Guitar lessons, Cousin Preston, & 4 months

It is never too early to learn to play the guitar

Campbell's newest cousin, Preston, was born last week. What a handsome little man. If she is anything like her mother, I am confident Campbell will be bossing Pres around for years to come.

He's been in the NICU since birth, with an infection that effected his breathing. He has made tons of progress and is scheduled to be released this week...we are praying fervently for their power to come back on!


Campbell turned 4 months the day after Ike hit. When she was first born, I almost immediately felt sad that she was not always going to be this sweet, tiny girl I loved so much. My mom told me, "every week you are going to think - this is the cutest she will ever be". She was so right. Campbell at 4 months is so fun, smiley, and excited to interact, that I can't help but think that THIS is the cutest she will ever be!

Ahh...Ike

I'm not one to get very anxious about the weather. As Ike approached, I was most excited about us both having work canceled on Friday, but not so worried about getting batteries, water, etc. By Friday mid-morning, my Dad had informed me that we probably needed to make some preparations. At that point, I started to feel pretty anxious about Campbell (would she be okay during the storm, would she get too hot with no power after, etc). We spent Friday making a trip to Randall's, securing our patio furniture, and hanging out with family and neighbors. We moved Campbell into her pack-n-play in our room for the night, and she slept through the entire hurricane. I alternated between sleeping and being up and Russ (the man of the house) stayed up basically the whole time.

Our house fared well. Part of our fence is leaning, but other than that we have no damage. As of today (Tuesday), we still don't have power. Praise the Lord my parents got power back on Saturday afternoon, so we have temporarily moved over here.

I am so thankful that we had no major house issues, that we have a place to stay with power, and most of all, that it was not at all traumatic for Campbell. She has spent the past four days being totally oblivious, which is exactly how it should be.

Beach Vacay

Last weekend we went to the beach for our annual trip with my parents, my sister and brother-in-law, and cousins Lauren and Gregory. This was Campbell's first trip to the ocean...and does it ever take a lot of sunscreen to keep that little white head protected!

All packed up and ready to go!

Getting sunscreened up by Yamy.MiMi and LaurenGeda and the beach bumAmy preparing to slice a deadly onion.

First (and only) feel of the ocean.

Worn out from the weekend!

Visit from the Rogers

Our good friends, Chris, Cassidy, and Caeleigh Rogers, came to visit this weekend. Rogers (Chris) was Russ's best man and they have been close friends of ours since about the time we started dating. Caeleigh was born in January and this was our first time to meet her. What a doll! We had a great time of hanging out and catching up.

6 month-old Caeleigh was VERY interested in getting her hands on Campbell.

I snapped a few pictures of Caeleigh for her mommy and daddy.

Campbell's Yamy

Campbell has a wonderful Aunt Amy (or Yamy), her mommy's big sister. Yamy is so in love with Campbell and she feels the same way about her!

Here are a few of their moments.

Smiley!

We have had the most difficult time capturing that sweet smile on camera.

We finally got a great one!

Mobile

Campbell is a big fan of ceiling fans. She could watch the fan all day. She smiles at it and talks to it. She does not, however, have one in her room because she has a chandelier. She looks at it some, but is not so interested, as it does not "do" anything movement-wise. She has not had a mobile either, because I could never find one that I liked enough to put in her beautiful room (I have really good priorities as a parent, don't I?). Thanks to a fabulous idea and some supplies from her MiMi and GiGi, I created this one for her yesterday.

As you can see, she loves it.