and belly laugh watching Cam do the funniest things.

You never know what child proofing a home means until you have a child. Cam has found things in our house that we never knew existed. One thing we needed to address was the cat’s litter box, and we therefore had to install a cat door… Cam still thinks this is a special toy to play with daily.

Cam looking for the Cat!

And eating… never knew what messy was… Thankfully Rusty eats most anything and has probably gained a couple pounds since Cam started eating solids, but when we don’t have Rusty with us is when we really notice the messes.

Nectarines definitely taste better if you smear them all over your face.

Here’s a couple pictures from our friends weddings of Cam all dressed up. He had the honor of being a ring bearer in my best friends wedding. That day he fought sleep and decided he would not nap before the 4pm ceremony, myself and Eric were sure Cam would scream or else sleep going down the aisle… but he ended up being a ham, gazing up at the crowd, maybe even winking at the cute flower girls on the way.

Cam holding the ring box and getting pulled down the aisle by Eric.

Sitting on Eric’s lap paying attention to the photographers… I mean ceremony…

Me and Cam ready for our friends wedding that Eric was a groomsmen in.

Here’s a couple other cute ones I just had to include… Enjoy!

Cool chair at Mountain Top Inn, cool kid getting ready to go hiking in his cool shirt that says “Let’s go hiking”

His formal “One year old” shoot with Dad!