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.