27-Months-Old!!!

This girl is 27-months-old today.

And the best part of this 27-month-old-birthday?  This girl's mommy is officially on spring break for 10 days!

I have a couple goals for the week.  Some for me, some for Callie:

1) Relax (well...as much as someone chasing a 27-month-old around can)
2) Ditch the nap time/nighttime passy (we ditched the daytime passy back in December...now it is time to bite the bullet and just ditch it for good)
3) See Hunger Games (CAN'T WAIT!!!!!)
4) Scrapbook (yes...still working on the baby book)
5) Play with lots of friends (zoo dates? park dates? anyone?)
6) Enjoy the weather (I'm anticipating a lot of running up and down our sidewalk)
7) Run (a lot...I have new shoes to break in)

I just really can't wait to be home for awhile!!!

Happy Baptism Anniversary CJ!

God Bless Callie Joy!  It was 2 years ago that Callie was baptized.

It was a wonderful day...and I can't believe that it was 2 years ago! I want to once again thank our friends, and especially our family, for being amazingly supportive of us these past couple of years.  Our little punkin is so deeply loved and cherished by so many people, and we are so so so so thankful.

Happy Birthday Daddy, Uncle Dan and Auntie Yoda!

March 19th is a crazy special day!  And this one is EXTRA crazy special because two out of the three birthday people are turning...30!!!!

WHAT?!?!?!?  How is that possible, you ask?  I can't believe it either, but it is true.  

Happy Birthday to the most amazing husband and baby-daddy a girl could ask for.  We've now known each other for more than half our lives!

Happy birthday to Uncle Dan/Godfather!  I had to dig way too deep in my photo archives to get a decent picture of the two of them together, so we'll need to remedy that situation when Uncle Dan comes home to visit next time.

And finally, Happy Birthday to Auntie Yoda/Godmother!

We love you all!  Have a wonderful day!

Weekend Wrap-Up

First off, today is my grandma's birthday!  Happy Birthday Great-Grandma!!!!!  More on how we celebrated with her later. 

FridayI wanted to clean up the DISASTER that our house has been the past couple weeks, so Chris took Callie to see Sydney, Dave and Cherilyn.  Callie got a play date and I got a quiet house to clean.  It was a win-win.

Saturday
St. Patty's Day!  Chris had a training all day so Callie and I headed to the condo.  We had a fun day that started out with a 7K race around downtown.

After the race, Callie and I showed off our rockin' St. Patty's day ensembles.

 Then, my dad drove my grandma to town so we could see her and celebrate the upcoming birthdays!  She brought Callie an adorable talking Teddy, that Callie now adores.

After a delicious lunch (first grill-out of the season!) we ate amazing chocolate cake that my mom made.

Saturday evening we were back at home and decided to make pizzas!  With a 2-year-old, everything becomes a project she can "help" with.  It makes things take MUCH more time, but can (sometimes) be MUCH more fun.

Unfortunately, this bite of pizza is about all she ate of it.

Food battle, going strong.

Then we took a jammy walk before bedtime.

Sunday
Chris, being the amazing husband/father that he is, took the (once again stuffed up and runny nosed) toddler to the zoo so I could finish some stuff up around the house and have some time to myself and NOT clean.  I also went to my friend Adrea's house and we finalized and BOOKED a 4-night trip to an all-inclusive resort in Mexico in June...to celebrate our upcoming 30th birthdays.  Once we got the email confirmation that it was booked, our faces looked like this:

So Excited!!!

The rest of the day was spent meandering outside in the beautiful weather, playing, and taking a crack at making another meal in hopes that she would eat it.  On the menu: taco salads!  She put a couple spoonfuls of rice, a spoonful of corn, a spoonful of beans, some shredded cheese, a spoonful of sour cream and a dollop of guacamole in a bowl, mixed it around and...ACTUALLY ATE IT!!!!!

SUCCESS!!!

I have one more week until spring break...and I can't wait.  This spring has been busy so far, and I decided to make it busier for myself by signing up for another half marathon on June 3rd.  I convinced Laura to do it too, so I'll have a training buddy.  Did I ever mention that she is moving back here?  We are all VERY excited.  Auntie Yoda rocks. :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day...

...from our little good luck charmer!

And a special shout-out to Nana on this very Irish holiday! :)

Beautiful!

When traipsing around outside during the beautiful early evening:

Callie: (holding out her empty hand) Got for you Mommy!
Me: What do you have for me?
Callie: Sunshine!!!!
Me: You have sunshine for me?
Callie: Up there!  Beautiful!

Spring!

This weather is unbelievable!  I LOVE IT.

This morning Callie went with Chris and Anna to the zoo!  Anna took some great pictures.

After work, Callie and I went to meet Kylie and Calvin at Centennial to walk and have dinner.

When we got home, the weather was still awesome.  Since it was getting close to bed time, I decided to try out a calming strategy I read about somewhere- the jammy walk.  The idea is that you get your little one all ready for bed, and then take a slow walk around the block to calm the body down.  Well, my little one doesn't do slow.  So it was more like a run around the block. 

I hoped it would work to tire her out more before bedtime, but no luck.  I've been listening to her babble over the monitor for close to half an hour now.

But somehow, this lovely day makes it sound cute and not annoying like it usually does! :)

Yay spring!