The Girls Visit Ohio

The Shaff Girls and I had a very exciting week. Last Friday I boarded a plan with Calla and Hannah (yes, no Scott) and we flew from Oregon to Ohio. The girls were GREAT!! Calla made friends in both airports we had layovers in and they made me laugh many times. Yes there were moments when I was ready to pull my hair out (like when Calla was eating Cheerios as fast as she could trying to keep herself awake), but the trip was great. My family loved having the girls for a visit.

Hannah wore herself out smileing at the family. She even learned to roll over while we were there.

Calla, Grandpa, and Grandma feeding the ducks.

A boat ride.

Calla teaching papa how to "feed" the babies.

Calla giving Grandma and Hannah a ride on the swing.

Calla having a rare moment of quite time.

Grandma and "Happy" Hannah.

Playing in the leaves.

Calla enjoying a ride from uncle Tom.

Calla raking the leaves for Papa.

Off to the park.

Burn piles, Pumkins, Hay Rides, and Hiking; It must be Fall

We had a great October weekend. I started it off by burning my yard debris that I have been accumulating for the past 11 months. Wow, we have been in our new house for 11 months now and we are still hanging pictures. Oh well, that is life with two little people! On Saturday we went to the local farm for a hayride, pumkins, and climbing on a hay pyramid. Then today we went on a great hike with the whole family. Everyone did great and Calla actually hiked about 2 miles of the 4 mile hike. What a great little hiker we have!!

My burn pile that took 11 months to build and only about 45 minutes to burn down.

The sisters hanging out on some hay.

Calla jumping off a hay bale. Calla now loves to jump off anything and everything.

Climbing with dad!

Searching for the perfect Calla pumkin with mom and Hannah.

I found it!

Looking cool in the pumkin patch! And making sure no one takes our pumkin!

Post hike snack in the car, Calla had a great time hiking!

Hannah looking cute on the trail during lunch.

Family photo on the bridge, even got Aspen in the photo.

Calla enjoying her PBandJ while sitting on the bridge.

It is getting close to Halloween, so we had to throw in Calla and Aspen looking their scariest!

Our friend the Rough-skinned Newt we met on the hike!

Calla and Daddy having fun touching trees.

Sisterly Love and Family Smiles

Calla loves her baby sister and is always close by her side when they are both awake. Hannah loves to watch her big sister run around the house and be silly. They are going to be a pair once Hannah starts to move!

Hannah showing Daddy her beautiful smile.

Hannah is finally developing some patience with tummy time. Here we even got her to smile.

Calla is always taking care of her babies, "Baby Abbey" and "Baby Cinderella". She loves to set her chairs up around Hannah and the babies and Calla sit and talk to Hannah.

Sisters, Babies, and Princess Dresses

Calla has been a great big sissy and loves to "play" with Hannah. She has also started to play with her 2 babies a lot lately, Baby Abbey and Baby Cinderella. The two babies do everything with her and Calla puts them to bed, rocks them to sleep, has them sit with her and color,and even feeds the babies. She also got her first Princess dress the other day and wore it most of the day today along with a few other dresses we got her. Below are a few pictures of our latest activities. Is there still hope Calla will be a tomboy??? If not, I can still work on Hannah!

Little Miss Cutie

Another picture daddy?

Sisters hanging out!

Little Miss Cinderella


Calla carrying Baby Abbey. Baby Cinderella was left at home I guess?

Calla and Daddy playing mandolin and singing!

Calla and Hannah in Hannah's Fort.

Arizona in the Fall

Everything takes longer with two kids, but boy is it worth it!! We had a wonderful trip to AZ a couple of weeks ago. Both kids were amazing on the plane and we are very proud of them! It was great to see all of the Shaff family and celebrate both Papa Shaff and Jake's birthdays.

Papa and Nana Shaff and their three grandchildren.

To escape the AZ heat that the NW Shaff's are not used to we headed to Mt Lemon one day. It was a beautiful day and as always Calla was on the move.
Look at me Dad!!

A moment of rest with Mommy, these were few and far between during the trip.
Hannah also enjoyed Mt Lemon with a short nap in Nana's arms.

Papa Shaff enjoyed meeting his newest grandchild. Hannah was happy to show off her smile to Papa!

Calla and her Nana enjoying the warm summer evening. What a pair!

Calla loves her baby sister and enjoys telling her stories, dancing for her and entertaining her in general.

Jake also enjoyed getting to know Hannah.

We all loved Nana and Papa's pool. After the first couple of days Calla was getting everyone wet, jumping in the water and riding on the raft. She was a little fish!

John, Jake, Scott, and Hannah. There is just a little Shaff resemblance.

A quick family photo after a trip to the Tucson Zoo. It was a wonderful Zoo and we will definitely visit again when we are back in Tucson.