Callan Blair - 7 month update

Yesterday, my sweet sweet littlest turned 7 months old. I am in awe everyday at what she's learned or is doing. She is quite the roller....can get just about anywhere she wants to right now, so crawling doesn't interest her just yet. She has the sweetest smile and giggle. Her big sister and daddy are pros at making her laugh. She's still quite the momma's girl. She wears mostly 12 month clothes, size 3 diapers, and fills out every bit of them. She has rolls for days, but who doesn't love a chunky baby! She is sitting up very well, but can't sit herself up on her own from lying down. Still no teeth. Loves her jumper. Is interacting more with her toys. She can play by herself for quite a while which makes it nice for me, but once she's done...oh she lets me know. She can scream....boy can she scream. She is quite the drama queen. Can sleep through the night, but most nights doesn't choose to. She's eating lots of fruits and veggies. Her favorites so far include squash, sweet potato, and carrots... She still loves the cereal. Would rather have it mixed with cereal than alone...so we are trying to work on that. She has tried puffs  and really likes them, but needs to practice still. She also is getting better with the sippy cup that we introduced last month. She enjoys swinging at the park when the weather is nice. And almost always falls asleep in the car...but only when it's moving. She has gorgeous dark blue eyes and kissable chubby cheeks. More and more people are noticing that she looks like her daddy, which I tend to agree, especially through her eyes, but she still resembles her big sister so so much! Her smile can light up and room and make that bad day just melt away. She can be so serious, and her eyes and eyebrows show everything that she's thinking. When she wants to, she can babble and tell a whole story! Last month she said mama, I know, probably not meaning mommy, but she did pronounce it...she is also saying bababababa a lot this month. She is so active, hardly sits still....puts everything in her mouth, and is just pure joy! I'm thankful for this one.

Birthday & Christmas Recap

Yes, I realize this is over a month late, but better late than never. I've been crazy busy, or sick, or dealing with sick kids, or I could probably think of a million other excuses. Sorry, so sorry. But here goes...(warning, picture OVERLOAD)

On December 2 I turned 30 years old. Wow, I thought I would hate to turn 30, but really, I am at the best place in my life. I have two beautiful, healthy girls, and a pretty awesome husband who works so hard for us. I'm still doing nursing a few times a month. This year, Jacob bought me tickets to the Justin Timberlake concert. He also planned a little bowling get together with family and friends.

So, my husband isn't the concert going fellow, especially not to JT, but he kindly offered to buy tickets for me and a few friends. My sister, aunt, and best friend went with me. It was a truly awesome concert! We had so much fun! I grew up on N'SYNC and eventually JT when he went solo. So while I spent a night away from the house, he took good care of the girls, and I couldn't have asked for a better time!

And a birthday isn't a birthday without spending it with family. So we decided bowling might be fun for the kiddos. Haha, well Campbell did it for maybe 5 minutes and was done. She wasn't the least bit interested in it. Thankfully Grammy took her and let her climb all over the Skiball game. She won quite a few tickets that way! It ended with strawberry cake and Baskin Robbins ice cream....my favorites! Thanks for making me feel so special! Here's to a great year!

Now on to Christmas...

we had a very blessed Christmas this year. It was Callan's first Christmas, and the first Christmas that Campbell really was excited and knew about Santa! We had Christmas early at our house, just the four of us...then went to my parents' house for a few days...and eventually on the Jacob's parents' house. Our girls were spoiled with so many goodies and we really enjoyed just being around family. I, unfortunately came down with the flu on Friday after Christmas, and spent the rest of the weekend/next week recovering. Thankfully, no one else around me got it! Praise Jesus! Here's just a few pics that I took of our family of four's Christmas...and a few that Aunt Casey shot while we were at Mo and Poppy's house!

 

 

 

This year, our gingerbread house went roofless, because the roof cookies broke in half, and we didn't have the patience to fix it. Campbell had fun decorating anyway!

This picture sums up Christmas 2013 for me. So blessed to have these two!