2nd Snow

Uncle Kirk and Aunt Lacy

Carter and Campbell had a fun weekend with their 2nd snow arriving on Saturday! We bundled Campbell up for a picture, she of course slept the whole time. Carter had fun playing in the snow and we literally had to drag him inside! This child LOVES being outside. My brother, Kirk and his wife Lacy came over on Saturday to meet Campbell for the 1st time. They are expecting their 1st baby in July! I tired to get my brother to practice changing diapers but he passed on the offer! Campbell is doing well. Although, she has a hard time sleeping in the wee hours of the morning!

2 weeks old

2 weeks old
Sleeping in my Moses basket!

Loving on Campbell

Campbell is 2 weeks old and doing well. Yesterday on her 2 week mark we went out to dinner! We achieved many firsts yesterday! It was the 1st time out to dinner with 2 kids, the 1st time in the car with 2 kids and both Carter's and Campbell's 1st snow! My parents are still here so we had their extra hands at dinner. Campbell slept the whole time though so it wasn't too hard. Carter loved watching the huge snow flakes fall and of course wanted to go outside to play. The other day, my mom and I took Campbell out for her 1st shopping trip! Again, she slept the whole 4 hours we were gone! Campbell is doing just great. She is staying awake a little longer during the day and at night too!! She is filling in her newborn clothes better and her hair is growing in more. Carter is totally smitten with her and he loves to hold and kiss her! He is just counting down the days until she can play ball with him!

More of my 1st week

Napping in my crib for the 1st time!

Carter loves Campbell
Carter is ready for me to play ball!
Fun at the park with Daddy while Campbell sleeps!

1st week

1 week old

Family picture

Campbell has had a great 1st week of life! She sleeps most of the time but wakes every 3 hours to eat. The only time she is ever fussy is from 1-2 am! Not the best timing! Carter is adjusting nicely to his new role and loves on his baby sister constantly! Brandon went back to work on Thursday so that was my first day with both kids all day! I must say, it was very busy but at least had a little break when both kids were napping at the same time! I was exhausted by the end of the day but I know I will get use it! My parents will be here all next week to help!

Campbell Elizabeth

Campbell is here

Campbell Elizabeth Van Orden arrived Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 3:51 pm via a scheduled induction. She was 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 20.5 inches long! The induction was scheduled for 7:30 am. At 8 am they started IV fluids and Pitocin. It took a while for me to feel the contractions and at 1 pm and being 4 cm dilated I decided it was time for the Epidural. The Epidural only took on the right side so my left side was still feeling the not so pleasant contractions! After going through 2 hours of various medicines my left side was starting to get a little more numb. While I could still feel it, it wasn't very painful. The nursed checked me at 3 pm and said I was 6.5 cm and we should expect to dilate 1 cm per hour. By 3:30 pm I was feeling an extreme amount of pain on my left side, the anaesthesiologist came in, once again gave me more medicine. While all this medicine helped the left side, it made the right side even more numb! The nurse was a little curious as to why I was feeling so much pain so she decided to check me . . . I was 10 cm and ready to push! Oh wow! She was shocked and told me not to move, or even laugh because the baby was right there and she was running to call the doctor! Once the nurse got back she wanted me to push some and after 3 pushes she told me not to move! The Dr. came in, I pushed once and Miss Campbell was here! So after, 8 hours of labor and only 10 minutes of pushing we had a beautiful baby girl! Campbell is doing great! We have been home since Friday and she has been sleeping most of that time. She wakes every 3 hours to eat and then usually goes back to sleep. She is doing the same at night so we are getting some sleep. Carter is doing really well with her as well; he wants to hold her all the time and is so sweet with her. He can only take her in 2 minute time spans and then he wants to move on the something else! We are so thankful to have 2 beautiful and healthy children! God truly is good!

Campbell's room

We have finally finished Campbell's room! I am glad Campbell has waited to arrive until I could get it done. At our Dr.'s appt. on Wednesday they did another ultrasound and said the fluid level is up! Although, Campbell is still very small, only weighing 5lbs. 12oz. The doctor's aren't' concerned, they just say she is going to be small. We go back on Friday for a non-stress test and as long as everything looks good then they will go ahead with the planned induction on January 2nd! So this time next week Campbell Elizabeth will be here! Oh my!

What a fun day

Truck and 4 wheeler

Look what Santa brought

Ready for Santa

We all had a wonderful Christmas! It was so much fun watching Carter with all his toys! Carter must have been a good boy because Santa sure was good to him!

Carter with Santa

Carter wasn't very fond of the jolly old man this year! We tried everything we could to get him to calm down. But at least we have a picture for the scrapbook! I am sure he will look at this picture one day and get a good laugh; or be totally embarrassed!

No baby yet!

I had my 37 week appointment today and Campbell is doing okay. Her abdomen is now 3 weeks behind schedule but everything else is measuring perfectly. The doctor thinks she will just be skinny; much like Carter :o) At today’s appt. she weighed 5lbs.11oz. The fluid level was measuring okay but on the low side. I am almost 2 cm dilated so I have been instructed to drink as much water as possible and rest, rest, rest! They didn’t feel that the baby needed to be delivered right away so I will go back for another ultrasound on Wednesday the 26th. At that appt. they will decide if they should induce or if I will go back on the 28th for another ultrasound check. I am scheduled for an induction on Wednesday, January 2nd so if all goes well between now and then; that’s when she will be born. So far, it doesn’t look like we will have a Christmas baby! Whew!!!!!!

Update on Campbell

At my 36 week doctor's appt. I measured back on track! Thank goodness. At my 37 week appt. on Thursday they will do another ultrasound and if Campbell is still measuring small they will go ahead and induce! I sure hope she is back on track too because I am not ready to have a baby at the end of the week!

Campbell's baby shower

On the 9th my wonderful friends showered me with gifts for Baby Campbell. We all had such a wonderful time and had the most fun with all the girly things! I am so fortunate to have such loving friends!

Still not enough

In the middle of all of this too, Brandon started feeling bad. He went to his doctor on Wednesday and discovered he has strep throat! Haven't we had enough going on already! Brandon is on antibiotics too and I have been very busy cleaning everything multiple times in hopes of not getting sick! Thank goodness for Clorox Anywhere spray!

Glimpse of Baby Campbell

In the middle of Carter's illness I had a doctor's appt. I am measuring a little on the small side so they wanted to do an ultrasound of the baby. She looks good but her abdomen is on the small side. While it is on the small side, it is still in the normal range so they aren't terribly alarmed yet. I have been instructed to rest on my left side for 2 straight hours a day. Not easy to find with a 20 month old running around! They did a regular 2D and then they did the really fun 3D/4D picture! I thought it was so cool so see our little one! I am also already 1cm dilated but they say that's not out of the ordinary for this to be a 2nd baby!

First sickness

Carter made it 20 months before his first sickness! They were pretty impressed at the Dr.'s office! Carter decided for his first sickness to be a real doozy! He started out Monday night with a low grade temp, which on Tuesday progressed in to a cold. Still a low grade temp. so the Dr. said to treat it as a cold. He was miserable all day and night, waking up about every hour and just crying! Well, on Wednesday after my Dr.'s appt. Carter had a temp of 104.5, oh my! Called his Dr. and of course they wanted to see him. They discovered he had an ear infection in both ears! Yikes! Brandon says the child shows no pain because he never once pulled at his ears. Now he is on antibiotics and is doing better. We had some pretty tough nights but thank goodness things are starting to get back to normal!

Thankful for . . .

Food
and Daddy's shoes!

Playing ball with Granmama at Thanksgiving

I am way behind on updating pictures so I am going to try and get up to speed. This was Thanksgiving night while Carter and my grandmother were playing ball. We had such a nice Thanksgiving and have so many things to be thankful for this year!