Instead of playing Farmville, an embarrassing favor...

I may have mentioned before that I am a doting parent. I usually am pretty impressed with the way I show restraint in my enthusiasm for my child, and only minimally flash my cell phone photos around to strangers and friends (family members have their own photos to flash of him, and they do...some even have a sort of shrine set up, but I won't name names). Funny thing though...people all around me mention how adorable my baby is, so I don't feel like a total love-is-blind type of parent.

Regarding the winning features of Cameron, a trend began to develop here in the sunshine state (or maybe it is the golden state...) At the grocery store, at the dollar store, at the library, at Home Depot (he was a big hit there), at the nursing home, at church, at the gas station, at the beach, people would ask if he was a "star baby." I usually answered something rather flippant like "of course he is a star baby!" Then I heard about the star baby contest...a radio station here in SD has people submit photos of their baby and then people vote to see who the cutest baby is, who is then officially dubbed "star baby."

I never in a BILLION years thought I would EVER enter any of my offspring into a contest, especially after watching shows like "Toddlers & Tiaras," but I don't know what got into me. I entered him to be a star baby.

I am more than aware and even expecting some gentle mocking for this choice, mainly because I am so weirded out that I decided to do it. I mean, I obsessed about which photo would show his dimples and impish intelligence. Humiliating.

At any rate, I do think that most of these contests are popularity centered, as in how many friends, family members, and brothers' cousins' roommates' veterinarian's can you get to vote for your child. So, if you could help ease my tender sensibilities by voting for Cam, feel free.

Don't worry...this isn't the start of something ugly, and it won't lead to me trying to sell you Tupperware, knives, candles, etc. Just think of it as your good deed for the day to help poor Dr. J who is teaching at Cameron University to feel warm and fuzzy.

So, if you have a minute and want to feed into this quirky experiment, click here to vote for Cameron...you can vote once a day. Please do, because it will make me feel better for being such a sell out. But hey...if he wins, what an awesome scrapbook page that could be!