So on the way home from daycare Noah asked grandpa for some water and grandpa said he could have some when they got to the house. When they got to the house grandpa forgot about the water and after getting settled in he sat down on the couch. After a while, Noah climbed up into grandpa’s lap and said, “What does it take to get a glass of water around this place?”
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Callison is 9 months old!
Jeepers!! Summer is here and this month has flown by! I realized I hadn't posted about Callie's 9th month and that I had better hurry because she is 10 months tomorrow! This still counts right? ;)
9th month stats -- 14lbs 4.5oz, 27 inches for length and 43.5cm for head. She is tall and lean. How she has stayed so slim is beyond us, we feed her three meals a day of solids with lots of milk and snacks in between meals. I think my mom has made it her personal challenge to bulk her up by feeding her as often as Callie will let her! She loves to eat all kinds of solid pureed foods, baby mum mum crackers, Gerber stars and cheerios. She tested a little low on iron at her 9 month well-baby checkup so we have been adding more cereal and iron-rich foods into her diet. She is still drinking breast milk (pumped milk during the day and she will nurse late at night and early in the morning).
We noticed just recently Callie has a long torso just like her momma. Her hair is starting to grow in a little more. She had a ton of dark (almost black) hair when she was born, then it kinda fell out and now it is growing back brown. Her eyes are a really beautiful blue-gray color (just like her daddy). Most common remark from our friends and family is how much she looks like Wes.
I feel like I write this every month, but our "Callie girl" loves her brother more than anybody else. She thinks absolutely everything he does is amazing and facinating. She wants to be near him always and is constantly crawling up on his back/shoulders to see what he is up to and cracking up with him when he plays with her. Listening to them laugh together in the backseat of the car is the most wonderful sound. This past weekend it was over 80 degrees so we set up the water table and she and Noah played so good together!
Noah is still learning how to share with his sister. His idea of sharing is to pick out what he wants to share with her and then exclaim, "Mommy, I shared!" like it is some big feat to be celebrated. Too funny! Callie is such a great sport about it though and as long as she has something to play with and is with her big brother she is happy.
This month, Callie showed us she can crawl up an entire flight of stairs without missing a beat. She also pulls herself up on furniture and can sort of walk along holding onto the furniture. I have even caught her standing on her feet, barely touching the wall for support. She continues to amaze us with her motor development progress, which seems way ahead in comparison to brother's. She is such a busy body and loves to be in the middle of all the action. One of her favorite "go-to" spots is under our dining table where she will pull herself up to standing by holding onto the seat of the chairs. She is the perfect height where she doesn't hit her head on the table but she can see all the action going on in the kitchen.
She is babbling like crazy and can say "ma ma ma ma ma" and "da da da da da". We are considering those her first words. :) Sometimes we think we hear a "yeah" or a "yep" in there too.
Callie still has two teeth on the bottom deck and we know her top teeth are just a few weeks out. We can feel them coming in and poor baby girl has been teething for what seems like forever so hopefully they pop out and give her some relief.
As I mentioned earlier, summer is in full swing up here in Alaska which means I am outside enjoying the sunshine and warm weather!! After record breaking snowfall, sitting in front of my computer blogging is a low priority whenever the sun is shining. Until I can figure out a faster way to upload pics, pictures will just have to wait for those rainy and cloudy days. ;)
9th month stats -- 14lbs 4.5oz, 27 inches for length and 43.5cm for head. She is tall and lean. How she has stayed so slim is beyond us, we feed her three meals a day of solids with lots of milk and snacks in between meals. I think my mom has made it her personal challenge to bulk her up by feeding her as often as Callie will let her! She loves to eat all kinds of solid pureed foods, baby mum mum crackers, Gerber stars and cheerios. She tested a little low on iron at her 9 month well-baby checkup so we have been adding more cereal and iron-rich foods into her diet. She is still drinking breast milk (pumped milk during the day and she will nurse late at night and early in the morning).
We noticed just recently Callie has a long torso just like her momma. Her hair is starting to grow in a little more. She had a ton of dark (almost black) hair when she was born, then it kinda fell out and now it is growing back brown. Her eyes are a really beautiful blue-gray color (just like her daddy). Most common remark from our friends and family is how much she looks like Wes.
I feel like I write this every month, but our "Callie girl" loves her brother more than anybody else. She thinks absolutely everything he does is amazing and facinating. She wants to be near him always and is constantly crawling up on his back/shoulders to see what he is up to and cracking up with him when he plays with her. Listening to them laugh together in the backseat of the car is the most wonderful sound. This past weekend it was over 80 degrees so we set up the water table and she and Noah played so good together!
Noah is still learning how to share with his sister. His idea of sharing is to pick out what he wants to share with her and then exclaim, "Mommy, I shared!" like it is some big feat to be celebrated. Too funny! Callie is such a great sport about it though and as long as she has something to play with and is with her big brother she is happy.
This month, Callie showed us she can crawl up an entire flight of stairs without missing a beat. She also pulls herself up on furniture and can sort of walk along holding onto the furniture. I have even caught her standing on her feet, barely touching the wall for support. She continues to amaze us with her motor development progress, which seems way ahead in comparison to brother's. She is such a busy body and loves to be in the middle of all the action. One of her favorite "go-to" spots is under our dining table where she will pull herself up to standing by holding onto the seat of the chairs. She is the perfect height where she doesn't hit her head on the table but she can see all the action going on in the kitchen.
She is babbling like crazy and can say "ma ma ma ma ma" and "da da da da da". We are considering those her first words. :) Sometimes we think we hear a "yeah" or a "yep" in there too.
Callie still has two teeth on the bottom deck and we know her top teeth are just a few weeks out. We can feel them coming in and poor baby girl has been teething for what seems like forever so hopefully they pop out and give her some relief.
As I mentioned earlier, summer is in full swing up here in Alaska which means I am outside enjoying the sunshine and warm weather!! After record breaking snowfall, sitting in front of my computer blogging is a low priority whenever the sun is shining. Until I can figure out a faster way to upload pics, pictures will just have to wait for those rainy and cloudy days. ;)
Monday, May 28, 2012
Memorial Day Camping – Byer’s Lake
This year’s annual camping trip to Byer’s Lake was a little botched. We had planned to leave Friday afternoon but then Noah got super high fever on Sunday night and couldn’t really shake it all week. We took him in to see his doctor twice and stayed home on Friday with him. As it goes with kids, he seemingly bounced back to good health on Saturday morning so we packed up the truck/camper and headed North to meet up with our good friends, the Andersons, Wes’ parents and my parents. It is a little over a 2 hour drive up there, but anyone that knows Wes and I, knows it takes us FOREVER to get anywhere with the kids. So after packing up the camper, stopping at the grocery store, swinging by Home Depot to get a few supplies and making a few potty breaks for Noah, we finally pulled into the campground around 4:30 (4 hours after we had pulled out of our driveway)!!
The weather was kind of cloudy and there was even some rain, but we still had a great time! Noah and Bodi rode their bikes down to the lake, played on the dock and we went on a hike around the lake. We ate yummy camp food, made smores, played games around the campfire and Jan made awesome scratch margaritas.
Callie did great on her very first camping trip ever and was a trooper during the long car ride. She did get a little antsy being held and put in the baby carrier most of the time because she loves to crawl and explore. Probably her happiest moment was when we set up the pack n play outside and she crawled around in there and made faces with Bram through the net.
Another great trip to Byers with friends and family!
(I am way behind on posting photos ... hopefully I can get caught up soon cause we have some great ones from this camping trip. this blog entry was written almonst a month ago so I figured I would just post it and catch up on pics later.)
Monday, May 21, 2012
Callison is 8 months old!
Yikes, this past month just flew by and I nearly missed my chance to report on Callie girl's 8th month! This month was crammed full of milestones for Callie. She is crawling everywhere, still an army crawl but boy can she book it from one end of the room to the other! She is learning how to get her knees underneath her though. The baby gates are back up everywhere.
She loves to pull herself up to STAND holding onto her crib rail, the sofa, or whatever she can reach! She hasn't quite figured out yet how to get back down to the ground without falling so once she gets herself up, she gets kind of stuck and cries out for one of us to help her out. We still can't believe she is standing. Since she is so petite, it looks kinda funny to see a little baby standing.
She is also babbling tons and using her voice. Dad swears he heard her say "da da" but I am holding out her first word for when we both hear it. Plus, that gives me more time to practice "ma ma" with her when dad isn't looking. :)
I know I have said this before, but Callie is Noah's number one fan! Whatever Noah is doing, she wants to be right there doing it too. At bedtime, we read books to the kids and have both of them on the chair/couch with us. Noah will point things out in the book as we read while Callie will lean way into the book and happily slap all the pictures on the pages. If Noah is playing with something, she will crawl over to him as fast as she can and crawl on his back/pull herself up on his shoulder to see what he is doing. She loves to be close to him all the time. Thankfully, Noah seems to have lots of patience with her and doesn't mind sharing (of course, he wants to decide what he will share with her which is a little backward, but she doesn't seem to care as long as she can be with him).
One thing that we really noticed this month is that Callie does not like to be put down to entertain herself. We used to be able to set her in the jumperoo while we cooked dinner, but now the moment you go to set her down, she will cry to be picked up. She will play on the floor with toys or brother but doesn't like to be by herself much. Her favorite spot is in our arms, making cute faces wtih us and smiling at brother. She also developed a little bit of stranger anxiety this month and doesn't like being held by others. Previously, anyone could hold her, but now she definitely is more reluctant with new faces.
Last weekend, Mommy had to travel up to Fairbanks for work and was gone from Callie for two whole days, one night. It was our longest separation yet and I missed her so much!! Daddy was on kiddo duty and said they both did great but that Callie girl didn't smile as much with me gone. My poor baby missed her mama! It is so hard with babies because it isn't like you can explain why you are leaving and when you are coming home.
Pictures to come soon! The sun has been shining up here in AK, work has been super busy and I am training for the summer races. This all leaves very little time for blogging/downloading photos, but I will try to get on it this week.
We are excited to take the kids camping this weekend for our annual Byer's Lake Camping trip! Noah has been talking about going camping ALL winter long so he was jazzed to see the camper back up on daddy's truck. Can't wait to introduce Callie girl to one of our favorite family/friends outings!
She loves to pull herself up to STAND holding onto her crib rail, the sofa, or whatever she can reach! She hasn't quite figured out yet how to get back down to the ground without falling so once she gets herself up, she gets kind of stuck and cries out for one of us to help her out. We still can't believe she is standing. Since she is so petite, it looks kinda funny to see a little baby standing.
She is also babbling tons and using her voice. Dad swears he heard her say "da da" but I am holding out her first word for when we both hear it. Plus, that gives me more time to practice "ma ma" with her when dad isn't looking. :)
I know I have said this before, but Callie is Noah's number one fan! Whatever Noah is doing, she wants to be right there doing it too. At bedtime, we read books to the kids and have both of them on the chair/couch with us. Noah will point things out in the book as we read while Callie will lean way into the book and happily slap all the pictures on the pages. If Noah is playing with something, she will crawl over to him as fast as she can and crawl on his back/pull herself up on his shoulder to see what he is doing. She loves to be close to him all the time. Thankfully, Noah seems to have lots of patience with her and doesn't mind sharing (of course, he wants to decide what he will share with her which is a little backward, but she doesn't seem to care as long as she can be with him).
One thing that we really noticed this month is that Callie does not like to be put down to entertain herself. We used to be able to set her in the jumperoo while we cooked dinner, but now the moment you go to set her down, she will cry to be picked up. She will play on the floor with toys or brother but doesn't like to be by herself much. Her favorite spot is in our arms, making cute faces wtih us and smiling at brother. She also developed a little bit of stranger anxiety this month and doesn't like being held by others. Previously, anyone could hold her, but now she definitely is more reluctant with new faces.
Last weekend, Mommy had to travel up to Fairbanks for work and was gone from Callie for two whole days, one night. It was our longest separation yet and I missed her so much!! Daddy was on kiddo duty and said they both did great but that Callie girl didn't smile as much with me gone. My poor baby missed her mama! It is so hard with babies because it isn't like you can explain why you are leaving and when you are coming home.
Pictures to come soon! The sun has been shining up here in AK, work has been super busy and I am training for the summer races. This all leaves very little time for blogging/downloading photos, but I will try to get on it this week.
We are excited to take the kids camping this weekend for our annual Byer's Lake Camping trip! Noah has been talking about going camping ALL winter long so he was jazzed to see the camper back up on daddy's truck. Can't wait to introduce Callie girl to one of our favorite family/friends outings!
Monday, April 30, 2012
One-on-One with Noah
A few of my good friends recently interviewed their young kids and posted the responses on their blogs. Kids say the funniest things. They inspired me to do the same, although my interview with Noah took a couple attempts. The first time I interviewed him, Noah thought it would be funny to answer all my questions with a color. What is your favorite activity? Red! What do you like to eat? Brown! He thought this was so silly and and would crack up at himself. The other night, he was in an especially talkative mood, so I tried again and had more luck. (I used explanation points because he was excitedly SHOUTING back his responses to each question). Love. :)
What is your favorite show? The McQueen Show!
What is your favorite snack? Cereal!
What is your favorite color? White! (is this a color?)
What is your favorite number? Three! (his age, of course)
What do you want to be when you grow up? An astronaut. (Sadly, the U.S. no longer has a space shuttle program, but I didn't have the heart to tell him that)
What is your favorite toy? Mickey Pumpkin! (This is a stuffed pumpkin with Mickey ears that Grandma Jan brought him back from Disney world. It is an odd toy, but he loves it.)
What is your favorite game to play with dad? Guns!
What is your favorite game to play with mom? Cars!
Who is your best friend? Mommy, sissy and Bodi!
What is your favorite book? The McQueen Book!
What is your favorite show? The McQueen Show!
What is your favorite snack? Cereal!
What is your favorite color? White! (is this a color?)
What is your favorite number? Three! (his age, of course)
What do you want to be when you grow up? An astronaut. (Sadly, the U.S. no longer has a space shuttle program, but I didn't have the heart to tell him that)
What is your favorite toy? Mickey Pumpkin! (This is a stuffed pumpkin with Mickey ears that Grandma Jan brought him back from Disney world. It is an odd toy, but he loves it.)
What is your favorite game to play with dad? Guns!
What is your favorite game to play with mom? Cars!
Who is your best friend? Mommy, sissy and Bodi!
What is your favorite book? The McQueen Book!
Our "Mean Old Dinosaur"
Noah is such a crack up sometimes. Yesterday, we were at Red Robin for lunch and all of sudden Noah jumps up on the seat and starts singing this dinosaur song to the tune of "I'm a little teapot," with hand gestures and everything into his reflection. Wes and I were laughing so hard! We were so amazed because he is usually too shy to sing or dance in public! Since Noah learned the song at pre-school, we had never heard it before. We googled it as soon as we got home. Below are the words. It was just too cute!!
I'm a mean old dinosaur (make mean frown)
Big and tall (stretch arms high and wide)
Here is my tail (point to imaginary tail)
And here is my claw (curl fingers on one hand)
When I get all hungry (rub tummy)
I just growl (growl the word "growl")
Look out people (hold hand above eyes like you are looking)
I'm on the prowl!! (lunge left and right)
We love our little dinosaur! Here is a video that we took with my iphone. (Disclaimer: There is a lot of background noise so you might have to crank the volume to hear him.)
Friday, April 13, 2012
Family Picture Day!
We recently headed out to take some new family pics to document Callie's six month (actually 7 month) milestone and get some pics of the kids together. While we are waiting to get our photo proofs, here are a few "teasers" our photographer posted. We lucked out on the weather big time. The very next weekend it was BOMBING snow!!
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