We’re having some technical difficulty posting pictures into our photo gallery, but looks like I can embed images into our blog posts, so here we go! Here are some pictures of Nora at 1 month old, along with Doug’s attempt at dressing Molly…

Note from Doug: In all fairness, Erin asked Molly to make a scared face before she took the picture. But yeah, that was an ugly outfit. Who bought those clothes anyway….ERIN?

Response from Erin: I do not buy ugly kids’ clothes… but certain combinations can be disastrous, as seen in the image above.  Doug is now officially banned from dressing the children without my supervision!

It’s time for another update… I noticed we hadn’t posted for a while!  Sorry the headline isn’t very catchy this time; blame it on my sleep deprivation.  Nora is almost a month old and is a great baby – most of the time.  She has been having what I would call “colic-like episodes” just about every day, usually in the early evenings.  She tries to eat, but gets all upset and seems to be having digestive pains.  Doug and I are not good at coping with the inconsolable crying, but we’re doing our best.  The crying doesn’t seem to affect Molly too much, thank goodness.  Hopefully Nora will start feeling better soon… we tried “gripe water” and that seems to be helping a little bit.  We also swaddle her up and place her in a side-to-side swing (thanks, Steph!) and eventually falls to sleep.

When Nora IS napping during the day, I’ve been watching episodes of Arrested Development and The Tudors from my Netflix DVDs.  And of course, I’m always trying to catch up on sleep but it’s hard for me to catnap during the day once I’m up and awake.  Nora still gets up 2-3 times at night, so hopefully that will improve in the weeks ahead.  It’s been several months since I’ve slept through the night, but at least I can sleep on my stomach again…

We’re expecting my whole side of the family over 4th of July weekend as we celebrate Nora’s baptism and my dad’s 60th birthday… should be fun!  I just hope the weather cooperates and that Nora is more on a schedule, but I think those things are out of my control! 

Molly has a new friend at preschool – another boy (surprise, surprise) named A.J.  She talks about him ALL THE TIME and I thought her world would come crashing down when he was home sick last Friday.  Alas, he is back at school now and they’re always playing together in the sandbox when I come to pick her up! 

I think Nora is about to wake up soon, so I better get going…

~ Erin

Father’s Day came a bit early for me when my present arrived. Molly and Nora sure do know there dad! They got me a wireless, talking bbq/oven thermometer. Way cool! Grilling just went high-tech for the Campbells.

So as I’m playing (aka learning) with my newest gadget I’m cycling through the different settings and the first thing I hit was the doneness button when it said in a pleasant voice…”Well Done.” I proceeded to hit the meat button when it said “Turkey.” So, there you have it…Well done, turkey!

Special thanks to Erin for taking care of the purchasing aspect of the gift.

~Doug