Remembering...2 years later

Just wanted to remember my glory baby in heaven today. It has been 2 years since we lost her, but I'm thankful for this day today with my rainbow baby girl...(big girl now)! It has been the most glorious 13 almost 14 months of my life. God has blessed our family through Campbell. She shows us so much joy and helps us heal from that deep, intense pain that we felt not too long ago. She is the face of true redemption and hope. I have been shown grace in my suffering. She is my daily reminder of the Lord's faithfulness to me. God continues to use my experience for His glory...and He holds that sweet girl in His hands. My heart is full with what today means, and I know one day I will meet her and see her sweet face in heaven! 

I am also asking that you join me in praying for a sweet friend that lost her baby girl just a few days ago. And if you know someone who is struggling with this, I am more than happy to offer my story and advice.

I am proud to say that my miscarriage did not define me...I overcame it (only through God's grace and comfort...and my husband, family, and friend's support),...and I am better because of it!

Excuse the pic, we spent the late afternoon at our cousin, Caleb's baseball game; it was too HOT and we were sweaty and miserable...lots of snowcones and ice kept us cool and hydrated!

A lately list...

Just wanted to say hi and let you all know what we've been up to lately...

We had Jacob's parents here since last Wednesday and Aunt Casey drove down last night! Campbell is enjoying all the family time! She is getting so so big and it is hard to believe the things she is doing now.

Her new phrase is "UH OH" and when she says it I just melt. It could also be because she has the cutest little voice EVER. She is also showing us her belly button. She knows her eyes and nose too.

We also say, are you ready to go night night and she walks back to her room, same for her bath, goes straight to the bathtub. She is very smart and blowing my mind at how much she retains. When she is hungry and sees something she wants she says mememememememe, not sure exactly what she's trying to say, I just know she means give me something to eat/drink!

We are going to enjoy the pool for a few days with Aunt Casey and also go watch some baseball and hang with the rest of the family!

Here is a fun giveaway that I came across on another blog and thought it wouldn't hurt to try to win an awesome camera!

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Hope you all have a blessed week. I wish I didn't have to work and could enjoy every single day this summer with my girl, but right now I do and I'm thankful for the time I do have.

Anniversary and Father's Day

Whew...sorry this didn't get posted yesterday, but we had just returned from a wonderful weekend and I just didn't want to pull the computer out...so I lounged in the lovesack with my hubs!

Jacob and I celebrated 5 years married on Saturday! I love this man and all he has done for me and now Campbell. We are such lucky girls!

But our weekend actually started Friday afternoon when we dropped C off with Grammy and Grandpa! She ended up staying 2 nights with them while we hung out in downtown Fort Worth by ourselves.

It was much needed and so refreshing. We enjoyed yummy food, and sleeping in, as well as just hanging out and enjoying the "sights"! We even met up with a friend from high school and her hubby for brunch which was such a great surprise!

Campbell enjoyed Grammy and Grandpa so much! She played in the pool, and just roamed everywhere...just a new place with so much to explore :)

We are so thankful for the rest and relaxation, but were so anxious to see our girl!


And.....
I just want to show you a picture of Campbell and her daddy, a little over a year ago and this year! We are so blessed to have this man in our lives. He works so incredibly hard to provide for the both of us, and is such a strong and God fearing leader of our home.

Happy Father's Day to my dad, father-in-law Ray, my Poppy, and Jacob's Grandpa Kermit as well! We are so thankful for the men that you are and all you mean to us :) 

13 months old!

My girl, you are 13 months old today! I can say that this month has seemed to  go a little slower than many of the last few months...I guess because the big milestone of turning ONE is gone. We had a lovely vacation and are just trying to get back into the groove of things. 

A few of my favorite things you have been doing lately...

you are dancing everytime you hear music...it is absolutely adorable...stomping your feet and raising your hands while you turn in a circle!

you are mimicking us more and more...

you are blowing kisses, waving, giving high fives

your favorite thing to eat is a banana...nanananana as you say :)

you are an amazing sleeper...wow, how did we get so lucky?

you like talking and smiling at new people everywhere we go!

you are recognizing yourself and family in pictures all over the house! you are so smart baby girl...

you are beautiful...daddy tells you every night :)

you are becoming a climber...not sure how i feel about that...

you are becoming more and more interested in your books!
you are wanting to feed yourself with utensils, getting too big...
you have the best laugh and have started snorting when you get to laughing hard...we all start rolling when we hear this...(i'm afraid you might get that from me...sorry)

there are so many things we are enjoying right now, we just love every thing about you, sweet girl! mommy and daddy love you so much :)

Aaahhhhhh...vacation...

Here's a small recap on our vacation this last week.  We enjoyed a wonderful week in Santa Rosa Beach Florida, just outside of Destin! It was beautiful there y'all! Even more so than Mexico :) We were so blessed to be in one of the most amazing beach houses I have ever seen, and we soaked up all the sun we could! Campbell loved it! She liked floating in the ocean and, of course, she is a sand baby :) I could kick myself for not getting pictures of the gorgeous house we stayed in...it was just like out of the magazines! Get ready for picture overload :)

My favorite parts of vacation were the beautiful views...

Campbell and her first experience with the ocean and sand...

Sweet family time...

And the precious time she spent with her daddy...

Oh and the food, most of it :) which I don't have any pics of...and who could not love the sweet pics of C on the beach...

I could post more and more pictures, but I think that's enough for now. I had a wonderful time on vacation, but I'm back to the real world after spending the night awake with a very sick little girl. This is her first time EVER throwing up...not sure if it was a 24 hour bug or what...but when a baby girl as active as mine, just sits in your lap and cuddles...you know she doesn't feel good. She threw up about 10 times over the course of 4 hours last night. She is now napping, which is why I am able to get a blog up! (And yes, I got a small nap in too!)

We are so so thankful to the Shea's who let us stay in their gorgeous beach house, and are thankful to have been blessed with gorgeous weather and an overall wonderful vacation!