The birthday blog is finally here! Sorry for the delay! We had a great birthday week with Callie. Nana and Papa arrived Tuesday night and we enjoyed the day together on Wednesday. Grammie and Grampie drove down on Thursday (her birthday) and we all worked to get the party started. Michelle and Scott and our dear friends Ginny and Harry were also there for the festivities. We all waited patiently for Callie to get up from her afternoon nap, which took much longer than usual. Once she was up, we stayed busy opening presents, eating hamburgers that Daddy cooked on the grill, and finally, eating cake and ice cream. It was a great day followed by two more days of family fun as we all shopped, ate out, went to the beach and the park, and attended the gallery's art opening for the Bloom exhibit. It was such a fun week but it really took its toll on our sleep schedule. We are back to "sleep learning" because I have finally gotten to the point of admitting that Callie is not a little baby anymore and should be sleeping through the night. Besides all-night parties, Callie is doing some really neat things now that she is a big one year old. She has a lot more freedom to roam about the house so she is enjoying raiding cabinets, my shoe shelves in the closet and trash cans (if I don't catch her first!). She loves her baths again and is getting two new teeth on the bottom. She is still not saying much more than Dadda and an occasional Momma or Ya-ya (a nickname she seems to have given me) but she babbles so much that I think real words are soon to come. She is now weened to just nursing in the morning and night (with one feed during the night that is soon to go!) She is still a big fruit eater and will eat chicken and some cheese and maybe some bread or crackers and yogurt. No veggies yet, but I will be making some purees soon to sneak into recipes. She also drinks cow's milk pretty well which has helped in the weening process. I can't complain about much. She is such a good natured baby-big girl. She loves to laugh, takes great naps, entertains herself well, eats well, nurses well and keeps a constant smile on our faces. We love our Callie Mae. We can't believe it has been a whole year already and what a great year it has been! Thank you God for our precious baby girl!
Enjoying Grampie's bubble machine.
Auntie Michelle teaching her how to catch bubbles.
Standing and climbing on everything.
The Schumachers were in attendance as well (via Skype).
She enjoyed being sung too. Auntie Michelle made the birthday hat for her.
She did not enjoy the cake as much.
More fun to feed it to Daddy.
Everyone worked together to figure out her new chair from Grammie and Grampie. She was perfectly content with just the box.
They finally figured out how it went together...
...and Callie finally figured out it wasn't for climbing!
It's great for Saturday morning cartoon watching.
Playing in the tutu that Auntie gave her.
We made time for a trip to the park and Grampie got to go down the slide with her.
On the beach in her birthday dress (also Brighton's birthday dress). She refused to put her toes in the sand. It was too chilly for her I think.
What a pretty girl in her dress and new sandals.
Our always super-smiley birthday girl!
