What is the name of Santa's ninth reindeer?

OLIVE. You know, "Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph, join in any reindeer games." Hee hee. That is one of my dad's old jokes. :)

So we'll call this little reindeer that Campbell is perched upon Olive. She fit on it just perfectly and could even hold herself up by leaning on the antlers!

Merry Christmas-y Pictures!

Welcome Aiden

My sister Lauren was supposed to be induced to have her baby the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, but her doctor pushed it back an extra week because he didn't feel that she was ready. This meant that she would have the baby the day after we left Tulsa. I just couldn't miss it so Campbell and I stayed 2 extra days so we could meet my new little nephew, Aiden Matthew. Click HERE to follow Aiden's blog.

Campbell is checking out her new cousin.

My mom with her two grandbabies.

18 Weeks

This week was very busy since we flew back to Oklahoma to spend Thanksgiving with our families. The last time we were in Oklahoma with Campbell, she wasn't aware of what was going on AT ALL! She had no clue she flew on a plane, we could pass her around to all of our friends and family to be held without her crying, and she slept the majority of the time. This time was a little different experience. She was completely terrified when we first stepped on the airplane. She started looking at all of the people around her, turned her bottom lip out, and started screaming. We thought we were going to have to get off of the plane. We eventually got her calmed down, but the flight was exhausting to say the least. She did much better on the flight back and slept the majority of the time once she got comfortable.

Campbell on the way to Oklahoma.

On our second day in Oklahoma we got to see our friends, John and Megan, and their brand new baby boy, Cooper. He was so cute and snuggly and slept most of the time, and it was great to get to visit with our sweet friends.

Cooper Courtney

We spent Thanksgiving in Stigler with my family, where Campbell got kisses from her cousin Camden who is 14 months old.

And everyone had to watch her drink her bottle in her jammies.

I didn't take nearly enough pictures this trip, and the pictures I did get are VERY random. So this post is a little random. So you'll have to deal with the randomness.

Early Holiday Treat For Your Viewing Pleasure

Kevin, Campbell, and I have really been working on our dance moves lately. We've come up with a little routine for the holidays. To see our performance click HERE . Enjoy!!!

17 Weeks

I don't even know what to call this "toy" other than "Around We Go" since that is what it said on the box, but Campbell can finally enjoy it. We tried to put her in it about 2 weeks ago and she wouldn't hold her head up (even though she can) or play with any of the toys. Now she is really starting to like it. She especially likes the piano section.

She takes a break every once in a while to do this.

Curious little face.

She's looking at me like, "What are you doing?"

She can barely touch so she can't quite move her seat around the contraption like it's supposed to.

Happy girl!!!

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This is really random, but I thought it was too funny. I put Campbell in her bouncey seat in the kitchen with me the other day while I was making lunch. I was cutting up a bunch of things to go in a salad, and I really wanted to get it done. Campbell was getting very hungry for her bottle so I went ahead and made it and propped it up on a blanket so I didn't have to sit there and feed it to her. ( Terrible I know. It was my first time to do this. Promise.) It worked really well, and I only had to adjust the position of the bottle 1 or 2 times. At one point I looked down to check on her and she was in the position she's in in the pictures below. Arms straight out. They're barely even resting on her bouncey seat, just straight out to the side. She stayed in that position for about 5 minutes! Random story I know, but it looked really funny!

The first two pictures below show Campbell doing her new favorite thing, holding both legs in the air. Sometimes if she can't quite reach her feet, she'll just hold her pant legs. Any time we put her down on her back, she immediately goes to this position. It is too funny to turn on her video monitor and see her doing this in her crib at bedtime. I thought she was going to fall asleep like this the other night