Baby Crew Has Arrived

Crew O'neal Campbell came into the world on Friday, Sept. 25 (which also happens to be my birthday) at 6:30 am at Kennewick General Hospital in Kennewick Washington weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 1/2 inches. He was born at 38 weeks and 1 day. It was a pretty exciting and unexpected birth considering I had just had a doctors appointment the day before and the doctor said I was only 1 cent. dilated and nothing had changed and everything was looking fine. I went to bed that night (Thursday) feeling fine and Roger went to work. (he works graveyard shift). I woke up at 3:30 am with some cramping not thinking much of it because I had been having false contractions for a few weeks. An hour went by and the contractions were not going away so at 4:30 I called Roger at work and told him I thought this was the real thing. He came home immediately and we started packing our things. Another half hour/hour went by and the contractions were getting closer and harder and Roger said I think we better go now. (the hospital is 30 miles and 40 minutes away). We woke up Clover and said we had to go to the doctor, jumped in the car and sped away (this was at 5:00 am). Then the contractions started full blown, hard fast and unbearable. I was sweating like I had just run a marathon and the pain was really bad. I thought I wanted to die. I told him he better drive faster, so he stepped on it and at 100 miles an hour we made it to the hospital in 20 minutes. I jumped into a wheelchair as Roger parked the car and grabbed Clover. They rushed me to my room, screaming in pain and asking to be doped up but by then it was too late, no drugs. (That was my plan all along, but in the moment you just want the unbearable pain to stop.) My water burst all over the room, Roger and Clover got there, he held her in one arm, my leg in another and in 20 minutes time Crew was born. The doctor didn't even make it in time, the nurses delivered and the doc. came in 5 minutes late and said ok I'm here. So, long story I had a 3 hour total labor, almost had the baby in the car and didn't even have a doctor there. It was pretty crazy. But, Crew is here and is healthy and is an awesome new addition to our family.

Clover's 2 year pictures

I got her 2 year old pictures taken about a week ago. I think they turned out really cute. (She picked out her own shoes)

Dance Recital video

Finally got the dance video up thanks to my amazing husband! (he wrote that)

Clovers First "Dance Recital"

Clover has been taking a little "dance class" once a week for the past month and they have been learning a little routine to show off at an old folks home at the end of their lessons. I say dance class loosely because it is mostly doing a few moves, playing some games, singing songs, and a lot of running around and not paying attention. The class is for I think 18 months to 4 years olds. Her and her friend Sofia were the youngest ones in the class and they were of coarse the two trouble makers who would run around and not do the moves the teacher was trying to teach. But, in the end they got to do their dance by themselves in front of an audience and I think Clover did good for her first time. They even got little certificate and roses after the performance from their teacher. It was cute. If nothing else it's entertaining to say the least.

(I tried to download the performance but i guess the file was too big and blogger wouldn't upload it).