Calla's First Halloween!

This post is a little late... but here is all about Calla's first Halloween! Calla and I spent the day together doing our normal stuff like running errands and cleaning up the condo. We headed over to Tim's paren'ts house for dinner around 5 o'clock. Tim had to work, so he didn't get there until a little bit later. We had some dinner and I got Calla all dressed up in her costume. She was dressed up as Rapunzel! We got her costume from the Disney store, it was so cute! She didn't have the long hair, but she had a little purple puff bow. She looked adorable! I don't have any pictures up yet, because Tim's brother Alex took the pictures on his camera because I didn't have ours. So once I get the pictures from him I will post them! Once Tim got there, we finally got to go trick-or-treating! Grandpa Pranger came with us! We just went around their little coldasac plus a couple of more houses. It was really fun! Calla was really tired though, because by this time it was already like 8 at night. Everyone thought she was adorable anyways! haha It was so much fun and we got some awesome candy haha :) I mean Calla got some awesome candy... :) It was a great first Halloween for her! Pictures to come soon! :)

In other news, Tim got a job for the winter! Yay :)

Family Update!

Here is what has been going on with us lately! I will start with Tim :) Last week Tim was working really hard to practice and get prepared to take the PAT (Players Ability Test). Now, I'm not very good at explaining what it means but... basically if you pass the PAT you get to become a registered member of the PGA (Proffesional Golf Association). You have to shoot less than +7 over par over the course of 36 holes. (that's 2 rounds of 18 holes played back to back!) Tim was able to shoot +1 over par total, which means he passed!! Calla and I are so proud of him! :) Other than that he is spending his time working at the golf course, teaching lessons, going to school, and spending time with Calla and I. As for me, I have been going to school, which is so hard this semester. All I want to do is stay home with Calla and take care of her, which I basically do, but going to class is so hard! I only have one class on campus (biology). I spend most of my time cleaning, cooking, and of course taking care of Calla! It is such a fun job and I love being a mom! Last, but definitely not least, we have Calla! Calla has developed in so many ways since the last time I posted a family update! She will be 11 months old on November 1st. I cannot believe how old she is already. It is so wierd to think that this time last year she was in my belly and I was huge just wanting her to come out already so we could meet her! And now she is almost a year old! I think we will be spending her first birthday with Tim's family. I have decided to make a giant cupcake cake with mini cupcakes around it. I might even put icecream in the big cupcake! We will find out if I am talented enough for this haha. Some milestones that she has hit in the past few months are: crawling at around 9 and a half months, she got her two bottom teeth some time in the middle of August, she is now getting her two front top teeth, she is eating basically everything we eat now (besides straight up cow's milk), she is trying to pull up on things and stand up, she says mama and dada all of the time, she learned how to click her tongue, and she shakes her head no all of the time! You ask her any question and she will shake her head no at you! As you can see, she has been busy! On a not so positive note, she had a phase where she just wouldn't sleep through the night. It was after she started crawling... she just really wanted out of her crib! She often times falls asleep now curled up in the corner either on her side or on her knees... it's so cute! She has just now started to sleep through the night again... thank goodnesss! Last night was a very good night for her, she is actually still asleep now! We love Calla so much and love to see her grow in different ways everyday! in family news, we will be going down to Katy for Christmas this year! We are so excited! Right before that my sister, Elise will be having her second baby! Their baby could possibly be born on Calla's birthday! That would be pretty crazy, but I am predicting baby will come earlier than her birthday :) We also go our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago, which I'm sure you have seen on my Facebook! Well that is it for now! :) The next post will most likely be about our Halloween fun! :)

Calla Crawling!

Calla can finally crawl! She has been trying so hard to figure it out for the past few months and she finally figured it out :) All I had to do was make myself a grilled cheese sandwich and eat it sitting on the floor with her. She just crawled right too it! It was so fun to see her first time crawling, I wish Tim had been there to see it too! Tim had lessons all day, so he rushed home in between his last two lessons before she went to bed to see her crawl :) We are very proud of her! Here are a couple of videos of her crawling :)

 

 

Calla loves water!

Tim had the day off today, so we decided to take Calla to the Lindon pool to play in the water. We had never been there before and it turned out to be an awesome pool with a lazy river and tons of little kiddie pools! Calla had so much fun, and she definitely loves water. Maybe she will be a swimmer some day! :) Here is a video of her in the pool :) (sorry for the poor qualtiy, we did this on Tim's phone and blogger apparenltly does not like that haha!)

Calla loves to play with daddy at the pool! :)

Mommy and Calla! You can see some red in her hair from the sun! She wanted to look at everyone playing in the water, so we got her to look at the camera for a second haha.

Playing on the table with her towel! (Yes, we were ready to catch her if she chose to roll off the edge haha)

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! :)