Saturday, December 6, 2008

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.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

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!!!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

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!


Monday, November 17, 2008

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







Our sweet friends, Sam and AJ, were so kind to offer to babysit Campbell for us so Kevin and I could have a night out without the baby. We were so excited to take them up on their offer and figured it would be no problem at all since Campbell goes to sleep so early. They were looking forward to being able to play with her for a little while before she went to bed so I was going to have her take a late nap so she could be up a little later than usual. Well... who decided she wasn't going to nap all day and be a Little Miss Grumpy Pants? That would me Miss Campbell herself. It was almost like she sensed something was up so she did not want me to leave her sight all day long. She fought sleep all day so come 5:30 when Sam and AJ were going to arrive at our house, she was falling asleep in my arms. I rushed to give her an early bath and get that out of the way and quickly made a bottle to feed her before she fell asleep. Since I knew some fun playtime with Sam and AJ was out the window, I figured they could attempt to feed her. She would have NONE of that AT ALL. All she did was stare at me and cry while sweet AJ tried to feed her. Needless to say, I fed her her bottle and she fell asleep after swallowing the last drip. The only consolation to not being able to play with her at all was being able to hold her for a little while as she slept peacefully before putting her in her crib. After being in her crib for a few minutes, Campbell felt she needed to show off her set of lungs one last time before the night was over. Poor Sam and AJ were able to calm her down and get her back to sleep after just a short time. They were so so thoughtful to babysit for us and didn't complain one bit. Hopefully it will be a better experience next time!



What do you find under a teeny tiny little pair of ballerina socks?

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Ten teeny tiny little painted piggies!!!