Christmas Family Picture

This is our Christmas Card Photo. Derek is just under 5 months at this point. He kept sticking his tongue out, but soon got a few pictures where he wasn't showing his tongue.

Merry Christmas to All!

Santa

Derek met Santa for the first time last night! He didn't cry, but maybe because he didn't really look at him.

 I don't know what Mrs. Claus was trying to do here... ha ha

I was able to get in a picture with them too!

We're just so excited to have a little boy to share this Christmas season with, it makes this time of year so much better.

Mission Inn

We took Derek to the Mission Inn to see the Christmas lights for the first time. He was so calmly starring at everything and everyone around while riding in his stroller.

 This shows what he looked like the whole time we were there.

These pictures didn't come out great but at least we have something. Maybe next year he'll show more excitement at how many lights there are. 

He Loves Toys

Derek is beginning to be really fun!! He loves all his toys! This one is one of his favorites right now, he'll sit there for a while and will allows us to get things done around the house. We love how excited he gets when we hand him toys! Hopefully he won't get too many toys for Christmas from his grandparents. HA
A Thank You to Scotlin for giving Derek this bouncer :)

Five Months

Our Little Derek is five months today.

Last time he saw the doctor's was a few weeks ago and he weighed 14 lbs 11 oz.

He measured 25 inch then.

He's becomes such a wiggler, he almost wiggled out of the bath tub the other day.

We can tell he's just ready to run around.

He loves visitors :)

Anything his hands find go straight to his mouth.

He still hates the car seat and car rides :(

He loves his Abuelitos and Grandparents!

He only wakes up once at night to eat, except when he's sick.

He loves looking at books, though it is time for some new ones (mommy's tired of reading the same ones)

Peek-a-boo is fun now

He's now splashing in the bath tub, I love it!

He has a favorite toy now.

We love him so much!

Can't wait for his first Christmas!!

Don't you just love his bright ears in this picture!

4 Months

We have been so busy these days, but I just wanted to share that Derek is 4 months today! Will post more when we have time.

Cloth Diapering

So what's new in our home? We are using cloth diapers as of a couple weeks ago. While reading about making the switch on cloth diapering websites it seemed like a lot of work, but now that we're actually doing it, it isn't bad at all. The only big difference would be doing an extra load of laundry, which isn't a big deal. I love that they are super cute and there are so many different colors to choose from.

These will fit Derek till he gets potty trained, so I know it'll save us loads of money-- Always a plus, right?

Cute naked baby right before bath time.

Just Because

So Derek has been sleeping in his own room since the day he turned 3 months. That first night was difficult for me. It was the first time EVER that I thought our house was huge! He just seemed so far away from us. But he's been doing great, and putting the cradle away gives us our own room back and it looks so much bigger now. We've been using a baby monitor to hear him at night, I'd like to know what all you parents out there do to listen for their cry at night? comment please :)
Here are some recent pictures of Derek, we just have to show him off, he's too cute!

This little boy melts my heart everytime I see him smile!


Derek does not like tummy time :(


Cameron wanted to get a picture of him on the driver's seat- he's buckled and ready to go!


He's way to young and small for the walker but he loves sitting there.

Derek's First Halloween

We had very fun Halloween activities this year, it was exciting to have a little someone to dress up for Halloween. Derek looked so cute in his pumpkin costume! We had a blast giving out candy this year!

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

From Newborn to Infant

Derek is now 3 months old

He's just growing and growing everyday

He loves to see his parents first thing in the morning (he smiles as soon as he sees one of us)

Loves binkies, (not happy about that, though he does look very cute when he's sucking on one)

His eyes are more brown than blue, but are not yet as dark as mine.

I love that he has to hold on to my collar when his eating :)

He doesn't just laugh when tickled -he now also laughs when something is funny to him like Cameron's famous Donald Duck voice or my happy songs that require clapping.

I love how much he stretches, it is so cute watching him stretch his whole body.

He talks all the time now, especially when I play the piano as if he's singing.

He's slept for 7 hours straight (only waking up once through the night) for a few nights now.

He still fits in size 1 diapers.

He wears size 3 month clothes.

He's constantly trying to get his whole fist in his mouth.

He grabbed a toy for the first time Sunday Oct 9.

Loves when I read him books (Dr. Suess is all we have for now)

Bathtime is his favorite time of the day!

He's so light skinned! I don't really notice how light his skin is until my mom holds him..lol.

He got his 3 month old pictures taken the other day (will be posting them later) THANKS DARCY!!

He's very ticklish!

His legs are getting chubby. LOVE IT!!

He's had the same bed time routine since 2 months and 1 week, and it's working pretty good. His morning routine is still a mess, so I need to work on that one.

It's fun to see his personality show more and more everyday.

He's really close to rolling over.

Sometimes he laughs when I use a Nasal Aspirator on him.

He doesn't really like tummy time while he's awake but loves it while sleeping (he'll take super long naps on his tummy ;)

We just love him to pieces!

It's been an amazing 3 months.

Can't wait for more milestones to come!

5K Run

I ran my first 5k this year on Oct 1st. I finished 4th place within my category at 30:37. Last year at the same 5k run I finished 7th at 28:27. As I was "training" I only got to up to running 2 miles so this was my first time running 3.2 miles straight (so not too shabby!)

Two Months

Derek is two months today, I feel like we've had him for much longer. We've been learning what he likes and what he doesn't like, it's so mcuh fun getting to know our son!

-He is so much bigger now, everytime people see him the first thing they mention is how much bigger he looks.

- Like I said in the last post, he smiles all the time, but I still can't get enough of it!

- He loves to hear Daddy's voice!

-Derek loves to hear mommy sing primary songs in spanish, even though she's a horrible singer.

-He doesn't like car rides at all! It's a bummer!

-He now looks at the pictures in the book as we read to him.

-He has to have a blanket touching his face in order to sleep, I think that's so cute!!

-I loves to sleep on his sides.



-He started smiling at 5 1/2 weeks and cooing at 7 1/2 weeks.



- He still loves bath time.



- Bad news: he's got a hernia :(



- He's got a birthmark on the side of his nose, though it's fading.



-I hope Cameron and I are doing a good job at parenting. We sure like it!

Just a Quick Post

I need to remember to update this a little more often. New things going on are:

-I started school again this Fall, I'm only taking one class ( I don't like to be away from Derek, but my sweet mom has been watching him for me), the class meets only once a week for 2 1/2 hrs... so not too bad.

- Derek does take the bottle pretty good, but it makes me sad whenever I think of him drinking from a bottle.

-Cameron started school as well. He's taking a CNC class, but it's bummer that his class meets on Saturdays only for 8 hours!

-Derek weighs 10 lbs 12 oz, measures 22 1/2 in now.

- I'm running again, and it feels so good!! I'm signing up for a 5K on Oct 1st, and it's not enough time to train but who cares?

- Derek smiles so much now.

- Derek doesn't sleep through the night but he knows it is night time, for he'll only wake up to change, feed and burp, and goes right back to sleep. He used to wake up for hours.

- It's so hard to keep the house clean these days.

-Derek loves to hear my piano-playing :)

- and we just love being parents!

Smiling Derek

I know this is kinda long, but I really don't know how to edit it.
We just love his smiles!!!
(Derek at 7 weeks)

It's Already Been a Month!

Our little Derek is a month old today, I can't believe how fast time has gone by. He's getting bigger quickly. At one of my baby showers, people wrote down advice on diapers for me to read as I change Derek's diapers and one of them said, "Enjoy every moment with him, they grow too fast." I try to remember that when I'm really tired at night and he's fussy. Time will fly and he will only be like this for a short time, this is when I can snuggle up with him and kiss him as much as I want. He truly is growing fast, it's only been a month but he already seems so much bigger. These are some of the pictures we got of him today on his month mark.

He smiles now and is just starting cooing, we love it!

This is a blurry picture but this is one of the only smiling pictures we have of him.

He's so adorable! At this point his eyes are still blue, his hands look more like his daddy's, wears size 1 diapers, is growing out of his newborn clothes and loves bath time!

Derek's Baby Blessing

We got to bless Derek last Sunday Aug 7, 2011. He got such a beautiful blessing from Cameron. We are thankful to everyone that was able to be with us on this special day, and for those who participated. We are blessed with so much love and support from family and friends.

and last but not least we are very blessed to have Derek in our family, we've had a blast so far. He is the best thing that has happened to us and we love him so much.

(my family is so short, Cameron looks so tall.. I think that's really funny)

This is who came from my side of the family, except for my dad. He had to go home before we took pictures.

(love how Adam is eating Danny's tie. . so cute)

We had so many more people here with us, they actually made our ward look like a ward. Thanks everyone for coming!

Derek has many cousins close in age, they were all born within four months.

My mother-in-law made his cute blessing outfit, he looked so handsome. Thanks Mom! She also provided these pictures for us, since we didn't take any... oops.

Derek Robbe Campbell

-He is finally here!

-We are truly thankful and honored to have a baby boy be part of our lives, to love and to care for!

-He was born July 15, 2011

-6 lbs 14 oz

-19 inch

-He is the most beautiful baby in the whole world!

-He's such a good baby, he sleeps, feeds well, smiles, knows our voices, is beautiful to look at.

-This has been one of those things where you just can't believe you've been living without that something or someone. I can't believe Cameron and I've been without Derek this whole time.

-So we finally came up with the name after we saw him, for all of you who always asked what his name was going to be.

-Labor is hard, but to end up with a baby I would and will do it again.

-Derek did develop jaundice but his jaundice levels have finally come down as of yesterday.

-Everyone says he looks just like Cameron.

-Breastfeeding is amazing, not saying it's been the easiest thing, but we're still working at it and I love it.

-I am doing just fine, I just have to take it easy.

-Our families are also very excited about this new addition.. My parents are finally grandparents!

-We can spend all day just starring at him, he's just so amazing.

-It has been an awesome almost-week with this new addition to our family!

Thirty-Eight Weeks and Ready!

Cameron's dad has made a cradle for every of his children's first baby, we all picked out what we wanted it to look like and he tried his best to make it just like it. I love ours so much, can't wait to see our baby sleeping in it. This is the picture we found:


and this is the wonderful job he's done!

Mom made us the bedding for it and we just love it!



We've also finally finished the nursery and thanks to Darcy who gave us the bedding and everything that comes with it, it looks great! Now we are just waiting for our baby boy to arrive!

Thirty-Seven Weeks

and 3 more to go, hopefully!

-Well this is me at 37 weeks, I feel huge and we're so ready to have this baby, these last three weeks will feel like an eternity.

-I feel like I've dropped, being that I can breath better and I feel super sharp pains on my pelvic floor, and I visit the bathroom even more that ever throughout this pregnancy.

-I still walk every morning

-Our baby keeps squirming inside of me, I know he's dying to come out of there too.

-I've started filling out his baby book

-I'm experiencing the nesting stage for I can't stop cleaning out closets and moving stuff in the baby room, and my big project of the moment is to scrub the grout on our tile floor, it's looking great- I have 2/3 of it done.

-I'm not really craving anything anymore, but I do enjoy otter pops in this heat.

-My hands and feet get really swollen to the point where it hurts to bend my fingers and toes, therefore I am not able to wear my beautiful wedding ring anymore :(

- I am currently dealing with a bad cold :(

-Cameron's been dying to install the car seat in our car so I finally let him yesterday

-If you came over to my house, you'd probably find me cleaning, watching grey's anatomy on netflix, or reading some labor and delivery book.

-Swimming makes me happy

-I have had awesome baby showers lately, Thanks to everyone who helped us get things ready for our little bundle of joy through gifts and advice. We are blessed to have gotten pretty much everything we need to this baby from baby showers.

-I feel GUILTY about not wanting my house to look messy with all the colorful baby stuff around, like our bouncer and swing- they are cute but they do not match our theme

-We have the cutest bedding for our baby's crib

-My mom gave me a prenatal heart listener and I'm always using it, it's really cool.

-At our ultrasound last week, our baby weighed 6 lbs 3 ounces, I might have a huge baby and that makes me nervous.

-It's great to know that our baby has made it to full term as of today and will pretty much be healthy anytime he comes out now.

-I'm glad we only have 3 more weeks to wait for our baby, he'll be with us very soon!! ( I just have to stay busy so time flies)

Thirty-Two Weeks

I am 32 weeks today and I thought I'd share my thoughts:

-Time seems to go by slower now because of how excited I am.

-On my last ultrasound I was told the baby weighs about 3 pounds, and his head is down, hopefully he'll just stay that way for me to push him out when the time comes.

-My ribs now dig into my uterus when I sit, so I can't sit for long periods of time :(

-Weird Craving (which I can't satisfy): dry dog food, I would just love to serve me some with milk and eat it like cereal.

-Everybody comments on how big my belly is getting.

-I do like people knowing I'm pregnant, but I don't like the stares from college students.

-I have enough newborn clothes for this baby, thanks to my mom I don't have to worry about buying newborn clothes.

-We finally have a car seat and stroller, so he'll be safe to bring him home from the hospital.

-I keep building my collection of Dr. Suess books to read to our son .. YAY!

- I am getting tired of the same maternity clothes and sunday dresses.

-We took a tour of the Hospital that I will be delivering, that was kinda fun!

-I love when Cameron talks to our son through my belly, even if he does talk to him about cars.

-We do have a few names picked out, at least we've done some progress.

-I'm way excited about all the new babies this year, from ladies in our ward, cousins, friends.

-Leg cramps, heartburn aren't fun!

-I can't wait to just sit and stare at our baby as much as I want, anytime I want.

Eight more weeks!

As promised these are some of our ultrasound pictures. Some I didn't post some of the other ones only because they look very similar to some of these. So this is our little one! Can't wait to meet him in 10 weeks!

@ 8 weeks

@ 12 weeks

@17 weeks

@ 22 weeks

We found out we were having a boy at 17 weeks but they never really showed us, so this time I asked if I could get a picture of his parts! He sure is a boy:)

@ 29 weeks