This has been a big weekend. We spent the majority of it helping my parents move from our family home of 25 years into a condo downtown. Our good family friends the Suurmeyers were in town to help as well. It is a very strange feeling for all of us I think...but the condo is absolutely fantastic and we'll really enjoy going there! Here are a few pictures of it:
Some champagne to celebrate!
Callie and Kona had fun hanging out there yesterday and today:
And Callie had fun talking to the dogs and continuing to be a little spaz:
After a busy day there, we stopped back at the house to pick up a car and say a final goodbye. And I couldn't help but have Chris take my picture...look at that sunset!
The past couple of weeks have been fantastic because we have been able to see Callie learn and notice so many things! For example, she has discovered her feet:
And today Bob took a video on his phone (the quality isn't that great, but you get the general idea) of Callie "feeding" herself with the bottle He said she just grabbed it and held it herself.
It is just the BEST feeling in the world to see her grow!
The long weekend is here and I'm thrilled to have 4 days off! The big news of the weekend is my parents are moving, so we'll be busy. It is going to be very strange to say goodbye to the house I grew up in, but as the mug that my mom got me for Christmas says, "Home is where your Mom is" (and Dad too!). I'm excited about their condo and and happy for them that everything worked out (finally!). We visited the condo the other night, so here is Callie playing on the floor:
I can't wait to see it finished and furnished. It is going to be beautiful and a great home for MorMor and Bops!
After work I decided to finally break out the jogging stroller and give it a whirl. It is a "cross training" day on my training schedule so I had the flexibility to do a run/walk if I needed to. And boy did I need to. It is HARD running pushing a 15+ pounder in a big stroller without being able to move my arms! It is something I'll have to get used to. But the plus side is, it will make just regular running seem to be a breeze!
Tonight Auntie Cathleen stopped by and we hung out outside in the beautiful early evening weather:
Finally, I've been fighting the nighttime battle (for an hour and a half) of this:
Callie and I went over to see Kylie and Calvin for a baby pool play date! It was so fun watching the babies hang out...I'll let the pictures show the fun:
It made me sooooooooooo excited for summer break!!!
Kylie and I talked about how we CAN'T BELIEVE the babies are 5 and 6 months old! When did that happen?????
We had an awesome baby-filled weekend! As I mentioned on Friday, we had a baby shower on Saturday for my friend Melissa and her husband Bobby who are expecting Baby Boy A at the end of September. Here are the shower girls:
Then we headed to our friend Brent's birthday party. And we got to see Baby Charlie! I took an adorable series of Callie/Charlie pictures:
She is clearly thrilled to have a little friend!
Yesterday we had yet another co-ed baby shower for our high school friend Brent, his wife Karen, and their 5 week old daughter. Guess what her name is? Kaylee Grace. So the two babies at the party were named a Callie Joy and Kaylee Grace!
Callie was the model baby the whole 3-hour party: happy, adorable, smiley, etc. Until this picture was taken. At this point she was D-O-N-E-DONE. :)
Well, I just got back from a 3 mile run in this ridiculous humidity and have to get ready for the day...it is a short week and then a 4 day weekend! I can't believe May is almost over. Time flies!
It has been a few days since I have blogged because it has been a pretty crazy busy week. I had a stressful week at work with some big meetings and the MN department of ed coming in to do an audit of our special education program. We have a few things left to do for it, but it is almost done. And I think it went well so that is good news. :) Anyway, I was stressed and tired so I didn't get on the computer much.
Now it is Friday and we are looking forward to a fun, busy weekend. We have a baby shower for my friend Melissa (who is in town from New York) tomorrow. She is expecting a little boy at the end of September. Then we'll be heading to our friend Brent's birthday party. On Sunday we have another baby shower for Chris' friend Brent (a different Brent!) and his wife Karen who are in town from Colorado and had a baby girl in April. Plus my sister Laura is home for the weekend! Thankfully we learned last weekend that Callie is a major trooper and handles lots of outings very well.
After a busy week, little Punkin Head looks like this:
I have a feeling I will be looking like her very soon...though I feel somewhat well rested because last night she slept 9 hours!!! Yes, 9 hours without waking up!!! I fed her last night at 8ish pm and she slept until 5am. I have gotten so used to getting up in the middle of the night that it was totally disorienting last night when the first time I got up to feed her was actually morning and a little light outside.
