10 Month Pictures (Part Two)

My big girl!

Playing patty cake

Practicing her ballet moves

Showing off two of her teeth :-)

"Flirting" with the camera

This is the way I brush my hair

Good morning beautiful

Love seeing this beautiful face every morning it's better than a cup of coffee, enjoy :-)

10 Month Pictures (Part One)

Lion loving

This was taken a few weeks ago I am just now getting around to uploading.

I can do it all by myself

10 Months Old!

Dear Campbell,

I cannot believe we are merely two months away from your first birthday. It amazes me how fast time goes by and with each passing day I feel more emotional about my baby turning one. When I scheduled your one year pictures and while planning your first birthday I cannot help but feel a wave of sadness. You are learning something new every day it seems. You are the smartest, sweetest, most beautiful baby and I hope you are always this way.

New “Tricks”

You can now play Indian by yourself (Leslie Allen I have a video for you!)

You can point out the bee in your favorite book

When we ask you where is the lamb’s nose? You point to it. We are working on where is Campbell’s nose.

You can stand independently for about 10 seconds before you topple over.

You took your first steps when you were 9 months old amazingly enough. You can really move when we hold one hand or when walking behind one of your push toys.

You love to fake cough because you get a reaction out of us; your Daddy chooses to ignore you when you do this.

You love to mimic the sounds I make. If I clear my throat you clear yours, if I cough you cough, if I burp you try and make the same nose. It’s pretty comical and you love to get a laugh out of mommy.

Words you say

Ma-ma (personally my favorite)

Da-da

G-g (GiGi, but my mommy thinks you are trying to say good girl to Emma)

Bye-bye

And whole bunch of other words I haven’t quite figured out yet, you are trying to say something that starts with b, who knows?

What’s new in your world?

You are wearing 9 month clothes; you have even worn some of your 12 month outfits.

You are still drinking your 4 bottles I suspect we will be moving down to 3 bottles soon. And probably next month we will begin the transition strictly to sippy cups. I don’t foresee this being an issue at all. You are ahead of the eight ball.

You are cutting 4 teeth! All up top, I can finally see the white spots in your mouth. Two have broken through your gums.

You had your first illness this past month. Dr. Dodds said we are extremely lucky this was your first illness. Your ear infection seems to have cleared up and you are back to your normal self.

You squealed whenever I got home from work Friday and you saw me, it was the cutest!

You love playing in my makeup bag when I am getting ready in the mornings.

You love pulling out all of your bottles, pacifiers, and sippy cups from your drawer in the kitchen. This keeps you entertained and you will play by yourself while rummaging through the drawer.

You continue to be a great eater and will eat anything I put in front of you.

We have been dealing with some separation anxiety issues for about the last month. Every Sunday it is a struggle when we drop you off in the church nursery. It breaks my heart when we pick you up and you have tears running down your face. I know one day you’ll look forward to playing with your friends. I cannot imagine if I had to take you to daycare every day.  

We love you so much Campbell Grace, it really is a privilege to be your mommy.

Love you to the moon and back,

Mommy

Goal Update

I wanted to post an update on my goals for 2012 mainly so I am accountable for the things I want to accomplishment this year.

Get back to the gym – This has been a big fat failure. I did go yesterday first the time since November (did I just admit that). I thinking carrying around an 18 pound baby not to mention chasing her around gives me enough of a workout these days. As I told Austin yesterday going to the gym for me is not about losing weight it’s about being in shape.

Get more involved in church – We have gone to church the past 3 Sundays so we are off to a good start this year and I plan on participating in a women’s bible study when that kicks off at the end of the month. I feel so much more at peace when we are going to church on a regular basis.

Read one book a month – I read two books in January so this is going great. I read The Choice by Nicholas Sparks and I read If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won’t) Betty White’s autobiography. I started reading The Help yesterday so far I love it. I’m waiting to see the movie until I finish the book. When I get done with The Help I want to start The Hunger Games series.

Worry & stress less – work in progress as always

Cook more – We have definitely been cooking more and eating out less.

Side note: I went to Aldi this week for the first time. Love that grocery store! I will however always love Bi-Lo and nothing can change that. Austin always says I could be in a commercial for Bi-Lo because I speak so highly of their stores.

Stop and smell the fresh air – I have definitely been doing this and spending as much time with my sweet girl as possible. Love that precious baby! With the weather being so nice it’s been great getting home from work and playing outside with Campbell and literally smelling the fresh air!

Spend more time with Austin – I think this is going well, but Austin is probably the one to ask about this.

Still pumping along I see the light at the end of the tunnel, finally!