Mom memories, musings and moments

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Mom memories, musings and moments

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We are the Campbell girls

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Hello we are the Campbell girls Callie,Caisy, and Delaney.
We love are mom`s blog, it is the best in the whole wide world. What we love about are mom`s blog is that we get to see are selfs in the pictures, and look back at the memories.

Blog under construction

2010-03-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

We are going to try to renew our blog. Both Callie (3rd grade) and Delaney (kindergarten) have a class blog and get to add to it regularly so they are going to help me keep the blog updated. Caisy is just going to help by pushing all the buttons and clicking on all the things that we don't need. So stay tuned and we hope to get it going again soon!

On the road to recovery...

2008-04-15T21:37:00.000-07:00

Once again I cannot believe how long it has taken me to get another post added to the blog. I keep pushing forward hoping that I will get a little more consistent with my posts but mainly I add pictures of the girls which I think is what most people are hoping to see anyway. Since Caisy came home it seems like we have been in and out of the drs. office on a regular basis. Caisy started having some wheezing problems at the start of winter so they started her on breathing treatments. However, the breathing treatments just haven't seemed to clear things up as easily as they would for Delaney when she was younger. Then, back in Feb. we were driving home from a birthday party and when I went to get everyone out of the car I realized that Caisy was having a seizure. I rushed her to the ER and they determined that she had a febrile seizure that they think was triggered by the flu. However, the pediatrician on call did not feel comfortable assuming that it was all caused by the flu so he had her transported down to Dallas Children's Hospital. There they ran some further tests and pumped some IV antibiotics down her and were about to release her when she started wheezing very badly. They did 4 heavy doses of breathing treatments and she still wasn't better. Finally they put a suction machine down her nose and she started to clear up. Then about a month later the wheezing took a turn for the worse again. By the time we got to the pediatrician's office they said she had only 40 % of her lung capacity. They wanted to admit her but they agreed to let me take her home and do breathing treatments every 2 hrs. Now, they have decided to put her on a 2yr. plan for asthmatics and that seems to have worked wonders! Along with all of Caisy's problems the rest of the family has also been sick. Two of us had the flu, 2 cases of strep throat, one ear infection, one sinus infection and 2 times Delaney had a reaction to her antibiotic and broke out in hives. I feel like we must be on the road to recovery. Through all of this the girls have bonded so closely and our family has really felt so complete and unified. Caisy is happy most all of the time and really blossomed. She is pulling herself up and walking the furniture just about ready to take off walking. She is started to say a few words and laughs and all of her older sister's antics. Things are really good around here!

Blessed!

2008-01-12T14:42:00.000-08:00

I have really started to reconsider me and blogging. I first started this blog to share my trip with friends and family to bring Caisy home. I posted exactly twice, lugged a borrowed laptop all the way across the world and could not access the blog even once! Then I came home and have posted exactly once just so people would know we actually did make the trip and all was well. Now, here I am 2 months later and I am attempting a new post. Only to just now have my 7 yr. old and my 4 yr. old (who were playing so nicely together this afternoon) come in and tell me that the almost 1 yr. old woke up early from her nap. So, single mom of three just is not very compatible with blogging but I will continue to plug away whenever I think there is a chance.

Now, to the important info. We are doing great and everyone has settled into our new family unit beautifully! I stand in awe at the way that God ordains our steps and has everything under control despite how it may seem to us. Caisy is an amazing blessing and is truly adored by her big sisters. There really has been no sibling rivalry and only an occasional comment about the fun things we could do before there was a new baby in the house. I have now gone back to work after getting to be home for 10 1/2 weeks and be home for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's this year! That was an added bonus! I have now gone back to work (sigh) but all the girls are settled quite nicely into their routine.

This year has been quite a time for reflection for me. I wake up every day amazed that I get to be the mom of three amazingly wonderful little girls. I also wake up humbled and a little afraid of the enormous task at hand. Then I remember that this is all possible only through the grace, strength and leadership of God who created the whole world and all that is in it, and I just fall on my knees and thank him for His presence in my daily life.

Home again!!

2007-11-09T19:09:00.000-08:00

We are finally home and sorry we had no news from China. I could not get the blog to come up in any of the cities we were in so we had no updates. I will tell more about the trip later but I thought I would send some pictures of our new family member! She is settled in pretty good and loving being the center of attention from two adoring big sisters. We are still trying to get a good routine down for naps and schedules to get everyone to school on time but that will come soon. She has slept through the night for every night since she was placed in my arms. That has been great!

Last post before I leave!

2007-10-20T20:17:00.000-07:00

Things are really gearing up at our house for my upcoming trip. I think Callie and Delaney are excited about having a new little sister but a little uneasy about us being apart for 2 weeks. They are really looking forward to seeing Nana and Papa come to stay with them. Today at naptime Delaney was crying because it was taking them so long to come to stay with her.

Here is the itinerary for while we are in China. China is 13 hrs. ahead in time from Dallas until the time change, which happens while we are still there, and then there is a 14 hr. time change after that. So, 8:30 pm in Dallas is currently 9:30am in Beijing the following day.
Oct. 25- We arrive in Beijing at 9:30pm. We meet up with the Holmes/Poland family.
Oct 26- We sightsee in Beijing and meet up with the other 2 families Westwood & Askins families.
Oct. 27- Visit the Great Wall and Summer Palace.
Oct. 28- Fly to Nanchang and arrive at 2:00pm. WE RECEIVE THE BABIES THAT EVENING!!
Oct. 29- Complete the adoption proceedings.
Oct. 30- Free Day.
Oct. 31- Visit the Tengwang Pavilion.
Nov. 1- Visit the Bird Garden.
Nov. 2- Receive the babies' Chinese passports and then fly to Guangzhou.
Nov. 3- Complete the babies medical examinations.
Nov. 4- Visit the Chan Academy.
Nov. 5- U.S. Consulate Appointment.
Nov. 6- Oath-taking ceremony at the Consulate and receive the babies' U.S. visas.
Nov. 7- We leave to come home!!

Beginning of a New Era

2007-10-10T12:14:00.000-07:00

I with much trepidation I am starting a blog. I am leaving on Oct. 24 to adopt my 3rd daughter from China, Caisy. Many people have asked if I was going to have a blog or website to journal my travel so with much uneasiness I am making my first attempt. My friends who have blogs I follow all seem to write such profound posts. I on the other hand am not so thought provoking. So, as life is taking on new changes as a soon-to-be mother of three, I am also trying to enter into a new phase of cyberspace.