Wordless Wednesday -- She likes to Drive

17 MONTHS

today you are 17 Months old, Calleigh

AT 17 Months you:

• Walk, Run, climb (like a monkey)
• Eat pretty much anything you can get your hands on. 
• weigh still 14 pounds
• But you are very tall in comparison. 
• You have very little hair, but what you do have looks like it will curl.
• you have 10 teeth (including 4 molars!)
• You have a distinct attitude (much like Caity's was) 
• You love to play by yourself most of the time and get aggravated with sisters who don't know when to leave you alone. 
• LOVE vanilla milk.  
• Say about 25 words including Mama, Dada, Sissy, cat, dog, frog, bee, toy, up, milk, moo, and woof But you don't talk often. 
• You LOVE to hum/sing all the time. You are always making some kind of noise

Keeping it real, peeps, that's Calleigh screaming her head off after busting her lip after a fight with the floor.

Quick post.

It's been a busy time since Christmas. :)



Jared and Misty's baby is a BOY! That's right, folks, I get a nephew! Finally after 5 girls, we get a boy.

Caity did not get good news at her kidney checkup yesterday, but we didn't get worse news either, so we're thankful for that.

I've been getting some good reading in lately. Thanks to late nights and Molars coming in!


Craftiness.

Calleigh loves this lil lovey blanket.

And I'm making plans for Misty's diaper cake.   Going to make it match their bedding which is this

Going to do a layer one, and a turtle one!  :D

Wordless Wednesday --- Gratuitius Pics

I haven't posted many pics lately. So here ya go.

So... Miss Calleigh

We had her 15 month checkup on Nov. 30 (my bday).

It did not go real well.

She had gained no weight, and lost some of what she'd gained. Very disconcerting. Pede labeled her FTT early childhood and we'll be speaking to a nutritionist and having some tests run to rule out any problems.

IN the meantime, I'm keeping a food journal of what she eats, when she eats it, etc.

We've already added in Pediasure. Hoping to try benacalorie soon.

Pray for weight gain. And if you have any good suggestions, throw them at me. (Just remember gluten free, corn free)

Christmas Countdown

As of today there are 18 days left.

What do I have to get done in those 18 days?


Well lets see.

I have to finish:

• Fabric Paper dolls
• 2 felt play mats (1 car track, 1 stove top)
• 1 quiet book
• 3 fleece blankets
• 8 cloth blocks
• 10 lemon sugar hand scrubs
• 10 bath salts
• 5 fish in a bag soaps

And that's it, I think.    Crafting has been slow this week, because Calleigh is teething again.  Poor bug.  

A little Christmas Craftiness....

I'm pretty sure the people these are for, won't ever find my blog, so its safe to share!


Last weekend we worked on some christmas crafts and goodies. We met up with Jessica and Andrew, baby Hannah stayed with her grandma, and we worked on a couple gifts.

First up were these beauties.

Caity's are the multi colored ones, while Izzie and Calleigh's were smaller silver balls. I love how they turned out.


I've printed off this poem to attach to them before we give them out as gifts!



Caitlyn's Snowmen

These aren't just 5 snowmen

as anyone can see...

I made them with my hand

which is a part of me.

Now every year at Christmastime

when you deck your halls,

you can look back and remember

Christmas 2010

when my hand was just this small!

Merry Christmas!

Love, Caitlyn (Of course Isabella and Calleigh's will have their names instead!)


While the handprints were drying, we made some salt dough ornaments. We let the kids use cookie cutters to make the shapes they wanted. Some of them, we mixed glitter into the dough before cutting out.


They all turned out super cute!

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme

TodaysMama and GameStop are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What is your holiday wish for your family?

Just that we all stay healthy and have a good time as a family.

2. What is your Christmas morning / Hanukkah Nightly tradition?
Christmas morning starts whenever the kids wake. They are allowed to collect their stockings when they wake up, but have to wait on gifts for everyone else to wake. Once everyone is awake, we sit down to open gifts. We take turns round robin, with all the kids. Once gifts are all open, DH puts stuff together/puts in batteries, while I make a huge brunch.


3. If you could ask Santa for one, completely decadent wish for yourself, what would it be?
I'd love a Kindle or Nook! And a small gift card to buy books for it!



4. How do you make the holidays special without spending any money?
We do a lot of crafting/baking. Mostly using things we already have in the house.


5. What games did you play with your family growing up?
We played a lot of card games. And of course monopoly. We do a "dirty santa" game every year, even now!



6. What holiday tradition have you carried on from your own childhood?
Cookie baking/decorating. We read the christmas story on christmas eve. PJs opened chirstmas eve.


7. Where would you go for a Christmas/Hanukkah-away-from-home trip?
If we were to leave, I'd go someplace tropical. OR some place with lots of snow.


8. Check out GameStop and tell us, what are the three top items on your GameStop Wish List this year?


Wheel of Fortune for Nintendo DS
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood for Playstation 3
Kinect Dance Party Bundle

5 minutes for Mom's Christmas giveaways

5 Minutes for mom does this yearly. They offer up giveaways for everyone and also provide for families in need (nominated by the general populace)


Be sure to check out the giveaways here But do it quick!

Wordless Wednesday

5 generations on my Daddy's side. How lucky are my girls that they get to know their great great grandmother?

As a sidenote -- She turned 93 the day after that picture was taken!

Bento snack

Just a small snack for the girls we had today.

Left Side: cherry tomatoes, carrots, cheese stick


Right Side: goldfish crackers, hard boiled egg, kiwi berries

Wordless Wednesday -- Fun at the Museum

It's been a rough few weeks.

So much going on.

We got Calleigh's allergy RAST results in. We are now Corn Free (for her) and she was also borderline dairy, but so far dairy is not affecting her.

That meant quite a change in her snacks for the day (She used to love snacking on corn kernals)

We go back next week to check her weight and see if anythings changed, if not, we'll probably be looking at some more tests to find out what is going on there. She hasn't really gained anything since 6 months and she's flatlined on the growth chart.

I'm a little concerned, but trying not to be super worried. I've had small girls before.

3 little Bento's

Been a super busy week. Lots to update on, so little time.

Here's 3 lunches from this past week.

1st up is a school lunch for Caity.

She has on the left, orange container of Ranch dressing, Carrots, Grape tomatoes, half a cheese stick.
Right side: Dino chicken nuggets, a Colby Jack dino cheese cutout, and a mini fruit roll up.

That same day Izzie had this lunch (She wasn't feeling well, so it wasn't as full)

Top: Chicken nuggets, half a cheese stick, baby carrots, Hand cheese cutout.
Bottom: Cheeze Its, min fruit roll up, and she had a deviled egg too, but she ate it before I got a picture.


Yesterday's lunch for Caity.

Left Side: PB & strawberry fig jelly sandwich (heart shaped), Ausome fruit Apple Stick, some orange fruit nuggets
Right side: Baby carrots, added in ranch after the picture, Various crackers and cheese cutouts. Her initials C, E, and J, and some mini stars.

*She ate it all*


For more fun lunches check out Shannon's What's for lunch