1 Month Old

Happy 1 month birthday to my sweet baby girl! Well, actually, it was 2 days ago. Today we had her 1 month doctor visit. She had to get her 2nd Hepatitis B shot..boo. She did great! Cried, but comforted easily. She seems just like herself today, so it didn't affect her too much!

To my sweet Campbell Grace:

- Today you are 10 pounds 12 ounces! Such a big girl! Dr. G was so impressed. You are a great eater! 90-95th percentile!
- You are 22.5 inches long...whoa, super tall! 95th percentile!
- You are getting stronger everyday. Holding your head up more and looking all around!
- You have given your mommy and daddy a couple nights of 5 hour stretches of sleep, but mostly you are a 3.5-4 hour sleeper.
- You are starting to make little sounds here and there. You love when anyone talks to you. You try so so hard to make noises and talk back. Dr. G says this next month you will start smiling and cooing more, can't wait!
- You are now in size 1 diapers...uh yah, definitely since you are almost 11 pounds!!!
- You are easily in 0-3 month clothes...soon it will be 3-6 months!
- You still like to be swaddled, especially when things get crazy and you just need to be calmed down. We still swaddle you at night.
- You still sleep in your bassinet in mommy and daddy's room...soon you will be in your own room and crib!
- You are pretty good at your routine of eating, playing (even if it's a change of clothes, and some tummy time, or sitting in your bouncy seat, or walking around with mommy) and sleeping, except at night. You usually go back to sleep right after eating at night.
- You hate to be put on your back. Which is killing mommy and daddy. You, right now, have to be rocked or walked to sleep, which will be changing in the future. You need to be a big girl and learn to self soothe. This will be harder on mommy and daddy to listen to you cry. But it will be better for you in the end. One of these days in the next couple of weeks, we are going to try to put you in your own crib and put you down awake, to put yourself to sleep.
- We are getting ready to introduce a bottle to you. We probably waited too long, but hopefully you will like it! Mommy and daddy may need a date soon :)
- We are praying for longer sleeping at night soon. Dr. G keeps saying it shouldn't be too long.
- In the past 2 weeks, you have started enjoying baths more. You don't cry immediately when you are placed in the water. You like to have the water on you. You don't, however, like to get your hair washed at all. That is the last thing we do, so your screaming is to a minimum.
- You still aren't the biggest fan of your pacifier. Rarely you take it when you are trying to calm down, but only if we give it to you while you are calm, not when you are upset.
- You went to your first baseball game this last weekend. Caleb was playing in a tournament, and we took you! You were good luck and such a good baby on day 1, on day 2, it was just too hot, and you were tired and cranky, plus you weren't good luck that day.
- Your dad gave you the nickname "Thumper", because you have this twitch or leg shake when you get excited! I thought it was a cute name :)

That is all mommy can think of right now. I attempted a few 1 month pictures in your crib and you weren't having it! It was a long day, that day!

Mommy and daddy love you more than you know. We still can't believe you are ours and we thank God everyday for you! You are our sunshine and little miracle. We pray that we are the best parents we can be, and we hope we are doing as much right as we can!

We love you Campbell Grace McFarland, and Happy 1 month Birthday!

wordless wednesday

What day is it? Our week(s) in pictures...

Campbell Grace is 3 weeks old today and I keep asking myself, "What day is it?" I can't believe my baby girl is already 3 weeks old. It is flying by way too fast! This week we had Jacob's mom, sister, and her boys visiting! We had a great time. I'll just get to posting the pics. They are the best part! I am loving being a mom and spending all my time with this little miracle. Jacob and I are so blessed by her. The pics are from the past 2 weeks.

Campbell in the cradle my dad made, she looks so tiny!

She loves her grandpa, and look at that grin on my dad's face, I love this!

He loves holding her...getting a little sun!

Grammy and "?" (we need to figure out what he is going to be called)

Mommy and Campbell

My little ballerina, lol, I love this outfit!

Elijah loves holding Campbell, even when she's screaming...

Auntie Liz and Campbell

Daddy and Cami

Elijah likes to see pics of himself!

Thomas, Jacob, and Cami

She still wasn't happy...

Campbell had her 2 week appointment on Tuesday. She weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces, and was 21 1/4 inches long. She looked great according to Doctor G! She's growing and growing! She has gorgeous blue eyes, that will steal your heart. And she still has the best head of hair! She still doesn't like diaper changes or baths. She started tummy time, and can turn her head from one side to the other and hold it up for a little bit without getting mad! We really love our vibrating bouncy seat! She loves her carseat too! We had a mini road trip to visit my parents in Fort Worth last weekend and she did so good. She was asleep before we even left the driveway, lol. That's awesome! We will see what this next week holds!

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day/weekend! 

Love y'all,

Hospital Photoshoot

I just got the CD from the hospital photographer of Campbell's pictures. Thanks to PaPa Ray for buying us the CD! Looking at these pics makes me smile, and think that she's grown so much in the past 10 days!

Enjoy the pics!

1 Week Old

My sweet Campbell,

It's so hard to believe that you are already 1 week old. It has been the best week of our lives, and I know it will only get better! You are such a good baby. We are so thankful for our healthy and happy baby girl! You bring so much joy into our lives and we have a new found love that both your daddy and I have never experienced. It is truly the best feeling and we are so proud to be your parents. We pray that you will learn to know and believe in Jesus at an early age, and we pray that you will always know how much we love you. You are our sunshine! And we are thankful to God that He redeems. You have an angel brother or sister in heaven looking over you, and we could not be more thankful for our time with you both. You are our rainbow baby and the best, most beautiful gift we could have ever imagined! You are perfect, just like God made you!

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful

- Psalm 139 14

I constantly stare at you and am in awe of you. I pray that I can be the best mommy ever to you. I know we both will fail because our flesh is sinful, but we will put our trust and faith in the Lord to redeem us, save us, and forgive us.

This week we have come to know that:

- You hate having your diaper changed...you scream at the top of your lungs, but when we are done, you are immediately quiet! (Your Grammy says you're like a water faucet, on and off)
- You aren't too fond of your baths either.
- You can go 3-4 hours at night without waking up.
- You are a good eater, unless I eat something that makes your tummy upset, and then you want to cluster feed every 1-2 hours thinking it will make it better.
- You were pulling your head up on day 3 of life. You are such a strong girl!
- You know your mommy and daddy's voices. I love how you look at both of us when we talk to you.
- You definitely love to be talked to. We can't wait until you start talking and cooing back!
- You have the most amazing smile when you sleep, one of these days you will start smiling on your own, and we can't wait!
- You have the most amazing head of hair! Natural highlights like your mommy, lol, well when I was young!
- We love you more and more everyday sweet girl!

We are so blessed to have you baby girl! Your mommy and daddy love you Campbell Grace! Thank you for making me your mommy!