Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa's

Over the weekend we went to my parents house to celebrate Uncle Shane's birthday. Calla got lots of love from cousin B and they had a good time playing together! Calla's tooth is still working on coming in and she continues to be a very happy baby! She loves eating many things and rolling all over the floor! Enjoy our new pictures!

A little love from Cousin B!

The girls in their Husker outfits!

Grandpa and Calla in their Husker gear!

Taking a wagon ride!

Calla had blue ink all over her chin from a newspaper ad!!

New Video and Pic!

Enjoy the pic of Calla eating her toes and the video of her kicking and yelling at her fishies!

Go Huskers!!!

Calla says, "Go Huskers, beat the Trojans!!!"
And please let me know what you think of my first piggytail!

Exciting news!!!

I would like to let you all know that Calla's first tooth has finally poked through! My baby is growing up SOOOO fast!

Here are a few pics from our professional photo shoot we had tonight! Calla was going for the serious look tonight...not many smiles which is unusual for her. The face in the last picture is what we saw more than any smiles, cute, but not really what we were looking for! Enjoy....we sure did!

Great Week

Hanging out in her new high chair!!

Reading the paper and cheering on the Huskers at the same time!!

Working on her arms in her new jogging suit.

She loves rice cereal and carrots!!

Apparently I was too slow while feeding her, she wanted the bowl to do it herself!

A few pictures

Enjoy the new pictures!


Do you like my pink outfit?

Me and Mommy on her birthday!

Such a big girl!

Loving my carrots!!

Go Huskers!!

Just playing!

Yummy...this tastes good!!

Hi Mom...take another picture!

The Life of Calla--6 months old

Calla is SO FUN to play with now and so most nights we lay on the floor playing rather than updating the website! Ha!!
Calla had her 6 month check up last week, she is 14lbs and 13oz and 251/4 inches long. She has now tried sweet potatoes and loves them. Calla also had her first trip to the zoo! She did a great job of riding around in the stroller all day. She also got to visit Chuck E. Cheese again. She loves her jump-a-roo and the walker at daycare. She loves to cuddle up to Mommy or Daddy or almost anyone that holds her! She has so, so, so many clothes yet when you find something for $2.00 you can't pass it up...so after the shopping trip over the weekend (to Carter's store and also Cousin Burlynn's closet!) she has even more clothes!!
We also got to meet Baby Gavin this weekend!!! He is such a cutie and so tiny! You really do forget so quickly how small and fragile a newer baby is!
Enjoy the pics and please drop us a note to let us know you are keeping up with the life of Calla!

Calla says, "Hi!"

The girls at the zoo!

This is Calla right as she came up from underwater for the first time ever!! She looks a little startled, but she didn't cry!

Calla and Gavin

Neighborhood Bats

Here is a video from our neighborhood....we believe that these are bats!!!! Last night there were more than 500 (we guess!) and they live in the chimney of the elementary school across from our house.

Update 12 Aug 2007

I guess I missed our weekly update last week!!
Our daycare provider was on vacation this week so Calla got to spend some time with her grandparents. On Monday and Tuesday Grandma Karma took off of work so that she could spend some time with her. Then Tuesday night we took Calla to meet Grandma Jules and she spent the rest of the week there. Chad and I really did not get anything accomplished, but rather spent some time together...we were totally lost without her here though and really do not look forward to that again soon!!
Friday night Calla and I stayed in Deshler so that we could see Shane and Cousin Burlynn. The girls had a lot of fun playing in the pool. Calla loved to just watch everything that Burlynn was up to! Things here continue to be great and Calla is growing up so quickly. It won't be too long and she will be up and crawling! We hope that you all have a wonderful week!

Sitting in her crib before church.

Practicing her sitting!

Kisses from B!!!!

She loved being in the water!

The girls sitting so nicely...for a second!!

Greetings

It has been another fun filled week in the life of Calla! She started cereal last week and has been doing really well with that. We are still just giving her some in the evenings and she does a great job of eating it...not too many nasty faces or spitting it all over. I think that she is just matured enough at 5 months that she really knew how to swallow the cereal already!!
Over the weekend we went to Grand Island to meet up with my parents, brother and Burlynn. We were supposed to go to the water park, but of course it rained so we went to see the animals at Sundance Feed and Seed as well as play at a really cool park. We had lots of fun and have found some cool places that we hope Calla will enjoy as much as Little B did. Calla is also starting to really work on sitting up on her own. She does ok sometimes, but other times she is not focused enough and falls over. :)
Please keep Charli in your prayers as she goes in tomorrow for scans...we know that God will be there to guide her through. Drop by her website to read all about her first birthday party...it sounds like it was LOTS of fun!!

We hope that you all have a great week and leave us a note in the guest book so that we know you visited!!

Playing in her bouncy seat.

Eating some cereal!

I'm ready Mom...give me another bite!!

Practicing her sitting!

Most days this is what she would rather do...lay backwards and then roll out onto the floor!!

Almost 5 Months

Tomorrow Little Miss Muffet will be 5 months old already!! WOW!!! She is so fun to play with and it is so fun to watch her learn things everyday. She is sleeping through the night and has been for about a month now...we love that. We will probably start her on cereal sometime in the next month, but we will see what the weeks bring. This past weekend Calla and Mommy went to the fair in Deshler and saw so many people. Little B was not there so Calla got spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa...Grandpa kept rubbing his whiskers on Calla's face and Sunday morning she finally grabbed them and pulled. I think that Grandpa will not do it so often now...but who knows!!
Calla now weighs 14lbs and 4ozs! We painted her toes this weekend too so check out those cute tootsies!! Enjoy the new pics!

Happy Day!

15 July 2007

First off we want to congratulate our friends Brian and Gina on the birth of their little boy Gavin! He a cutie and we look forward to meeting him soon! Please also continue to keep our friend Charli in your prayers. She is having a busy summer and continues to do well with her cancer. Visit her site to check out her cute pics and to leave her an encouraging note!

We really have not done too many exciting things this last week. We stayed pretty close to home and just did our normal family things. Saturday night Chad and I went out and Calla went to stay with Grandma Karma for a few hours. Chad and I went out to eat and then went to play disc golf at Cottonmill Park here in town. That is a very challenging course and one that we look forward to doing much better at someday!

Just to answer a few questions that I have received this week. Yes Calla got her ears pierced. Yes she cried...so did I! After 2 minutes she was over it and has not been bothered by them since. No they do not bother her when she sleeps. On the 4th of July someone asked what my boy's name was and I nicely corrected the lady and told her that HER name is Calla. I was upset that just b/c she was in blue that people assume that she is a boy, but I knew that I could help people see that she is indeed a girl by piercing her ears. Her dad and I had decided several months ago that we would pierce her ears at some point and we discussed that now was a good time. She will never remember the pain and will just always be used to them. If you click on the pics you can enlarge it and see the earrings a bit better.
Thanks for checking on us...we hope that you all have a great week!!!

Just playing on the floor.

Sitting in the chair and smiling at Mommy!

Eating my blanket.

What are you looking at?

Close up of those blue eyes!!!

Good Weekend

This last weekend was a good one! We had a garage sale on Friday and Saturday which was a bust, but other than that it was a good time! My mom came up Friday night to help and stayed until this morning. Karma also came over to help us Saturday morning. My dad finally made it back from Texas and so he joined us last night to hang out with Calla and I suppose Chad and I! :) We went shopping yesterday afternoon and just really had a good time playing on the floor with Calla! Enjoy the new pics and the movie of Calla in the tub!

First 4th of July

Calla has had a busy last couple of days! Last night we went to Stacey and Pat's for their 3rd of July Party. Calla was really hot and did not enjoy the loud noises coming from the fireworks. Then we went to Dave and Pam's house to watch the big fireworks. Calla enjoyed that much more. The weather was much cooler down by the lake. Plus there were no loud fireworks there! She sat on Mommy's lap and watched the big fireworks reflect off the lake.
Today Calla hung out with her Daddy and I and we have spent some time in her room enjoying her new mirror. She was so adorable laying on her boppy watching the cute baby in the mirror! Tonight Grandpa and Grandma Ripp are coming over for supper so she will be plenty spoiled later on! Enjoy the new pics!!

Here she is sucking her thumb when I went to wake her up one morning! ARGH!!!

The family getting ready to go to the party!

Who is that cute baby in the mirror?

You want to take MY picture!?!?