likes & dislikes

So this is my theory - whatever makes Campbell start moving around a lot, she likes. Whatever makes her lay still and not move, she doesn't like. Based on this heavily researched and supported theory, here is a list of her likes & dis-likes:
Likes:
1. Mornings. Usually around 3 - 5 am. I might not be digging this once she arrives=) But now, I love having her little body wake me up.
2. Arnold Palmers. The drink, not the golfer. She went crazy tonight when I had one. (The non-alcoholic version of course)
3. Music. Her top five list currently includes: Shaggy, Journey, Jack Johnson, Lady Gaga and the KU fight song (not bad for being almost 30 weeks old) She actually danced on beat to the entire fight song.
4. OSU cowboys. She is a dancing machine when they are playing.
5. Going to the salon. Looks like this little lady is going to enjoy all the spa treatments just like her mama. (sorry babe)
6. Sweets, especially lemon girl scout cookies. This was actually a favorite of both her and Parker's. They would both go nuts when I ate them.


Dis-likes:
1. School. Barely moves at all. Had me worried today - until she suddenly got the hiccups. Then I knew it was all okay. Maybe the kids intimidate her? Maybe she knows how tired it makes me?
2. The alarm clock. Yes she is a morning person, but she does NOT like being woken up by my alarm. I usually get a pretty hefty kick from her when this happens. Not "happy" movement. More like, "are you freaking kidding me?!" movement.
3. The health care reform bill. Okay okay, this is really my dis-like, but I am pretty sure she dis-likes it also - since she will be paying off our nation's massive debt for the rest of her life.  Just my opinion.

Okay, I think she will probably be a pretty happy, easy going baby. We are going to get a long just marvelously - especially since we like all the same things=)

I have been quite the seamstress this week. I finished up her quilt tonight. Not to brag, but I am pretty darn proud of myself. I designed this and picked out the fabrics all by my little ol' self. My mom walked me through it and I even consulted a you-tube video this week after she left and I didn't know how to form a certain stitch. (Ok - you can seriously learn anything on you tube - I learned how to make a hidden hem stitch in 4 different languages - not too shabby) I wanted to do something for both babies and to symbolize both babies. I don't want to go overboard and be like the creepy lady that I met at hobby lobby, but I just wanted something in the nursery to signify her relationship with her sister. Thus the theme of the quilt was born. I have a whole slew of questions racing through my head. Several of them deal with exactly how we deal with sharing information about Parker with her as she gets older. There is lots of research out there about how surviving twins act as they grow up and start to grieve their twin. Even how they act right after they are born. I don't want to speak anything over her (separation anxiety, loneliness, sleeplessness, etc - all things I have found in my research) Anyways - that's a tangent and a whole other blog. BUT the quilting helped me to do some thinking on that whole subject. In the meantime, I want something in the nursery to honor Campbell & Parker as twins.

PS: Don't be too impressed when I say "quilting". I know there are a lot of super-duper fancy, intricate quilts out there that are incredibly hard and take an incredibly talented seamstress. This isn't one of them=) .

PSS: Yes those are buttons for their eyes. No this quilt will not be in the crib. I am not a moron. It will be for decoration purposes only.