Happy Thanksgiving!

The Holiday Season has officially begun and we have so much to be thankful for! To kick off the holidays we went to the Macy's Christmas exhibit last night. Callie had fun looking at the bright lights and interesting sights...




But then we went to see Santa, and that was NOT a hit...



Thankfully she recovered quickly. :)

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend, eat lots, enjoy friend and family, and safe travels!

A GIRL!!!!!

We got some exciting news last night to start off our Thanksgiving break. Our good friends Dave and Cherilyn had a baby girl at 11:27pm!!!! They named her Sydney Marie. She's tiny- 6 pounds 6 ounces. We can't wait to meet her!

Congrats Dave and Cherilyn...and new grandparents Al and Kathy and Pat and Lynette! We're so excited for you and thrilled that Callie has a new playmate!

11 Months Old!!!!!!!!!!

We are T-Minus one month until we have a ONE YEAR OLD. Here is our little 11 month old on her 11 month birthday!




This past week Callie has had some serious bed head! Her hair is growing really fast and it is hilarious to see her after bath time or after sleeping.





How did she get so adorable? :)

After a low key weekend of just hanging out, I'm SOOOOOOO looking forward to a 5 day weekend and lots more baby time and family time.

Blankie

As some of you know, I had (and still have) a blankie that I sleep with at night. In fact, if you were at our wedding, you may remember that my dad incorporated it into his speech:


Well, five years later my daughter has become stuck on a "blankie" as well. Except this "blankie" isn't one of the nice ones she was given as a gift. Instead, it is a burp cloth... actually there are three burp cloths that can pass for the blankie, which I guess will come in handy if we lose one some day. But regardless, she loves them. She rubs them on her face, flails them around and, most importantly, snuggles them and goes right to sleep (usually). Thank goodness for the blankie(s)!

Blankie and Giggles from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

It's fun when...

...a play date actually involves playing.

Here are Callie and Wes (the neighbor baby) hanging out:

Weekend Wrap-Up

As I mentioned yesterday we had a grown-ups night last night. It was great to hang out with friends (despite a power outage...we hung out in candlelight!)...though I did find myself in conversation about Callie or babies for most of the night. :) And she did great with MorMor and Bops.

Today Callie and I had our girl time while Chris and Dan played basketball. Then we hung out at the Gosselin's house. It was fun to have everybody together!

Here are some pictures and videos from the weekend.
First snowfall of the season!


Happy Baby

The girls (and a certain 98 %-ile head!)

Bucket of toys from Auntie Cathleen!

Grandpa and Uncle Dan

Reading with Grandma (the Color Book Mommy made!)

First ride in the big girl car seat! Thanks to Grandpa for helping us figure it out. :)


A little bit of dancing, some singing and some really silly faces:

Baby Beluga from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Peek-a-boo books are the best!

Peekaboo from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Letter to Baby

Dear Callie-

I feel like writing you a letter today because I don't feel like I've seen you much. Saturday is usually our day- just us girls. But today I had to do some necessary evils- like clean and cook. You'll learn very quickly that your Daddy and I are not neat and tidy people. So when we actually clean, it takes awhile. So while I was cleaning you got to hang out with your Daddy. Which is great, but I miss you.

Now you're napping and I want you to wake up! But I won't, because I know how much you need the sleep. You're so busy. You're learning so much each day. You're such a happy, sweet, charming, outgoing, funny baby.

You wave and smile at strangers- something that your Henderson aunties and your Mommy NEVER did. We were so shy...I wonder if you'll have your Daddy's personality and be the funny one- thelife of the party.

You love music and animals. Singing songs and seeing your doggy Kona put the biggest smiles on your cute little face.

With your new-found ability to move on your own, you are really wanting to be independent. But every once in a while I'm blessed to have you crawl right over to me, pull yourself up into my lap, and bury your head in my chest. And then, in a flash, you're gone...moving on to other fun toys and getting into more fun trouble.

You have charmed your way into the hearts of SO MANY PEOPLE. And it doesn't take much for you to do that- all you have to do is smile your scrunchy face smile and you have everyone wrapped around your itty bitty pinkie.

Tonight your Daddy and I are going out with friends and MorMor and Bops are coming over to babysit (now do you understand why I spent so much of today doing the necessary evils? hee hee). We're excited to have a night out to do non-baby related things (more specifically, beer related things), but I want you to know that half of mind and all of my heart will be back at the house with you... wondering what you're doing. Wondering if you're going to go to bed okay. Thankful that you are in good hands.

I love you Punkin Head...and now I've made myself cry...silly Mommy...

Love,
Mommy