CATCHING UP...

I've decided to make it a goal to try to blog about once a week.
Its actually going to be our family journal.
And its been awhile since I've blogged on here's whats been going on with us....

BABY COHEN COMING HOME
These are pictures of when we came home from the hospital. The kids weren't allowed to come to the hospital because of the swine flu, so this is when they met their new baby brother. This was one of the sweetest moments of my life. They were so excited and wanted to hold Cohen and give him lots of kisses. Even a month later they still are excited to hold him and love on him.

PICTURES

In September and October we had our friend, Brenley take some pictures
of our kids. We LOVE them. Cohen's was taken about a week and a half
after he was born.

BABY COHEN

VIOLET CHRISTINE

JUDE DUDE

Halloween!! GO DUCKS !!

He's here!

COHEN KNIGHT CAMPBELL

Cohen was born Friday afternoon at 4:36pm. He weighed 7 lbs 9 ozs and was 21 inches long. He is the sweetest little boy and his brother and sister can't get enough of him.

Come on baby!

ITS ALMOST TIME!

Only 13 days left until our little baby boys due! From fear of having 3 children I have been more than happy to have this pregnancy take a long time. Its not that I didn't want to have this baby boy join our family, its just the thought of having 3 kids is an overwhelming thought. When I found out I was pregnant I said to myself, "I still have 9 long months to go, plenty of time to prepare myself". That attitude actually made the 9 months fly by. Now that I'm down to the last stretch and can't wait to get this little guy out of me it feels like everyday crawls by. My cervix are thinning and I'm having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions, so hopefully that's a sign that things are getting ready. I actually have loved my last two experiences of giving birth so that's another reason I'm wanting to get this show on the road. We're not 100% sure about his name so we'll blog that when he gets here.

VIOLET & JUDE
My kids are the cutest. They are so good!

Violet just started preschool for 3 afternoons a week and loves it. She is in the same class as her cousin Jaxon. She's a really good sister, wanting to give her little brother kisses and hugs and show him how to do things. She's looking more and more like a little girl and less and less like a toddler.
Jude decided to crawl out of his crib last month so until a couple days ago he was sleeping in his playpen (shorter fall). Below is a picture of when Violet had crawled into his playpen to cuddle. Now that Jude is in a toddler bed half the time he crawls in bed with his sister. After we put the kids to bed we always hear Violet saying in her high pitched talking to a baby voice "Jude its okay, its time to sleep...". She's such a good big sis. Jude is also talking like crazy and always has a bruise from trying to jump off something or crawl up on something.

It's a........

We went in to have our ultrasound today
and found out we were having another BOY!

P-land trip

Last Saturday Paul and I decided at the last minute to take the kids up to OMSI. They both loved it! We both wanted to get out of town cause there's not tons to do around here when its raining. Here are some pictures:

On the way to OMSI we stopped to show Violet the temple. Paul explained to her that it was Jesus's house. Then Violet said "I want to go and see Jesus". How cute is that?

Thank you everyone!

THANK YOU to everyone who has been saying prayers in my behalf! I'm now officially into my 7th week of pregnancy and I haven't had a bit of nausea (prayer works, who knew? j/k). Seriously, in my last 2 pregnancies the nausea started in my 6th to 7th week so I'm feeling super blessed. A couple of nights ago i had a little bit of bleeding and it scared me straight - I realized how much I now want this little baby. Luckily it stopped and I feel fine!

Updates on the kids:
Violet has been a really good girl. She's super into pretending. I hear her having little pretend conversations with different people when she's playing in her room alone. She's also a little monkey - wanting to climb on anything she can. And she is now officially going on the potty!
Jude is always a good little boy. He's always happy even when he's sick. Just last week he started signing for "food" and "all done." Its pretty dang cute. He's also walking like a pro. A couple of weeks ago he had his first haircut. I'll post pictures soon.

Uh oh...

CAMPBELL FAMILY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
Trojans do not work!

Jude dude turns 1!

Happy Birthday Jude!
I can't believe he's already one! This year has passed by so fast! We have really enjoyed this baby boy of ours. He's so happy and he brightens each day. We are so blessed to have this little surprise! We love his so much!
Right now he is doing a lot of talking (we don't understand much except mamamama....). He is so fascinated by his sister and thinks everything she does is hilarious. He's standing on his own and has attempted to take a step, but just resorts to crawling. At the moment he is really a daddy's boy and loves to cuddle with him as much as possible. He loves to make friends everywhere we go. He refuses to drink out of a sippy cup, he's a bottle man! And he loves anything having to do with music - he loves it when people sing to him and when the radio's on he does a little squat and sways with the time of the music.

He had his doctor's appointment this morning and here is his stats...

Height: 30.75" = 80%
Weight: 20lbs = 12%
Head size: 18.50" = 69%

CHRISTMAS!

Christmas morning Violet creeps into our room and crawls into bed with Paul and I and whispers "Santa came!". It was so cute! We totally spoiled them! I'll let the pictures do the talking...

Halloween

Violet had so much fun trick-o-treating. Jude slept right on through the whole thing.

Ward Party

Last Friday we dressed up our kids for our ward party

Jude has found himself a little girlfriend (he has violated this same baby girl before :)

the kids...

Last week the Jude dude had his 9 month appointment. Nothing too exciting, but I love seeing the percentiles. Here they are:

Height: 26 3/4" = 67%
Weight: 17 lbs 12 ozs = 10%
Head: 18" = 63%

I didn't expect him to be so low in the weight chart, he's taking after his sister. The head percentile surprised me. How dare he call himself a Campbell with such a small head! (I was greatful for that when I was pushing him out). He is crawling around and pulling himself up on furniture. He's also lifting his arms up when he wants you to hold him.

Violet is growing up so fast. She is talking like a little grown up and loves to play mommy with her little dollies. She goes to "play" school twice a week and loves it. She's a little daredevil, jumping off of everything she can.

Our beach trip...

We went to the beach this last Tuesday and Wednesday and we had so much fun! Here's a truck load of pictures to look at. Start from the bottom...

More aquarium pictures...

These are not jellyfish, they are "bubbles"

Violet wanted to stay here and talk to her "friend"

Ewww....

I'm actually touching a starfish!

At the Aquarium

No matter how many times Mommy told Violet that these were crabs...

she kept calling them spiders

Our first night at the beach

Our first day at the beach

Jude dude looking out the window at our hotel

Pretty Violet at the restaurant

Mommy, Daddy and Violet about to eat dinner

Daddy and Violet

Violet and daddy bowling for buzzards

GO DUCKS!

Us

You can see we were pretty high up, but who cares when we pay nada for the tickets

Marylou MacMahon and I (her hubby got us the tickets from his work)

Yesterday Paul and I were given tickets to the Utah - Oregon game. We had so much fun - minus the direct sun and the wasps that were flying all around us (I have a major fear of bees, so sitting there the whole game was a big triump to me). Paul's wonderful parents took our Violet and Jude Friday night and Saturday so we would be able to have a day to ourselves. It was a good game to go to since it was a guarantee win for us.

Mommy's boobies....

A few family updates to keep everyone posted:
Jude is crawling and sitting up all on his own
He is now reaching out for mommy when someone else is holding him
Violet's talking like a little grown up
She is starting "play"school this Thursday

Sunday at church Violet was sitting on my lap and started saying as she patted on my chest "mommy's boobies, mommy's boobies...." over and over (I'm not sure where she learned the word boobies). Luckily we were sitting in the very last row :).

Taking after mom...

Here's a couple of pics of my children learning the art of the comb...

Today Jude had his 6 month check up (he's 7 months, we were a little late). I got the idea from Amy Andrus's blog to post his percentiles. Even though we were late with his appointment, they compare him to other 7 months old so they're accurate.
Here they are:

Height 27.75" - 75%
Weight 16 lbs 3 ozs - 14%
Head 18 inches - 86%

I'm not sure why I love finding out my children's percentiles, but its really fun for me. I guess staying home so much makes things a little more exciting than they really are. And I'm a nerd. So he's tall and slim and has a big ol' Campbell head. And like a Campbell boy, he was flirting with the doctor (don't worry, our doctor is a woman).
Jude is sitting on his own but is still a little unsteady. He's not crawling, I'm not sure what to call his style of moving around. Sliding? Anyways, he moves around. He's eating fruits, veggies, and rice cereal (and minute maid limeade pop-cycles). He smiles more than I've ever seen a baby smile and he hates to be alone. He laughs the most at his big sister. He is not sleeping through the night, sadly. And just yesterday his bottom teeth are showing through.

For you viewing pleasure I have included a video of my 2 cuties. Violet loves her baby brother.

House anyone?

We are currently trying to sell our house. We have outgrown our house, mostly because of our two home businesses. Also we have remodeled this one and we are ready to move onto the next fixer- upper. If you know anyone who's trying to find a house, please let them know about ours. Here is the website to look at our house:
http://hfsgroup.idxco.com/idx/2366/details.php?idxID=037&listingID=8060774

BYE BYE KINKY

The last time she had her kinky
Right before her shopping spree

Yesterday Violet made a major change in her life. We took her to Toys R Us and we told her she could pick out a toy, but she had to pay for it with her "kinky" (thats what she calls her pacifier). She said okay and was looking at all the toys. She looked at Barbies, princess stuff, kitchen play dishes, but when she saw a lawn mower on display, she ran, grabbed it, and started to push it around the store. After about 10 minutes of her mowing the Toys R Us aisle, it was clear to Paul and I that that is what she wanted. We showed her the more deluxe, bubble blowing version and there was no turning back. We took her up the cash register, a long with her toy and a small pool we decided to get her. We explained that she had to give the cashier her bag of kinkys in order to take her lawn mower home and she happily handed over her bag.
She has been doing really good without her kinky. We do have to explain what happened to it when she asks for it. And a couple of times she has asked for "baby brother's kinky", but we tell her he needs his kinky. We have been dreading doing this for so long, but it has been a lot better than we anticipated. But as long as we have babies in our family, their pacifiers will be called "kinkys".

flower power

Violet watering the flowers with momma today

A child's prayer

I have a cute little story. Every night before we put Violet to bed we change her diaper, put on pjs, brush her teeth, say a prayer, sing some songs and I rock her in her chair. Last night Violet said the cutest little prayer. Daddy was saying it and she decided she wanted to join in and thank Heavenly Father for some things. She thanked Him for wipes (baby wipes), the couch, the remote, her stuffed cow, her purse, the one wipe sitting on our side table, the chair momma was sitting on, mama, baby brother...and she kept on looking around the room and naming everything she saw. It doesn't seem as funny now that I'm writing it, but Paul and I were trying so hard not to laugh. She has the right idea.

Sunday at the park

June family pictures

Here's some updated pictures of our family

Campbell Fam

Okay, now I'm actually going to start this blog thing. We don't have too much of an exciting life, so I don't know how many updates there will be. Currently both Paul and I work, and in our spare time we are getting our house ready to go on the market. Just a few things left to do before we can put in up for sale. Violet just turned 2 and Jude is the happiest baby I have ever seen. Right now I need to put away groceries and start dinner, but I will post more pictures soon.

Hi!

I'm not sure how this whole blog thing works, but we'll give it a go.