Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to the best Momma in the world! I just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know how amazing my Mom is. Mom, you are the strongest and bravest woman I know and the best Grammie EVER! You are also so hardworking and determined! I am so proud of you about finishing your degree. Only a few more weeks until you graduate! Horray!!! I look up to you so much Mom and feel so blessed to have you. Thanks for everything that you have done for everyone. Especially taking care of Dad. You are such a loving wife and I know he is so thankful for you. I hope that you have an absolutely wonderful day today! I wish that I could be there to celebrate with you. Take some time to do something fun! Oh and little Callie wanted to tell you happy birthday too!! She misses you so much and can't wait to see you at Christmas!! All three of us love you and wish you the happiest of birthdays! Love you Momma!

It is very difficult to get a 5 month old to hold a peice of paper still... hah

Callie thought it was hilarious! Yay! We got a good one! :)

My 5 month old sweetie!!

Callie turned 5 months old a few days ago! Wow, time is flying by so fast! I feel so blessed to be able to stay home with her. Callie is learning so much everyday now. She now grabs for toys, with great aim, pulls Mommy's necklaces, earrings and any other jewelry. So goodbye jewelry, we shall meet again someday I'm sure. Callie is also baby talking a lot more. She also makes noises to get my attention. If I'm looking right at her she's fine, but if I look away, she makes a noise! She is still smiling all the time. It's pretty funny, every time I get out the camera she just smiles and smiles! It makes it pretty easy to get pictures of her! She also loves to take her pacifier out of her mouth and put it back in. Callie also just recently found her feet! She started out just looking at them, now she has moved on to putting them in her mouth! She is still really close to sitting up! It gets a little better everyday. She's sleeping for 7-10 hour stretches at night (which I LOVE), and she is also taking all of her naps in her crib like a big girl! Callie still loves to read books. She loves to hold the pages and try to turn them. She is getting better and better with solid foods! Her favorites right now are pears and peas. She is such a sweetie pie and Matt and I are so proud to be her parents! We love you Callie Michelle! Happy 5 months!!!

June 15th, 2010.

November 15th, 2010

Love my little girl!

Callie and her friend! How sweet they are!!!

Almost sitting!

Callie is getting so close to sitting up! She can sit really well with help and she can sit straight up by herself for about 20 seconds! I can't believe how fast she's growing up! Slow down Callie! :) We are still working on solid foods. Callie has now tried rice cereal, sweet potatoes, apples, peas and for the first time tonight, bananas. I think she likes the sweetness of the fruits, but they taste a little tart/sour for her. She makes the sour face and shivers a little bit with the fruits. Haha, its really funny. But I know that she likes it because she opens her mouth for more. In other news, I also can't believe that my baby sister is growing up so fast! Her and Ryan are engaged! Very excited for them both! They got engaged on this past Friday! Lindsey is super excited! I think Ryan is too! Well I just wanted to post some new pictures of Callie Michelle. Matt and I are just in awe watching her grow. Children are such a blessing from God and we thank him for her everyday.

Having fun!

This is the sweet smile I get to see everyday! :) Chile and Callie are practically best buds! They want to share toys... :) Silly face! Love it!

Here is Callie sitting up so well! Notice the drool coming out of her mouth!

Happy as can be!

My two sweet children. I love them so very much! :)

Callie's Wand!

This is a video of Callie playing with her "princess wand"! I thought it was too cute! Enjoy!

Halloween and Callie's 4 month appointment!

Callie had a wonderful first Halloween! She is still too young for candy so Mommy and Daddy got her some new toys and books! Of course we didn't want Chile to feel left out so we got him a bone and some treats! He was a happy camper! We had a few trick-or-treaters, but after 7 we turned off our light so that Callie could go to sleep! I think that she is the cutest little lady bug ever! Here are some Halloween pictures of my sweet little girl and sweet little boy (Chile) :).

Callie with her Halloween loot!

Sweet little lady!

Such a happy girl! Callie loves her Daddy! And I think her Daddy loves her too!!! :) Callie and Mommy on Halloween! Is that for ME? Chile just can't wait to get a hold of that! Happy Halloween from Chile!

Today Callie had her 4 month check up! It was kind of late, but the doctor that I like is really hard to get! So we were a few weeks behind! Luckily we already did her 4 month shots, so it was a nice doctors visit! Here are Callie's 4 month stats: She weighs in at 15 lbs and 7 oz which puts her in the 76th percentile for her age, she is 26 inches long which puts her in the 92nd percentile for her age... (yes you read that correctly... my baby, is taller than 92% of other babies her age...)! When the doctor told me that I just started laughing! I said look at me, how can she be in the 92nd percentile! She said, it looks like you're going to have a tall little girl! She said that it could change, but usually when they are that high up there, they don't turn out to be short. Crazy.... Anyway, her head measurement was 41 cm and that puts her in the 39th percentile. Her head circumference percentile was consistent with her 2 month appointment, but her length went up 14 percentage points and her weight went up 18 percentage points! The doctor was very happy with Callie's growth and development. She also felt of Callie's gums and said that she felt the bottom two teeth under her gums. The top two teeth were not ready yet, but she said that the bottom teeth could start coming through at any time! Yikes! Praise God that she is healthy and growing strong. I love my little baby girl so much! Here are a few pics from the doctor's visit while we were waiting on the doctor! Have a great week!!

-Erin

Waiting patiently.... Chewing on her rattle that Aunt Amanda gave her! :)