all the new things...

Callie is getting to be more and more fun every day!

You may remember that our sweet girl did her fair share of crying screaming for a good part of her early days. Starting at 3 weeks and continuing until she was well into her 2nd month of life. As I type that I think that surely doesn't seem like a very long time, but it was when we were all up in the middle of it. And when you don't know if it's going to last 3 months or 13 months, it can make new parents quite anxious. I thought we would never have a content, happy baby again. I say again because she was so content for the first 2 weeks after we brought her home. But she is back and we are loving every minute!!

Now, back to the FUN part. She is now quite easy to entertain and keep happy. She is much more predictable. She is much more interactive. She is much more concerned about the things around her.

She has started to notice the dogs so much! She is constantly watching them and turning so she can see them. It's neat to watch. She even reaches out and touches them now. Look at her with her hand back on him. Awwww...

She is a busy raspberry blowing thing! She loves to make noises with her mouth. It's just the cutest thing!

She loves to have her blankets up near her face. If she's in her carseat or swing, you can guarantee she's got ahold of the blanket and has it up around her face, most all the time it is in her mouth.

She has FINALLY giggled. Not a big belly laugh. Yet. But a sweet little sound. She used to just open her mouth really wide like she wanted to laugh, but no sound would come out. Yesterday, sound came out! Courtney and I were both home during Snowpallooza to hear it! :)

(please disregard how stupid I sound in the backgroud...anything for a laugh, I guess...)

She has great neck control and likes being on her belly more and more...

...sort of.

She is figuring out how to roll from back to front. If she has enough momentum she can do it. Otherwise, she gets stuck like this:

...and has no idea what to do with that silly arm.

She is quickly losing her hair. Which bums me out because our baby girl is supposed to have wild and crazy hair. I don't want it all to fall out!! I find her hair everywhere! In her carseat and swings...in her bouncy seat...on her clothes. *sigh*

She's getting big enough to play in some of her "big baby" toys...like her Jenny Jump Up.

Well, almost. ;)

We got her a new bath seat. We were using a fisherprice bathtub, which was great when she was tiny and could fit in the sling part, but now she can't and she was not a fan of the seat in that tub. So I got her something new! It sits in the tub and you fill the actual bath tub up and the seat becomes immersed in the water. She really loves it! She kicks her legs out over the side and just hangs out.

This is such a FUN age! Can we just go ahead and freeze time??