Campbell FINALLY got to meet her BFF Bella and handsome boyfriends yesterday and let's just say it was "love at first sight"! Campbell walked in the house (okay, got carried in) and immediately Gracie (my sweet Bella) threw her a wave and big smile.  It was adorable.  What was even crazier is Campbell smiled back!! It was like she knew she was finally getting to meet her future shopping buddy :) Laura, Ammy and I were cracking up! There were so cute together.

Cam also meet her future husband last night.... which Meijer boy would I be talking about? Well, I guess time will have to tell but I will say it's going to be a close race.  Landon (Lan man) was such a little gentlemen.  He sat beside her and was so quiet and just stared at her perfectly still.  He's going to be the quarterback of the football team and she's going to be his little cheerleader :)

Then there was Kale.... oh sweet Kale! Ammy is just in love with him! If he was 26 years older I think my sister would marry him herself.. ha ha... She loves her Kale! When he saw Amber he turned red and started blushing and smiling ridiciously.  It was priceless. Okay sorry Amber but back to Kale and Campbell.... When Kale got his picture with Campbell HE leaned over and put his arm around her! OMG! He had us all laughing :) He even took her bow off and it was like he was thinking, "You don't need that bow to make you pretty!"

Last, but not least, there was Parker (Parkie).  Let's just say MTV should call and request Parkie to be on Jersey Shore! He is the funniest little man I know and his lowriding pants hanging off of his skinny little body crack me up.   He is so alert and observate also.  I left Campbell's carseat by the couch and was standing up holding her and Parkie was looking "high and low" for her!  He looked IN her carseat, UNDER her carseat, UNDER the arm restraints, UNDER the blanket and even in her diaper bag.  Speaking of diaper bag, Parkie found Campbell's bottle and wanted to go to town on it... ha ha.. He also wanted to share her lovey lamb pacificer.

Lucy Rose Harris is here!!!
Congratulations to Lane and Jonathan on a precious baby girl.  Lucy was born Thursday, February 25th at 10:52am and weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long.  Finally, all the girls are here! Campbell is ECSTATIC! (I just know it)  :)

p.s. and Lane you look amazing to have just had a baby!!

Okay, I've offically turned into "that mom" that takes pictures of every little thing... LOL.  This is Campbell's 1st ride in her stroller.  We had to take the whole family on the walk of course-- Addy was so excited :)

One of the reasons I started this blog was to some day burn it onto a cd and put it in Campbell's baby book.  That way she can see what was going on in my world, my pregnancy with her, the 1st couple of years, etc...  Don't get me wrong, I'm not substituting my blog for writing in her baby book, but let's face it-- in today's world everything deals with the internet and since I post something on here almost every other day I think she will find it very beneficial some day.

Dear Campbell,
Or shall I say "Cam" or "Cammy" or "Cam Cam"-- we have so many little nicknames for you already! I can't believe you are 1 month old.  People said time would go by fast but I had no idea.  You have been such a good baby.  You love to eat (and can down a bottle in record time-- you must take after your Daddy on that one) and have started sleeping 5 1/2 hours this week.  On a funny note, your Daddy had no idea babies could be so much work! ha ha.. (He really hasn't even seen the half of it either!) He doesn't understand why you won't sleep longer and why you can't change your own diapers... ha ha!

We are still working on the fussiness after your 8 and 11 o'clock bottles but hopefully that will be better since we started taking baths at night.  Speaking of bath time, the first couple of days you hated it! Now, since you are in your "big girl" bath tub you seem to really enjoy it which makes it alot better for everyone.

In the last couple of weeks you have really started to change.  You are more alert and are staying up more during the day.  We have "tummy time" every day and also play "school".  Everyone laughs when I say school but you know that former kindergarten teacher has to come out in me! "School" consists of laying on your back on the rainforest mat and watching the colorful lights and animals and listening to music. I also put up a mirror so you could see yourself and oh Cammy, you love to look at yourself (again, you take after your dad!LOL). Your great Aunt Barbara also sent you some books and cd's so we have been enjoying those also!

Right now you weigh 9 pounds 2 oz and I think are about 19 inches long.  Your hair is getting darker (blondish brown) and your eyes are a beautiful dark shade of blue.  I think you look alot like your Daddy but hopefully you have some of me in there somewhere :)  You love your My Little Lamb bouncy seat and swing.  You just stare at the mobile going round and round. You also are very strong! You have been trying to hold your head up since day one and lately have been really trying to build your leg muscles.  You like to pull your pacificer out of your mouth and then cry for someone to put it back in.

A lot of people have come to see you lately. You are very loved! People that came to the hospital: Lane & Lucy (womb), Laura & Marcel, Ashley & Kelly, my FBA girls (Thao, Lauryn, Donna, Vickie, Julie, Diana), Krista Stephenson, Candy Thames, Jalene & Aunt Reba, and your cousins Gina and Diana.  A lot of people stopped by once we got home also: Jenn & Madelyn (one of your BFF's), Leah & Clayton, Lindsay Pickering, Dayna, Caroline, Sarah and Kenna.

You have been such a wonderful blessing to our lives so far.  Your dad and I just love to sit and stare at you :)  You are absolutely perfect to us! One of the cutest things you do lately is smile in your sleep.  It melts our heart! I'm going to try and write you a letter every month so you can look back one day and remember all your milestones :)

We love you!
Mommy

My sweet girlfriend Leah and her handsome little boy Clayton came by today to visit Miss Campbell and me.  Leah is one of the sweetest people I know! She is always thinking of others.  She brought me a "Mommy Gift". :)  It was so great catching up with her and getting to hang out with Clayton.  Clayton is adorable as you can see from the picture.  He looked like a "little man" with his Chuck Taylors, Polo shirt and rolled up jeans... LOL  He also was bashful in front of Campbell-- it was priceless.  I think it's time to give him a little sister Leah! :)

p.s. I love how Campbell is looking at the camera in this picture-- I think she's getting used to me taking pictures of her ALL the time!

Today I thought I would post a picture of one of Campbell's best friends-- Mary Madelyn Adler.  Madelyn was born on January 18th (just 2 days before Campbell).  Madelyn and Campbell are "womb buddies" because her mom Jenn and I were due the same day and got to go through our pregnancies together.  It was so nice having someone to talk to at each stage of the pregnancy.  Jenn would fill me in every week on what was going on with the girls and what to expect at each doctors appointment because she on pregnancy #2.  Also, we got lucky and they moved into a beautiful home one neighborhood over from us so if we stay in our house through elementary school and middle school the girls will go to the same school :) Now if I can just get some more people with kids (hint hint Lane & Johnny) to move our way Campbell will be set! I actually met Jenn through Lane-- they were neighbors.  And you all know Lane is due ANY DAY! Miss Lucy won't even be 6 weeks behind Madelyn and Campbell so I can only imagine the fun to come with these 3!

Who Dat! Campbell loves the New Orleans Saints just like her Daddy and Grandpa Moses :)

A typical day in the life of Campbell May Moses consists of sleeping, eating, pooping and then REPEATING.  We are working on establishing a "schedule" but that hasn't gone as planned just yet! I'm still working on it though.  Currently, Campbell has her days and nights mixed up so it's been very exhausting for me.  Moms-- any advice?!?! I could really use it! All I can say is thank goodness for Dr. Supermom a.k.a. Laura. I call her at all hours of the night and ask advice.  Thanks Laura.

Okay, back to our typical day.  We usually start our first feeding of the day around 7am.  I wake Campbell up, change her diaper, feed her (she's a great eater like her Daddy), burp her, change her diaper again. By this time it's usually around 7:45am.and we try and go back to sleep until 10am.  I have to pump which usually takes about 30 minutes before I can go back to sleep-- she got used to the bottle when I was so sick in the hospital and it's been really hard to get her to change.  Not impossible, but she's stubburn (like both her parents) and wants what she wants.  Also, by pumping I can have other's help with the feedings.  At first I was really upset about not feeding from the breast, but I just have to remember that she is still getting breastmilk. Okay, enough TMI. Sorry!

Back to our day, Campbell and I get up around 10am and change her diaper, feed, change her diaper again usually and then get a "big girl bath" (I try and squeeze in my own shower during this time--thanks Mom).  I never truly appreciated a good shower until I had a baby.  It's the only "me" time I get during the whole day.  Campbell hates bathtime by the way.  She can't be my daughter! I then put Campbell in one of her cute outfits for the day and try and keep her awake (it's a chore!).  As I said earlier, she sleeps during the day and is WIDE awake at night. Campbell is usually drifting off and catching some zzz's no matter how hard I work to keep her up so when she falls into REM I try and clean bottles, load and unload the dishwasher, do laundry and clean up the house (and also try and eat something myself!).

Then at 1pm I change her diaper, feed her and Campbell hangs out with Gigi and JoJo while I take a quick nap.  When 4pm rolls around we eat again.  I would guess I change her diaper at least 15 times a day/night or more.  She's a pooper... lol. They say this is especially true when you breast feed.  I totally agree.  We usually do tummy time or some other stimulating activity during this 3 hour break so daddy can play with us when he gets home. At 7pm I change her diaper again, feed her and usually do some "swinging" or "bouncing" time.  Again, it's so hard to keep her awake.  She usually falls asleep no matter what I how hard I try and keep her awake.  I literally can't wake her up to eat sometimes.  I try stripping her down, playing with her feet, rubbing her cute belly--nothing works and I end up trying and trying for hours. 

Our 10pm feeding never goes well. Never! Once she eats she is WIDE awake and usually screaming at the top of her lungs.  I still haven't figured out why she hates 10pm-ish. Any day time feeding she eats great and then wants to fall asleep... 10pm. no way! It takes anywhere from 1 hour to 4 hours to calm her down and get her to sleep.  By then it's time to eat again and we (I mean "I" or my parents/sister) have been up all night.  If I do get her to sleep within a hour or so then I wake her around 2am to eat again and of course change her diaper for the 1000's time and if I'm lucky she falls back to sleep quickly before she starts "rooting" around 4:45am and wants up to eat again.  The best part is her eyes are WIDE awake during the night and she thinks this is normal--- HELP!  Then 7am rolls around once again and our day starts all over...... jealous, huh? I'm trying to get her on a schedule of eating at 10pm, 2:30am and then 7am (so I can cut out that 4:45am feeding). 

I can't get a good night sleep even if I wanted too because if you breast feed you have to pump every 3-4 hours or it hurts horribly bad and you think your breast are going to explode! Okay, sorry... TMI... I know... but anyone thinking of having a baby needs to know this because no one told me that part :) Don't get me wrong, I love every minute of it.  It's just exhausting. Again, thank goodness my parents/sister are here to help.  I don't do this all by myself.  RJ helps on the weekends and my parents/sister rotate "night duty" to help give me a break from at least one of the feedings.  Last night I was really lucky and they did both the 2am and 5am feeding for me.  I thought it was Christmas!

I love the part of my day when RJ comes home and asks me what I have done all day or why I look so tired or why I'm still in my pajamas?!?! Seriously? I mean-- SERIOUSLY RJ?!?! :)  My hat is off to all you moms of twins, triplets, quads and/or moms that already have little ones in the house when they bring a new baby home! You go! :)

We just got Campbell's newborn pictures back and they are sooooo good! THANK YOU LANE! I will post pictures soon :) I'm trying to pick my favorite right now for the birth announcement (it's so hard).  If anyone is looking for a photographer you HAVE to call Lane.  I mean, she did an amazing job and captured some great pictures of Miss Campbell.  I can't say enough good things about her photography talent! http://www.laneharris.com/ Check her out!

I just wanted to congratulate our cousins Kate and Andrew (bride and groom in this picture) on their upcoming bundle of joy!! They are expecting a little boy or girl (it's a surprise) on July 11th.  Congratulations you two! :)