Showing posts with label Campbell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Campbell. Show all posts
Monday, June 3, 2013
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Our TWO year old!!!!!
Sweet Campbell Jean turned two on Saturday! My how time flies! Ill go back and get this blog caught up when we finally have Internet at our house (they're finally digging to put lines in right this very minute!!)- for now enjoy Campbell below on her official day of birth, her first birthday and now at two stinkin years old!! She's changed so much! Sweet, sweet girl!! <3 class="separator" div="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Minnie is MOVING!
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| she could get the hang of this costume/dress-up thing : ) |
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| my dad helping take down the garage shelving--- we're officially MOVING! : ) |
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Reasons we love Campbell Jean
Campbell has a strange little cold that has kind of come and gone throughout the day over the past week. As with all things Campbell- when she doesn't feel good, she doesn't.feel.good. With all of the rough moments of the last week I thought I'd take a few minutes to jot down a few of our favorite things about her as of late.
... she is such a good little momma. She loves on babies and puppies all day long. She feeds them, diapers them, puts them to bed fifty times a day, presents them to us like we've never seen such a magical thing before and allows us to hold or sit by them, and the list goes on. It's kind of embarassing to admit but as we snuggle before bed she asks to see babies and puppies on my phone... translation she wants me to scroll through Facebook and find her pictures of babies or dogs to study and talk about!!!! Thankfully several of our friends have tiny babes for her to love on from afar. It took her all of three seconds to get her baby buckled in this carseat we came across at Target and she marched around browsing at the other toys carrying her purse and baby like nobody's business! She's a funny girl.
... she loves to brush her teeth. Each time we walk into the bathroom she's up on her stool announcing we should 'brush! our! teeth!!' The way she says it is pretty adorable. It makes me smile that she thinks it's so awesome and includes me and thinks I would also like to brush my teeth 14 times a day.
... she loves her dad and brother. Any mode of transportation other than a regular old car reminds her of her brother. After naming and describing the bus, big truck, train, airplane, etc she adds how much 'Sammy' loves them. She continues to show him things like her outfit or toy or newly filled sippy cup just yearning for him to acknowledge her and shout his approval. It's pretty sweet. The hugs for her dad just seem to get sweeter each day. She has so long been a momma's girl it warms my heart to see her really realizing how wonderful her dad is. That father/daughter relationship is so special to me that I love to see their's deepen.
... she saves me a seat. Loudly. The whole time I'm in the kitchen getting her breakfast (so 2-5 minutes) she is repeating over and over mom sit, mom sit, mom, mom, mom sit as she pats the seat next to her on the couch. Same thing at night when we all crawl into Sam's bed to pray. She hops in first and pounds the pillow next to her repeatedly informing me and the world that this is my spot and I'm supposed to lay down by her! : )
... she has a great memory. She discovered Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go this week--- you know the Goldbug book. : ) It took her two pages to figure out we could find him hidden on every page and she's great at seeking him out! And she rememberes where he is on many of the pages! She has mastered matching and puzzles and songs and funny little dances. She surprised me other other day by saying bless you to me unprompted when I sneezed. The list of random things she remembers and associates with certain colors or words or toys is fun. She remembers.
I'm so thankful for the one-on-one time I've had with her this fall. She's such a special girl. A little complicated/drama-filled/stereotypically girly but she's great. I'm thankful every day God chose us to raise her.
... she is such a good little momma. She loves on babies and puppies all day long. She feeds them, diapers them, puts them to bed fifty times a day, presents them to us like we've never seen such a magical thing before and allows us to hold or sit by them, and the list goes on. It's kind of embarassing to admit but as we snuggle before bed she asks to see babies and puppies on my phone... translation she wants me to scroll through Facebook and find her pictures of babies or dogs to study and talk about!!!! Thankfully several of our friends have tiny babes for her to love on from afar. It took her all of three seconds to get her baby buckled in this carseat we came across at Target and she marched around browsing at the other toys carrying her purse and baby like nobody's business! She's a funny girl.
... she loves to brush her teeth. Each time we walk into the bathroom she's up on her stool announcing we should 'brush! our! teeth!!' The way she says it is pretty adorable. It makes me smile that she thinks it's so awesome and includes me and thinks I would also like to brush my teeth 14 times a day.
... she loves her dad and brother. Any mode of transportation other than a regular old car reminds her of her brother. After naming and describing the bus, big truck, train, airplane, etc she adds how much 'Sammy' loves them. She continues to show him things like her outfit or toy or newly filled sippy cup just yearning for him to acknowledge her and shout his approval. It's pretty sweet. The hugs for her dad just seem to get sweeter each day. She has so long been a momma's girl it warms my heart to see her really realizing how wonderful her dad is. That father/daughter relationship is so special to me that I love to see their's deepen.
... she saves me a seat. Loudly. The whole time I'm in the kitchen getting her breakfast (so 2-5 minutes) she is repeating over and over mom sit, mom sit, mom, mom, mom sit as she pats the seat next to her on the couch. Same thing at night when we all crawl into Sam's bed to pray. She hops in first and pounds the pillow next to her repeatedly informing me and the world that this is my spot and I'm supposed to lay down by her! : )
... she has a great memory. She discovered Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go this week--- you know the Goldbug book. : ) It took her two pages to figure out we could find him hidden on every page and she's great at seeking him out! And she rememberes where he is on many of the pages! She has mastered matching and puzzles and songs and funny little dances. She surprised me other other day by saying bless you to me unprompted when I sneezed. The list of random things she remembers and associates with certain colors or words or toys is fun. She remembers.
I'm so thankful for the one-on-one time I've had with her this fall. She's such a special girl. A little complicated/drama-filled/stereotypically girly but she's great. I'm thankful every day God chose us to raise her.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sweats
I'm a sucker for a snuggly girl in cute sweats! We sure enjoy our time together while Sam is at school!
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Resons we love Campbell Jean
I wanted to share a few sweet things about Campbell before I forget. Here are a few random reasons we love this girl so so much:
... she's pretty into her momma lately and can often be found at my feet asking to be held. We know she means to say 'you carry me momma' but instead, switches the pronouns and what you hear is "I carry you Momma." Makes me smile every time.
... she and I have a joke each morning while we share a bowl of cereal. As soon as we start to eat she says 'cereal with milk momma' and then quickly corrects herself with a grin and says 'cereal with water!' She giggles each time when I take the bait and say 'no it's milk silly!' and laugh with her! This has gone on for the last few months. Last week she mistakenly called Bryan's red truck pink. I corrected her by saying 'no silly Daddy's truck is red' (she knows the difference) and you could see the light bulb go off in her head! Now the milk/water cereal joke is immediately followed each morning by the red/pink truck joke! She thinks she's pretty funny! I think it's funny she knows she has two jokes and looks forward to making me giggle each time she tricks me!
... she likes to talk. : ) Bryan and I still can't get enough of it! We have always said we would be careful not to shush her as we haven't been able to enjoy that kind of interaction with Sam. Although she tries our patience at some point throughout the day with her need to fill all air space, we love to hear what funny thoughts she has to share. Lately, while Bryan is working and Sam is at school, she talks about things the four of us will do. She lists all four of our names (and repeats a few) about three times and sprinkles in there whatever activity we'll do when we're reunited again- for example 'park.... Daddy, Sam, Momma, Sam, Campbell... park... park Momma!... Sam, Daddy, Campbell, Momma, Campbell, Daddy... the park! Mom, Dad, Sam, Campbell!' We have a conversation about day and night at least once each day. It's suck in her head that the sun comes up each morning about the time that we are having breakfast. She knows that when the sun goes doesn it's night night time and the moon gets a turn. Bedtime is my favorite... 'no sun... night night... moon's turn... at freatfast... the sun... freatfast... sun... moon... night night... at freatfast... sun!' and we go round and round!
... she likes her babies more than ever. She pretends to feed them real food, puts her pointer finger over her lips and tells me to shhh! when they are sleeping, gives them rides in the little cozy coup car and puts them to sleep in her crib when they're really tired. She brings me my phone and asks to see pictures of babies (on facebook ha!) and doesn't miss a single baby on a book, a commercial or for pete's sake in person. She's got a baby radar! It's pretty sweet to watch her imagine and nuture little ones already!
... she likes shoes. Her favorites right now include a pair of butterly shoes (flutterfly shoes), her buckle shoes (two sizes too big), boots or boot-ies (cowboy boots, cute girly black boots or too big hand-me-downs with bows on them), or 'Kate's shoes (a lovely pair of pink shoes I told her Kate wore a long time ago)'! She cooperates for the most part when I tell her she needs to wear her pink and purple (Nikes) if we're headed to the park or somewhere official. My fingers are crossed she doesn't end up in size 10s like her mother, aunts and grandmother!
She is a funny little thing. Kind of fiesty too... she knows what she wants! She is still quite at the start of being in front of friends or new people. Her memory amazes me and she's adding new words and phrases at rapid speed! Words that describe Campbell at almost 22 months: talkative, sweet, silly, demanding, and smart <3 p="p">
And a short video just because she's cute!
... she's pretty into her momma lately and can often be found at my feet asking to be held. We know she means to say 'you carry me momma' but instead, switches the pronouns and what you hear is "I carry you Momma." Makes me smile every time.
... she and I have a joke each morning while we share a bowl of cereal. As soon as we start to eat she says 'cereal with milk momma' and then quickly corrects herself with a grin and says 'cereal with water!' She giggles each time when I take the bait and say 'no it's milk silly!' and laugh with her! This has gone on for the last few months. Last week she mistakenly called Bryan's red truck pink. I corrected her by saying 'no silly Daddy's truck is red' (she knows the difference) and you could see the light bulb go off in her head! Now the milk/water cereal joke is immediately followed each morning by the red/pink truck joke! She thinks she's pretty funny! I think it's funny she knows she has two jokes and looks forward to making me giggle each time she tricks me!
... she likes to talk. : ) Bryan and I still can't get enough of it! We have always said we would be careful not to shush her as we haven't been able to enjoy that kind of interaction with Sam. Although she tries our patience at some point throughout the day with her need to fill all air space, we love to hear what funny thoughts she has to share. Lately, while Bryan is working and Sam is at school, she talks about things the four of us will do. She lists all four of our names (and repeats a few) about three times and sprinkles in there whatever activity we'll do when we're reunited again- for example 'park.... Daddy, Sam, Momma, Sam, Campbell... park... park Momma!... Sam, Daddy, Campbell, Momma, Campbell, Daddy... the park! Mom, Dad, Sam, Campbell!' We have a conversation about day and night at least once each day. It's suck in her head that the sun comes up each morning about the time that we are having breakfast. She knows that when the sun goes doesn it's night night time and the moon gets a turn. Bedtime is my favorite... 'no sun... night night... moon's turn... at freatfast... the sun... freatfast... sun... moon... night night... at freatfast... sun!' and we go round and round!
... she likes her babies more than ever. She pretends to feed them real food, puts her pointer finger over her lips and tells me to shhh! when they are sleeping, gives them rides in the little cozy coup car and puts them to sleep in her crib when they're really tired. She brings me my phone and asks to see pictures of babies (on facebook ha!) and doesn't miss a single baby on a book, a commercial or for pete's sake in person. She's got a baby radar! It's pretty sweet to watch her imagine and nuture little ones already!
... she likes shoes. Her favorites right now include a pair of butterly shoes (flutterfly shoes), her buckle shoes (two sizes too big), boots or boot-ies (cowboy boots, cute girly black boots or too big hand-me-downs with bows on them), or 'Kate's shoes (a lovely pair of pink shoes I told her Kate wore a long time ago)'! She cooperates for the most part when I tell her she needs to wear her pink and purple (Nikes) if we're headed to the park or somewhere official. My fingers are crossed she doesn't end up in size 10s like her mother, aunts and grandmother!
She is a funny little thing. Kind of fiesty too... she knows what she wants! She is still quite at the start of being in front of friends or new people. Her memory amazes me and she's adding new words and phrases at rapid speed! Words that describe Campbell at almost 22 months: talkative, sweet, silly, demanding, and smart <3 p="p">
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| pointing to Kate's shoes |
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| figuring out how to take a picture with my phone |
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| my little baby lover sweetly slumbering |
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| don't take my picture pout! note the Christmas skirt, two birdie shirt, and beloved too big buckle shoes : ) |
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Experimenting with pillows
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| tried out Sam's dinosaur pillow this day |
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| and the monkey pillow pet another day |
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Cute Campbell
Campbell was full of it after nap today when we went in to wake her sleepy dad and brother. She's pretty cute.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Row row row BOAT!
Campbell and I were playing on the floor for a few minutes while we waited to get Sam early from school today due to heat. She sings this song rather well but today I was only able to record a mumbly though still cute version! Sorry for the who wants to be a millionaire noise in the background... it seems loud- we were watching the ticker for information about school cancellations.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Lovey After Naps
Campbell was pretty full of it and happy to see her brother after a great Sunday afternoon nap a couple of weeks ago! I couldn't love these three more <3
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Happy 1st birthday Campbell Jean!!
What a difference a year makes!
xoxoxo We couldn't love you more! xoxoxo
Campbell's Arrival
It's fun to think back to the day of her delivery and talk about the details and timeline. I could listen to friends tell the birth stories of their children all day long! I love being a mom. I love being pregnant. I love those exciting last few days of pregnancy/first few days as a new family. I love hearing similarities and differences in the way these miracles come into the world. Here's Campbell's story as I remember it today....
I was scheduled to be induced Wednesday, December 1st. I had been measuring a good two weeks ahead the second half of my pregnancy and my doctor thought she may be 9ish pounds so I was all for being induced. Our instructions were to call Mercy that morning at 6:00 and make sure they had a bed open for me. They did not... I had been preparing myself for such news... I sometimes have that kind of luck. The nurse said call back in an hour to check again. Karen had already arrived to be with Sam so the four of us sat and watched tv (well, the clock really) and played with Sam while we waited. I called again at 7:00 and this time the nurse told me they were really hoping to get me in before lunch but she wasn't certain things would go that way. Ahhh! Not the best news to hear when you are packed and ready to walk out the door! I held it together for a while and thankfully she called back just after 8:00 and said come on in... then the dam broke, you know me! I was pretty ready to meet our babe. By 9:00 I was hooked up to the monitors and comfy in bed. When Dr. Wenzel broke my water at 9:35 I was 3cm and 50% effaced. I started pitocin just after 10:00, got a dose of nubain at 12:45 (my doctor had just headed into another c section and my nurses didn't want me to be in freak out mode wanting an epidural since I was so close to that point if that surgery took a little longer than anticipated--- good idea ladies!) and at 1:40 I was happily, perfectly epiduraled! : ) Side note- this time they had me lay down on my side while they did it and with Sam they had me sit up hunched over- interesting to me at the time. I'm thankful for great doctors and two amazing epidurals! Anyways, the mid part of our day was a little tougher on me than I anticipated. I got stuck at 4cm and then again at 5cm for a long time. With Sam I was so out of it during this part of labor due to the medicine I was on for my blood pressure that I really didn't have the chance to worry or think ahead. I just assumed since it was my second time around that things would move at least a little quicker and I'd have a babe by supper. The nurses started to say things about not progressing much and if things kept up at this rate and blah blah blah. I had a hard time for a bit not getting nervous that we were going to stall out and have to have a c section. Dr. Wenzel assured me this wasn't going to be the case and Bryan pulled me through yet again and helped me get my head straight so I could do what I needed to do. It was a weird part of the experience that I didn't expect... just different physically and emotionally than I anticipated so I was a bit thrown. Anyways... they checked me again at 6:35 and said I was ready to have a baby! Three pushes and out she came! 6:49pm 7lbs 12oz and 20in long! She was perfect! Her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck so tightly that Dr. Wenzel had to cut it (vs. unwrap as they so regularly do during deliverly) before she was all the way out. This was a large part of the reason we were stuck for that bit mid-dialation. They cleaned her up and gave her back to Bryan and I. For kind of a long day, the last few minutes sure went quickly! Campbell was here and all was well. We couldn't have been more in love with our second miracle.
I was scheduled to be induced Wednesday, December 1st. I had been measuring a good two weeks ahead the second half of my pregnancy and my doctor thought she may be 9ish pounds so I was all for being induced. Our instructions were to call Mercy that morning at 6:00 and make sure they had a bed open for me. They did not... I had been preparing myself for such news... I sometimes have that kind of luck. The nurse said call back in an hour to check again. Karen had already arrived to be with Sam so the four of us sat and watched tv (well, the clock really) and played with Sam while we waited. I called again at 7:00 and this time the nurse told me they were really hoping to get me in before lunch but she wasn't certain things would go that way. Ahhh! Not the best news to hear when you are packed and ready to walk out the door! I held it together for a while and thankfully she called back just after 8:00 and said come on in... then the dam broke, you know me! I was pretty ready to meet our babe. By 9:00 I was hooked up to the monitors and comfy in bed. When Dr. Wenzel broke my water at 9:35 I was 3cm and 50% effaced. I started pitocin just after 10:00, got a dose of nubain at 12:45 (my doctor had just headed into another c section and my nurses didn't want me to be in freak out mode wanting an epidural since I was so close to that point if that surgery took a little longer than anticipated--- good idea ladies!) and at 1:40 I was happily, perfectly epiduraled! : ) Side note- this time they had me lay down on my side while they did it and with Sam they had me sit up hunched over- interesting to me at the time. I'm thankful for great doctors and two amazing epidurals! Anyways, the mid part of our day was a little tougher on me than I anticipated. I got stuck at 4cm and then again at 5cm for a long time. With Sam I was so out of it during this part of labor due to the medicine I was on for my blood pressure that I really didn't have the chance to worry or think ahead. I just assumed since it was my second time around that things would move at least a little quicker and I'd have a babe by supper. The nurses started to say things about not progressing much and if things kept up at this rate and blah blah blah. I had a hard time for a bit not getting nervous that we were going to stall out and have to have a c section. Dr. Wenzel assured me this wasn't going to be the case and Bryan pulled me through yet again and helped me get my head straight so I could do what I needed to do. It was a weird part of the experience that I didn't expect... just different physically and emotionally than I anticipated so I was a bit thrown. Anyways... they checked me again at 6:35 and said I was ready to have a baby! Three pushes and out she came! 6:49pm 7lbs 12oz and 20in long! She was perfect! Her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck so tightly that Dr. Wenzel had to cut it (vs. unwrap as they so regularly do during deliverly) before she was all the way out. This was a large part of the reason we were stuck for that bit mid-dialation. They cleaned her up and gave her back to Bryan and I. For kind of a long day, the last few minutes sure went quickly! Campbell was here and all was well. We couldn't have been more in love with our second miracle.
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