ITS A GIRL, Piper Ann Campbell

Well, we have had lots of excitement the last few weeks here in the Campbell household!! I went to the Dr a few weeks ago and we found out through an ultrasound that we are having another girl!!! They said they were 99% sure so I did go to another ultrasound at 15 weeks and confirmed it was a baby girl!! YAY!! We are all so excited! Carson is going to LOVE having a little sister and girls are all Scott and I know!!

We have decided to name our sweet new baby girl Piper Ann Campbell! We have decided on this name because we both Love the name Piper and we are naming her Ann after my Grandma and mom and aunts on my moms side! We thought it was special and important to use a family name and with Carson we used May after Scotts grandma Flossie May! We are very excited and so blessed to be having another healthy baby girl!!!

Now about Miss Carson! Carson has started her first week of pre-kindergarden! She and I both had a nervous start since she is at a brand new school and neither of us know anyone. I think I may have been more upset and nervous than Carson. But, now its Friday night and we both survived and actually Carson had fun and is looking forward to next week. I cant believe my baby is in pre k!! She is going 5 days a week but only from 9 to 12 but it is very bitter sweet!

We are truley so blessed and are really looking forward to having another baby girl and an amazing little lady as a big sister!

2nd Trimester!!!

We are in the 2nd trimester!!! YAY!! I am so relieved to have made it through the "scary phase"!! Today, Scott and Carson came with me to my drs appointment. The dr couldnt find the heartbeat with the doppler so we had an ultrasound and the baby looked great! The heart was beating perfectly! We tried to see if it was a boy or girl, but the baby wouldnt cooperate and show us its bottom!! We will probably find out in 2 weeks!! But it was awesome, the baby had its hand on its face and was moving all over the screen! I havent felt the baby move yet but I am sure I will soon! I know in one of my earlier blogs I thought it was a girl, but I am changing to a boy. Everything has been so different this time. With Carson I had gained 20 LBs in the first trimester, this time I have only gained 3 (thank God) and with Carson I was sick but not at all like Ive been this time, it has been aweful but as long as this baby is ok I will take it!!

Scott has been an amazing husband! He really has taken such good care of me the past few months and Carson too. (she gets me gingerale in the morning and gives me LOTS of hugs and kisses). They have put up with a lot of moodyness and worry but have been great! I am so blessed with such an amazing family and friends!! I really dont have anything else to report but will keep you posted!!

12 Weeks!

Well, we are finally at 12 weeks!! I am so excited!! It seems like the past 10 weeks have seriously dragged on and have felt like years!! I have a Dr's appointment on Monday and I will be 13 weeks. We hadn't heart the baby's heartbeat yet, but we had seen it a couple times until Saturday! I went to my friend Carissa's house and we used her Doppler and we heart the most amazing sound! It was baby Campbell's precious heartbeat! The Doppler read it at 150 bpm! I cant wait to go to my appointment Monday and hear it again! It is so hard to believe that this is actually happening and this sweet miracle may actually make it!! What a blessing!!

Carson is so excited to be a big sister! It is really funny to listen to her talk about it! At first she said she only wanted a sister until she realized having a girl meant sharing clothes, shoes, and toys!! Now she has totally changed her tune, and she wants a baby brother! Scott and I have told her that we need to be happy with whatever God gives us because this baby is truly a miracle to us! So I think she will be happy with whatever she gets!! I absolutely can not wait to see Carson and this new baby together! Carson is going to be the most amazing big sister! She is going to be such a big help and I cant wait to watch these 2 grow up together!!

This summer has flown by and we have had a lot of fun and very exciting things happen! We are so blessed! God is definitely good!!! Here are some recent belly pics! I started taking them at 6 weeks and plan to take them every 2 weeks! I feel like my stomach is so big already but I hear that happens with the second baby!!!

9 weeks

I am 9 weeks and 1 day today!! I had a Dr's appointment yesterday and the Dr decided to use my original due date!!! She did another ultrasound yesterday and I did get to see the baby and its perfect heartbeat!! I asked the Dr when I can breath easy and she said everything looks great and seeing the heartbeat at 9 weeks there is only a less than 5% chance of a miscarriage so, I decided to tell everyone and not keep it a secret anymore! I have still been pretty sick so the medication they gave me has definitely become a life saver!! We are so excited!! I only have a couple more weeks until I am done with the first trimester!!

As for Princess Carson, she has had a very lazy summer so far. She did do vacation bible school with church for 4 days but that is pretty much it! I kind of feel bad that she is stuck around the house with me everyday but hopefully I will start feeling better soon and we can start doing some fun stuff! She just seems so old to me. I started thinking about her as a baby and I can barely remember! Time has definitely gone by too fast! My baby is definitely not a baby anymore! She is hands down the funniest person I know! She says things that make Scott and I laugh out loud! She is so beautiful inside and out and she has such a big heart. I am so proud of her and am sad that she is getting so big. Carson starts pre-kindergarden in the fall and I cant believe it. She will go 5 days a week and I have no idea what I will do with myself during that time!! I have a bunch of pictures from 4Th of July weekend at the beach that I will send out soon! But she did say 2 things while we were out of town that I thought were so funny. The first was, "Daddies are for lovin that's just what they re for" and "even though I'm almost an adult I still love my starbright" She is so funny!!
Well, that's all for now. My next Dr's appointment is in 4 weeks but I'm sure I will update on miss diva before then!!

8 week ultrasound

So, today I had my 8 week ulrasound. I woke up this morning so nervous and I wasnt sure I would be able to wait until my 1:20 appointment! Carson and I got ready and headed to Jen and Blakes to hang with Jen and "baby Kyle". That definitly helped pass the time and to keep me calmer! Jen and Kyle came with me to the dr just in case something went wrong. So, poor Jen was stuck with the 2 wild girls in the waiting room! I finally got to the ultrasound room and found out that our baby was growing and had a strong and healthy heartbeat! What a relief. I cant even begin to describe the emotions I felt. It is still early and we have about 3 more weeks she said until we can really stop worrying. But I decided at the very beginning of this to leave it all up to God and to "TRY" to not worry. I haven't done a great job of that, but after today I think I will do better! The Doctor did change my due date to February 26Th. Because of all my issues our original due date was sort of a guess so now according to the 3 ultrasounds we have had they are pretty sure we are actually about 4 days behind what we had thought. So, I am totally excited and am starting to believe this may actually happen! I have really tried to not say too much to Carson in case something goes wrong but today she wanted to see the ultrasound pictures so I showed her the arm buds and the skull. she is so excited to be a big sister. I am so proud of the person that Carson has become. She is so smart and so caring and really just enjoys life and for the most part has a lot of fun! Sometimes I am jealous of how care free she gets to be! She will be such a great help and big sister and I cannot wait to see these 2 grow up together!! Well, that's all I really have for today, but I do have a Dr's appointment on Monday so I will probably update then!
and by the way, I am just guessing but I totally think this baby is a girl! we will see in about 8 weeks!!

And baby makes 4!

We are so excited that we will have a new addition to our family this winter! We have been through so many emotional ups and downs the past 2 years, trying to get pregnant. Being told we had unexplained infertility was aweful. There was nothing I could do, I felt so helpless and so sorry for myself. Carson was such a surprise and such a blessing. I just couldnt believe that we got pregnant with Carson so easily and we were having so many issues now. I was diagnosed with insulin resistent polysystic ovarian syndrom. My dr put me on metformin which they thought would fix the inferility problem. After 7 failed rounds of clomid we were sent to a fertility specialist in august 2008 and we did get pregnant right away. We went on to miscarry a baby girl around 9 weeks. We did have further testing done that told us the miscarriage was chromosomal and was a baby girl. I was absolutely devastated. I wanted to go through fertility again right away but Scott and I decided that we should wait and see what happens. We started eating right and exercisng . I started having fun with my friends and I stopped obbsessing about getting pregnant. Scott and I started having fun again together and then one day I started feeling bad so i took a pregnancy test. I actually forgot all about it and then walked by and took a look, it was POSITIVE! I was in total shock! I went to cvs and bought a pack of 3 digital tests and I of course took them all! They were all positive!! I wanted to tell Scott and Carson a special way, since the last 2 times I was pregnant, I called scotts cell phone 500 times and he knew something was up! The last time I was pregnant I had a shirt made for Carson that said Im going to be a big sister and she never got to wear it, and I kept it in her closet. So, I got the shirt out and wrapped up all the tests in the shirt and put them in a gift bag. I waited patiently (well, not really) for Scott to get home from work, at this point I have known since around 2pm and Scott came home around 7pm . I acted casual and handed him the bag and told him it was an early fathers day present ( since Fathers Day was the upcoming sunday). He opened it and was so surpised and excited!! I am now in my 8th week. I had a scare early on but we did get to see the babys heart beat at the 6 week ultrasound. I have been really holding my breath this pregnancy because of the miscarriage. I go to the dr tomorrow to have an ultrasound. I am praying for our baby to have a strong and healthy heartbeat. I am not sure I will ever be able to breath easy until I am holding this baby in my arms but everyday is one step closer! Keep our baby in your prayers and I will have an update tomorrow!!