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