Time for another Campbell update…

Nora is still colicky off and on.  It’s kind of like sitting around waiting for a ticking time bomb to go off, but you don’t know when it will happen.  Needless to say, some days are pretty stressful (like yesterday) and some days are absolutely fine and normal (like today).  Hopefully she’ll grow out of the fussiness in a few weeks.  Thank goodness she’s never fussy in the middle of the night, because I think that would probably throw me over the edge!  Here are some recent pictures of Nora and Molly:

I’ve been addicted to dramas set in earlier time periods lately… watched the first season of The Tudors, season 1 of Rome and thankfully found out about the AMC channel’s original series called Mad Men.  Season 2 of this show starts on Sunday night, and I got caught up on all of the season 1 episodes just in time!  Set in the 1960s, this show is about a Manhattan ad agency.  Check it out!!  It’s so well written and acted… very rare to find a show like that these days!  Plus, the opening sequence is just cool.

~ Erin

That’s what they call people who aren’t green thumbs, right? Yeah, I’ve finally come to the realization that gardening just isn’t my thing. I was woefully aware of this yesterday when I noticed my neighbors – from either side of our house mind you – in my pathetic garden pulling weeds. They decided to give my garden a fighting chance since I wasn’t doing it! Chris and Julie said they didn’t mind, that the weed-pulling was actually therapeutic and stress relieving. Let’s just say they relieved A LOT of stress yesterday! I guess I was a little ambitous thinking I could do a garden this summer. Taking care of Nora doesn’t give me much free time. I do have some potted flowers on the front porch and thankfully have just enough time to water those!

Nora is 7 weeks old… she’s still a bit fussy in the evenings but not as bad as she was a couple of weeks ago. She has started to smile at us and we can hear a coo from her every now and then. It’s nice to hear something other than crying!

Molly goes to her first dental appointment tomorrow and Doug is taking her to her first swimming lesson tomorrow night. Should be a big day for her! She’s a non-stop talker and reminds me of my sister Amanda. And best of all, she says mommy is her best friend!

~ Erin

Update: Tonight Daddy was Molly’s best friend. Strange how fast these things change.

Our fridge is stocked to the brim with leftovers from this past weekend… Erin’s family came out for a mini-reunion of sorts to celebrate her dad’s 60th birthday and Nora’s baptism.  The weather was perfect and we had a lot of food, hence the blog title!

We were fortunate to have Steph and our one-year-old nephew Xavier come out a few days earlier to help prepare for the Robbins onslaught.  It was fun watching Molly and Xavier interact and we can’t wait until Nora is that age!  Steph made a delicious french toast souffle for breakfast on Sunday morning, and we’ve posted her recipe here.  Steph also created a very cool photo slideshow for Dad featuring pictures from his past that we will try to post soon.

Erin’s brother Nick was on leave from his mission in Kyrsikstan (sp?) and he, Karla and the girls drove from Washington state to come out for a visit… Molly had a blast playing dress-up with her cousins and I hope Ava, Laina and Dani had just as much fun as she did! 

Doug’s sister Chris was also able to join us for Nora’s baptism on Sunday, so we had a full house for lunch!