5 Months

Cameron is five months old now. I know I say this all the time, but she is growing so fast!!! We are amazed with how one day she just wakes up and is doing something all new that she never could do before.Her little personality is really evolving and we love what we see! She has her definite likes and dislikes and she lets it be known to everyone. She loves watching TV. So much so that I can't ever leave the TV on for even a minute, because it will distract her so much that she will not play. She just sits and stares...must be all the cool lights and new sights. We have a Skidamarink! I Love you book and on the last page is a picture of a little boy with a big red heart. Every time we read this book she smiles so big at the little boy. It is adorable to see she already has preferences!

She has mastered the art of rolling over from tummy to back. However, she is still working on rolling the other way. It's much harder and she tends to get stuck halfway and just lays on her side. I don't know if she really even wants to roll to her tummy, though. She loves laying on her back and grabbing her feet. It seems as if nothing could make her happier.

This little baby is truly our angel! She is such a dream come true. We are loving watching her grow and develop and can not wait to watch her go through each stage of her life. She makes life such a happier place!

I have feet!

Cameron has found a way to entertain herself without any toys...her feet! She usually just grabs them and rolls to her side as she holds them. But tonight she was actually putting her feet in her mouth. Oh, to be so flexible...

Mani/Pedi's

One of the few things that I WILL NOT do as a parent is clip nails. I am so afraid that I am going to hurt her by cutting her fingers or something so I refuse to do it. Therefore, Neal is Cameron's manicurist :) Here are some pictures of the super dad at work. Afterwards, Cami looks so happy and relieved to have trimmed nails...no more scratching herself as she sleeps....at least for another 3 days!

The Dube 5

Well, our blog name is "threedubes" but someone has pointed out to me that there are actually FIVE Dubes. Although I can not go back and change the name of our blogsite, I can show a little appreciation to our two "first borns." Molly:

We got Molly in October of 2003. She is a short haired miniature daschund. She was the smallest and cutest puppy we had ever seen and we fell in love with her instantly!

She was our first pet, our first "child", and possibly our first love....just kidding, Neal!

She has the funniest/quirkiest personality. She can be very playful when she wants to be, but she mostly just sits up on her "throne" and acts as queen bee. She likes to be close and will put her face on yours just so she can be close to you.

She also loves to be warm and HATES the cold. She will sleep under the covers with us each night and would wear a sweater year round if we would let her. She is such a wonderful dog I don't know what we would do without her...our first born!!!!

We love you Molly!!!!!

Maddie:

Neal got Maddie as a birthday present for me in August of 2006. He brought her home wrapped in a pink bow and I fell in love with her instantly, too. Maddie is a long haired miniature daschund.Maddie is quite a bit different than Molly. She is playful ALL the time. She is constantly bringing toys to us and putting them right in our hands to make it very easy for us to throw or, her favorite, play tug-of-war. She is the typical "little sister" to Molly, always wanting to be next to her and play with her.

Maddie is a little weight challenged, to put it nicely, and eats all of Molly's food. She is also very sneaky and clever as she thinks of ways to get food and toys away from Molly. Maddie also has a skittish side and gets very scared of noises (even leaves crinkling) as we go for walks. But she will also flip the skittish act once she sees another dog is safely on the other side of the street and bark at them as if she is unaware of her size.

Maddie is such a fun, happy, sweet dog. She can always put a smile on our face and we are so happy to have her in our little family!! We love you beary much, Maddie.

Merry Christmas

Here are some pictures I took of my 3 girls under the Christmas tree today. It was extremely hard to get the dogs to sit where I wanted, Cameron to be still, and all three of them to look at me at the same time. But I did get at least one good one of all three of them.

Molly is just being nosy and snooping around like she always does!!! Such a crazy dog!

Jump & Go

Cameron got an early Christmas present and we couldn't wait for her to open it. Actually, Neal wanted to wait, but I couldn't... I was too excited! It is a jump & go and it is so neat! It plays music and lights up each time she jumps which will help her get excited about jumping! I'm sure I will not be too thrilled about that feature once she actually gets going, but for now I love it!

Cameron has only "jumped" in it a couple of times but she seems to enjoy it and she loves looking at the lights. I don't think it will be long before she gets the hang of it and will be jumping like a little jumpin' bean! :) I know this one is a little blurry but she looked so happy as she was jumping so I tried to capture the moment!!

Christmas Jammies

Cami is all ready for Christmas! She is going to have such a great first Christmas. After sleeping almost through the night last night (woke up only 2 times for the paci, woo-hoo!) she woke up in a great mood! I took this picture of her this morning in her first pair of Christmas jammies. Unfortunately, last night was a different story! Apparently, she was not in the Christmas spirit before bed...she was way too tired to care about these jammies! Such a sad face :(

Get Me Out!

Cameron has learned a new trick...arching her back. These days she is very squirmy, which makes things much more dangerous. Changing her has become quite the task! Here are some pictures of her arching her back while in the bumbo...I think if she could talk she would say "take me out of this thing!"

The Cutest Hat Ever!

Tonight we went outside to look at the pretty Christmas lights Neal put up on our house. Since it was SO cold we had to bundle Cami up and put her new hat on. I think it very well may be the cutest hat I have ever seen on a baby...I'm not biased! Thank you for the cute hat, Grammy!

Happy Thanksgiving

Cameron had a great first Thanksgiving. We went out to her Uncle Chad and Aunt Kelley's house in Greevnville to have a yummy feast of turkey and all the trimmings! Here are some of the pictures from the day.

Cameron and her cousin, Troy.

Family photo

Daddy and Cami

3 Generations

After we ate Thanksgiving dinner we helped Chad and Kelley decorate their house for Christmas. Troy thought that the stockings were socks and decided to get all dressed up for Christmas...it was too cute!!!

4 Months Old!!!

Cameron is 4 months old today! She is growing so fast! It seems like every day she is up to something new. Unfortunately, right now she has a cold, but even with her feeling under the weather she is still a happy and content baby. They weighed her when we went to the doctor on Wednesday for the cold. She weighs 13 lbs. 14 oz...what a chunky monkey. But she is still so short. She is just a compact little baby. Some of Cameron's favorite things at 4 months are:

Putting everything into her mouth. Her favorites are the hands, toys, and burp cloths.

"Mr. Sun" on her jumperoo!

Grabbing everything within her reach, even Mommy's hair!

Helping mommy with the laundry....well, not really

but it's a cute picture anyways!

So Curious

Cameron's little personality is very entertaining! She kept cracking us up as everytime her daddy would take a drink she would look at him in such wonder, as if to say "how does he do that?"

Tiny Toes!

I took this picture as Cameron was fully engaged in her Baby Einstein video...yes, she is already a tv watcher! I thought her little curled toes were adorable.

Tummy Time

Cameron is getting used to her tummy time. She is up to about 10-15 minutes of it at a time! She has mastered the "mini-push up" from doing all this exercise. Laying on her tummy will help her strengthen her neck and arm muscles so she can eventually sit-up, crawl, and pull to a stand. She has rolled over from her tummy to her back several times, but she seems to forget she knows how and it takes her a few days to remember again.

Grammy's Visit

Cameron's Grammy came to stay at out house over the weekend so we could go out for the night. She had lots of fun playing with her Grammy. This is a picture of the two of them just before they went on a walk Saturday night. Grammy took such great care of Cameron and her two "sisters", Molly and Maddie! We are so happy to have such a wonderful Grammy like her!!!