YAY! Another boy! We are beyond thrilled! Either way we would have been happy, all that really matters is that the baby is healthy BUT we so badly wanted another boy! Anyone who knows me knows i'm probably made to have all girls being so girly myself and yes that would have been tons of fun for me but when I had Caleb that changed for me! Theirs nothing like a mama's boy! And my boys WILL be just that! Caleb already is but I want it to always stick, I want them to still snuggle with me when they're in high school (is that wired) haha :) buttttttt lets not even think of high school right now I want them to stay as little as long as I can :( Anyways! I wanted another boy because of several reasons one being so Caleb would have a brother! I know having a sister would have been great too because either way a sibling is a sibling but there is just that bond with each other that's like no other when being the same gender. My sister and I are the besttt of friends, there is nothing we don't tell each other. We honestly maybe had all of two or three "fights" our whole lives! We were so close that even though we had separate rooms and beds we still shared them both :) Our brother and us were close too but it was a different closeness because he obviously wasn't going to be sharing clothes and sleeping with us in our bed. Now I know not all siblings get along the way we did but I truly think its the way your parents raise you. My parents taught empathy to us in a strong way, if we were mean to each other we went in time out then had to kiss hug and make up, we were always reminded how important family was. We just cared about each other a whole lot and still to this day do but to me most of that is a learned and taught behavior. I will definitely instill that in my boys!
    Two is going to be our number! We would love to have like five kids but I'm one of the biggest planners ever! I look far into the future and see the big picture and that's that this world isn't getting any cheaper! Having five kids ten years ago is like have two today! I think of college, cars, insurance, and all the stuff in between! No I'm not going to just give all of that to them but I do want to help them and not be broke after doing so! Even when you talk about buying a house a three bedroom is much cheaper then a four bedroom! Or when I think about family trips and how expensive plane tickets are, just that one extra for food, tickets and all that good stuff is it adds up! We want to be computable and not stress about that stuff so having two kids we know we can do that and be computable doing so. PLUS if any of you know Caleb and know how active he is if i have anymore then two of him (seeings how little carter in my belly is SO active already) you know I'm going to have my hands full! Caleb is on the go go gooooo at all times! He's so busy he takes a two hour nap and sleeps twelve hours a night so that's a plus! But that just shows you how busy he is! & YES we've already picked this little ones name its Carter Hazen Campbell! We are so in love with it and him already! September 17th can't come fast enough! :)))))


OH &&& I saved everything from having Caleb so SCORE! :))) All about the saving money!!

Clean Eating!

   Recently I found out that after I have my baby in September I will have to have my gallbladder out. How I found this out was I was having "attacks" mostly at night where I would get really sick and what I mean about really sick was everything that was in my body came out! It was awful, I would also get bad pains in my right side. Every attack got worse as they went on, at first I thought that it was just pregnancy sickness but then with the bad pains and the attacks getting worse I knew something was wrong. So I called my doctor and right away she told me that it was my gallbladder it was all the signs and symptoms of it. Then she asked me what I had eaten every time I had an attack and it was all stuff high in dairy or a red meat. Then she told me that I had to change my diet, I have always been a healthy eater but when your pregnant you crave more unhealthy things then that you would normally eat. For example I was eating more ice cream, chips, cheese, and I also switched to whole milk, so that was obviously making the problem worse. This runs in my family so when I told my mom she wasn't surprised. Now the only foods I can eat are white meat, a few types of fish, most all fruit, most all veggies, light yogurts, skim milk, fat free cheeses and vinegars. Things I cant eat are fried food, tomato sauces, cheese, ice cream, caffeine, red meats, chocolate, spicy foods, fruit juices, pretty much anything with any type of fat.
  At first I was like how the heck am I going to do this being pregnant! I love spicy food and ice cream! & ahh chocolate!! But its been a month now since I've had any of it and I feel soooo good! You don't realize how some of these foods can make you feel till you stop having them! Like red meat! I love myself a good steak but I really don't miss it like I thought I would. The only thing I miss is ice cream! I can have frozen yogurt but they don't come in the yummy flavors that ice cream does. Eating clean has made such a big difference, I go on a walk everyday almost and now I feel like I could go for miles and miles, I feel like I have all the energy in the world. I can't even imagine how the people who eat crappy every waken minute feel! Because I didn't even eat unhealthy, I never ate fried food, I never cooked with grease or tons of butter, I never ever ate fast food my unhealthy foods were red meat from time to time, concentrated juices and high fat dairy foods. Cutting those out of my diet has made such a difference, you are what you eat!
  Even after I have my gallbladder out I will still have to watch what I eat, Its a life long thing but I can introduce some stuff back into my diet but in proportion, which I'm fine with! I want to live a long healthy life and so many people don't care about their bodies or even think about what their insides might look like from eating all the junk they do! I will eat clean and always run/walk, its my lifelong goal! :) My Husband even after being with me and hearing me preach to him about junk has become such a healthy eater, he does eat his red meat and that's something I wont change but he loves fish, fruits and vegetables! I banded him from fast food and little debbies. Even though he has cheated a few times this years with being with his friends and having a burger from McDonald's, But he used to eat that junk all the time till I told him whats in it and how much his insides must hate him! My son eats super clean, he has never had McDonald's and I wont ever allow him to, I will tell him whats in all the junk and hopefully he will be too grossed out to ever eat it as an adult. He eats all homemade food, no canned or boxed unless its organic, I do let him have chips and a cookie once and awhile because of course he needs a little junk because if I never let him then when he gets a taste he would probably go crazy on it. We never drink soda so he will never care to have a taste from our cups cause we never have it. Ever since Caleb started eating real foods we gave him all kinds of fruits and veggies so he eats avocados, asparagus, summer squash, zucchini, tomatoes, and every fruit there is, and he loves it! Eating clean is so important to a healthy lifestyle and starting your kids young is so important, how you eat reflects on how your kids eat, don't just love the outside of your kids love the inside too! Protect it and make sure they live long healthy lives too! :))

Nursing & working!

  So I'm writing about breastfeeding so for those of you that get grossed out at this topic one stop reading or two get over it :)) I say that with all the kindness in my heart! But really some people think its gross or makes them uncomfortable or whatever their reason my be, the way I see it is its the very best thing for your baby, makes you loose all you baby weight plus more if your lucky like I was! I gained 40 pounds with my first pregnancy! Yes I said 40! I had extra extra fluid with him so that part of the reason, but after 7 or 8 weeks I had lost all of it plus 7 pounds less then what I was post pregnancy! So it helps in that department, and its free people!!! I know some people just can't do it because of issues with there health or whatnot, but if you can its the BEST way to go! It takes some time in the beginning for your milk to come in and and it hurts like hell, you have to deal with your nipples cracking and painful boobs BUTTT its 100% worth it in the end because that's just the first few weeks then its smooth sailing from there! & I feel that's why a lot of mothers give up but its not that bad after a few weeks trust me! Just so Caleb wouldn't loose weight I gave him formula and what I could get for breast milk in the beginning, I was so worried about him being hungry!
   My way of nursing was a little different, I pumped everything! Caleb didn't nurse off my boob once, my reasoning for this was I knew I was going to have to work after I had him although I don't work long days and I can make my own schedule I knew that I couldn't always be there when he was hungry or needed to feed. I had also heard that once you have them to the boob you might not be able to get them to feed from the bottle so I didn't want to take that chance and not be able to nurse at all. For me breast milk was breast milk and it didn't matter how my baby got it from me it was the fact that he got it! When I was at the hospital this women came in and she was the lady who talked about breastfeeding to new mothers lets say I got really annoyed with her because she was saying over and over again that I should reconsider not letting Caleb go off my boob. Her reasoning for this was because she felt that the bond was so important from letting them being on your boob but for me my reasoning made more since to my lifestyle and I felt that either way you bond with them, not to mention Caleb's daddy could also bond with him while feeding him too! But most importantly I felt that he was still getting my milk and really that's what mattered most to me!
  When I first started pumping my milk came in a yellowish gold color but the more I pumped the whiter it got, it also took a lot longer in the beginning for milk to come out. I would pump for a half hour to 40 minutes at first but Caleb really didn't need that much milk so it was fine, but when time went on I could pump for 5 or 10 minutes and get a whole 10 oz of milk! I produced SO much milk that I had a whole freezer full! When you freeze your milk you have these special freezer bags for breast milk and you have to date them because they can only be frozen for 6 months until you have to throw them out so always use your oldest to newest. I had them in a tray to organize them and would put the newest at the back and keep going from there. Then when you thaw them out you can't put them in boiling water or the microwave because it actually kills the while blood cells and a lot of the nutrients in your milk so I would just run it over hot water with it in the bag and it a bowl or just let it sit out till it was thawed out. So therefore when I worked I would either pump before I would go or just thaw out some milk from the freezer, you can put breast milk in the fridge but it only lasts for like 4 or 5 days. You always knew when your milk was no longer good because one it stunk and two it would have mild chunks. Your milk always has a different smell to it but its not yucky smelling so you can definitely smell the difference! You can also test your milk with test strips when you have had a night out too, you have to pump and dump a lot till you strip tells you your safe! I drank probably 3 or 4 times within the year that I nursed because really sometimes its not even worth it but you also need that you time with your husband, boyfriend or girls so you wont go completely crazy :)
  I used a double electric pump, mine was the brand Avent it was around $300 but so worth it if this is the route your taking! Next time the only thing I will do that I didn't last time is I'm getting a hand held pump too so when I go somewhere I can re-leave myself because I remember going on date nights, weddings, tips and my boobs hurt so bad when I didn't pump for awhile. The other thing I would change is obviously starting with the bottle like I did with Caleb but trying to go off the boob sometimes at night because it was kinda sucky that after I feed Caleb durring the night I would then have to pump after putting him back to bed so if he woke up again I would have something to feed him, but I would only do it at night. Other then those two things I wouldn't change a thing! Theirs so many ups to pumping everything and one that stood out to me was that I knew the amount he was drinking so I was never over feeding him, another would be that you produce so much more milk with pumping so you can stock up! But overall off the boob or pumping your baby is getting the best milk he or she can get and that's whats important! :)

If anyone has any questions or any new mothers are thinking of pumping I know all there is to know about it so don't be afraid to ask! :)