Just Silly and Uhh: Another tooth

This little girls hides all the time.  Here, I was trying to get a picture of her hiding in our closet but as soon as she saw the camera, she ran out and said “cheese” CB loves these magnetic numbers and stars.  She seems a little OCD with them and will put each one up on the tub, then back in her bucket.  She also enjoys putting them on herself.

Here is what happens when CB doesn’t feel well.  Her blankie goes with her everywhere.  Her last canine tooth is coming in.  She really is one of the worst teethers!  One more closer to being done (just her 4 two year molars left after this one).  She covers herself up like this.  She puts it around her like a cape and then lays down.  At least she gave me a smile!

Big Girl!

It is bitter sweet seeing my baby turn into a little girl!  This week had really made me realize what a big girl she is turning in to. 

Early this week CB was eating a cereal bar on my lap on the couch.  When she was finished she took the wrapper, got down, walked it to the trash can, opened the lid, and threw the wrapper away.  I was blown away!  We have never taught her this!  It amazes me to see her learn things just by watching.  It also made me realize she is watching and soaking everything in !  I was so proud of her.   I made a huge deal of it and she LOVED it.  Now, she wants to throw everything away and she claps for herself when she is done.  It is interesting to see what she thinks is trash and what isn’t.  She has been almost perfect! 

CB is talking a lot now.  Her vocabulary is growing every day and is even putting together small sentences.  She says my name thousands of times a day.  “Mom”  “Mom” “Mom” Most of the time it goes something like this: “Mom, adsh  asdkjl   ;lkdsfl;ksd.”  It truly sounds like she is speaking another language.  But she has been saying: “Mom, I wanna get up” and “Mom, I wanna go”  

Later that same day that she threw her trash away, she was playing in her kitchen and I was checking e-mail.  She called out: “Mom, poop” and pointed to her diaper.  Sure enough, she had gone to the bathroom!  One step closer to potty training: she is aware of when she goes.  Although I know she isn’t ready, we practice.  She got in the habit of walking into the bathroom to get in the bath and peeing on my rug (What, is she a cat?).  So now we sit her on her potty or catch her trying to go on the rug and she finishes on the potty. 

Callie Beth is such a picky eater!  It drives me nuts!  She likes a lot of different food but is picky about when she eats it.  One days she will love it and the next she won’t touch it.  I really have to mix things up to get her to eat!  One way to get her to eat is let her feed herself.  I must say she is getting really good at using both the fork and a spoon and doesn’t make too much of a mess. 

Some of her favorite foods include: eggs, yogurt, watermelon, avocado, peaches, pears, mac and cheese, bagels, grilled cheese, applesauce, banana, veggie burgers, and green beans. 

Best Friends and Little Fish

The neighbors at the beach cabin have a dog named Hazel.  She is such a sweet dog and visits everyone throughout the day.  Her collar says “My name is Hazel.  I live at the beach.  If I am bothering you tell me to go home”.  She really goes go home.  One neighbor has a bed for her.  We saw her on the deck of another house.  She makes her rounds to the camp fires and even attended a wedding on the beach this weekend. 

Needless to say, Callie Beth and Hazel became good buds.  She would just come right in when we were eating. 

“Here Hazel, I will share with you”Of course after the great food she had, she made it over for breakfast the next morning and headed straight over to CB.  Wonder why… Busted by Dad…. CB has turned into a little fish lately.  She seemed really bored with her other float and she wants to be independent and do things on her own (like jump in without us around).  I thought I would try out some swimmies to see how she would do. 

She did awesome!  She got the hand of it right away.  It was as if she had done it before.  She did this the entire time by herself.  She loved to go on her belly and by the end was even spinning around from her back to her belly!  Love it!

We had a wonderful long weekend! 

Early morning walk

Here are some pictures from our early morning walk on the beach to find sand dollars!  Couldn’t have been more beautiful!

Success!  They found two!  CB’s first sand dollars! She got the biggest kick out of chasing me up and down the beach.  She could have done this for hours!So happy! 

more to come…

Cannon Beach 2010: Sunny days

We had a wonderful long weekend up at the beach cabin.  Yes, we live near the beach but it is so nice to get away and just relax (as much as you can with a one year old).

I wish I had eye lashes like hers…Yay!  I love the beach!!! She has started to copy us when one of us crosses our arms…what a ham! This child LOVES to dance.  Many times a day she comes up to me and says “dance” and does a little dance move…this means “mom, will you please turn the music on.”  I guess she was really excited here because she started dancing on the beach. Taking a break on the steps! Time with Mom

For those of you who don’t know…weather on the Oregon coast is CRAZY….and the water is COLD!  I was a little concerned about Callie Beth and the water.  We recently got back from Charleston where we couldn’t keep her out of the water.  Well, this itty bitty thing would freeze if she played in the water like she did in SC. 

Here is her first feel of the water since our trip. “Oh My Goodness!!!”  I think it took her breath away!"Should I go back??”"No way!  This is great!”Daddy trying to warm up the piggies Jake made a great fit pit for us on the beach…having a fire at night listening to the water is a perfect way to end a day. 

more to come….