Genius

Campbell will one day be so mad about this post that she will likely say "Gawd, MOM! You are so embarrassing.". Drum roll please.....Campbell told us she had a dirty diaper AND correctly identified that she was pooped. She has been making attempts to tell us, but would get confused about what kind of diaper situation we had. BUT this morning was AMAZING. She got off the couch and announced "Poo Poo". Oh yeah, YES!!!!!! She is clearly advanced.

18 month checkup

I was late getting Campbell's 18 month check up. At the right time, she was sick and then we went out of town and then Thanksgiving was coming up and on and on. So--she just went last week (at 19 month, 1 week and 6 days---BAD MOMMY). Here are her stats:
Height: 33.73 inches Weight: 26.5 Still in the 90th percentile for height and the 70th for weight.
She also only cried for a minute after getting her two vaccines. That is the best one so far. Campbell's doctor described her as "slow to warm up" because she is a little wary of strangers. I call that smart. :0)

Oh Christmas Tree!

We had an adventure this year in finding a Christmas tree. We really like to try to support local businesses if we can, so we went out to the BOONDOCKS to go to a small Christmas Tree farm. It was so far out that we thought we heard banjo music....and the trees were, eh-hem, in less that awesome shape. So, we went back into town to the other local vendor we always go to and got a great tree. They have a giant circus tent set up and every kind of tree imaginable under there. Campbell took a catnap in the car and was on fire with giggles at the second stop. Also--for all you frugalistas out there, we asked for some trimmings from the trees (you know, that stuff they cut off at the bottom so your tree will go in the stand) and they gave it to us for free. So now our house is superbly trimmed for the holidays and all we had to do was pay for a tree. SCORE!

Time for School!

Campbell will not wear a hat or anything resembling a hat, including a headband...but she will wear her Dora the Explorer sunglasses. Recently we added a Dora backpack to the mix and this was her outfit for daycare (school).

Christmas Cookies

I would love to say that we made cookies from scratch with Campbell and that it went really well. The fact is that I am chicken and she is little. :-). So--Grandma suggested we do break-and-bake cookies (Excellent idea!). Campbell only tried to eat one of the cookies before it was cooked and she really liked making straight lines on the cookie sheet. She likes things to be in order (wonder where she gets that?). The pictures are adorable and Campbell seemed to have fun. I am hoping to do this again closer to Christmas and get her interested in helping with our family Christmas packages of cookies and treats.

Pepperoni and Peanut Butter

Campbell would not eat....food is so stupid. She has gone on a couple of hunger strikes, but this one had us at a loss (and Grandma was seriously worried that she wouldn't be able to fill Campbell with sugar and french fries if it kept up). One night after her bath, Campbell asked to "eat" and went to the fridge. I was eating some pepperoni and I got out the peanut butter to make her a sandwich....oh no, she wanted to dip pepperoni into the peanut butter. EWWWWWW. But, she ate it and slept that night, so it was a win....weird, but a win.

Fingerpainting

Grandma brought fingerpaints and the weather finally cleared up enough for us to get them out. Campbell has done this at school, I think, but this is the first time at home. Just like her dad, she was skeptical about getting her hands all gross for the sake of art, but she got on board quickly. :-). She loved it!

Water Water everywhere

Campbell is becoming VERY helpful. She likes to water the plants (and herself) and she can cleanup a mess if you give her clear instructions. Whenever she wants you to help her do something (tie a shoe, carry something, open a box) she will ask you to "HAWP". Too cute.

H-O-P

Grandma spent alot of time hopping with Campbell. At least Grandma went back with some major bicep muscles from toting her grandbaby around.

Park with Grandma

While Grandma was on duty, they went to the park on a very cold and windy day. Campbell wasn't fazed a bit.
She loves to look through these holes and yell "See!". Then you have to reach in and tickle her....it is a very complicated game.

Climbing like a big lady.

Grandma's visit

The 'rents went out of town and Grandma came to visit and stay with CamySue. This is breakfast their first morning. From what I understand, this was the last reasonable and meltdown-free meal for the rest of the time we were gone. I think Grandma got a run for her money, what with the teething, separation angst, and the terrible twos coming on, but they made it through the trip and seemed to have a good time.



Seriously? I may be biased but this kid is freakin' adorable.

Morning Mischief

Campbell likes her napmat from school and on the weekends likes to lay on it while she watches cartoons. Here are some pictures of her laying on her napmat AND doing her new favorite activity, taking off her clothes.

She doesn't like to have her clothes on while she eats (because they get dirty, we think) and she will randomly insist "OFF" and tug at her clothes when she feels the need to be naked. Silly baby.

Pigtails.

Campbell's first teacher this year would brush all the kids' hair and put it up in "tails". Campbell liked it, but I was not quite ready to start doing girl hair every morning. Well, Campbell now requests that I comb her hair and put it in tails. This is my personal favorite and we call it fraggle-tails because she reminds me of that character on Fraggle Rock. As a side note, we bought a Fraggle Rock DVD and Campbell LOVES it. Gives us a break from Dora, so we love it too.