Presenting Maggie!!!!

Maggie's hand and arm in front of her face.

Maggie's face...I think she looks like Campbell!

Maggie with her hand and finger in front of her face.

Finally, a good profile shot!

This has been an uneventful and exciting week in this pregnancy.  It was at my 26 week appointment that my blood pressure was first elevated with Campbell.  Needless to say, we've been nervously anticipating the OB and MFM (specialist) appointments this week. 

We are happy to say that my blood pressure was great, everything is right on track with my health, and Maggie's doing amazing.  She continues to measure ahead and have plenty of amniotic fluid.  The blood flow is perfect through the placenta which is a huge concern in pre-eclampsia.  Both doctors (and therefore us) are becoming much more optimistic about having a full-term pregnancy!  Yay!

Happy Birthday . . . Take Two!

Campbell's 2nd Birthday Party: 2nd Attempt was much more successful than our first try!  After missing a whole week from school to make sure she was fully recovered from the RSV and possible pneumonia, she seemed to be feeling much better and ready for her party!

Originally we were going to have an Elmo themed birthday party...that was until Campbell saw these plates in the store and HAD.TO.HAVE.THEM!

Going with the new Sesame Street theme, Martha made these cute favor bags for the guests.

Campbell's Aunt Beth made the adorable Elmo cake. It survived being in the freezer for a week and was delish!

Campbell and Grandpa Aubrey reading her current favorite book To Market, To Market.
(Thanks to Robbie's co-workers, Mary Etta and Traci for the book!)

Campbell partying in her Abby hat.

Mitchell models the Elmo hat.

The kids all decorated cookies to look like Elmo.  It was messy but fun!

And yummy, too!

Who needs special Elmo activities?  Campbell and Brinkley just had fun playing with the "regular" toys.

The boys found the Wii to be more fun than silly Elmo cookies or Elmo coloring sheets!

Present time was crazy!  If anyone has suggestions for how a toddler can open presents (with lots of friends to help!) in an organized way, I'd appreciate them for the future!

Our house ended up looking like a bomb had gone off.

Campbell getting ready to blow out her candles...

The Becks brought over the Mentos experiment from Mythbusters.  The boys really enjoyed it...even if Ethan did end up soaking wet!

The Becks also brought Robbie this Elmo shirt (and they all dressed in red, too! so cute!).  He fit in well with all the Elmo decor!

It was a great party and we're so happy that some of our friends made it.  We want to give "props" to our 8 year old nephew, Ethan, for most of the photography...especially the more artistic shots!  Great job!

We missed the Anders, the Carneys, the Mullers, and the Greens due to our having to re-schedule but totally understand!  Love y'all!

"Winter Storm" 2010

Move over DC . . . It's South Carolina's turn . . . check out pictures from our "Winter Storm" 2010.

Happy Birthday Campbell . . . Campbell Turns Two!!!

So today was the big day . . . Campbell's Elmo (and Abby) themed birthday party. We invited 12 of Campbell's closest friends.

Here is the video that was made for the party!

Here is the adorable invitation that Martha's friend Jaime designed (you can see her other work here). Of course the original actually has our address but she deleted it for me so I could post it.

Here is a picture of Campbell in her cute Elmo party dress...

Cute right . . . well . . . here is the rest of the story . . . this past Tuesday we took her to the doctor for a persistent cold and fever. He diagnosed her with an ear infection and put her on antibiotics. We went back yesterday for her scheduled 2 year check up and and she had no fever and was acting fine but she was wheezing so he added nebulizer treatments to the antibiotics.

Campbell woke up with a fever this morning. We thought the fever might have been due to the vaccination that she received. Well . . . it got worse and worse throughout the day. Ibuprofen was only keeping her fever down for an hour at at time. So after she woke up from her nap 45 minutes in and she had a fever, we made the call to cancel the party . . . sooo sad. Well to add insult to injury . . . around 3:30, she began shivering and her lips turned blue. After consulting Dr. Julie (Martha's sister) and Nurse Nana (Martha's mother), and her real nurse which happened to be "online" in Facebook, we decided that we needed to head to the ER. The worry was that she might have pneumonia.

Campbell in the hospital ER
Well after a two-hour stay Campbell has been diagnosed with RSV and a spot on her lungs which could be pneumonia or could just be the virus. The doctors ordered a shot of rocephin which had to be given in two doses in her bum . . . poor girl! Well, now we are home and Campbell is resting nicely. We'll keep you updated on Campbell's prognosis!

Happy Birthday Campbell . . . feel better soon!

Maggie Update (almost 24 weeks)

We had an appointment yesterday with the specialist for a growth ultrasound. Maggie looks perfect! She is weighing in at 1 lb, 6 oz which is right on track. The doctor checked her growth, the amount of amniotic fluid, and blood flow through the placenta and umbilical cord. He said that often if pre-eclampsia were going to reoccur as early as last time, that we should see some sign (low fluid, poor blood flow) by now. Since everything looks perfect, he is very optimistic.

We go back in about 2 and 1/2 weeks to see her again and re-check everything. Hopefully we'll have good pictures to post then...she wasn't too cooperative yesterday when we tried to take good pictures. They might even do a 3-D ultrasound next time for us!

To celebrate our good appointments, I'm going to join Robbie in New Orleans next week for a couple of days where he'll be at a conference. Robbie has been trying to convince me for months to go, but I've procrastinated making a decision due to not knowing how the pregnancy would go. Since everything is going very well, I decided it would be ok. We are excited about our little "baby-moon"!

Campbell's 2nd year...a look back in videos

Here are some of my favorite videos of the year. It's amazing to watch her grow through them...

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

January 2010

Happy Birthday, Campbell! There will be another post Saturday after her little Elmo party (that has actually turned into an Elmo/Abby Cadabby Party since Campbell insisted upon picking out the Abby plates rather than the Elmo plates...oh well, it's her party and they're both on Sesame Street, right?!).

Bonus video...just because it continues to crack us up (and because she did it again!)