5 Months Old

Campbell is five months old and learning how to sit up by herself. She still needs the Boppy to support her and only lasts a minute or so before falling over. She also recently found her voice and talks all the time. She especially likes to talk in church during the quiet parts of the service. I forgot to take a picture of her on her actual five month birthday. Here she is 5 months and 4 days old.

Toes in the Sand

Campbell had her first day at the beach with Dad on Labor Day (Mitch's work is really busy during the summer so we don't see him very much). No one thought it would take almost 5 months for Mitch to get his daughter in the ocean, but it did. Campbell's virgin feet are touching the Pacific for the very time in these photos. She didn't really know how to react to the cold wet sand.

Bumbo and Bathtime

Since I'm her mom, I pretty much think Campbell looks cute all the time, even when she's mad at me. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of her doing just our ordinary, everyday activities.

Campbell's Second Trip to Minnesota

Campbell and I visited Minnesota again in August to spend some time with the family before the school year began. While we were there, we met up with Melissa from my graduate school program and her almost six-month old daughter, Sonja.

My mom still had the bouncy chair that she used when I was little and Campbell got a chance to try it out. We had to prop her up with blankets to keep her from tipping over. She is pictured with one of her favorite toys - Sophie the giraffe.

Nothing says Midwest more than a rowdy round of Bingo. Campbell was more interested in eating the Bingo card than getting 5 numbers vertically, horizontally or diagonally. I'm sure that the Bingo card was both organic and germ free. ;-)

We spent a lot of time with Campbell's cousins. Pictured with her are Taylore (middle), Matthias (left) and Joshua (right).

Grandma and Grandpa Rusinko celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary while we were home. Quite an accomplishment. Somedays I wonder if Mitch and I will make it to five years....

Campbell's newest cousin -John - was born on July 14. He looks so skinny compared to Campbell. It's hard to believe that she was ever that small, even though it was only a few months ago.