11 Months!

11 months! 

Look at those ornery eyes. She did not want to keep that sticker on! Life is just flying by. I can hardly keep up! Callie is growing so fast and hitting more and more milestones. A couple of weeks ago I switched out summer clothes for winter clothes. It was a little bitter sweet. It was so fun pulling out all the old clothes Kinsley used to wear, but when I thought about Kinsley wearing these clothes I remembered her being much older and there was no way Callie was that old yet. She is still a baby. Right!?  With all the new clothes going into Callie's closet I was forced to put away the 3-6 month clothes. I pouted about how little they were and how they used to fit my little baby. *sigh* I guess it's time to accept that I have a big girl on my hands now.

Although I wish Callie could stay little forever, I do love seeing her grow everyday. Callie has started eating more meat like chicken and she loves eggs. She is also getting pickier. She won't eat anything with texture and she really doesn't like carrots. Silly girl!

Callie is getting better at using her walker and has even mastered going up the stairs (not with the walker just to clarify).  She is quick too! She LOVES to stand at the dishwasher and hand me the silverware. After each item she hands me she says "thank you" or something that sounds a lot like "thank you".  At the beginning of the month she started say "Uh-oh". That one was very clear. It is so fun to hear her vocabulary develop. Sometimes I feel like we are having a real conversation!

Using the walker.
 Kinsley is such a good cheerleader for her.

Callie has never really been attached to her wubble (binky) but she always had it for car rides and sleeping. For several weeks I would give it to her and she just threw it, especially in the car. Well one morning it was gone. I looked everywhere for it. It just disappeared! She didn't seem to miss it so I quit looking for it. I was changing her bed a week or so ago and found it under the bed. I'm really not sure how it got there but I couldn't reach it so I just left it. :)

Callie and I are enjoying our mornings together. A couple mornings a week we just hang out at home or run a few errands, one morning we go to story time at the library, one morning we go to bible study and one morning Callie's friend Callahan comes to play. It is so fun watching them play together. I like to sit back and try to figure out what they are thinking and saying to each other.

Silly mornings with Mommy

Picnic lunch with Callahan

Halloween is the only major holiday left that Callie hasn't gotten to experience so we had to make sure to celebrate right. We went to two different pumpkin patches, took a hayride, picked a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, had apple cider slushes and S'mores.... well I had the apple cider slush and S'mores for her. Sorry Callie, maybe next year.

Hayride

Callie's first pumpkin
Love her blue eyes!

 I'm warning you now, my next post will be late (or may never happen because I am still in denial that this girl is going to be one!) and long!


Age: 11 months
Weight/percentile: Still only 17 lbs according to our scale at home
Height/percentile:
Eye color: Blue but sometimes they are a little more green
Hair color: Light brown and getting longer
Diaper size: I just switched her over to size 3 diapers. More for the absorbency than the fit
Clothing size:  Most of her warmer clothes are 12 month or even 18 month so we rock 'em with the sleeves rolled a little. The first time I put long sleeves on her she just kept looking at them "what is this on my arm!?" So funny
Shoe size: She is wearing mostly size 3 but again a lot of the boots she has are size 4 so I put a thicker pair of socks on her and let her go. When I was packing up all the smaller clothes, I put away the smaller shoes too. There were several pair in there I was sad she never wore.
Favorite food: Callie loves eggs and green beans. I have also noticed she will eat things much better out of a pouch than from a spoon. And if it has any kind of texture to it she spits it right back out.
Favorite activity: Playing with friends and Kinsley, playing with her picnic set, swinging (best investment ever!), pulling things out of a box.
Movement:  Using walker, climbing stairs, cruising around furniture. She might be walking before she is one!
Sounds/talking: She is talking more and more. Actual words like "thank you" and "uh-oh"
Sleep: Callie is still having stretches where she wakes up in the night. She also has been skipping her morning naps lately. 

10 Months!

10 months already!

Double digits!? How can this be? This poor girl isn't going to get a One Year birthday because I refuse to plan it!
Once again, we have had another busy month with new milestones met! Some day our life will slow down right?
The biggest event last month was my parent's 40th wedding anniversary party. My sisters and I managed to pull off a surprise anniversary party for my parents at my house. Tons of family and friends came from all over to help us celebrate. It was really awesome! Although, 80 some people in my house was a little cramped. Callie actually showed me some attitude that day. I was so busy greeting people and making sure the food and drinks were stocked. She had to wait a little longer than she wanted to eat and let me know she wasn't happy about it! Uhhh, that wasn't a pretty look into my future...

So much fun celebrating 40 years with them!

Callie has met some major milestones this month. She started saying "adadadadada" and "mamamamama". She is also repeating the tone of our voice, especially when we say "I Love You!" or "Bye, Bye". She is pulling up on everything and will even let go and stand for a second or two. She also has her two, bottom, front teeth. So now she can enjoy more food!

Pulling up on the bathtub and so proud of herself

Teeth!!! You can barely see them.

Sister sharing some puffs. 

Spent the morning at Mommy's work. Had to take a few calls. 

I'm not sure if Callie is eating too fast or maybe isn't quite ready for bigger hunks of food but she got sick two Friday's in a row this month. Poor girl! It's never fun having a little one sick but I sure do love the extra cuddles.

Pitiful!

Callie and I have been spending our mornings playing at home and going to the library for Story time. She loves being in a class with 10 other kids right around her same age. We are working on sitting still long enough to read a short book.
Well, I guess if anyone has any birthday party ideas you should send them my way....   :(



Age: 10 months
Weight/percentile: I am trying to fatten her up a little.
Height/percentile:
Eye color: Beautiful blue
Hair color: Light brown/ dark blonde.
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothing size:  Mostly 9 month but we have a lot of 12 month clothes so she wears those too.
Shoe size: The weather has been cooler the past week or two so I found some shoes that fit her. One pair is a size 2 and one is a size 3
Favorite food: Callie loves puffs and fruit. She doesn't like meat as much so far.
Favorite activity: Taking walks in her car stroller, touching things she shouldn't touch (outlets, fans, etc.)
Movement:  Callie is a pro crawler! She is getting more steady standing too.
Sounds/talking: She never stops talking! She's started repeating our tone. I love to say "I love you!" to her and hear repeat the sounds I've made. It makes me feel like she understands what I'm saying to her.
Sleep: Generally Callie sleeps really well and through the night. We had several days where she was waking up at midnight and 6am. Growth spurt?

9 months

I learned my lesson...don't wait until bedtime to take a picture!

Much better!

I feel like Callie has grown so much this past month. We have hit some major milestones like crawling and eating everything (and I do mean everything). We have also had some fun this month with a trip to Colorado, a trip to Kansas City, and a few mornings with just Mommy while Kinsley was at preschool.

It worked out that my mom and JanMarie were both off for a few days before school started so we took an impromptu trip to Colorado! Why not? The girls were awesome on the drive. There was a little fussing and not much sleeping but really it could have been worse. We saw the Minion movie one day, went swimming one day and spent some time at the park. The weather was great and we had a good time as always.

Driving Daddy's truck!

At the park with Audge

Climbing at the park

 

So much cousin love right there!

Duck lips with Audge

I promised Kinsley I would take her to "the train restaurant" (Fritz's) again before school started. The Tuesday before school started we took a trip to KC to Crown Center. We went to the aquarium, checked out the Hallmark visitors center and crayola store and of course ate at Fritz's. The girls both loved the aquarium and walking around Crown Center.

I love the bright colored seahorses! 

The jellyfish were so cool to watch

Terribly blurry picture...the sign is cute!

Evening bike ride after our day in KC
Please notice Callie's whale romper and Kinsley's ocean shirt.
Perfect for the aquarium!

Kinsley started school on Thursday 8/13. Callie is loving the few hours of Mommy time every morning. It seems like she even talks more when Kinsley isn't around. Imagine that. It really has been nice to have some one on one time with her. I just have to remember to use that time to play with her and do fun stuff with her rather than just running errands or cleaning the house.

She got to take a bath all by herself!

Sitting shotgun in the cart

Trying to stab the strawberry with the fork

One day Callie decided she was going to crawl....she hasn't slowed down since. I remember when Kinsley started crawling she did the "army crawl" for a while then progressed to full on crawling. Not Callie, she just went for it. My days of sitting her in a room to play are over.

this video quality is terrible!

Age: 9 months
Weight/percentile: Callie has a Dr. appointment next week. I will update then
Height/percentile:
Eye color: Still dark blue with green in certain light
Hair color: Light brown. It seems like it's getting lighter
Diaper size: Size 2.
Clothing size: I pulled out some of Kinsley's old summer clothes which are 12 month and they fit pretty good. :(  She is getting too big!
Shoe size: Yeah, no shoes
Favorite food: Like I mentioned above, Callie is eating everything! I am amazed at the progress we have made in this area again. She eats pretty much any fruit or vegetable. Some is pureed, some is just cut up. She is getting good at picking up pieces of food and feeding herself. We are still working on using a sippy cup. As far as everything else goes, Callie loves to put everything in her mouth and then screams when I take it out. Sorry sweet girl, you can't pull wallpaper off the wall and eat it!
Favorite activity: Playing with the toy picnic set, attacking Kinsley especially right before bed.
Movement:  Callie is crawling! She has been working on it for several weeks but she finally got brave enough to move her legs on 8/11 and has taken off. There is no stopping her now! She is trying to pull on things too! Ok Callie, seriously, one thing at a time!
Sounds/talking: We have babbling! The other day I asked Kinsley how her day was and Callie had to chime in and tell me about her day too.
Sleep: Callie has been sleeping pretty good. She still gets up in the middle of the night once in a while. She usually sleeps from about 830pm until 830am.

8 Months

8 Months!

 It has been another busy, fun, celebration-filled month! And this girl just keeps growing!

Jessica and Audrey were in town for Kinsley's birthday/ Father's day. We had fun going to the park, riding the train, going to the discovery center and playing together. My mom, sisters and I even got away for a girl's night while the guys took the little girls swimming. Callie LOVED the water! Thankfully my mom and sisters helped me finish some last minute projects and get the house in order for our first party at the new house. They party was good, but we definitely need some living room furniture.

Cousins on Father's Day!

Girl's night painting. So fun!!

Callie loves scooting herself around in the water

Kinsley's birthday and Father's day. We celebrated Kinsley's birthday a LOT more than Father's Day...poor Chris

Callie enjoyed her first Fourth of July! I worked the night before and the night of the fourth so we went to a friend's house in town for the evening. Callie loved playing with a glow stick and watching Kinsley do fireworks. She also got to take her first boat ride!

looking all cute and patriotic

On the boat!

Chris and I just got back from a 5 day vacation to the Riviera Maya in Mexico. It was an awesome time away and I already miss the beautiful weather but man did I miss those girls! Thankfully Callie didn't grow to much while we were gone. I was afraid she would start crawling or something crazy and I would miss it! She DID start driving...

She loves driving!

Miss it already

Age: 8 months
Weight/percentile: According to the scale at home she is 16.2 lbs
Height/percentile: I didn't measure. :/
Eye color: Dark blue with green in certain light
Hair color: Light brown. It is getting thicker and laying down all over! I trimmed the back up a little to get it off her neck again.
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothing size: I'm in denial so I usually make her wear 6 month clothes. 6-9 month fit pretty perfect.
Shoe size: Bare feet! this girl will not keep sandals on.
Favorite food: Callie has made a lot of progress in the food department. She eats pretty much any fruit, veggie or bread as long as it's pureed or really small pieces. She loves it all!
Favorite activity: Playing peak-a-boo, watching Kinsley run, chewing on things
Movement:  Callie has started scooting backward on her tummy. She loves to clap when Kinsley is singing!
Sounds/talking: Still just cooing. Also  blowing raspberries.
Sleep: Callie must be going through a growth spurt because she has been waking up several times a week to eat.

She thinks she can feed herself now

7 Months

7 Months

I nearly forgot this girl's 7 month birthday! I think that may have been the fastest month ever! ugh, slow down little girl! Notice how well she is sitting up. It is amazing how much can change in one short month.

Although I don't like how fast Callie is growing up, I really love seeing her personality come out. I thought she was going to be my quiet, calm, no attitude child. HA! She may have more attitude that Kinsley! The other day I got out a sippy cup to see if Callie would drink from it. She was so excited when she saw it and wanted it in her mouth. I gave her a little drink of water out of it then set it on the counter. She started making a grunting noise like "Mom, I want more!" but I wanted her to grab the cup and try to drink from it. I left it on the counter and told her to pick it up. This sweet face threw a complete tantrum because I wouldn't hold the cup for her! Oh man, I am in trouble!

Most of the time Callie is very Happy. She has started giving hugs and kisses. Most of the time they are more like attacks but I still love it. She grabs my face and pulls me in tight for a nice open mouth slobber... I mean kiss.

Wow, I really have been busy! I don't have very many pictures to add. Kinsley's birthday is on Sunday (same as Father's Day this year) and we are having all of our family over so we have been working hard to finish up some projects before then. Then I am taking a week break from the house! Here's what I've got:

Driving her car. Watch out!

A sneak peek of Callie's 6 Month pictures.

6 Months

And a sneak peek of her new room

I promise to do a whole post on just the house. And I guess I need to do one for Kinsley's birthday too. Seriously time, slow down!

Age: 7 months
Weight/percentile: Not certain but she is growing!
Height/percentile: Getting longer too.
Eye color: Dark blue
Hair color: Light brown and starting to lay down in the back
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothing size: Mostly 6 months. The other day she wore a NB skirt with a 9-12 month top, Crazy how sizes differ
Shoe size: Pretty much rockin' the bare feet!
Favorite food: We have moved on to orange food now! Callie loves sweet potatoes and puffs but only if you put the puff in her mouth. She is so lazy already!
Favorite activity: Sitting up and reading books
Movement:  I can pretty much sit Callie on the floor and walk away and she's good. She likes to reach for toys around her and usually ends up on her tummy or back.
Sounds/talking: Still grunting and pterodactyl-ing. no babbling yet.
Sleep: She has had a few restless nights since we've moved. She will wake up in the middle of the night squirming but still half asleep. Usually I can stick the wubbanub back in her mouth and she's fine. 

6 Months!

Happy half birthday!

It is getting harder and harder to take a clear picture of this squirmy girl. We have had another busy month and a month full of "firsts". We have been so busy I haven't had time to think about up-coming birthdays, laundry, cleaning, etc. much less blogging! So, it's a few weeks late this month oops. On the plus side, now I can include Callie's 6 month stats and you get to hear about our new house!

First, the house. This whole process of moving and buying an new house has taken up most of my time. We officially closed on the new house on May 20th and had to be out of our old house by May 22nd. I spent a lot of time before closing packing and preparing for projects at the new house. After closing, I have spent all my time on those projects! These poor girls are starting to feel abandoned. Soon they will have a nice big house to live in.  The move has not seemed to bother Callie much. Kinsley on the other hand is not liking the idea of someone else sleeping at her house (the old house). More on the house next time. For now, here is a sneak peek of the outside.

The new house!

In the midst of chaos we did find some time to relax, have fun, and be together as a family. We all went fishing and had a cookout one evening. It was Kinsley and Callie's first fishing trip! Kinsley actually caught the first fish. Chris even caught a couple... I had to take them off the hook for him but hey, it's a start

Looking cool in her sunglasses

Mother's Day!

Once Callie started eating cereal there was no stopping her. This girl likes to eat! She had her first bite of real food on May 7th. We started with spinach then broccoli, asparagus and green beans. 

blurry spinach face!

Callie LOVES her exersaucer!

Yum! Toes!

And now for a little side-by-side comparison

Kinsley at 6 months. Definitely sisters!

Age: 6 months
Weight/percentile: 15lbs 6oz/33%
Height/percentile: 26.3in/64%
Eye color: Dark blue with a smidge of green
Hair color: Light brown.
Diaper size: Size 2
Clothing size: Mostly 6 months. I found a whole bunch of 3-6 month clothes in her closet while we were moving. Hopefully some of them will fit for a little bit!
Shoe size: Lately we've been going barefoot or socks. I think size one probably fit her best.
Favorite food: Out of the small variety she has tried, I'd say her favorite so far is broccoli.
Favorite activity: Playing in her new (to her) exersaucer, spending time outside.
Movement:  Callie is sitting up so well! I stay close by just in case she topples over, but she can sit up for a good 10 min at a time.
Sounds/talking: Callie has a very distinct grunt when she is getting tired and one for when Kinsley is getting too close.
Sleep: So thankful for good sleepers! Callie has been taking a really short morning nap (30 min) then a long afternoon nap (2-3 hours).

Some of my favorite 6 month pictures: