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8 Months, Baby!

Callie Jean is 8 months old today.  The poor thing has pretty much spent the entire last month being sick with colds and ear infections.  Even with all the crud she hasn't slowed down much.  A few days after I wrote her 7 month post she started really crawling.  Now she alternates between crawling on her knees and crawling on her toes.  She has also started pulling up on everything.  Callie is trying hard to keep up with those big girls.  She wants to be everywhere they are.

Still no teeth.  One of these days she will probably get a whole mouth full.

Calina is also still very sensitive to dairy.  I keep hoping that she is going to outgrow it, but it hasn't happened yet.

She has also become quite the Mama's girl lately.  I'm hoping that it is due to all the illness.  We're putting our new Ergo to good use lately, since she wants Mommy to hold her a lot.

Happy 8 months, baby girl!

Random Thoughts

I am way behind on blogging, but I'm not going to try and catch up tonight.  The plague struck our house and we've been out of commission a lot lately.  Just wanted to share a few things before I completely forget them.

Fiona has never paid a whole lot of attention when I breastfeed Callie.  Other than she knows that I'm stuck sitting down and uses that opportunity to be naughty or climb all over us like a jungle gym.  She would occasionally tell me that she was nursing her baby dolls, but not often.
About a week ago she started a sudden obsession with it.  It started with her asking to nurse.  Uh ... no.  Sorry, you have a mouth full of teeth and Mommy is afraid of being bitten.  Since, I wouldn't let her nurse, then she decided that she should nurse Callie.  She spent 2 days pulling up her shirt and trying to "nurse" her sister.  Every time I would sit down with Callie, Fiona would throw a screaming fit. "No, Mommy. Me nurse Sissy!"  My little mommy-in-training.

Fiona has also started talking up a storm.  It is like someone flipped a switch.  She just started talking, 3-4 word sentences.  A lot of it we still don't quite understand, but it is a major improvement.  Yay for talking!  Now I wish (not really) she would stop for a few minutes.

On a sadder note, we got rid of our little dog, Chloe before Christmas.  We still have Toby, but it is sad.  Chloe was my first baby before I had babies.  However, 2 year olds and 3 lb dogs don't really go well together.  I felt like Chloe never got the attention she needed, added to the fact that Fiona wanted to love her a little too roughly.  I know it was the best decision, but it was really hard.  I cried a lot and I still get very sad when Fiona asks about her.  Overall, we are adjusting well, even Toby who misses his buddy.

On a happier note, I've gotten really into making little ribbon creations.  I even opened up an etsy shop.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Magnificence  I've been having a lot of fun making these little hair clips/pins and I even made some money to spend on Christmas presents.  Who knew you could do so much with ribbon?  It definitely gives me a creative outlet.  I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to work on it lately with sick children who have required Mommy around the clock, but hopefully now that we are all on the mend.

Okay, and now for a couple of pictures just because.

Callie is 7 Months Old

Calina is 7 months old now.  It has been a very eventful month.  She got to start eating solids, had a double ear infection, and started really scooting.

She loves eating.  She get so excited about every bite.

Callie is still my happy girl.  She has started sitting up well and she is quite the mover.  She mostly does an army crawl, but she does get up on her knees and her toes quite a bit.  She gets where she wants to go, which is mostly wherever Fiona is at.

Callie and her buddy Thomas.

Still no teeth, which is just fine with me.  We're still not eating dairy/soy yet.  She is quite the chatty baby.  I think she talks more than her sister already.

Busy Long Weekend (Warning Picture Overload)

The holiday weekend was super busy for us.  It was almost a relief when it was over and things were back to normal.  It started with Thanksgiving on Thursday at my parents' house.

 Liz and Callie

 Fiona playing with the big cousins.

 I know this picture is blurry, but it is my only proof that we actually saw Ryan.  Plus, the expression on Callie's face is priceless.

 4 Generations

Grandpa Bob wanted to take this picture, but he waited until the end of the day when the girls were not being very cooperative.

Friday was shopping and football.  Saturday we had Fiona's birthday party.  Here is the big birthday girl in her monkey dress.

 

 Papa and Calina getting ready for the party.

 Aunt Thea keeping C happy.

 Nana helping the birthday girl with the pinata.  You pulled on the strings and one was supposed to open it.  It turned out to be a little harder than it looked. 

This was half a second before she started bawling.  I didn't think it was going to be so traumatic.  Nathan caught it all on video and it was really rather hilarious.

 We ordered her birthday cake from one of Nathan's clients.  Isn't it adorable?  The cupcakes were even dairy free, so I could eat them.

 Birthday parties are exhausting.

Lucky girl got a Bitty Baby from Nana.

The baby has been named Jilly and is a constant companion.  No one else is allowed to play with her.

The tunnel was also a huge hit.  Best $8 I've spent in awhile.  It folds up flat and has provided hours of fun.

She even got a cool tent from her Aunt Thea.  This was the morning of her actual birthday.  Notice her cute monkey nightgown I made.  The tent only stayed up a week because we needed room to put up the Christmas tree.

Callie has become quite the scooter and likes to crawl through the tunnel too.

Sunday was Fiona's actual birthday.  We spent a fun morning at home checking out all the new toys and then headed to Nathan's parents' house for Thanksgiving/Gingerbread houses.

Helping Grandma mix the frosting.  Somehow I managed to not get a picture of the finished product.

Overall, it was a great busy weekend.