Calleigh's First Christmas

We had a Great 1st Christmas with Calleigh! It was busy and full of fun but we all enjoyed it. Secretly I am glad it is over :) Calleigh was a trooper through the whole thing. Next year she will know more about Christmas.

Calleigh will turn 11 months old on January 1st. She is so full of life and all grown up it seems! She picks up things so quick. She now says "up" when she wants to be picked up obviously. She also says "all done" and MOM! I capitalize it because she only says it from the other room yelling at me. MOM MOM MOM. As much as I know I need to stop it...it is hard not to love it. Payback right Mama? Calleigh is an official walker. Well I am not sure what makes you an official walker but she will let go and stand and then take 5 or so steps. The funny thing is she laughs the entire time. She is so impressed with herself and so are we! Her and Ben like to play tackle as you can see in one of the pictures below and she is no sissy girl either. Pappa Dave says the same thing. She is a girl but she is not girly! Her 2 top front teeth have broken through and a 3rd bottom tooth is almost here. She has been a little grouchy but not too bad.

Ben and I have been busy at work and home. We are getting ready to install a dishwasher (yes I have gone 3 years without one) and next week I am getting my wisdom teeth pulled finally. Scooby and Phoebe are hating the cold weather especially when it snows. We are excited for the new year and everything that comes with it!

Happy New Year everyone!

Christmas Day

Playing tackle with Dad (Notice the picture in the back? Thanks Uncle Jared)
Calleigh and her 1st Doll

My gorgeous pups!

Daddy is funny

Scooby and Calleigh checking out the goods

1st thing Christmas Morning. Look at that smile!

My Goofy

This is my tree!

Calleigh, Scooby and Phoebe

Santa

As you can see Calleigh was not impressed with Santa. We will not be using this for our Christmas card but I still wanted everyone to see it. She looked so cute all dressed up! Maybe next year she will understand who the man in red is :)

Merry Christmas!

10 Months

Today I packed up Calleigh's vibrating/bouncy seat. The one that would put her to sleep and she would stay asleep in for hours. I almost cried! This time last year I was unpacking all of the gifts, washing all the tiny clothes and trying to get ready for our little girl. Now I have already gone through her clothes and given most of them to our neighbor who is having a little girl in February. I kept a few things for Calleigh. We are not sure when or if we will have another baby so we didn't want all the cute clothes to go to waste.

Calleigh is growing up fast. I know all parents must say that but you don't actually believe it until you are a parent. She has added a few more words. She says " I love you" OK so it doesn't come out clear but she says all 3 words and they sound like "ahh uub ooooh" She is cruising around the house too. She loves to walk around with her little walker toy or holding on to our hands. She plays fetch and keep away with the dogs. She and Scooby got into their first argument. Calleigh bit him! Those two little bottom teeth are sharp. She does pretty well at keeping herself entertained but has started the mommy attachment. We are working on that.

Last week she had pink eye. We missed Thanksgiving with the family because of it. I bought a turkey and we had a little dinner just us. Ben said it was the best turkey he has ever had and hasn't stopped telling people about it. Mostly because he cooked it on the bbq. Thursday night Calleigh broke out in hives and then again on Friday (leftovers.) We are thinking mashed potatoes. So last week she has been cutting 1 or 2 new teeth, had pink eye and hives. Fun! But she is a trooper and still was a pretty well behaved baby girl.

Ben put up all the lights outside and Calleigh and I decorated the inside minus the tree. We are waiting a bit for that.

Oh and look at all that hair! It may not seem like much to you but all of a sudden her hair started growing! I expect to be able to do a pony tail by February!

This is is where she falls asleep lately

My First Thanksgiving Dinner

She looks like Daddy here...A lot

The Pink Eye

She loves to organize the CDs

9 Month Check Up

Calleigh had her 9 month check up today. She is 16 lbs and 28 1/2 inches long. She was supposed to get a flu shot but they were out of them so I have to take her to the health department. Her doctor detected a small heart murmur. She will need to go to KGH to have an EKG to see if it is anything to worry about. Dr. Pabalan doesn't think so since she is such a healthy little girl. She did have one shot today. I can't remember what it was. But she only cried for a minute. Cheesy puffs shut a Calleigh up quick! LOL Yes I comfort my child with food. She passed out in the car and is fast asleep!

9 Months

Ok so I am horrible. Ben use to say all the time "isn't she great? she does this whole blog thing" Psshhh that was before Calleigh was on the move! This kid is going all day. I use to have time to work, do housework and play a little on the Internet. Now I rush to get work done! But I wouldn't have it any other way. She is so full of life. Unbelievable! I guarantee she will be walking on her own before February. She says a handful of words. Hi, dada, mama, hi doggy, hi LuLu (we call Phoebe Lulu a lot) nummy, and my favorite...BAD DOGGY! I love it. Obviously Mama says it a little too much! LOL Ben weighed her tonight and he thinks she is around 16 lbs. We have a doctors appointment next week so we will know for sure. She feels a lot more solid to me but people still say the same dang thing to me every week at Walmart. "she is so cute, how old? oh she is tiny"
Her eyes have not even started to change. They are the same amazing blue since she was born. Believe me those eyes will come in handy some day! She just doesn't know it yet. She knows what "no" means and has started to throw a bit of a fit when she hears it. But honestly she is a great little girl. We never worry about taking her anywhere! We are very lucky and we know it!

Happy Halloween

Calleigh's first Halloween was a lot of fun! We started Thursday night carving the pumpkin that Papa Jim grew just for her. Well Ben carved it and I kept Calleigh and the pups from eating the guts. For some reason the dogs absolutely love pumpkin! As you can see Calleigh loved giving the pumpkin kisses. We went with the traditional carving of triangles for eyes and nose and a mouth with one tooth!

Calleigh was a spider for Halloween and of course I had to put the dogs in their Halloween outfits. We just went to a few places. Nanna Jan's and Cedars to see Dave and Darci. Then we heading to Aunite Lis's for some nummy stew. Ben and I both commented that is was our best Halloween ever. Just nice to sit and relax and watch all the little cuties (and some not so cuties) come to the door. Calleigh was so tired from all the festivities she was almost falling asleep on the floor. Next year we will be out trick-0-treating with the rest of the parents. Hopefully it will be as warm and nice as it was this year.

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I am feeling a little nostalgic! I can't believe that is my little Pookey Pants!