Update on the kitchen

Here are few pics from the kitchen remodel!! As you can see, we are not finished yet, but have made tremendous progress. The top cupboards are still in the garage, but tomorrow night they will be installed. I leave Tuesday for Florida, so I will not be able to put much away and I am hoping that my wonderful husband does a good job on that part too!

Here is a before shot...obviously we needed a makeover!!

Here is another shot of the other wall.

Wow...what a difference!! Tell me how much you love the yellow wall that was behind the cupboards!?!?

And the other wall!

Birthday, Easter, and a Tractor

Wow!! So much has happened since I last posted...guess I have been doing and not reporting! We went to Deshler for Easter Weekend and we also got to Celebrate a special birthday. Burlynn will be 2 this weekend, but since we were all together last weekend we celebrated then. She loved the Dora cake that Grandma made for her and the balloons were pretty amazing too. Calla got to experience her first and 2nd Easter Egg hunts and she really could have cared less. Ha She really does not like to crawl in the grass so that makes an egg hunt hard.
My Grandpa has refinished a John Deere tractor that belongs to my uncle. He had it at his house and so the girls got to play on it! I think Calla knows already that it has to be green if it is a tractor!
This weekend we are also remodeling our kitchen!!!!!! We were trying to take as much out ahead of time so we would be ready for demolition...and Calla decided she likes it the way it is now!

B checking out the cake!

I found a pink one!

Pretty Calla in her Easter outfit!

Calla on the cool tractor.

Playing where there were once drawers!!

Sorry it took so long...

We have been one busy family the last week and updating this site has not been on our mind. :(
Calla went in for her one year check up and she weighs 18.02 lbs and is 27'' tall. For weight she is in the 5th percentile and 3rd percentile for height. She continues to toddle around all the furniture and push her car all over the house. She has learned how to climb on and off of her zebra by herself. This last weekend she did not have any bottles!! So hopefully we are almost done with formula and bottles!!! Everywhere we go she makes new friends and is constantly getting compliments on how she is the happiest baby ever!

We do ask that you drop by our friend Gavin's site and leave his mom an encouraging note. Gina's mom, Stella, is battling cancer and has recently received some discouraging news. The link to Gavin's site is on our page and we really do ask you to keep their family in your prayers.

Check out my pigtails!

This is what it looks like when mom takes the pretties out!

Where's Calla?

I don't know!?!?


Funny Face!

Life as a One-Year-Old

Calla has settled into her new life as a 1 year old! She cut her 7th and 8th teeth this last week! She is eating more food and less bottles and thinks that everything is funny!
On her actual birthday it was a beautiful day so we put Calla in her wagon and we went to the park to play. She liked the swing and the little slides. After she and I went down the 20ft tall tube slide she was done. We put her back in the wagon and took a ride around the neighborhood and she loved to growl at all the dogs that were barking at us.
She is doing such a good job of walking around the furniture and all over the house with her push toy, but really in not all interested in walking around holding on to our hands. We have decided that we are completely fine with this...the longer she waits the more time we have until we have to chase her!
We don't have her one year appointment for a few weeks yet so I don't know height and weight, but will let you know when I do!

Swinging on her 1st birthday!

Pointing at the leaves blowing by us in our backyard.

Showing off her teeth!

Cheeseball!!

Just walking around the chairs.

First Birthday Party!!!

We had a great birthday party today complete with food, cake, ice cream, presents and 24 people! Calla was taking a nap when everyone arrived so we were thinking she might be upset to find so many people in her living room, but she woke up smiling and went to work entertaining everyone. Burlynn was SO excited to see Calla and was ready to play, play, play. At present opening time, Burlynn was more than happy to help Baby Calla get the job done.
When we gave Calla her own cake she was trying to be careful at first and only eat with a few fingers, but then she really got into it! We really had a great party and are so excited that so many family members spent the day with us!

A family picture...with a funny smile from Calla!

Playing with Mommy's headband...she even knows where it goes!

A picture of her decorated high chair.

Eating her breakfast and getting ready for the party!

Checking out the cards with Mommy.

Starting to eat her cake!

Burlynn was telling her how to eat it!!

Calla smiling for the camera.

An after picture of the Birthday Girl!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Calla is feeling much better and is celebrating her first Valentine's Day at home with her Mommy! We are trying to keep track of the State Wrestling results and watching some quality television (Barney!!) while we are chillin today. We are going to make a special supper and dessert for Daddy tonight and just hang out as a family. Here are a few pics that we have taken today.

She has been rather annoyed with a stuffy nose and has learned how to pick it.

She would smile at her Daddy, but would not look at the camera for me with a big smile.

Are we done yet????

Calla now has Influenza B and is under Dr's orders to stay home the rest of the week. Poor girl has had a pretty high temp the last couple days and has been really restless. We thought that we were finally done being ill, but I guess that this was one of those instances where God laughs at the plans we make! She was pretty clingy today and had a normal temp tonight so hopefully the night goes well. I am including a fun little video of her new tongue tricks she likes to do!

The Dora couch had to be moved because she now likes to do this trick!

Done with the Sickness

We are all well again!! What a LONG week it becomes when 3 different people spend time being ill.

This weekend was a great one for us. We got to go to Lincoln to spend time with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Shane and Burlynn. We also got to see Amanda and Gina and of course Mr. Gavin (and Brian and Brittney)!
We spent lots of time just hanging out. The girls loved the pool at the motel! Calla also got her first ride on a Carousel and she LOVED it!! The Lincoln mall has one right in the middle that you can take a ride on and so Grandpa took Burlynn and I rode with Calla.

Tonight we are hanging out at home watching the Super Bowl together! Calla's 6th tooth also poked through last week so that too is pretty exciting!! That 1st Birthday is fast approaching and we are trying to figure out how we are going to celebrate. It really is hard to believe that it has been a year already, but we have loved every minute of parenthood so far and look forward to what else life has in store for us!

On the Carousel...we choose a horse that was stationary!

Loves for Calla!

Crazy girls!

Burlynn with her crazy hair and Calla with her Shrek smile!!

Mom and Calla snuggling!

Yuck :(

On Friday night, Calla got the flu. Today we are still battling it and will be going to the Dr. in a while to see if there is anything else going on or just a combo of the flu and a cold. :( So far Chad and I are in the clear and we hope to stay that way.
She was still a pretty happy baby with just a few uncomfortable moments, so that we are thankful for! Enjoy her new pics!

Getting some fresh air on Saturday afternoon!

Resting on her zebra pillow!

This is what she looks like when ill!

Cheese!! If you click to make this pic larger, you can see her 5th tooth that poked through this weekend!!

11 months old

I just wanted to do a mini update on Calla's 11 month birthday. She is fighting her first cold of her life, so we are considering ourselves VERY fortunate for this! She has still been a very happy, fun baby even though she is not 100%. I will try to post more this weekend with some new pics!

Growing Calla

I have not posted for quite some time! I guess I have been busy playing with Calla and her hundreds of toys that are all over my living room! :)
We had some friends over several weeks ago that have a 3 month old and they walked in the door and looked at all of her toys and said "These are all of Calla's toys?" We nicely told them that she has more her bedroom and also in the basement. The just looked at us like we were crazy, but I think in no time their home will look similar to ours!! She really does play with all of them or else we would put some away!
Calla has been busy learning how to walk even faster around the furniture and other objects in the house. She loves to drink real milk from her sippy cup and even told me "No, no, no, no, no!" one morning when I was putting her gloves on! It is hard to believe that at the end of next week she will be 11 months old! My mom, Shane, and Burlynn came out last Saturday to spend some time and Burlynn loved playing with Calla and all of her toys. Enjoy the new pics!

An updated family picture

This is where Calla LOVES to play!!

She is also an up and coming musician!! Look at her stand on her tippy toes to reach it!

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream!!

She really likes her zebra after Burlynn showed her how to ride it!