Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!!!

Calleigh's favorite page!!

Calleigh points to the letters
and sings the alphabet

About three weeks ago, I took Calleigh back to the library to get some new books.  We picked out a few that looked interesting to her.  But the one she absolutely loves is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  We have read it every day multiple times a day every since.  Well we went back to the library today to return the library books, I had full intentions of renewing the book, however someone had requested it and so we had to leave it at the library.  All hell broke lose, she had a complete melt down in the middle of the library.  It broke my heart, she really didn't understand why we had to give her book away.  So off to the book store we went.  We purchased the book and all was better.  Now we will have this book forever.

Stay-cation

In case some of you are not familiar with the word stay-cation, its the word we use when you go on a vacation but stay in your city.  This was a new word for me, but it really works.  Well Andy and I did just that this past weekend.  We went to the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, for a little get away and to celebrate our anniversary.  Grandma Cathy watched Calleigh for us so we could go just the two of us.  We had a nice relaxing time.  Andy had fun going down the water slides and I sat by pool reading my book.  We enjoyed a nice expensive/dinner together, then finished the evening with a movie at the pool.  It was quite neat, they projected the movie Wall-E on a huge screen and you could sit in the pool on a floaty to watch the movie.  For having brought no kids with us, we sure gravitated to the splash pool where the water slides were and watching a movie with a whole bunch of kids and parents.  I guess that goes to show you how your life really does change once you have kids, things like that don't seem to bother us, and don't feel weird at all.  Overall, we had a nice time together and look forward to many more in the future.

Never to big

I have had Calleigh's bouncy chair set up for a long time, I used it when I was watching my nephew, when he was little.  Well he has grown out of it and really I just never took it apart again.  I placed it in Calleigh's room, and she loves to sit in it.  Well, yesterday I decided to move it, so that it wasn't taken up so much room in Calleigh bedroom.  I placed it in the soon to be nursery closet.  And tonight she found it and actually sat in it.  What a crazy girl, I guess she is never to big for her bouncy chair.  The pictures speak for themselves!!!!!!

Fun with Dad

Calleigh waiting so patiently

The fun game of
spinning

Andy always comes up with different ways to thrill our daughter.  Tonight he decided to put Calleigh in his laundry basket and swing her around.  Well of course our dare devil of a daughter LOVED it.  I am sure I will find her in the closet tomorrow trying to swing in the basket again.  It was very cute, and love that they can find fun, crazy games to play with each other.

24 Weeks and Counting

Today I had my routine monthly check-up for my prenatal.  And well guess what, I am still pregnant and their is something moving around in my belly. Everything looks good, next step go and do my glucose test in the next couple of weeks.  Then one more monthly appointment and then they will be every two weeks.  How can that be, already, needing to go every two weeks.  I mean I know its still in a month and a bit, but it really had gone by fast. Can't wait to meet the little person that has been in my belly for the last nine months.

Calleigh's art

 
Well we are plugging through art class, today we did the letter Pp, and Qq.  She is definitely getting into it, she is wanting to get her hands dirty, which is good.  I remember the first day of class she wouldn't even touch the paint, now she puts her whole hand into it, even if there is a brush to use.  She loves to squeeze the glue all over her projects.  Here are some of her latest projects: 

Reading

Calleigh loves to look/read books.  Today she found a big book, I had from my classroom.  It is a big book and its absolutely adorable how she sits on the couch and turns the pages, while she reads the book.  The book is about the same size as her, but she finds it very funny to read the book.

4th of July

Well, I fell asleep last night before I could post anything about our 4th of July.  We really didn't do much.  We sat around the house and just played and watched movies.  After Calleigh got up from a nap, we went over to my in-laws for a swim and some hot dogs and brats.  Andy and our brother in-law Ryan set off a lot of fireworks.  It was a lot of fun.  Happy 4th of July!!!

Lazy day

Today we had a totally lazy day.  I made some breakfast, eggs, bacon, fruit salad, potatoes and toast, which we all enjoyed, Calleigh had two scrambled eggs and some potatoes.  Andy made coffee, and Calleigh helped him.  Then the two of them sat down for a coffee party.  Calleigh got a few small glasses of coffee herself.

We continued with potty training Calleigh, however, today wasn't as good as yesterday.  We had about four little accidents, but the last little accident she had, she caught herself mid stream.  She started to go, and was saying "potty mommy, potty" so I ran her into the bathroom, so that she could finish on the toilet.  She did.  So that is a really good start for her.  We will see how it goes tomorrow.

Later, we went over to Grandma Barb's and Grandpa Jerry's house for a swim and dinner. We enjoyed our time over there.  We swam in their hot tub of a pool, and Calleigh went down the slide a whole bunch of times.  We had a nice time over there, and look forward to another nice day swimming tomorrow.

Andy and I finished the day off with a beautiful wedding reception of one of my old co-workers.  It was a lot of fun and nice to catch up with some old friends.

It's Potty Time

This is not Calleigh, just
thought it was a cute
picture!!!

Today, I decided that today was the official day of trying to get Calleigh to start being potty trained.  I got all the necessary equipment, underwear, potty seat, timer, and candy.  As soon as she got up this morning we started sitting on the potty.  She was a little apprehensive of putting on her new underwear, she didn't like it at first, but I tried to explain to her that mom wears underwear, dad wears underwear and now she has to wear underwear.  She was okay with it after wards.  I set the timer for 15 minutes, and every 15 minutes she went and sat on the potty.  The first couple of times the timer went off, I had to tell her "let's go and sit on the potty." Once we did this a few times, the next time the timer went off, she ran into the bathroom to sit on the potty.  We only had one little accident, thank goodness for tile flooring.  She did so well today, hopefully we can keep it up tomorrow. 

Happy Canada Day

Yes, we still celebrated Canada Day.  It is still important for Calleigh to know where her mom comes from, and the fact that she is half Canadian after all.  This morning, Calleigh painted a Canadian flag, and did a great job at it.  Later we made a cream cheese tart, with strawberries as the maple leaf.  Calleigh helped me put the graham crackers in the tart pan.  I think she liked eating it more though.  We finished our day with a swim and dinner at Grandma Cathy's house.  Happy Canada Day!!!!