The Campbells: October 2010

We are extremely excited to announce we are having a daughter and her name will be Ella! We think it is such a beautiful and classy name like Clara. It was also Jason’s great-grandma’s name which gives it an extra special meaning. The cool thing is that each of our daughters will have a great-grandma’s name from each side (Clara being my great-grandma).

Now for the middle name….we have decided to be unconventional by using the same middle name as our first daughter! We really wanted a middle name that had a significant meaning and no other name could really compare for us. We love that both our daughters’ names will always be able to remind us (and them) of the grace God gives us in our lives. It’s so easy to go about life and forget about what Christ did for us. Easy to forget the gift of grace that He offers just because He loves us. That we are made right with him purely because of what He did on the cross and nothing else.

My ongoing prayer is that Clara and Ella know there is nothing they can do to earn God’s love. And there is nothing they can do to lose it. That Christ died for them so they might have eternal life through a relationship with Him. I pray one day they will understand and be humbled by the grace God so freely gives.

Ok, so now for some other reasons we chose to use the same middle name for both our children. Most of these quotes come from my husband:
1. It’s efficient. For example, when they are both in trouble at the same time you would just have to say “Clara and Ella Grace! Get over here!” as opposed to “Ella _______ and Clara Grace…” – Jason’s idea
2. “The middle name is a chance for the parents to go wild and do whatever they want.” - Jason
3. “If George Foreman can name all six of his boys George Foreman then surely it’s not too weird to use the same middle name.” – My mom
4. “One day Clara and Ella won’t share the last name anymore but will always be able to share their middle name.” – Jason (I thought this was so sweet)

Joking of course.....

In the past month Clara has developed a love for shoes and playing outside. She will find all sorts of shoes around the house, slip them on and try to walk in them. Clara LOVES being outside and will even have little tantrums when we make her come in! She is getting to the stage where she copies everything we do from cleaning the floor to mimicking silly sounds we make. She can point to her head, nose, mouth, ears and feet when we ask her and is fascinated with her belly button. But even more interesting to her is MY bellybutton since it’s protruding from my stomach! She loves to read and play “dress up” with the dogs. This entails putting random articles of clothing and some of mommy’s necklaces on the dogs’ backs and heads. They have been very good sports. :)

The pregnancy is flying by and I am BEYOND excited to meet Ella and see what she looks like. Jason seems to be freaking out a bit more than me but I’m sure he’ll be fine. Haha……

I’ll stop writing now because this post is already so long. I will TRY to update sooner that way I can fit all our “updates” in! See a couple videos at the bottom....

Sweet Ella