For Memorial Weekend Auntie Leslie invited Calleigh and I to Lincoln City for a little girls trip. It was a lot of fun! Leslie took us to all the fun places. The Oregon Coast Aquarium. Calleigh loved the seals and all the fish. We stopped to see some crazy sea lions. Spent some time on the beach playing and ate nummy food! Such a beautiful place :) Calleigh did great in the car. It is close to a 6 hour drive so I was a bit worried. Thanks Leslie for everything! We will for sure have to go back!
Calleigh is doing great. June 1st she turned 16 months! She is so dang grown up these days. Her favorite thing to say is "no" lately. Ask her anything and she will shake her head no. Even if you ask her if she is cute! Books are still her favorite past time :) She loves to find things in them. Along with all the great stuff comes the not so fun stuff. She is learning her limits (and mine.) I am trying to teach Calleigh to take deep breaths when she gets upset instead of throwing a tantrum. She has done it a few times with my coaxing. I can honestly say that she is a good little girl. She is very well behaved and listens most of the time. But...she has also taught me what real patience is about.
2 weeks ago Ben and I started talking about when we were going to buck up and be totally done with the bottle. Calleigh had no problem giving up every other bottle during the day except the 2-4 AM one. Yes I know she is 16 months and maybe we should have done it a bit ago but we didn't for two reasons. One she was going to sleep by 8:00 and would sleep until 6:30 (with the middle of the night bottle) That is a long time and we really thought she needed it. Second, well you tell me how you feel at 3:00 AM! It was just easier to give her a bottle and she would go right back to sleep. But now it is time. We started last night and it went pretty well. She woke up twice and I was able to get her back to sleep with just rubbing her legs and back. But them 5 AM came and she wanted none of that. She didn't even want me to pick her up. So after a bit of crying Ben came in to rock her. She kept crying. I tried a sippy cup and she pretty much threw it at me. But we were not giving in. It was not a great start to the day but I am proud to say we got through the first night! Hopefully tonight goes even even better.
We are busy getting things ready for our trip to Hawaii at the end of this month. Very excited but I am still a little nervous about the long plane ride with Calleigh. But most excited to see Calleigh in her little flower girl's dress and for Melanie's wedding. It will be a fun trip with a lot of relaxing time on the beach with great friends!
After the Sharks
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Looking for the seals
She loved all the fish
Auntie Leslie & Calleigh
This guy obviously thinks he is top sea lion!
Just a random finger up the nose shot!
Going to the beach for the first time
She could have played for hours and hours
Cold water!
Building Sand Castles
My pretty little girl :)
All grown up!
Gorgeous!
