Beach Fun

Well all I can say is thank goodness Kaleigh loves the beach like her mommy!!!! We arrived at our hotel in Clearwater late afternoon/ early evening on Monday and after having a light dinner we took Kaleigh out to the beach and let her play in the sand and stick her feet in the ocean. She loved it. The next day we spent a about 3 or 4 hours at the beach and yes we had her covered in sunscreen and under the beach unbrella. She had lots of fun playing in the sand, she didn't want to play in the ocean after a certain daddy let a wave splash her in the face. That evening we went out to dinner and Kaleigh had a great time drinking her juice and watching the birds that kept hanging around to see what she was going to drop next. Our last day at the beach was wonderful, best weather we had the entire time in Florida. We spent almost 5 hours at the beach and Kaleigh decided she didn't want to play with her sand toys but wanted to sit in one of our beach chairs. She did renew her love of the ocean. We played in a tidal pool for almost an hour and then we got her floating toy and got her out in the ocean and let her "ride" the waves and she LOVED it. The day ended far to early but we did go back out and take a few pictures on the beach that night and then we walked on the pier and enjoyed some ice cream.

Pool Playing

We spent the past week in Florida visiting Brent's parents, going to Clearwater beach and Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay. Here are a few pictures of Kaleigh playing in the pool at her grandparents subdivision. The best part of the pool is that one area was beach style so it had a gradual decline going into the water and Kaleigh could crawl in and out at will. Unfortunately it rained a lot while we were there so she didn't get to play in the pool as much as we wanted.

First Labor Day Weekend

Well, here in the Callahan household it was a low key weekend. Kaleigh has been feeling bad since Thursday so I stayed home with her all weekend except for running some errands on Saturday and then the 3 of us going to the grocery store on Sunday. You can tell that she didn't feel good in the pictures but she definitely had fun with the finger paint that her daddy brought home for her on Sunday.

The Chair

Anyone who has spent much time with Kaleigh knows that she loves to climb into chairs. She fell in love with a Pottery Barn chair that belongs to Mike and Susan. Brent and I have been planning to get her one and today I finally did. SHE LOVES IT!!!!! She had to wait until about 30 minutes before bedtime to get to play with it because her wonderful Godmother Susan embroidered her name on it for her. It looks perfect. I would have loved to have gone with pink of course but Brent said "NO MORE PINK" so I went with the green instead and with her name in pink on it, it turned out perfect. Thank you Susan. The only problem with the chair is that another little girl in the house loves it too.

Check it out!!!!

Our good friends and Kaleigh's Godparents Mike and Susan are waiting to bring home their son Cameron from China. The wait has turned out to be much longer than they thought it would be and it has been hard since they have known who Cameron is the entire time. The good part of the wait (if there can be a good part) is that it has allowed them the opportunity to do so many wonderful things for Cameron's orphanage. They are doing one last fundraiser (since hopefully they will be traveling soon) and hopefully some of you will feel it in your heart to donate to the cause. Check out their blog, applejuice wishes and cheerios dreams listed on the left side of this blog under links for the information on the fundraiser.

Latest Accomplishments

Friday night I was sitting on the couch in our bonus room enjoying a quite night at home with Brent and Kaleigh. Kaleigh loves to stand and pat on the couch and look at me and giggle so imagine my surprise when she turns around, throws her hands in the air and takes off walking!!!! Granted it was only about 3 steps and not the most stable, but she wasn't lunging or being supported by anything. Of course, I screamed, Brent missed it and neither of us had a camera handy. She took an occassional step throughout the weekend and I am trying not to rush the whole walking thing. On Saturday she woke up in such a happy mood and about an hour and a half later she was the most unhappy child in the world. It was a few hours later before I discovered a very sharp "eye" tooth just about to come thru her gums. That explains the very unhappy baby. Despite the fact that she was feeling bad she spent the evening at a cookout at her Godparent's house to help them celebrate the Heavenly Birthday of their son Kyan. On Sunday we had her first professional portraits made and they turned out so pretty. It helps that the subject of the photos is so beautiful!!! Then this evening after having a rough morning with gums still hurting Kaleigh and I come home to spend an evening alone (daddy was at work) and while having dinner the child who has REFUSED to clap her hands......starts clapping her hands together!!!! She really is my child, you can't "make" either of us do anything you have to wait and let us just do it when we are ready!!! Of course daddy missed the first steps and the first time she claps her hands together. He got the first poopy diaper so I guess she feels like mommy needs some first of her own.

Trip to KY

We spent the weekend in KY last weekend and Kaleigh finally got to meet the last of the cousins and her other Uncle on my (Sandy) sided of the family. She had a lot of fun playing at her Uncle Jon's house and on our way to see mom and dad we took her to see her Uncle Greg for the first time and his son Max who is only 3 1/2 months older than her. They are as different as night and day when you look at them but they were like two peas in a pod when they were playing together. Yes, Kaleigh climbed to the top of this play area by her self and came down the slide a few times and then she decided to lead Max on an adventure and decided to head for the maze at the top of the play area. Thanks for climbing up and sending them down the slide Greg!