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.