Babbling, clapping, and tights, oh my!

We've had some exciting developments this week! Campbell has started babbling and clapping... Enjoy this video evidence:


I have also given into one of my many indulgences...baby girls in tights! These are my current favorite but I got some really cute ones on my Black Friday 12-hour shopping adventure!



Campbell is getting excited for Santa...


We also wanted to give you a health update for Campbell. She had her head ultrasound today (due to her head being big in relation to her body) and the results came back normal. Yay! We also want to ask for your prayers. Sunday during her physical therapy session her therapist and I saw her have another seizure. It only lasted a few seconds, but it was definitely not normal for her. We have an appointment with her pediatrician tomorrow afternoon to try and figure out a plan. We will be insisting upon a referral to the pediatric neurologist. We will keep you updated!

CAC's first Thanksgiving!

I had a great Thanksgiving!

First, my daddy and Aunt Sara ran a race called the Turkey Trot. Supposedly, Aunt Sara had to keep helping my daddy but I don't believe it...my daddy can do anything, even run 5 miles after not training at all!

Then daddy and I enjoyed some quality time planning Mommy's shopping trip tomorrow. We had a great time looking through the sales papers. Mommy is meeting Nana, Aunt Emily, and Aunt Sara at 4:30 in the morning...which works out perfect for my mommy since I usually wake her up around 3:00 for a bottle...

I got to try a really good new food today: Mashed potatoes. It was really good. It was so yummy that I kept grabbing for more! I even grabbed a chunk out of my daddy's biscuit and tried to eat it, too!

My daddy took his Wii to Nana and Pop's house and everyone had a great time playing. My Great-Grandma Robinson even got in on the action and tried out Mario Kart. She did really great for someone who's never played a video game before!

My daddy put this silly hat on me. I have a feeling it's just the first of many times he's going to make me wear something silly...


Apparently, wearing silly headgear is genetic...


We then went to Lancaster and had a nice dinner with my Grandma and Grandpa Parker, Aunt Beth and Uncle Robert, and my fun cousins Matthew and Madeline. I had the best time laughing and playing with Matthew.

All in all, it was a great day. I had so much fun visiting with my family and I really appreciated that they all took such care keeping me away from germs. Can you believe my daddy sent an email out to everybody in our families about RSV? He is such a worry-wort!

I have an announcement . . . TWINS!!!

I would like to announce the arrival the twins . . .

WOW . . . it's getting cold . . .

I'm not sure about you all, but around our house, it's getting cold!!!! Last night's low was 20 degrees and the high is 43. Brrr . . . . that's cold. In honor of the cold weather . . . I present a warm, cuddly, Campbell . . . .

Enjoying some warm blanked morning time.


Campbell getting ready for walk on a cold night . . . Campbell loves her "ear'd" hat.


Campbell, red nose and all, coming in from the cold.



Making sure Campbell didn't feel left out, her Aunt Sara and Cousin Ethan wearing their hats! Sara and Robbie will be running in the Charlotte Turkey Trot (yearly tradition) . . . Sara's got her hat.

Here is a picture of Campbell when she first woke up . . . she's warm in her sleep sack . . . check out that hair!

Well, that's it for the cold pictures . . . here are some other random pictures of the week . . .

Campbell enjoying a biter biscuit (Thanks to Susan and Evan)

Aunt Sara enjoying some one-on-one Campbell time. It appears that Campbell is enjoying it too.

Sara enjoying some one-on-one Ethan time too . . . .

Warning . . . this might be a long post

So Peeps, I'm back. It's been a while since I've posted so I have a lot to say.

For starters . . . so it appears that there is some joke about my head and a poll that my mommy and daddy have. I looked at the results and a lot of you were wrong . . . it's 70 degrees outside and it's not cold. What happened was this . . . My parents set me on the couch in the mornings while they make my bottle. See, this is me sitting in my used-to-be favorite spot.

Well on Thursday morning, mommy sat me here . . . the dogs jumped up and I leaned forward to try to play with them . . . then I fell of onto the living room rug. Here is a picture of the rug.

Here is my head 36 hours after I took my fall off the couch (the couch is low to the ground . . . thank goodness)

Do you see that my head matches the rug . . . hence the hat so my mommy wouldn't get a visit from some person named "DSS".

So to be honest with you . . . it hurt a little but I sure milked it for all that it was worth. I was good with my tears and I think my mommy felt real bad . . . she hated leaving me that morning. However, everything was fine and I am doing great. But don't tell my mommy . . . she still feels really guilty and she's been buying me lots of clothes lately. This will be our secret. (wink wink)

So on Friday I was tricked . . . I went to the doctor thinking it was just a check up . . . NOPE . . . I got another one of my RSV shots . . . now that really hurt. You should have seen the size of that needle. I swear it went in my thigh and out the back of my thigh. I sure cried A LOT!!! Well, I have some new numbers for you . . . . 15 lbs 3oz (>3% for 9 months old), height 25 in (>3% for 9 months), head 45cm (<80% style="text-align: center;">

So Saturday was a fun day. I went to a birthday party . . . it was for my first crush Evan (Susan's son). He turned 5 and I got invited to his party . . . we got to build teddy bears. Here I am with my mommy and Susan and one of my BFFs Jillian (Evan's sister) (the girl I went to the beach with).

While the kids were playing muscial chairs, I was standing along the wall watching. I'm not quite able to walk yet . . . but I can sure stand . . .

After the party, I went to Granddad's house. Granddad and Paula got me a really neat rolling toy . . . one day when I begin crawling, I'll have so much fun chasing it.

Here I am with 4 generations of "Comptons" That's my great grandma Compton, my Granddad, my daddy and me. Doesn't my daddy know that it's November and he should be wearing jeans?

I did get some alone time with my great grandma . . . I enjoyed seeing her.

Finally, I did get some alone time to just chill on the couch. (MOM - what were you thinking . . . leaving me on the couch . . . AGAIN?)

Well, with all the excitement from the Saturday, I enjoyed sleeping in on Sunday then getting up with my daddy to watch Franklin and look for great sales in the Sunday paper.

Well peeps . . . that's it . . . the princess needs to go take her morning nap.

Ta Ta for now!

It's Voting Time . . .

There is a new Poll on our blog . . . look to the right ----->

The question to the right is . . . . So guess why Campbell is wearing this stocking cap . . .

We'll answer the question on Sunday!
=) happy voting

For your viewing pleasure...

I thought I'd post some of the cute videos and pictures we've taken recently. I hope you all don't mind as I self-indulge for a moment :)

The first one is Campbell trying a "biter biscuit" for the first time. I love it when she takes it out of her mouth and checks it out then sticks it right back in! By the way, you can hear her fabulous early interventionist, Crystal, in the background. We love Crystal!



This next video is of Campbell reading up on her celebrity gossip. Every girl needs to spend some quality time reading her People! Campbell is sure her BFF Finley reads her People regularly too.




This video is of Campbell in her Jumparoo. She's not quite jumping in it yet, but I have a feeling it'll soon be a big hit!


This last video is of her in her exersaucer. Nothing too exciting. I was trying to catch her expression as she hit the button (it was one of amazement) when it would make animal sounds. Unfortunately once she saw the camera, she forgot all about the amazing button...


This picture was taken by my mom's phone in the grocery store. It was her first time ever sitting in the buggy! What a big girl!


This next picture was taken a few weeks ago. Campbell had fun with her friend Izzy. See Izzy's website for more information about her foundation http://www.isabelfoundation.org/


This last picture is Campbell and Folly getting ready to take a nap. We decided that since Campbell still wakes up every night for a bottle, maybe having some company would help her sleep all night....


Thanks for putting up with my mommy pride...oh, and the last picture was a joke....

My name is Martha Stewart...I mean Compton...

So, many of you have asked about my home-made baby food. I have to admit, I'm not the cook in our house. I'm not exactly sure what possessed me to want make my own baby food, I just thought it sounded fun, easy, and logical. Baby food is expensive, especially organic baby food which is what we're choosing to feed Campbell. Why organic? To me it's really a question of why not? It's a little bit more expensive, but if it could potentially prevent exposing Campbell to unnecessary chemicals then it just makes sense. Will we always feed her organic food? Probably not, but now when it's easy to control it is what we have decided to do. Especially considering that she is potentially immuno-compromised due to being a micro-preemie, it's something that is easy for us to contribute to her health.

So, this first picture is what I gathered a few weekends ago to make her food for at least the next month. I bought a butternut squash, 2 acorn squashes, 3 sweet potatoes, 5 pears, 2 bags of frozen peas, and 2 bags of frozen green beans (all organic). You can see the ice cube trays I use to freeze the food and the Magic Bullet I use to puree.


This next picture is of the squash and sweet potatoes in the oven. To make the squash, all you do is cut them in half and scoop the seeds out with an ice cream scoop. (A tip I learned to make them easier to cut is to microwave them for 1-2 minutes.) You then place them face down in an oven-safe dish and fill the dish with 1-2 inches of water. Then all you do is bake them at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes.



After they are baked, I scoop out the meat and puree it in the Magic Bullet. In a month or so when we try finger foods, I have heard you can just cut the squash up into small pieces for her to feed herself. Sounds messy, but I bet she'll love it.


After it's all pureed, I just scoop it into the ice cube trays and freeze it. Each cube is about an ounce and approximately 2 cubes equals a baby food jar. Right now I'm using regular ice cube trays that have a lid. It's kind of difficult to get the food out of the trays, so I'm planning on getting some of those silicone mini-muffin trays to use. I've heard they're much easier to use.


For the pears, I peel them and steam them for about 10 minutes before I puree them. For the sweet potatoes I just peel them after baking them and puree them. Sometimes I have to use a little water to thin out the sweet potatoes. However, I made an exciting discovery at our local Earth Fare grocery store this week. They sell canned organic sweet potato puree for about $2.50/can. Each can is about 8 servings of baby food so it's a steal compared to jarred baby food and so much easier than me pureeing the sweet potatoes myself! While I enjoy making her food, if I find an easy and cheap alternative, I'm all about it. For example, organic applesauce and organic canned pumpkin is readily available and relatively cheap. So worth it! I just check the ingredients to make sure there are no added ingredients (for example, I have to make sure I get the canned pumpkin not the canned pumpkin pie mix).

After the food is frozen in the ice cube trays, I just transfer them to freezer bags. Whenever it's meal time I just get out 1 to 2 cubes and thaw them in the microwave. It works out great! I'm excited because I found organic frozen peaches at Earth Fare so we're trying that this weekend. I think Campbell is going to like it!

Some good resources for more information are: wholesomebabyfood.com and a food blog I really like that includes baby food: picklemomskitchen.blogspot.com. She actually has a "biter biscuit" recipe that I'm excited about trying.

PS. Several of you have asked about the results of the Bathtub Poll. As you can see to the right of your screen, I won the poll. So guess who's still getting her baths in the sink? You got it, Miss Campbell is! I think we've got a good month or two until we'll be forced to use the big bathtub. We may start taking donations then for regular back massages for me due to the bending over :)

Happy Voting Day

Family, friends, and most importantly . . . my peeps,

Today is a very important day . . . go vote . . .

Okay peeps . . . I'm going rogue for a moment (inspired by my hero Sarah Palin on SNL) . . . here is what you need to do . . . when your mommy and daddy are in the voting booth and are not looking, you need to find the red button (not the blue one) and push it. It will cast a vote for the funny looking old bald guy . . . but that's a good thing!

Our Big-Headed Baby!!!

So Martha and I have some sad news . . . we have a big headed baby! That's right, Campbell has a big head! How do we know . . . well, today at Target, we were looking for jacket for Campbell. The jacket that we liked was a 12m jacket and it was a bit too big so we began looking for a hat The hat we liked was really cute on her. And as soon as the temperature drops (70 degrees today), we'll post a picture of Campbell with her new hat.

So what's the problem you ask? The hat that fits her perfectly . . . well, it's a 2T - 5T hat. That's a 2 TODDLER to a 5 TODDLER size that fits her perfectly!!!! It fits her, and she's not even 9 months old yet (Monday) (only 6 months adjusted). Poor Campbell . . . she has her daddy's big head!!!!

As for these pictures below . . . check out Campbell standing up playing with Folly . . .