FUN SUNNY DAYS

We have been enjoying beautiful, sunny, WARM Washington weather for the past week, and boy has it been great! We have spent LOTS of time at the pool. Campbell LOVES to be outside and LOVES the water even more! She has not been in the water since Spring Training, so it has been neat to watch how much different she is now! She is so much more alert and wants to do so many things. Our apartment complex has an infinity pool, so Campbell literally crawls into the water. She enjoys kicking her feet, like a little fish, and she blew bubbles with her daddy for the 1st time today!!! All Star Break begins after tomorrow's game. I sure hope this warm, sunny weather sticks around!!!
Going for the dirt...she loves it!!!

Walking into the pool with Daddy!
Learning to blow bubbles!
After the 1st day at the pool I put her in her walker to watch Einstein so I could take a shower. I got out and found this:
Isn't that pitiful? It broke my heart! Needless to say, now Campbell gets in her bed before mommy gets in the shower!!!

9 MONTHS

Our little monkey is 9 months old! She is getting to be such a big girl. Here are some of our updates for this month:

• She has become quite the mommy's girl! Anytime I leave a room, she is right behind me. Mommy is the only one she will let put her to bed. (We tried to break this habit last home stand while daddy was home, but it broke mommy's heart!)
• She is eating anything and everything! She LOVES sugar, just like her mommy! A few things she has tasted for the 1st time this month are catfish fingers, spaghetti, cotton candy, saltine and ritz crackers, animal crackers, brownies, ice cream, grapes, blueberries and everything else her mommy eats! Her appetite is amazing to say the least! She eats 4-5 jars of baby food and 3-4 4oz bottles a day.
• She likes to feed herself with her spoon, but the food doesn't always end up in her mouth!
• She is crawling EVERYWHERE!!!! She is so fast. I am getting plenty of exercise these days.
• Our monkey is pulling up on EVERYTHING. Once she gets up she walks down the sofa or from the end table to the sofa.
• She loves to walk with us. She is really good holding 2 hands and getting more steady holding one everyday! She even walks with her push toys by herself.
• She LOVES to talk (I don't know where she gets that from)! She says uh-oh, da-da, bye-bye, momma (only a few times), and the rest is chinese blabber. She loves to hear herself! Her JJ says she is going to have her name on the board everyday!!!
• Every time someone coughs she copies them! It doesn't matter if we are in the grocery store and a stranger coughs; Campbell coughs right behind them! It has become comical, and she does it all the time!
• Her sleep schedule is crazy! Just like our baseball life! She goes to bed between 11-12pm, and from there we never know whats going to happen! The majority of the time we sleep until around 9. Lately she has been letting us sleep until 10am! It has been WONDERFUL. It makes for a VERY HAPPY MOMMY!
• She loves to clap and play patty cake. She claps when the crowd claps at daddy's games, and then raises her hands to show spirit! I think we have a little cheerleader on our hands!
• She loves to smile and laugh out loud! I could listen to it all day, everyday!
• We had to take her to the Dr. in Tacoma for the 2nd time. She had a viral throat infection with ulcers on her tonsils.
• She climbed steps by herself. (MONKEY!!!)
• She still doesn't have any teeth, but it sure hasn't stopped her from eating!

Campbell is a precious gift from our Father. She is doing new things everyday and developing quite the personality. We are so blessed and thankful for her!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

From our family to yours, we hope you have a HAPPY, SAFE 4th!!!