HAPPY BIRTHDAY CALLIE JOY!

I've been thinking about this post in my head for a week now. How can I possibly sum up everything I'm feeling? How can simple words do justice to the emotions I feel thinking back on the past year?

They can't. So I'll be brief.

Callie Joy,

One year ago today you came into so many people's lives. And you brought with you your middle name...Joy.

Know that you are loved beyond what words can say. Know that you are adorable, intelligent, loving, sweet, happy, silly, precious, curious, awesome, fabulous and just the most perfect baby any Mommy and Daddy could ask for.

We love you little Punkin Head and Monster,
Mommy and Daddy

December 22nd, 2009




December 22, 2010

Philly!

Reasons why I'm thankful:
1) Cal and I are home safe from a wonderful trip with my fabulous mother-in-law and sister-in-law,
2) I took a shower a little nap after a long travel day,
3) Currently, I'm hanging out with Chris, Callie and Kona,
4) I'm watching crazy people on T.V. at the Vikings game while cozy in my own home,
5) I get to spend the next 13 days with my family and friends while on Christmas Break,
6) My baby turns 1-year-old in 2 days!!!

Mary, Cathleen and I had a blast in PA (and NJ and NY)! We got to see Cathleen graduate (well, Mary did...Callie Joy wasn't too into the idea of sitting quietly during a graduation ceremony, so we watched part of it on a video screen in another room and then slept during the other part of it).

We also got to hang out in the hotel and swim, exploring New Jersey and a cute town in Pennsylvania, Cathleen and I got to go to New York City, and we all got to spend good quality time together!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures, and then a link to the rest of them if you're interested.

One of us was sleeping on the plane

Swimming with Grandma

So proud of Auntie Cathleen!

Times Square!

Lunch in Newtown, PA

That baby is here again!


The rest of the pictures from the weekend can be found on our shutterfly site

http://babygoose806.shutterfly.com

or directly at

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1DcN3Llizct

And now for a couple of videos from the weekend:

An example of what pretty much every meal was like!

Silly in Philly from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

Playing with that baby

Who that baby? from Baby Goose on Vimeo.

HOME!

We made it home before the snow got too bad and I will post later after I'm out of the up at 3:45am, long flight with a semi-crabby baby fog.

Philly Bound!

The Gosselin girls are hitting the road (and the skies!) for Philadelphia. Cathleen is graduating with her Masters so we're going out there for the ceremony and to celebrate all of her hard work!

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll post all the fun pics and stories when we get back!

Cuddlebug and Big Girl Jammies

Today Callie didn't really take an afternoon nap for Grandma, so we put her down at 6:00 because she was C-R-A-B-B-Y CRABBY! She slept for 1.5 hours and I ended up getting her up so that she wouldn't keep sleeping and ready to play at 3am.

As she slowly woke up, she was a total cuddlebug and I ATE IT UP!!!! She is not one to sit still and cuddle...hardly ever...so this was a rare blessing.


Then I put her in her biggest jammies. The 12-monthers are getting a little small, so 18-monthers are in now! And she only has 1 pair, so we'll need to stock up.

I remember when she got these jammies. They were a gift from one of my relatives and I remember thinking at the time (she was brand new and tiny) that it would be FOREVER until she fit into them.

Forever is now:

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MARI!!!

OH MY GOSH- I just realized that I missed posting on Mari's birthday! She turned 22 on Friday, December 10th.



Happy Birthday Auntie Mari! We can't wait to see you!

9,000 Page Visits!

Sometime in the past 24 hours we went over the 9,000 mark for how many times people have visited the site! Thanks to everyone for stopping by! :)

Yesterday I actually DID have a snow day! So we went out to lunch with my Mom...and Callie enjoyed reading her Animals book while we were eating.



The condo has been Christmas-ified! It looks awesome. And Callie didn't even get in to the presents under the tree. But she did have fun zooming around in her walker and playing with the musical stocking she got from my Grandma.



Three more days until I'm officially on winter break!!! So many things are going through my head: I can NOT believe how fast the fall went. I can NOT believe that Callie is going to be 1 in 8 days...um...yeah. That's all I got- some denial mixed in with excitement and a helping of Oreo Balls that I can't stop eating. :)