Father's Day Weekend!!

It has been a good one. It started off that my work plans changed and I do not have to go out of town until Monday now instead of today. So we went to Calla's first baseball game Friday night. Calla did not know what to make of the mascot for the Corvallis Knights, but we had a lot of fun with some co-workers. Calla even stayed up until 8:30. Today, Calla and Courtney took me to breakfast at Zia's for a great breakfast burrito. Then the whole family (Calla, Mom, Dad, and Aspen) went to the coast for a walk on the beach and to take Calla to the aquarium to see fish, sharks, sea otters, sea birds, and much more. I believe she was truely fascinated by all the amazing sea life she saw. Her pointing finger never stopped the entire time we were there.


Calla has made some big leaps and bounds lately. On a trip out to eastern Oregon last weekend, Courtney and I both got to see Calla take her first two steps in a Best Western hotel on Prineville, OR. That same morning she said her first two word sentence, "Hi Da". We had tried to do our first camping trip that weekend, but it was a little too rainy and a little too muddy for Calla's first camping trip. It would have been no fun to be stuck in a tent the whole time.


As you know from all the past blogs, Aspen, or "didi" is very important to Calla. She is the first thing Calla want to see every morning. We had a scare with her a few weeks ago and thought we were going to lose her. But it turns out she has a treatable disease called, Addison's Disease. Basically, her adrenal glad has stopped working so her patasium and sodium levels where almost at lethal levels. We cought it just in time and now all Aspen needs is a shot once a month to give her what her adrenal glad is not producing to regulate everything. Within a few days of getting her first shot she was back to her old self. It has been good to see and she had a great time running on the beach today. Well enough talk and on to the picures, enjoy!

Calla laughing at Aspen on the beach.

Riding the sea turtle with mama.

Checking out the Puffins at the aquarium.

Calla's famous pointing finger!

No I do not ride the short bus! I am just trying to get use to my bike helmet, so I can go on a ride with mama and dada in my new bike trailer Uncle John and Aunt Charlotte got me.

YEAH!!!! Yes, the lion goes everywhere with us now.

You sure are funny dada!

Stop poking me with that stick dada.

Calla chillin' in her new camping chair with drink holder!

Oh, and Calla has graduated to the next room and daycare with the other wobblers! She also waves at everyone she sees and loves to "high-five" now.