Grandparents Video

This is quite the boring video unless you REALLY care. It's more for my parents and Jeremy's parents. This is the first tummy time Quinn really had. He did really well. He actually didn't mind it at all. More than I can say for Kasen at that age. Or any age for that matter. He hated it.

The awesome blanket he is laying on was hand made by Quinns great grandma Hansen. Kasen actually LOVES it! He LOVES hearts. It's such a beautiful blanket with a heart sewn in the middle of it. So nice. Thank you Grandma!

You will probably have to scroll to the very bottom and pause the music in order to hear his cute little sounds!

The boys

these are my boys at 4 weeks each....

definitely brothers! One has just a bit more hair!

4 Weeks Old!

I am SO sad that Quinn is already 4 weeks old. Time has gone by so fast. I'm so rateful to have him as part of our lives and part of our family. He is so sweet and makes us so happy. We all love him so very much.

Things Quinn likes doing at 4 weeks:

**Farting. I put this as number 1 because he can't stop doing it. He stretches? he farts. He lays down? He farts. He gets his diaper off? He farts. He definitely has some Campbell blood in him. I really have to watch what I eat so I don't make it worse for him.

**Eat. He is doing better and better at eating all the time. He really has the hang of it and I really can't complain at all about his habits. The only thing that drives me a little nuts is that he will fall asleep after eating on one side and leave the other side full and engorged. Having a history of mastitis, I can't just leave it full and feed him on that side first next time. I have to pull out the pump and empty.

**Poop. I can't remember the last time I changed his diaper where there WASN'T poop in it. At least they aren't too messy or smelly yet with the breastmilk.

**Sit in his bouncer. He really likes to sit in his bouncer and feel the vibrations and listen to the annoying music that it plays.

**Suck on his Paci. This is a soother for him. He likes to suck and I don't always like to be that for him, so he has a paci. He really likes it. I don't know that he likes it as much as Kasen liked his, but only time will tell.

**Tummy time. I am so surprised at this since Kasen absolutely HATED it. He loves to sleep on his tummy. Lay on his tummy and have tummy time on a blanket. Of course he only sleeps on his tummy when he is laying on my chest, or when he is supervised. I know the risks.

My camera has a bright orange light that shines when it tries to focus. It made his eyes go crazy :)

**Pat-a-cake. This seems to really entertain him when you play pat a cake with his feet. I am very animated and dramatic when I do it and you can tell he enjoys it. You can tell he is REALLY trying to smile. Every once in a while you get a small half grin. Enough to know that he wants you to keep playing.

Look at that large noggin! Guess he takes after his daddy and brother.

This is close to his favorite face to make. It's so cute. When he is content and just sitting there he makes this little O with his mouth. So cute.

That's about it right now. I wish I could say sleep, but as of right now it's not one of his favorites. His Dr has decided that he has colic. He screams and screams and is unconsolable. It is worse at night. He takes little naps inbetween screaming. I am currently trying to eliminate things from my diet hoping that it will make a difference. I haven't had dairy since Thursday and it seems to be helping a lot...during the day that is. He still gets crazy at night and cries for a good 2-3 hours. At 2 weeks old he had an ear infection and the screaming started shortly after he started the antibiotics so I thought maybe he was just in pain or maybe even had a reaction to the meds, but he is ok now, off the meds and ears cleared up and still is a screamer. Good thing I love him so much! I just feel bad for him cause you can just tell he is in pain. We tried reflux precautions per the Dr and those didn't seem to help so she doesn't think thats the problem. She could only contribute it to colic. Hopefully this is the real cause and will only last a couple more months! Here's hopin!

We love you Quinnos!

(As Kasen calls him)

Thank you for coming into our lives!

4th of July

This year we had a pretty mellow 4th. It was actually nice. I don't have a lot of energy these days so it was just nice to have Jeremy home and hang out with us and be able to spend some quality time with my boys. Especially Kasen. We started out the day by making cookies! Jeremy contributed by showing me how to use my kitchenaid that I got YEARS ago for a Mothers Day gift. OMG! I am so sad that it's been sitting around for so long with dust on it. I will be using it a lot more now that I know how and have seen how simple it is!

M&M and Walnut! YUM!

All decked out in our red white and blue!

After that we all just played around and then took naps. We had some dinner and got ready to go to the fireworks in Chandler. It was HUGE. The park it was at was ridiculously packed with people and cars. It was still so much fun. When we pulled into the park it was 8pm and 102 outside! Blah! They had TONS of bouncy houses for the kids and even water bouncy houses. Kasen wore his bathing suit and got to enjoy the slides. The fireworks started around 930 pm and let me tell you...they were actually TOO long. People were getting up and leaving and you kept hearing moms all round telling their kids "ok here is the grand finale finally...OH..no it's not" but about 35 minutes later, the grand finale started and last about 10 seconds. Jeremy and I both agreed that they should have combined the last 15 minutes into the grand finale and just been done with it. Kasen absolutely LOVED them of course.

We knew he would. It was Quinn I was worried about, but he did really well. He slept the whole time until about 10 minutes til the end. He only woke up cause he was hungry. We waited in our car to get out of the parking lot for an hour. I ended up having to feed him in the car. Awesome. I am not so fond of having to feed him outside of my house. I will get into that in another post.

All in all it was a good successful 4th! We are so lucky and grateful to live in a country like the one we do!

Bailey

This is a picture of Bailey begging for food. While we were eating dinner the other night, Kasen ran up to her and started laughing and taunting her with food in his hand (every day occurrence) and wouldn't leave her alone. I told him to stop teasing her and go eat his food. He couldn't stop laughing so I looked and she had this sticker on her nose. I immediately assumed it was Kasen who put it there and he denied it. She must have sniffed if and from there it just got stuck. She didn't seem to mind at all, we had food. That was her #1 priority. So funny!

Yes, I am well aware she is shaggy and needs a haircut! You can't even see her eyes! She will be getting one from out trusty groomer on Saturday when we go home to visit! :)

So content...

I am so content with my life right now. Of course there are things that I wish were better, and there are things I never thought could be this good...but overall? I am so content. How could I not be with these sweet faces to call my sons? I was talking to my dad today and I mentioned something about my "kids" he just laughed and said "isn't that so weird to say that?" It really really is. I can't believe after all this time I finally have "kids" not just a KID like it has been for the past 4.5 years. I have "kids" not a ton, only 2, but thats perfect for us right now.

Both these pics were taken today. Kasen is such an awesome big brother.

He really likes to take care of Quinn. It makes him feel so grown up and its SUCH a help to me. I asked him to watch crying Quinn this morning for a minute while I finished something. Kasen went and got his new musical doggy and played the music and just sat next to him rubbing his head with one hand and holding his paci in his mouth with the other hand. It was such a sweet sight for me. I love that Quinn is only 2.5 weeks old and the bond is already forming. The love is already growing. Im ejoying this while I can, cause I know they won't always be so loving towards each other! :)

Look how much darker Quinn is than Kasen! Cracks me up. I think Quinn go his Grandpa Campbells skin coloring. It hasn't lightened a bit since he was born. Kasen was already white by this time. I have a little hope for one not so albino child. Yaay!

I took this on my cell phone this morning. Im in love with this pic, and most importantly in LOVE with these boys!

Fathers Day

Since Quinn wasn't even 2 weeks old at the time, Jeremy and Kasen only went to church on Fathers Day. It was nice. It gave me time to make some last minute preps on his gifts from the boys. The boys. I love saying that. Anyway...

Kasen and I spent some time together making a couple gifts for daddy. Quinn sat and watched. With his eyes closed. :)

I was able to get them finished and on display by the time Kasen and Jeremy got home from church. Kasen was so proud so see it all put together and sitting out for daddy. Daddy was so happy and proud to get it too. It was a win win situation!

We made him a magnetic bookmark. Its a piece of cardstock folded in half with a magnet on each side on the inside. There is a pic of the 3 boys on it and a rub on that says "my heart belongs to daddy" You wrap the cardstock on the page you are on and it magnetizes through the page. Hopefully that makes sense. We also made Jeremy a poem with a frame. Kasen COMPLETELY decorated the frame himself. (a little help with the glue) he picked out EVERYTHING to go on the frame and where it went. He felt very "in control" and that was nice for him. Made him feel like a big boy.

Wonderful use of my Cricut!

Jeremy is such a great daddy, as I mentioned in my last post. He takes care of the boys whenever I need him too. He is very attentive (unless its 3am feedings) and never lets kasen feel left out. He is already very good about balancing his attention between the 3 of us. We are so grateful for him and all that he does for our family. We love him to death!! You are a better father than I could have imagined, and I had pretty high hopes for ya too! You have exceeded my expectations. I am so lucky. The boys are so lucky. Thank you!