Calla playing in her bouncy toy!

Enjoy a cute little video of Calla! She is getting so big!

Calla's First Time Swimming/ The 4th of July!

Calla went swimming for the first time a few weeks ago. We wanted to take her to our condo community pool, but it is so crowded all of the time! We ended up taking her to Tim's parents super awesome indoor pool! She wasn't sure what to think. She didn't cry or anything, but was just kind of nonchalant. Although we have taken her a few more times since then and she LOVES it! She is definitely a baby that loves water. Daddy and Grandpa Pranger love to take her in the pool :) Here are some pictures from her first adventure in the pool :)

Calla with Grandma Pranger!

First time touching the pool water!

Mommy and Calla :)

Daddy and Calla :) 

Our little family in the pool :)

The 4th of July was also a great day! Tim of course had to work until late at night, so Calla and I went over to his family's house and spent the day with them. Grandma Pranger has been so nice and got some things for me to make Calla's scrapbook! She also is helping me make it. I like her input :) We went to the Country club to meet up with Grandpa Pranger, Uncle Alex and Uncle Eric for lunch. It was fun :) Once daddy came to the house, we got to set off some fireworks. Calla did not like them one bit. Although, it was WAYYYY past her bed time, so she was very tired. Grandma Pranger, Calla and I watched the fireworks from inside, which was okay because I'm a little scared of them haha :) The day was great and I'm glad we got to spend her first 4th of July with family :) Here are some pictures from the day! I will post more on Facebook as well!  

Mommy and Calla :)

Uncle Eric got Calla a cute pink inflatable baseball bat!

In the middle of screeching :) She loves her bat!

Grandpa Pranger and Calla!

Uncle Alex and Uncle Eric played with Calla for a long time! She loved it :)

Kitchen sink bath!

A very sunburndt daddy with Calla :)

Calla's 6-month Well Baby Checkup!

Calla had her 6-month well baby checkup yesterday. She did great! He did a few little things to see if she was able to them, like hold out a tongue depresser and see if she would grab it, put it in her mouth, and put it in the other hand. She passed with flying colors! Here are her current stats: weight: 14 lbs. 12 ounces (25th percentile); height 26.2 inches (60th percentile); and head circ. 17 inches (50-60th percentile). She also got her round of shots, she was upset before the nurse even started! I think she knows that table by now and cries instantly when placed on it. She is always very happy for the doctor though, so that is good! The doctor said that we can now start mashing up what we eat and let her try it! We are pretty excited about that seeing as she is always sticking her hand in our food and trying to eat it! Her next appointment is at 9 months, but the doctor is already booked until the middle of September, so it will have to be when she is 10 and a half months! She doesn't have to get shots at that one, thankfully, just a checkup! I can't believe she is already 6 months old! Time is flying by. I miss how little she was, but I love the stage of life she is in now. She is always giggling, smiling, babbling, and playing and I love it! It's so fun to watch her develop into a little girl with a fun personalitly :)
I have also started using cloth diapers. I know, you make think I am crazy haha. I started researching them to see how much money we would actually save. It is quite a bit! You have to spend some money up front to get your stash going, but over a couple of years, you save a lot of money. I use the Charlie Banana cloth diapers. They are the pocket diaper, so you have inserts that go in them. They have washable inserts, which I use on a daily basis, but they also have disposable ones for when you are out and about. The disposable work well for babysitting, I don't think Tim's parents mind :) haha. They work really well and are not that hard to wash them and all that good stuff! They are much softer on Calla's little bummy and she seems to be okay with them as well! (I think she could really care less what kind of diaper she is wearing at this age!) I would reccommend cloth diapering to anyone who wants to save money or be good for the environment! The one thing I have noticed, is that you can't let them sit for even a couple of days between washes, because they start to hold the smell of pee, so you have to wash 1 load everyday, not that hard. I love them and thought I should share! :)

6-month old Calla!

Calla is now 6 months old and becoming super curious and energetic. She laughs a lot and is constantly babbling. She is so cute! Here are a couple of videos of her babbling and giggling!

Here she is sitting by herself!

 And falling over... but still smiling!

 And again with no pants!

Something else Calla has gotten really good at is sitting by herself! She can do it for a really long time and has good balance, you just have to sit by her because she randomly falls over haha! She is so much fun and we can tell she just wants to crawl so badly! She rolls a lot now and and can lift her chest up off of the floor when on her tummy. She has her 6 month well baby check up this month so I will put up her numbers when we get them!

Tim has been very busy lately with work and teaching golf lessons! He has a lot of students now. He works so hard and I am so proud of him, he is such a good provider for our family. I am loving staying home with Calla. She keeps me busy that's for sure! We just hang out, play, eat and sleep haha :) And of course change diapers! I have started using cloth diapers, which I surprisingly LOVE! I will write a post about them soon :) The three of us also got to go to Idaho for our nephew, Mathew's blessing. It was so much fun to see everyone! We miss everyone so much already!  Calla misses everyone, she loved all of the attention :) We hope we can come to Texas this summer! We also just moved into our new condo in Pleasant Grove. We love it! It is so nice and big :) Pictures to come a little later :) I must go do the dishes now, but I will write more updates later!

  

Calla's First Easter!

This Easter was Calla's very first Easter! I think she had a very good one! We started the morning with homemade cinnamon rolls, pigs in a blanket, and fresh cut up pineapple. We had to eat at 6 in the morning because Tim had to go to work from 7-12.

Calla was asleep while we ate breakfast.

After Tim got home we skyped for a little bit with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson and Great Grandma Mega. It was fun to talk to them! We then took some pictures all dressed up in our Easter clothes (well Calla in her Easter clothes :))

We then went to church. Calla was just babbling away during relief society. You would think she was trying to teach the lesson! During Sacrament meeting she did the same thing. She is a funny little girl :) We left church a little early so we could make it to Tim's parent's house in time for dinner. But before that we had to give Calla her Easter basket!

Yes, she is only 5 months old, but it was more for me to have fun! She does like her stuffed animal though! I have a video of us showing her her basket from the Easter Bunny, but I can't get it to load. I will post it probably tomorrow :) There was a lot of family there which was fun and made for a great Easter! We fed Calla then put her straight to bed, she was exhausted from all of the attention! So I think Calla had a pretty great first Easter!  

In other news, Tim and I have found us a place to live! We found a pretty new condo in Pleasant Grove to rent out. It is 3 bed 2 bath and 1200 square feet! It also has an awesome kitchen and master bath! We are moving in on May 10th! Yay! :)

I will be posting some videos of Calla hopefully tomorrow! She has been laughing all morning and we got a little glimpse of it on camera!

Calla's first solid foods/4 month well baby checkup!

Calla had her 4 month well-baby check up yesterday. The doctor said she looks really good! She weighs 12 pounds 7 ounces now which puts her in the 25th percentile. She is 24 and a half inches long, which puts her in the 70th percentile, and her head is in the 50th percentile! It was a very interesting appointment, seeing as when we got there she had a HUGE blowout of poo in her diaper, add that to her being asleep when we got there and that makes her a very unhappy baby to be at the doctor. She also got her second round of shots :(. Poor baby! At least she was happy for the actual doctor. He said she is a very curious and active baby, which is good. He also thinks she has started to develop a little bit of stranger awareness early, which isn't bad, but will be a little bit difficult! Overall she is doing very well. She sleeps through the night (about 10 hours a night), and is a happy little girl! She will have her next appointment at 6 months. I can't believe she's already getting to that point!

In other news, the doctor told us to go ahead and try giving her some solid baby food. He said that he thinks she will take to it pretty quickly and he was right! Here is a video of her eating some sweet potatoes (we tried some peas and she did not like them at all, but she loves the sweet potatoes!) 

Yay sweet potatoes!

Messy girl!

Trying to suck on her arm... :)

Meet the Great Grandparents!

Last night Calla got to meet her great grandma and grandpa Peterson! It was such a treat! We visited for a little bit, and Calla was all smiles :). Then we went to dinner! It was a great night! :)

In other news, Calla has also started rolling over from tummy to back! It is so fun to watch her roll and look at me like now what mom? Things have been pretty crazy lately with Tim starting full time at the Ranches and Thanksgiving Point and still going to school. Calla and I just stay home, run errands and have some fun! Calla is also starting to get a little tooth! (I think...) haha, it is hard to tell, but something white is starting to barely break through her gums on the bottom and she is very very drooly, so I think so! Calla is a little over 12 pounds now and she has her 4 month well baby check-up next Monday, so we will get some more of growth numbers! She is also sleeping about 10 hours in a row at night, it is wonderful! If she doesn't sleep through the night, she will only wake up once. She is a pretty content little girl, most of the time... haha. Nothing new is really going on with Tim and I, Tim is just busy busy busy!

Tim got a cute picture of Calla in his hat, here it is!