It's a girl

On Monday we found out the results of our ultrasound. It's a girl , and she doesn't have club feet!!! yay!! Grant and I are so excited ! A little girl to make our family complete! I would post some ultrasound pictures, but they are not very clear, she would not cooperate with the tech. The Tech said we are a week ahead of schedule and due on April 11, 2011. I'm happy with a week ahead of schedule.
The boys don't quite seem so thrilled about it as I do, but I'm sure they will warm up to it. Luca is so worried that he will have to play with barbies. ha ha poor boy probably will but not until he's older. Grant and I do know what we will name her, but we cant decide on a middle name. when we do, I'll post it.

October 1st

This has been a long time coming. I'm expecting baby #3 April 16, 2011. We are super excited! Luca and Tucker both want a little brother. I'm happy either way. A girl would be nice but it doesn't really matter to me as along as its happy and healthy!Ultrasound picture at 12 weeks along. I"m scheduled to have another ultrasound on Nov 25. Hopefully we can find out what we are having and whether or not it will have club feet or not. I'm hoping for the not part, but you never know.

1st day of school

August 30 th was Luca's 1st day of kindergarten. He was so excited to go. I was so happy to see him go , but it was a little overwhelming. I can't believe my baby is 5!! and old enough for school!! I'm also really glad that Grant was able to get time off to come with me and see him off. Tuckers 1st day of preschool was August 31st , I had to work and wasn't able to take him that day , but my mom did. He had so much fun. I also can't believe he is old enough for preschool. Time seems to be flying by way to fast.

August 6, 2010 Kalispell

Our Friends Joe and Krystle Thomas invited us to go down to her parents lake house on Blaine lake near Kalispell. We had a blast. Luca loved every minute of it. We stayed the weekend, and the boys didn't want to go home. I also had a chance to do a little shopping and it was so fun, prices in the states are so much cheaper! I was able to get the boys some new school clothes and clothes for the next summer.

Joe and Krystle have their own boat, and Tucker kept thinking he could drive it.

Luca was not afraid of anything. First time knee boarding and he thought it was so awesome.

Joe and Grant went tubing, Grant also went wake boarding but I wasn't able to take pictures of him.

The boys decided it would be fun to go tubing as well , even Tucker loved it.

Luca all by himself, he's my little dare devil not afraid to try new things.

August long weekend

August long weekend was a blast. The annual Campbell reunion is always fun, but its seem the older the boys get the more fun it is to go camping, and spend time with the family. Little Parker is such a trooper. I'm so thankful that he was able to come, he is one brave little boy, only being 2 months since his heart transplant. I love him so much!

We also celebrated Kadens 6th birthday, and Bricks 4th Birthday. Their parents spoiled them and they got a little quad to share, boy was that a hit with all the boys.

All the little cousins dressed up and had a super hero day, doing fun activities at each campsite

This is my grandma Campbell. She is the most amazing person I know. Always so kind and loving, and never afraid to show it! I love her so much and hope I have many more years to be with her.

Grant took Luca fishing one afternoon and Luca caught his first fish, he was so proud he whacked it over the head before we could throw it back, he dint quite understand that it was to small to keep, but since it was dead, he brought it back to camp. He was so proud of himself.

On the Monday we went on a little picnic before it rained. We stopped by this mountain creek and let them go swimming . Boy oh boy it was sure cold, but the kids didn't care.

Tucker wouldn't go in unless grandpa went in with him

My grandpa Campbell fresh back from fishing, with no fish though. He is a great man, and I hope that one day my boys can be like him. He is so hard working kind and loving !!

My mom and her amazing sisters , all wonderful women.

July 23, 2010 Tuckers 3rd Birthday

Tucker sure had fun this year , he was so excited to turn 3! he kept talking about it for weeks, it was so cute, he kept asking for a candy thing (pinata) I didn't have time to make one, so I bought a soccer ball one, and he loved it. So did all the boys. Luca ,Kaden , Brock , Hunter and even Parker got a chance to take a little whack. Hopefully next year Parker can do it all by himself.

He Really enjoyed opening all his presents. His favorite was his new strider bike. Its a bike with no petals . Its suppose to help learn balance 1st, and he was great at it, he would barely get off it to eat his cake!

I Sure do love my little boy so much. He is so happy all of the time.

T Talkative (never stops)

U Unpredictable

C Caring

K Kind

E Energetic

R Roaringly loud

Suveyors Lake Camping July 12, 2010

The boys and I had the wonderful opportunity to go camping at Suveyors Lake B.C with my parents. We had so much fun. the lake is awesome and nice and warm too, and the campground is very nice as well. I use to go camping there as a child, and it was always a blast. I hope we can go as a family every year. It was to bad that Grant had to stay home and work. Hopefully next year he can come and enjoy too.

One day it was raining off and on, so we all packed up and went in to Fairmont Hot Springs. It was so warm and the kids loved it. Luca really enjoys roasting marshmellows. But it can be such a sticky mess!

July 1st

On July 1st this year my mom decided to make a pirate ship for all the grandsons to be on. She is such a wonder woman!! the float turned out amazing, and all the boys had a ton of fun being pirates! We won 1st price in the Hill Spring parade.

June 21st Luca graduates Preschool

I can't believe that Luca is old enough to go to kindergarten. Its crazy how time flys. I'm so proud of him for all his accomplishments!! he is so smart and so willing to learn. I loved his teachers at Kids & Kapers, they were really great. they even made him a memory book that is so cute. His class had a little graduation ceramony ,but I didn't get any good pictures of it. Oh well, I did get some of before and after. He did so well singing all the songs and doing all the actions, even with a cast on. What a little trooper. Now he's off to kindergarten in september.

Luca's Surgery at the Childrens Hospital

Luca had his surgery on May 21 , this is him in the pre op hold area, he was so brave and all the nurses and his Doctor were great.

This is his foot right after he came out all swollen.

He was in an extreme amount of pain from the surgery so they started him on a continuous morphine infusion, at the max dose. After screaming for an hour the morphine finally kicked in and he was able get some sleep. His nurses were also so helpful , they were so fun and kept him so happy. He is such a trooper. His surgery took 3 hours and the Doctor had to do a few more things. He has 4 incisions and she was able to do all the tendon transfer. He will be in a lot of pain for a while. but the outcome will be great.

Grant go the pleasure of staying overnight with him, in the nice recliner. Luca is pretty attached to his dad so it was nice that I got a break .

we got to go home later that evening, when they weined him off the morphine and on to liquid codeine. I'm glad eveything went so smoothly and that he is home.

Luca's golf lessons

For Luca's 5th birthday, his grandma Berkhoff's gift was golf lessons. He sure does love them, and asks all the time to go golfing with his dad.

I love that he can be great at a sport even if his feet are not perfect !! I"m glad he got the opportunity to learn something new.