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Cameron's First Eye Exam

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I took Cameron for his very first eye exam today. Overall it went fairly well.

Given the condition of my eyes and Amy's, I was relieved and somewhat surprised to find out that he didn't need glasses (yet). The doctor also did a few tests which confirmed the red-green color blindness that we've suspected for some time now.

I was also pleased with Cameron's behavior. I think he was distracted by all the different pieces of equipment.

Oh, and did I mention that it was almost impossible to get him to stand still long enough for the one machine to take his eye measurements? I'm starting to believe that children are born with a mild case of Parkinson's, which they eventually grow out of.

So no glasses this time, but i'm sure it won't be long...

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Posted March 1, 2010

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Cameron's first REAL hair cut

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Cameron's hair was getting out of control. In fact, we had began referring to it as the "hair helmet". Normally I'd cut it myself, using clippers, but I didn't want it to be that short while it's still cold out. That meant it was time for a REAL hair cut.

He was a little apprehensive at first, but once he was in the chair with the smock-thing over him, he was fine.

I think this may mark the end of my hair-hacking days.

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Posted February 21, 2010

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Walking the American Tobacco Trail

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Cameron and I were spending the day together and the weather was beautiful out, so I took him to check out the new section of the American Tobacco Trail. It's an old railroad, running from Durham all the way down to southern Cary, that was converted to a walking/biking trail. Since it was previously a railroad, it's very straight and level, which makes it easy on Cameron since he tires easily if he has to walk a lot of hills. The new section is even paved, so he was able to ride his scooter.

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Posted December 22, 2009

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Lunch at the food court

I had to run by the mall, so Cameron and I went to the food court for some lunch. He wanted pepperoni pizza, so that's what we had.

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Posted December 21, 2009

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The Collier Crew

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Posted December 20, 2009

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Cameron's Letter to Santa

Unfortunately, space was limited so he just ran all the words together.

Here it is with spaces: "Set Cos, I wot a crismismic trian ued a hurse tht mosu."

Translation: "Santa Claus, I want a Christmas train and a horse that moves."

The best part was that he wrote this all on his own (obviously) and now he wants to put it in the mail to send it to Santa.

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Posted December 13, 2009

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Exploring the neighborhood

Cameron and I decided to enjoy the beautiful weather by exploring the neighborhood.

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Posted November 29, 2009

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Getting into the spirit...

It's never too early to get into the mother fuckin spirit!

We went all out this year and bought a real live 7 foot tall tree. Cameron was super-excited to go pick up the tree. He also seemed excited to decorate the tree, but in reality I think he just wanted to play with the train ornaments.

I started putting up lights outside yesterday but got sidetracked and couldn't finish. Then today my next-door neighbor suddenly had his lights up. Well I couldn't be out done, so I resumed setting up my lights this evening after we finished with the tree. I still have a little more to do tomorrow, but it's looking pretty good so far.