Little Big Cheeks

Blog Post by Kati:

Callie's new nickname is Little Big Cheeks. A couple of days ago my mom said "If she were a Native American baby she'd be called "Little Big Cheeks." I think it is a very appropriate nickname seeing as she has the cutest cheeks ever.

My friend Bethany took some beautiful photos when she was over a few days ago...here are a few of my favorites:

One Week Old!!!

Blog Post by Kati:

Callie Joy is officially 1 week old! I can't believe it has been a whole week.

My Uncle Joe was holding her at 7:55pm when she turned exactly a week old- he was excited! :)

Sisters

Blog Post by Kati:

Last night we had Kona for the first time overnight after her fun vacation at Grandma and Grandpa's house. She was a really good girl. She was curious but was a really good listener when we told her to stop if she was getting too close. When I got up to feed Callie at 4am Kona came into the nursery with me and laid on the floor next to the rocking chair. It was really cute!

Here's another couple of cute pictures from the past couple of days:

Bliss

Blog Post by Kati:

I'm sitting here typing with a sleeping baby in my arms. It doesn't get much better than this! :)

We had our first doctor's visit today and Callie is perfect! We go back again next Wednesday.

We have had a busy couple of days meeting more friends and family. She met most of the Gosselin side yesterday and they of course love her!

Here are some pictures of her and Nana and Papa...and another really cute one!

Winning Prediction

Blog Post By Chris:

So sorry that this is late, but I am finally getting to posting the final winning prediction. There were 3 people that guessed girl and December 22nd. Our friend Molly Baker guessed 3 p.m. My aunt Lynn guessed 8:06 a.m. (but she guessed boy).

However the winner of the prediction was my dear boss Shadi. She guessed 4:20 pm and was the closest time to Callie's birth time (7:55 p.m.). So congratulations to her, she will get a special spot in Callie's scrapbook.

Merry (Belated) Christmas!

Blog Post by Kati:



I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas, despite the crazy snow/sleet that we have here in Minneapolis/St. Paul! On Christmas Eve we went to my parents' house and did our usual present opening...Callie definitely had the most presents! Then yesterday was our first full day home and the Gosselins came over and made us a delicious Christmas brunch! It was also an exciting day because Callie met her big sister Kona. Kona was VERY interested and excited to meet her.



Kona is still staying with Grandma and Grandpa until we get our baby routine established. But it was wonderful to have her visit yesterday- we miss her!

We're still trying to figure everything out- the different cries, the different faces (the "poop" face is still kind of a mystery- she makes the funniest faces that look like she's pooping but there hasn't been too many poops yet!).

I'm going to work on putting all of our pictures on a photo sharing website (that is better than Facebook) so I'll post that link once I get to it! Computer time is short these days.

I still can't believe when I look at her beautiful face she is ours and we made her...it is truly amazing.

Going home!

Blog Post by Kati:

Well, it is 9:40am and we're ready to go. Our OB just came and did the final visit and everything is great! It looks like the snow is coming down out there and we're anxious to get home and out of the hospital air. Both Chris and I are really congested and we hope that once we get home we'll feel better.

Callie continues to be beautiful! She has been breastfeeding well the past 12 hours or so. We had her sleep in the nursery last night so that we could get some sleep and they brought her in at 3:30am and 6:30am to eat. She did great! I'll feed her again shortly.

I have updated the link of pictures that I posted yesterday so there are a few more of Callie meeting her grandparents, aunts and uncle! :)

Here's a funny one of her and her daddy about 3:30am after feeding: