One Cute Boy

Oh my sweet son.   When Campbell woke up this morning he kept grabbing mine and Sam's leg.  And know that it is almost midnight I can't remember exactly what he was saying when he grabbed it, but I think it was "I take this leg".  It was really cute.  He is just being so loving.  He is constantly giving me, Sam, and Mason big hugs, telling us that he loves us.

And today he really acknowledge Henry for the first time (Henry who is still in the womb).  We got all 3 of the kids little stuffed animals (one for each of the animal I have picked for them- Campbell is Giraffe, Mason is Elephant, and Henry is Lion).

I have Henry's Lion sitting on the kitchen counter, and this evening when I was getting dinner ready Campbell grabbed the lion and gave it a big hug and said:
"This is for Henry!"

then it was followed with,
"for Campbell?"

but he's getting it...slowly.

Then I told Campbell how lucky he was because he was going to have a brother and a sister.  And I told him that not everyone gets a brother and a sister.

And Sam goes, "well Henry does"

Sheesh.

Our Newest Bookwork

The other day I was doing a little bit of cleaning and had left Mason playing in the living room.  I poked my head into check on her.  And this is what I found, our sweet little girl, happily trying to read a book- and trying to get into her own little comfy chair!

Have You Heard Who Turned One?

That's right- my sweet tiny baby is no longer a baby... no more references to months... she is now 1 year old!  Well in the picture directly below she is actually 1 year 1 week and like 2 days old... but the rest of the pics are from her actual birthday.

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl!

Mason Marie, 1 year old

Disappearing Pictures of Campbell

A warning to all- pictures of Campbell may be missing for awhile.  Not because of me- or my constant attempts to take pictures of him, but because Campbell has developed a slightly umm less than cute trait (I realize I use the word annoying a little too much).

When I bring the camera out, Campbell immediately stops whatever he is doing, and runs to the camera to "now see Campbell" on the viewfinder.  Well, this has resulted in 1) all blurry pictures of my son and 2) pictures that only contain part of his body.

He just really wants to see himself on the camera... and I really want to see him on the picture!

AHHHH!

I guess I will just have to be a tad more sneaky with him!

"Lets Take a Break"

Why the title "Let's Take a Break"? Oh, because if you don't know- that's Campbell's new catch phrase.  I have no idea where he learned it.  I am trying to rack my brain of Veggie Tales, Curious George, and Sesame Street to see if any of those shows use the phrase.  I am guessing the culprit could be either Curious George- or our Wii.  After you have played Wii for awhile the screen will tell you that you can take a break by pressing a button. It doesn't say it out loud- you have to read it, so unless Sam or I have been saying it and Campbell has heard it, I don't know how he has picked it up.

But lately when I ask Campbell to either help me with something, eat his food, or well do anything, he responds with "Uh, let's take a break"

Example:

Saturday morning, getting him ready to go out to breakfast, I asked him to go get his shoes.  So naturally, he pulls every one's shoes out of the basket in search of his shoes.  I put his shoes on, and then say " Ok, now please go put all the shoes back".

Campbell looks at me.. "uh, Now Take a Break"

What??? 

"No, Mommy said you need to put the shoes back"

Campbell: "Um, No, now we take a break"

A break from what? Since when did my son's life become so challenging?

And he says it all the time- when I'm doing dishes, he'll come over and say, "Now take a break"

If I'm working on the computer, he'll come up and "now take a break"

Its really cute...

And really annoying.

But I have to make note of it, so that when this little word habit is over, I won't forget it.  And so that in 10 years, I will remember how cute it was, and not how it can make me feel slightly frustrated at times.

Old November Shots...

Some new pics, taken back in November

Who doesn't love Mamma's quiche?

Starting the New Year Right

Happy New Year to all!
I am making no huge promises, but I am really hoping to start 2009 with better blogging abilities.  With that said, I need to remind myself that not every blog needs to be long, and that I am sure some would love to just see a few pictures at a time (you know without 3 and 5 month gaps in between- sheesh).

And it only took 3 days, but before January 1st was over I successfully organized my photo

 storage on the computer.  Granted, it was only pictures taken with our new camera, therefore pictures for only 2 months... but honestly, it was still over 5000 pictures....

So here are a couple... enjoy, and hopefully I will be posting again soon!