What a third week? Caroline came down with a 102 fever Saturday morning and we have been praying and firngers crossed Campbell doesn't get it.  With the possiblitiy of a spinal tap if precious Campbell gets it, I have been on heightened alert. There is only so much you can do to keep a three old obsessed with baby dolls away from a newborn baby.  The nurse instructed me to "keep them three feet apart"! Yeah Right! That's comical.  So far so good, though, with Campbell.  Me not so much.  Caroline and I are now both sick....with a hacky cough. Hoping this passes before the BIG 3 BIRTHDAY celebration and without affecting our most vunerable. 

As for the above pics, well, they just highlight this precious child from heaven.  She is the BEST baby.  Eats, sleeps like an angel.  I'm like, "is there something wrong with her".  She never cries.  Maybe I have forgotten but it seems like Caroline cried more than Campbell.  Its amazing what you forget.  But the bottom line for us is Campbell is a good baby. Thank the Lord.  She is going between 4 and 6 hours at night.  And sleeps a lot during the day as well.  Mom says she is just content.  Some of these pics were taken the other morning right after her 9am feeding....she was alert and happy!

Campbell's 2 week Photo Shoot

I am such a GOOD baby! I eat and sleep so well. Caroline and Mommy adhore me!
My little mittens protect my face from my nails. Caroline is making too much noise!That dot on the boppy is very interesting!I am getting hungry!I could have sworn Campbell was smiling at me like 5 times today....I know its too early but I sure hope she remains a happy baby. Last week was rough. Establishing nursing and adjusting with Caroline, but this week has been leaps and bounds improvement. Nursing is going great. She is sleeping 4 and 5 hours at night. So far so good!!! Not much to complain about.This onesie doesn't fit me Mommy!Sleepy Campbell! She sleeps a lot...not complaining. But I was glad to see her so alert today.

This was last week. They change so much in a week!Love this picture...this was also taken last week, but it shows what my life has been like for two weeks! There is a lot of love and chaos in this family!

Big Sister is a BIG "Help"

Dancing entertains my Mommy while she nurses!! I love making her laugh! Mommy I Love CAMPBELL!!!!Wow--Campbell has rocked this house!! "What can I do to help?"This is the only time I can look at Campbell without touching her!!!!! I am a great Big Sister

I love holding CampbellLook at my hair? Is this what it means to have a sister...my Mommy is not paying 100% attention to me? Wipe my mouth and fix my hair, please!"Mommy, I am bored!" Please play with me!

Eyes WIDE Open

So, today, I was able to get several pics of Campbell McCall with her eyes open and I mean really open. I talked to her and loved on her. She focused in on her little sea horse or at least tried to too. Mom and Caroline missed it. They had taken a trip to the Avenue's. And Dave was working. It was just special Mom and Campbell time!!!!

Campbell McCall Benson Just Loving Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This precious angel from heaven has now been in the world almost 5 days. She is such a GOOD baby. She eats and sleeps and is awake for just a couple of hours a day to nurse and or look around at her new world. Being a Mom for the second time is definitely different than the first. I have a such a stronger desire to resume "normalcy". Clean and get around faster and take care of Caroline. Having a Csection with the second was easier in terms of pain, experience, everything really but harder at the same time because I want to be healed and out and about like yesterday. I have a 3 year old to care for right?

Caroline is so in love with her and we are too. She has brought such JOY to our family in such a short time. It really is amazing! I will just have to slow down for the next several weeks....that's just where I am! And Campbell McCall is definitely WORTH it!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

This was Caroline's "home" for months. I put little bit in this postition tonight to get some pics and Daddy Boy said not so fast. I don't want to spoil her. If she's comfortable in her little rocker well I'm gonna let her sleep there. How much do want to be that changes??? Dave likes to snuggle too!

HAPPY EASTER! 2012

Caroline Grace Benson almost 3 years old Easter Sunday. We didn't make it to church, but I wanted to dress the girls up anyway. They looked beautiful and sweet. How much has Caroline changed since last year? The above picture looks so grown up to me.Campbell has just started to open her eyes pretty consistently. But being in the sun, there is no way she could even think about opening those precious little eyes.

We tried several poses....none worked well enough that Campbell wasn't frowning from the sun. So we came in for a few pics.And then we couldn't get comfortable Mom!So Caroline went back outside for some more fun!

I love Easter! Thank you God for the many blessings I have received especially this week!!

Caroline was being a Lion Rrrrr-

Bringing Her HOME

And the first thing we have to do is hold her!!!!Caroline ran to greet us!!Sweet Neighbors did these balloons on Wednesday! They lasted all week! I LOVE my neighborhood!!!!Campbell McCall just loving the ride home!!!! She slept the whole wayI am so COZYDaddy is driving VERY carefully! Our last few minutes in the hospital....I took the beautiful day gown GayGay made for Campbell but just couldn't get her out of the hospital shirt. She looked so cozy!Bye Bye room 480 Northside Hospital....we enjoyed our stay and thought the nurses and staff were just great. I was sad...Brook Shields sad. Still am actually. I am thrilled with my precious daughter but quite emotional that this could be my last baby. It is beautiful wonderful, HARD, time but so special and precious at the same time. Every emotion you can feel I think I have felt with Campbell.

Dave stayed two nights with me and GayGay stayed two nights. I cherish this time especially with Dave. We stayed up all night and talked and loved on this precious angel from heaven. He is the BEST Dad in the world and I am so blessed to have him in my life. He changed her diapers and burped her better than I could especially having had the C. This is the last day Caroline came to visit. She was so thrilled to be there she wanted to be in every one's lap!!!! And so we let her hold Campbell. This was about day two of holding Campbell. She just couldn't see her enough. It was like she couldn't get close enough. So, I said, "Do you want to hold her?" And she got SO EXCITED!!!!!! Campbell lost a lot of weight in the hospital. More than Caroline. My RN said C-section babies have a scewed birth weight because they are filled with amniotic fluid. I thought that was pretty interesting. The first night she spit up and coughed up a lot of clear mucus. And had A LOT of dirty diapers. That being said she lost 11 ounces....so we were advised to supplement the precious angel from heaven. These are the first of those feedings. Since then my milk is in and she has gained a little bit back of that initial weight loss.