CJ, M.D.

Both Santa Bear and Kona got to go to Dr. Callie for a check-up this evening.

The diagnosis?  They are both... "shy".

Weekend Wrap-Up

It is December.

How did that happen?

The countdown to Christmas has begun, and the Christmas decorations were finally unearthed from our cedar closet.  So here's the rundown on the weekend:

Friday
We went to pizza night over at the Koch's.  Callie and Christine had fun playing together, and the boys were around too.  They gave Callie a bunch of play instruments, so they all had fun playing with those in between pizza slices.  Yum!

Saxophone and Drum

Fun with the iPad

Saturday
We got out the Christmas decorations on Saturday morning.  Callie was excited about the little Nativity set.  We taught her about Baby Jesus et. al.,  but she was mostly interested in using the stable as a slide for all of them.

After a (short) nap, Jenna and Charlie came over.  We played at our house, drove (through the snow- my new car ROCKS!) to Edinborough to play some more, and went to dinner.  It was a really fun afternoon/evening!

Running away from the Mommies who were trying to get 2 car seats in 1 car

Zooming around

Not quite getting how the scooters work:

Dinner Date- What's up Charlie?

Playing Peek-a-Boo across the table

Sunday
Throughout this weekend Callie has battled yet ANOTHER cold.  So today was a crabby lazy day.  

Jammy time in the morning.

With a little dancing as well.


Then shopping for new boots so we could play in the snow and take adorable Christmas Card pictures.

Fail.

Not happy about the mittens

Not happy at all

So...no luck with the adorable pictures, and time for a nap.

The day ended much better, with some playtime with Daddy and Uncle Dan.  I got to go to "A Christmas Carol Musical" with The rest of the Gosselin clan.  It was great! 

Tonight we headed to church to be the Advent Reader/Candle Lighter family.  We got to light the "Hope" and "Joy" candles.  Pretty sweet, considering the middle names of our dog and daughter.

Playtime

Last night Callie had some serious playtime.  In the kitchen.  With cups.  In an apron.

It was so stinkin' cute I had to take some videos.

Here is one where she names most of her favorite foods.  The only one missing is "cheese" (mac & cheese).


And then she needed to use some problem solving skills when her cups started rolling all over the place.



Finally, we made a fort.  She wasn't as excited about it as I was, and opted for playing with her cups and her imagination. Like when she starts "eating" a food she won't touch in real life, hence my sound of surprise when she tells me what it is.



Hanging out with an almost-2-year-old is ridiculously fun.

Tonight we went to visit Aunt Cat.  She has been having some blood sugar issues so they are doing some tests in the hospital.  Callie loved pushing the buttons on her bed and running out of the room into the hallway whenever she could.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Weekend Wrap-Up: The Thanksgiving Edition

I'm a little overwhelmed thinking about writing this blog post.

How can I sum up the past 5 days?

As I alluded to in my Thanksgiving Post, we had a Henschwekebosselin weekend, which means my mom's whole side of the family came to town from out east and Colorado.  The last time we were all together was more than 6 years ago at our wedding.  Amazing.


The East Coasters (my Uncle Joe, Cousin Karl, and his girlfriend Erica) and Auntie Yoda (Laura's new name) arrived by Wednesday afternoon.  We enjoyed sight-seeing by the condo.

Happy with her Henderson Aunties

Cousins!

All the Colorado people (Grammy, my Uncle John, Aunt Jen, and Aunt Margie) arrived Wednesday night in time for the Turkey Day 5K on Thursday morning (also mentioned in the Thanksgiving Post).

Ekeberg Siblings

After the race, a day full of family, football, and food began.  And a little continuation of the Stomach Bug.  But I'll touch on that later.


Along with all of the Henschwekebosselins mentioned above, Chris' side of the family (Bob, Mary, Cathleen and Dan), Jen's mom (Marti), and my other Grandma all came for Thanksgiving dinner.  Again, Amazing.  There were 20 of us, so we needed three tables!

The Kids Table

The Not-So-Kids Table

The Big Table

The food was delicious.  Callie even contributed to the meal by lending a "helping hand" with the place setting cards.

Gobble Gobble!

The fact that we were all celebrating this holiday together was...you guessed it...amazing.  

The rest of the weekend was filled with more fun, chaos, comings and goings, and people getting sick.  

Yep, The Stomach Bug continued its rampage and hit Auntie Wadi (Mari's new name), Uncle Joe, Karl, Pa, Aunt Margie, and Cathleen all at some time throughout the weekend.  At this point I'm just waiting to hear from the others that they got it.  It isn't seeming to let up!

Despite that, we managed to have some good ole family fun.

Mill City Museum

Double 4 Generation Picture

Occupy Condo

Fun with Legos

Reading with Great Margie

Heart and Soul

Duets Trios

Henschwekebosselin Clan

So thanks to everyone who traveled to Minnesota so we could all be together.  And thanks to my mom for orchestrating a wonderful weekend!


That brings us to today.  We went to church and brunch with my parents and sisters, and then spent the rest of the day relaxing, watching football, and hanging out with Dave, Cherilyn and Sydney.

Little Buddies

As usual, I have put a bunch more pictures on our Shutterfly Site.  Enjoy!

Now that it is almost December, I'm looking forward to putting our Christmas tree and decorations up.  Now to find a spot in our house for our little tree where certain little hands won't get to it...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Henschwekebosselin Weekend has commenced.  We are all very very very thankful.

 Some of us started the day burning off future calories by running the Turkey Day 5K

And, later, while the rest of us were eating three times the calories we just burned off, a certain toddler was NOT eating much Thanksgiving dinner...

But, later still, was seriously eyeing up the Thanksgiving "cake!"

Hope everyone had a safe, happy and healthy Turkey Day!

23-Months-Old!!

Here we are. One month until the terrible TERRIFIC twos!

Mondays

I love my job but I hate Mondays. After getting to spend quality time with my toddler each weekend, Mondays seem SOOOO long.

After making it through the long day, I drive home, the 12 minutes seeming to take FOREVER.

And every time I walk in the door she amazes me with how big she is, how adorable she is. I feel so dang lucky.

And what makes me feel even more lucky?  Knowing I get to share her with this goofy guy.

I wasn't going to put this picture up, but if you purposely make this face, all bets are off!