Kisses for Mom & Dad

Momma & Bella's hands
Bella kissing Momma.
Bella kissing DaDa.
We had a very nice Thanksgiving . Bella did great for her first holiday at home with all of us. We have a lot to be thankful for!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

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We have so much to be thankful for, we are all healthy, we have all our family and friends and our newest little Campbell home from Serbia.Bella is still adjusting to her new life,and she is doing very well, she loves all the attention she gets from everyone, and with a family as big as ours there is never a shortage of someone to entertain her.We would like to wish all of our new friends in Serbia a Happy Thanksgiving also, and we will keep all the children in Bella's former home in our thoughts and prayers,and those famalies that are waiting to travel to get their children we will be praying for you too.Have a graet day

~Mini California~Gratska~

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GRATSKA IS BELLA'S HOMETOWN, THIS IS WHERE WE WENT FOR THE ADOPTION CEREMONY. THE LOCALS REFER TO THIS TOWN AS MINI CALIFORNIA, IT WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL THERE AND THEY EVEN HAD LOTS OF FLOWERS BLOOMING AND IT WAS NOVEMBER. WE GOT THE FEELING THAT LIFE HERE WAS MORE SLOWER PACED THAN IT IS IN BELGRADE, WE COME FROM MONTANA AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF LIFESTYLE WE ARE ACCOSTOMED TO.WE WALKED TO THE CENTER OF TOWN AND IT HAD A TOWN SQUARE THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, FROM THERE WE WALKED DOWN BY THE RIVER, IT WAS AMAZING HOW BIG THIS RIVER IS AND THE NUMBER OF BOATS THAT ARE ACTUALLY RESTAURANTS.WE PASSED MANY FRUIT ORCHARDS ALONG THE WAY, BUT THE TREES WERE BARE OF LEAVES AND I'M SURE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER THEY ARE VERY COLORFUL.WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF GRATSKA.

~ Getting some sleep~`

Yes, I have been trying to get on our time now. It is hard to change times, i have been awake from 3:00A.M. are time. So i need to get back on MT, time.

Bella is doing awesome!!! The kiddos love having Bella home, she is getting spoiled by everyone. Bella can say MA MA MA, and she can say DA DA DA. Also BA BA BA, when she wants her ba ba. We are feeding her bottles right now, we also try to feed her with a spoon. She doesn't like the spoon feedings . Bella has been in her jumper, walker and the kiddos lovr to push her in her stroller. Bella also can crawl all over the house. She is smiling more and laughing. We love to see her smile and laugh. She is so beautiful, we are very THANKFUL that we got to travel to go get her. We pray the other families waiting to travel for there kiddos get to go very soon.

I got to hold alot of the children at the childrens home, i would bring lots of them home if i could. We would love to see all the children find families very soon. Jasmina and Jasna work very hard for all the children, they try very hard to get everything done and find families for all the children. I have seen how much they care about and love the children. We do miss Jasmina and Jasna, we spent almost everyday with Jasmina for two weeks. She is an awesome person. She knows we would love to bring more children home to love and spoil rotten. We have a few in mind.

Yes, We also miss are new friends Vlado & Svetlana , we had lots of fun with them. They showed us how to live in there country, we are so grateful for that. Vlado do you still want to send Svetlana to the USA, we could use a cook or house keeper. Buy her a ticket and send her our way. She would love the USA, she could shop all the time.

We also miss the bakeries, they have awesome food.

Please say a pray that the children will find families soon. We are so happy to have our Bella home with us. Thank you all so much for your help to bring her home.

WE ARE HOME SAFE & SOUND

WE FINALLY ARRIVED HOME AT AROUND 1:30am ON SATURDAY, IT WAS A LONG DAY FOR ALL OF US.BELLA DID VERY WELL THE WHOLE WAY,CONSIDERING THAT HER ENTIRE LIFE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED THESE PAST TWO WEEKS.THE KIDS AT HOME WERE AWAKE AND PATIENTLY WAITING FOR US TO COME THRU THE DOOR AND THEY ALL IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH HER,AND OF COURSE BELLA LOVES ALL THE ATTENTION FROM EVERYONE.WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE WEEKEND AT HOME LETTING EVERYONE GET AQUAINTED AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER.WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR LITTLE PRINCESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH HER. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET OUR LIFE AT HOME BACK IN ORDER AND BACK ON TRACK SO JODY WILL BE POSTING LOTS OF PICTURES WHEN SHE GETS A FEW MINUTES OF QUIET.

Passport~Medical~ & Visa~& ready to go home~~

Although we have enjoyed our trip, we have all of our family at home waiting for us and we sure can't wait to see all of them. This is all the kids at the house waiting for us to get home with Bella . Everything went smooth here for the adoption process. It is just hard being away from all the family in MT. We miss them all so much and will be home soon. We can't wait to introduce Bella to everyone. She will fit in perfect at home with all of us. THANK YOU AMBER AND DAVID AND GRANDMA FOR TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF THE CHILDREN WHILE WE HAVE BEEN GONE.

We will be home tomorrow night. We love all of you see you soon.

I will post lots of pictures of our trip when we get home, it has been a wonderful experience. Thank you ANDREA,JASMINA, & JASNA for bringing us to our little princess..

CHOW CHOW!!!

A TAKE IT EASY DAY

We spent most of our day at the apartment today, Jody was actually packing for our trip home. We were nervous all day long waiting to see if we were gonna get Bella's passport on time. They changed the passport procedure here and that involved a 48hr wait, and we were the first adopting family to go thru the new procedure so it was all new to everyone involved, but it was ready the next day and we all breathed a sigh of relief. Thank you so much Jasmina and Jasna for everything up to this point,it has taken a lot of pushing and pulling on a few things but it has all worked out. Tomorrow we pick up the passport, get Bella's medical exam and then to the Embassy for the Visa and then we should have everything we need to fly home on Friday. We can't wait to introduce Bella to her new family in Montana

Kids at home everything is going great here and we will be leaving here at 4:30am on Friday, that is 8:30pm Thursday your time. We can't wait to see all of you and give you big huggs. See everybody really soon , We Love You All XOXOXOXOXO MOM, DAD & BELLA BOO