The Birthday Party

OK, it has taken me more than a few days to post pictures of the birthday party. Life is kinda busy when daddy is out of town. We had a very nice small birthday party of Calla the weekend before her birthday. Here she is looking very excitedly at her cake. She ejoyed Mommy's yummy carrot cake!

Rowan, Maddison, and Calla all playing in her Dora fort. They had a great time!

Calla and Maddison are NICU buddies. It is hard to believe that these two little girls eachstarted out less than 5 lbs. It has been fun to see them both grow so big over the last two years.

Calla got a tricycle from Nana and Papa. She loves to ride it and looks like such a big girls!!

Mom and Dad got Calla a water and sand play table. After Calla started drinking the water with the sand in it, it turned into an all sand table for now. Still lots of fun!

Look how cool I am. Thanks Aunt Charlotte, Uncle John, and cousin Jake for the great gift!

The Oregon Garden

Scott's parensts were in town last week to celebrate Calla's 2nd Birthday. We had lots of fun and several adventures. I will post pictures of her actual birthday later this week, but I wanted to share the wonderful day we had at the Oregon Garden.

Calla was very busy the day we were exploring the garden so there are very few pictures of her sitting still. We had to snap all of the pictures on the move. Here she is enjoying some flowers.

Calla loves to pick flowers, we had to keep her from picking all the beautiful in the garden.

Calla loves to climb. Here Grandma and Grandpa are helping her climb on the big rocks.

And now Daddy and Grandpa.

Grandma and Calla doing the steps.

Calla loves water, Daddy and her were watching the fishes in the pool.

Grandma and Calla catching a very brief breather on a park bench.

A very quick family photo shot after snack time.

Look at the WONDERFUL Grandparents. We can't wait for them to visit again soon!

Calla watching Grandma and Grandpa take a break. She does not always understand why everyone seems to get so tired when they spend time with her:)

Off to the next adventure. More tomorrow.

Never A Dull Moment

Calla keeps us all very busy these days. We are always on the move, either dancing and marching around the house, visiting the horses down the street or playing in the backyard there is almost no down time while Calla is awake. We enjoy every minute of it but would appreciate it if her naps were longer than 1 hour.

Calla wearing Momma's shoes.
Calla loves to say "cheese".

Calla only sleeps for 1 hour in her crib at nap time, but then is more than willing to sleep for an hour or more on mom or dad's lap. Kinda hard to get much done, but you have to love the cuddle time.

Visiting the horses, Calla is full of smiles!

Calla saying "hello" to baby Hannah.

Playing in the backyard.

Relaxing on Saturday morning with a little Dora.

Momma and Calla playing on the couch.

Calla loves to help mom clean, here she is taking a break after sweeping the living room.

Calla's play room, with chalk board paint, kitchen, and coloring table!

I think someone is a little ticklish!

Taking a walk in the neighborhoodand Aspen showing she still has some hops!

I think I can climb this fence mommy, what do you think?

Calla's favorite part of our evening walks, carrots for the neigh, neighs (better known as a horse).

Calla has already figured out that sometimes you have to stop and smell the flowers!

YEAH!

This is her, "gonna gitcha" pose.

New Camera

I got a new camera for my birthday, a Canon G11 and I love it so far! But have only had it for a day. So hear are the first photos I took with it, of Calla of course!

Calla is doing great and seem to get busier and busier every day. She loves to be outside, it is the second thing she asked for every day. The first of course being breakfast. She loves to just roam around our new big backyard and chase Aspen or play tag/chase with mom and dad. So here are some photos of Calla playing in the yard.

Calla exploring the yard.

Calla and Aspen hanging out. Playing with some of the cool camera options.

Picking flowers!

Calla, Daddy, and Aspen playing "gonna getcha ya"

Calla looking for Duckies in the seasonal pond next to our house.

We do get some yard work out of her, though not very much.

What daddy?

CHEEZE! She loves to make this face!

Nana Lynda

We had a great visit from Nana Lynda last week or maybe the week before, they all blend together sometimes. Anyway, we (especially Calla) had a great time hanging out and playing with Nana. We did not leave the house much during her visit because Calla was getting over a cold and Mom and Dad's colds were just starting. So we had several days when we were all home with Nana and Calla playing (yeah), while mom and dad were napping!

Family Hug!


Cheers everyone! Calla is hiding behind her water bottle.

Calla loves to ride on shoulders now. What could be better than having your own personnel horse! Faster Daddy, Faster!

Check out what I made Nana.

Do not ask me what those two are doing? But it looks like they are having fun! I think Nana wants to go back to Kindergarten, she had way to much fun playing with Calla.

Yeah!

Calla loves her bath time and her duckies!