Tattoo's

I let my children out of the house with my husband last night and they returned with tattoo's on their arms. Fake of course but I haven't seen many 9 month olds sportin a pink heart on their arm. Timmy took them out to play across the street and they got a thank you for playing with me gift from Addyson.

Bailey is at school so I didn't get a pic of hers put its a really pretty butterfly. They are really cute, I'm not upset, I was just really surprised. So were sportin our tank top to show off our heart.

Campbell loves playing with the phone. I love this picture because I had just given her the phone and she looked at me as if she was in disbelief that I actually gave it to her, funny!!

9 Months Old

On June 28, 2010 Campbell turned 9 months old. Her personality is definitely starting to shine thru as you can see from these pictures. We did our usual photo session, which lately when I pull out the camera she starts hamming it up, but not on this day. First of all she was not going to wear the bow and headband that I had put on her. From the moment it was on she was pulling and tugging to get it off as you can see in the picture below.

We were wearing our festive 4th of July shirt because it was only a few short days away. She has somewhat of a split personality, she will be happy one minute and then crying the next, that's why you can see tears in her eyes even though she is smiling. But she is a great girl, don't get me wrong, I don't think there is anything wrong with her, its just hilarious to me actually.

We went for our 9 month check-up and her are her stats.

Weight 21 lbs 10.5 oz's (90th percentile)

Length 30 inches (97th percentile)

Head 47.4 cm (97th percentile)

As you can see she is a big girl and growing just like her sister. I remember at Bailey's one year appointment they told me if she continues to grow at this rate she would probably be around 5 ft 10 inches one day, and I still believe it.

Surprisingly Campbell is not much of an eater. She is eating well but she is very picky and doesn't like to take the time to sit and eat. She is not crawling yet but is getting very close. She has started going from laying down to a seated position. She is also working on perfecting her scream, it is the most awful high pitch scream you have ever heard, and it is even more delightful when we are out in public and she shares it with strangers. But honestly I am thanking the heavens that that is the only thing that I have to complain about. She is sleeping great waking up once a night and going right back to sleep after a feeding. She usually takes 3 naps a day which usually last 1-2 hours. She loves playing with toys and looking at books, her favorite video is Baby Einstein A Day At The Farm. She loves to laugh and has a super contagious giggle. The most amazing thing that has happened in this past month is that she said her first words, yes I said words. The first was mama, and she looks at me when she says this and it just melts my heart. Bailey's first word was dada, so I'm so thankful the good Lord cute me a break this time. But the cutest is bye bye, it sounds like bah bah when she says it, but she has said it to Tim's mom and my folks as well when they were leaving and said it to her. She puts her hand up and says bah bah, precious.

More 4th of July

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July, even though momma did have to work. We headed over to my folks for some Rib Crib, swimming, and fireworks. I never made it to the pool because Miss Campbell needed her evening nap, but she was a very happy camper when she woke up. We had a great time with my brother and his crew, Bailey looooves the boys, and that's what she calls them "The Boys."

All the little firecrackers had a great time with sparklers and those snappy things, you know you throw them at the ground and they go SNAP! Brian and Tim handled all the explosive activities, and I'm happy to report that they both have all of their body parts still in tact at this time :)

These two just take the cutest pictures together, Campbell is a daddy's girl. She got a little scared so she stayed inside with grandma most of the evening.

Bailey had a blast. There are two little girls that live next door to my folks that she plays with all the time, so she went over to do sparklers for a bit. She loves all fireworks and they do not scare her at all. She had a great time with her girlfriend's and her boys.

Busy Bee's

Things have been very busy at the Melton household these past few weeks. Here are a few cute pic's of the girls.

                    Someone loves the camera, who could it be?

I know I have said it a million times, but Campbell and Bailey love each other so much, Campbell just loves her big sister. I am so blessed to have had such a smooth transition from one child to two, Bailey has never had any issues and has always been a great big sister, I just pray they stay that way as they get older.

Happy Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day at the Melton's. Mommy did have to work but Bailey spent the night with mamaw B (Becky), so daddy and Campbell had a great bonding day that Tim really enjoyed since she slept all night and then took a 3 hour nap, awesome.

We went over to my folks for a cook out and swimming. We had a little scare at my parents. My mom went to open the grill and was engulfed in heat and smoke. It burnt some of her hair and her eyebrows are gone as well, no joke. She also lost about half of her eyelashes. She is ok, but it was pretty scary at first. We still don't know what caused it, but thankful it wasn't worse. I told her I would buy her an eyebrow pencil and she could get a prescription for Latiese to make her eyelashes grow thicker and fuller, she just laughed.

I love, love, love this picture. This was taken before we went to my folks house, Campbell LOVES her daddy so much, a big daddy's girl.

Softball World Series

Last Thursday we headed to OKC to the 2010 Softball College World Series.  There is an amazing softball complex there as well as the softball Hall of Fame Museum, the stadium is called The Hall of Fame Stadium.  Just Bailey, my mom, and I went, we had a great girls trip.  My mom and I love to go and watch the games and we are looking forward to going back at the end of July to watch the USA Olympic Team play Canada and Japan, yes I said Japan, I know that sounds weird but they are actually very good.  I have actually played  at this stadium, when I was a senior in high school we won the 6A High School State Softball Championship here.  The state championships are still held here every year.  When I was in college we stopped to practice here on our way to a tournament in Texas, it is a very nice stadium. 

The series is on ESPN2 right now as well, the final 3 games are going on right now between Arizona and UCLA.  We were their for opening day and watched Hawaii and Missouri play.  I was excited to watch Hawaii  because they have some girls on their team that can hit the ball like no bodies business, and by that I mean out of the park.  They have broken several records this year and they were very impressive to watch, since they hit 2 out during this game, Missouri also had 1 hit out.  Bailey enjoyed it for the most part.  She was amazed to see the girls hit the ball the way they did and to watch the pitcher.  She wants to follow in her mommies foot steps and be a pitcher, and that is all her, I promise, I did not influence that decision. I also think she would make a great catcher or first baseman because of her size. 

It had rained early that morning but it was hot when we got there for the noon game, so first order of business was a snowcone.  She then wanted a $5.00 cup of lemonade but I had to regulate a big no on that call.  We had some whinning episodes which drove me crazy since I probably watched half the game while dealing with her, but it was still a fun time.  We sat in the outfield bleachers, which were still great seats and Bailey enjoyed going down to the warm up area during the game to watch pitchers warm up.  She was amazed to see how fast they threw since all she has seen is 10 year olds at our ball fields, so it was a major difference.

We had a photo opp on our way out of the stadium. Bailey thought this big ball was really neat.

Another view of the field.

Bailey is so excited to play ball now, I think we will make this a yearly trip.  I think its awesome motivation to see that if you work hard she could be here one day to, it's all up to her.

They had a tee and if you hit balls you got a head band and she did great, people were surprised how well she hit, I just told them, she takes after her mother, lol!!