Summertime in March!!

These pictures are from Saturday and Sunday March 7th and 8th. Snow stayed on the ground in our backyard until Wednesday and this weekend the weather was beautiful, sunny, and in the 80's. The weekend was excellent for spending time outdoors and the time change gave us a a little extra time outdoors on Sunday evening. The picture taken below is of Colin getting into his Cozy Coupe with the sailboats from his water table. As you look through the pictures below, you'll notice that his gray t-shirt starts out dry and gets more and more soaked as he has fun playing and splashing in the water table that Chippy and Betsy got him for Christmas. I can see we're gonna have tons of fun with this thing all summer!!


Colin had a blast with his water table as you can see from the open-mouth pictures of him screaming and squealing with delight below.


Where does he get that blonde hair?? Not from mommy.


Notice above...soaked shirt. Notice below....just starting to play with watertable = dry shirt. Colin splashed so much I had to put his sneakers in the dryer.


I wonder whose football that is in the background?? Notice below...even dryer shirt.


The next pictures were taken Saturday and Sunday at Centennial Park near our house. They have two small jungle gyms and a swingset. Colin loves playing on the smallest jungle gym and can climb up the stairs and go down the slide all by himself.


Colin climbing through the tunnel of the jungle gym. No coaxing needed from his parents and no cares about who or what was at the other end.....this guy has no fear!! I'll be gray by the time I'm 32.


Colin in his wagon on the short hike from the parking lot to the playground. Notice the pleasant and inquisitive expression on his face....this tells you that this is the start of the trip and not the wagon ride from the playground to the car. Saturday Colin threw a huge tantrum because he did NOT want to leave the playground. Leaving was a little better on Sunday, but I think only because Grandmamma and Papaw came to see him play.


Colin on the swings at the park on Sunday. The higher he goes the happier he is. Notice his cute new summer sandals. He really likes the velcro and can take them off all by himself!!

North Carolina Blizzard February 2009

Our blizzard of February 2009 in North Carolina. We woke up on Tuesday morning and there was lots and lots of snow. Mommy had to go to work for a couple of hours that morning but was quickly back as the snow just kept piling up. By the end of the day we had almost 7 inches of snow!! That's quite a bit for the eastern parts of North Carolina. Unfortunately, there was no playing in the snow this time. Colin was still recooperating from the stomach virus that he picked up at school and our pictures were taken on the way to the pharmacy to pick up his anti-nausea medicine.


Colin walking through his first snow, and a big one at that!!

Saturday Fun - weekend after Christmas

After an early morning shopping trip (go figure) Aunt Betsy and Grammy joined us for some outdoor fun!! Look closely to see Colin sporting a plumbing pose (crack is whack Colin).


This is Colin outside of Grammy and Pap's playing with his Lil' Quad from Santa on the weekend after Christmas. The weather was beautiful and if I remember correctly sunny and in the 70's.


Despite how many times we showed him, Colin was more content pushing the Lil' Quad. Guess I should be happy seeing how pushing it is less dangerous and probably a good workout for those chunky little thighs.


Matt was trying out his new Christmas gift (his camera) and got this cool picture of George.

Jones Family Christmas - Tennesee

Jones family Christmas Dec 26th, 2008 in Tennesee at Grammy and Pap's house. This year was our first year drawing names for Christmas, so as you can see there weren't as many gifts under the tree. Yeah right!! The tree as always, is overflowing with gifts and wouldn't you know that Mallory and Colin had more gifts than anyone!!


Cousin Mallory unwrapping her gifts. I think I spy a Baby Einstein video!!


Betsy and cousin Mallory pose for a picture. While us grown ups opened presents Colin was actually napping. Poor guy missed all the unwrapping fun. Once he was up though, with help from mommy and daddy he was ready to unwrap.


Us girls looked over and noticed that all the boys were hard at work with Colin's legos. Daddy and Chippy are showing Colin how it's done. Colin loves to stack them and gets very angry when they fall down. He doesn't quite share in Erin's love of knocking over the blocks yet.

Colin's 1st Santa Gifts - Christmas Morning

Santa also brought Colin this lovely guitar....how thoughtful!! All in all his first Christmas from Santa was great. Not a lot of pictures since Daddy was using the video camera and Mommy was helping Colin with his new gifts.


Colin placing George on his Lil' Quad that Santa Claus brought for him. Too bad Santa forgot to charge the battery and Colin wasn't able to use it until later that day. He had fun sitting on it and pushing it anyway. How did Santa know how much he liked George??

Campbell Family Christmas - North Carolina

Better late than never. I have the pictures, it's just been a while since I had any time to post. I thought I might try and recap our winter events. Below is the Campbell family Christmas tree. We celebrated Christmas with Colin's Grandmamma, Papaw, Uncle's Matt and Jess, and Cousins Sebass, Kaitlyn, and Mango on Saturday December 20th, 2008. Nobody ever complains about getting some early gifts.



Below Colin posing with his much loved cousin Kaitlyn for a photo before Christmas lunch at Grandmamma and Papaw's house. To the left the only picture I have of Colin opening gifts with his daddy. Notice the yellow pacifier...meaning someone was getting a little cranky. However, once we did get the lawnmower out of ALL the packaging, it became much more fun to play with.



A quick family picture after Christmas lunch and before opening the much anticipated gifts. Mango's already in her Christmas pajamas.