Camping

she like the slide but not as much as the swings

nap time....zzzzzzzzzz.............









the big kids and I "making" corn

walking the pier
I have never seen Calli so scared before this moment. She reached for his face once (this pic) and then flipped in my arms and reached to get away from me.

We had a great time camping with the cousins. We went to the beach, to the pool, mini-golfing, and having campfires every night. It was relaxing even with 4 kids roaming around. They really were great. Calli learned to army crawl while trying to play with her cousins. She also learned to scream happily. Even Elin came for a visit one night! It was great to see her!

Naughty Girl!

OK...here is the story. Her toys were in a diaper bag that we used just for toys this week. We would set it next to her and she would entertain herself by emptying the bag and playing with the toys. But in this instance we had thrown her puffs in the bag the day before when we were cleaning up the toys.

She found the puffs and Dan and I both saw her with the container but just thought she would play with it and not figure out how to open it but she did!! One of the funniest things was how proud and excited she was about it, and how excited Luke was to help her clean it up-eat them!! We were able to save some of them but they did get a lot of puffs as a snack.

Nightly Bath

Due to all the kids getting smothered by bug spray and sunscreen we bathed them everynight. The bigger kids got to go take showers with Holly and Mike but Luke and Calli got to take a luxurious bath in the dishwashing "basin." Luke stood for his baths and Calli prefered to sit. It was the perfect size for her!

FYI-the throw away soapy washcloths by Huggies are great for camping and traveling (we took them to FL. too). They don't take up much room and you don't have to worry about them exploding in a suitcase and getting everything soapy.

Aunt Beth these pictures are especially for you. When you gave us this adorable outfit it came with a disclaimer- "She probably will not ever wear it becasue it is the wrong size for the seasons but I liked it anyway and it was the only size left."

However she wears it all the time even though it is a 3-6 month size. I love the color-Even though it is pink!!!

As you now know she is kinda small for her size. At her 9 month checkup she was 27 inches long (25 percentile) and 18lbs 12oz (45 percentile) and the biggest thing on her body was her head 60 percentile -I can't remember how many inches right now.

9 months old!!!

she had hair???

These two pictures made me laugh! The first one Aunt Holly took right after her 1st bath in the hospital and the second was taken in March. She is now growing hair back in her bald spot but the poor girl probably won't have pigtails until she is in kindergarten!

Sorry I haven't updated lately, I really haven't been taking pics (bad mom). I have been busy with coaching, and playing softball, and Dan is playing too.

Calli will be 9 months on June 9th, the same day AnnaJoy turns 6!! Calli is still be lazy about the whole crawling thing, but she has figured out that we will walk with her by holding her hands. She is loving that! Because we have been allowing her to be more mobile with walking with her, she has begun to dislike her Jump-a-roo which is way too stationary for her. As far as food goes she still has only disliked applesauce - her new favorites include anything she can feed to herself. She is still nursing 3 times a day.

She is such a little drama queen also! I am afraid she has begun throwing temper tantrums! Yes they are pretty low key but they are definatly tantrums! She will scream when she is put into her bed or carseat, and then slam her head backwards, arch her back, and flail her arms and feet. They are pretty funny to witness. They stop just as quick as the start though, they are over and done within 2 minutes and she calms her self, which is good. Hopefully she will quickly move through this phase!