Picture Catch Up

6 weeks old and I haven't gotten any better at posting and updating here.
I think we've finally got things headed in the right direction and I'm feeling good about PROGRESS! Hooray!

Cameron is loved by so many people and I joke that we will create our own "summer camp" when he's older by sending him everywhere we have family. We sure would miss him though.
I mean check out some of this Benton love, how could you not fall in love with this stud!

One Month!

Dear Little B,

(Yes, you're still Little B)
You are one month old today! I can't believe it! What an adventure life is with you in it!  Life as we know it has done one of those extreme makeover shows, bought a new car and gone on vacation.  You're so cute and really funny already.  Yesterday a woman told me that you won't be fun until you're 4 months old because that's when you'll smile and laugh. I know it's typically just gas bubbles, but you smile and laugh now. Oh and lady, this little boy is a product of Tim and I, so I promise that he's fun!

You're handsome. Oh so handsome.  You're definitely a big hit wherever you go. People stop me at stores to take a look at you. You arrived with a head full of hair and people tell me that you'll lose it, but I haven't witnessed that yet.  

As tired and "spent" as your Dad and I are, we love spending time with you. We both have our favorite things that you do, but we love the sweet snuggles and bath time the most.  Rumor has it that you don't particularly love my singing, but I beg to differ.  

We've been very blessed with visitors! What can I say, you're so popular!  

That personality is one of a kind and I can't wait to see what this adventure brings!

I Love You to the moon & back, 

Mom (huh, that's new!)

Fourteen!

Fourteen things to get caught up In A Benton World:

1.  We had a baby!  Our baby boy was born Thursday, May 17th at 1:53pm, weighing in at 8lbs, 13oz and 21 inches long.

2.  We named him Cameron Robert Benton.  Cameron came to Tim when he took a shower Thursday night and Robert is after Tim's Grandfather.  We were literally on our way to the hospital to be induced on Thursday and were narrowing our names down to 3.  Cameron wasn't one of them.

3.  We were fully prepared for the lack of sleep that would come with a baby, but no one told us to watch out for the crazy-ness that breastfeeding and a lack of schedule can bring.  I think I'll write my own "what to expect" book some day. For Tim and I, it's not really about the what to expect when you're expecting, it's more like what to expect the first 2 weeks after baby is home. Oy Vey!

4.  Tim's best lines since Cameron was born:

*  Guess what I thought of? We don't have to pay for a wedding!

*  I'm guessing this mirror isn't for me, but I think I'll put it right here so that when I wake up I can look at myself. (in the hospital)

*   "Cameron if this is your way of telling us that you want to be an only child, you're doing a darn good job of it!"

5.  Cameron is 2 weeks old and we took our first walk around the neighborhood. It must be because I have a jeep and he was used to a bumpy ride in the womb, because he fell asleep pretty fast on that uneven asphalt. 

6.  The things that you can do one-handed are pretty amazing!  I achieved greatness putting on deodorant one-handed this morning! I got skills!

7.  The doctor is guessing that Cameron will be somewhere between 6' and 6'2", but they'll know more when he's around 2 years old. How is this possible? Is there scientific research?  My sisters and I were all around 21 inches when we were born too and there's one of us that doesn't quite match up if you look at all of us together.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see how Cameron continues to grow.

8.  80% of the day I feel like a cow, 18% of the day I feel like a mattress.  The other 2% is trying to maintain some sense of normalcy all while reminding myself that my glass is half full.  Did all of that add up to 100%? I can't be sure.

9.  Emails, text messages and phone calls.  YIKES! I find myself having very little time to do any of it! Even as I type this I am thinking about the 5-plus phone calls that I need to make.  People are going to start to think I've gone into hibernation.  I definitely need to get better about making time for some real world conversation. There's only so much cow that this Mama can take.

10.  Memorial Day came and went and we waved to our lake life from the bridge here in Austin and again from the dock at the lake house.  We can't wait until we have a better grasp on this new life and can manage lake-life and Cameron-life together!

11.  First family photo

12.  Yes, I have been pooped and pee'd on! Right of passage and Benton comic relief... check!

13.  I've been writing this one blog post for 3 days.  That's not a good average.

14.  Tim and I make a very good team. Everyone tells us that this all gets easier and that we'll forget about all of the "not-so-fun-stuff" quickly, but until then...I couldn't ask for a better person to go through this with. We have the most fun turning Cameron's expressions into songs and funny movie quotes.  Hey, when you're this overwhelmed, you do whatever keeps the laughter.