2011 Favorites

Last year I wrapped up the year like this.

That was fun, but I wanted to do something different for 2011.  This year has been a year of our little one turning from a baby into a full-blown toddler.  So to show that transformation, I decided to wrap up the year with (what else?) pictures.

My initial plan was to pick out one picture from each month that was either a favorite actual picture, or a favorite moment in time.  As I was going, of course, I couldn't just pick one.  So I picked two.

Here we go...24 of my 2011 favorites:

January

  

February

March

April

    

May

 June

                                           July

August

September

 

October

November

December

HAPPY  NEW YEAR!

Thanks for being such loyal blog readers.  We hope everyone has a wonderful start to 2012!

Winter Break Happenings

Besides the birthday and Christmas activities, we've managed to do some other fun things over break.

Hanging out in the new play nook...a lot!

Playing with Daddy and Brent

Playing cards with Great-Grandma

Going to the zoo with Kylie and Calvin

Waiting for the bird show

Always on the run

Underwater Adventures with Grandma and Grandpa!

Look at those sharks!

Fun with Grandma

While Gma, Gpa and Cal were at Underwater Adventures, Cathleen and I took a sewing lesson!

Playing with Sydney

Doctor's Check-up

Callie had her 2-year doctor's check-up this morning.  She did great...even impressing the doctor by saying "I want my Elmo book" right at the same time the doctor was asking us about how many words she knows.  Words schmords!  She's talking in sentences!

Here are her stats:
Weight: 26 pounds 10 ounces (49.71%ile)
Height: 2 pounds 10 inches (55.19%ile)
Head Circumference: 19.88 inches (holding steady at 98.59%ile)

She had to get a finger prick so they could do a lead test, and she didn't even flinch.  Didn't even make a peep.  She was a champ.

But we were told that the passy has to go..sometime in the near future.  Sigh.  I love the passy.  It is something still baby-ish about my increasingly independent toddler.

But more than I love the passy, I hate the thought of going through the actual process of getting RID of the passy.  Fun times to come I'm sure...

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Christmas Edition

Ever since Thursday, the big birthday, things have not slowed down.  Not one bit.  So here is a rundown of our Crazy Awesome Christmas Weekend.  And, just an FYI, I can't promise complete or coherent sentences because I'm uber tired.

Friday:
Auntie time with Yoda and Wadi.  Bridal shower for Ellen Suurmeyer.  Fun evening with the Suurmeyers at their weekend rental house.

Yoda and Wadi

Helping Ellen with the Gum game

Hanging with Boom and Barb

Fun in the wooden kitchen

Saturday- Christmas Eve Day:
Fun at the condo.  Church.   Yummy dinner.  Presents.  Christmas Cookies.

Entertaining Great Grandma Henderson

Boom's Christmas Cookies!

Callie and her presents

Goofy!!!

Sunday- Christmas Day:
Santa came!  Train set!  Fun, brunch and presents at Grandma and Grandpa's (with Sydney too!).  Family time at Nana and Papa's house.  Family time at condo.

Santa gifts on the chair

So excited for the train set!

Christmas tree at G-ma and G-pa's house

Callie got the letter "W"!

Helping give Sydney her bottle

Reading with Seamus

Emily and Amy!

Hanging out with Donald

Three tired peeps

Sunday night:
Toddler asleep before 8pm.  Mommy and Daddy exhausted but happy from toddler wrangling and days on the run. Thankful for how easy it is to (and how much we like to) spend so much time with our families.

Many more weekend (and other December) pics can be found at our Shutterfly Site.
For some reason I can't figure out how to get the pics in the right order...but they are all there somewhere.