no caleigh is not pulling up but she will stand there for a little bit if you put her there... but what she is doing: on last monday while i was at work, adam's mom (gammy) went in to get caleigh up from her first nap and she was on all fours. she is not crawling yet but she is kindof moving backward and getting on all 4s from time to time.
Caleigh and her daddy on Sunday morning at the beach. We were joking about Caleigh going to the ocean because the noise that she listens on her noise machine to sleep is the ocean and waves crashing. We were saying it would be funny if she got to the ocean and just passed out into a deep sleep. That didn't happen of course...
Like the 1 picture I have of her looking at the camera and she happens to have a giant sand toy in her mouth. Go figure. Alot of our pictures show us waving our hand in front of the camera or snapping our fingers and trying to get her to look at us. She was way too interested in the beach to waste her time looking at a camera.
Family picture. Of course Caleigh is focused on her disappearing feet in the water and sand.
In the midst of splashing and playing.
The beach was fun with her but it was so hectic. It didn't really feel much like a vacation for us because 1. we were sleeping in a tiny double bed when we were used to sleeping in a king at home, 2. everytime we went on the beach with Caleigh we had to come back in, rinse her off, put her in a regular diaper, put her in regular clothes, and put her down for a nap, etc. I think vacation is just different when you have a baby than what you are used to. We did have fun swimming in some pretty big waves for N. Myrtle while the grandparents played with Caleigh in the sand. And we had a great time playing golf on Saturday. All in all there are some good memories and it was a fun time.
Gammy and Caleigh on the beach.
Adam helping our little girl with her hat.
Out to dinner at our favorite beach restaurant - the Boundary House in Calabash, NC. Try it sometime!
So apparently having a baby is getting to my head. I FORGOT OUR CAMERA! On Caleigh's first beach trip. Thankfully Adam's parents had a camera that we were able to use but I would have loved to have ours for the first morning on the beach and to get a video of her splashing in the salt water. What's fabulous is that I remembered the camera charger that we maybe use once a month but I forgot the actual camera. I have now added camera in big bold letters at the top of Caleigh's packing list. More pictures to come...
Maggie is enjoying a brownie while Caleigh enjoys her bib.
It was a fun night! After working on Wednesday night we left for the beach 1st thing Thursday morning - this time to North Myrtle with Adam's family... More pictures on that to come.
Walking to breakfast...
Relaxing on the beach (censored for our viewers at home) -
Worst picture EVER of me but I had to post it because it was our only one together on this trip. We left the beautiful weather on the beach to go play golf but the sky got black and the rain was headed in on the 3rd hole. It was probably a good thing though because I was playing so bad. So we left golf and headed to a matinee movie - Get Smart; it was hilarious. After that we cleaned up and went out to dinner in Calabash, NC and had some excellent seafood at the Boundary House. It was a great trip and fun to get away without Caleigh. She did awesome at my parent's house. It did feel like we were forgetting something though without her.
The Winds Resort at OIB... We'll be back next year!
i give her cold/frozen washcloths for her to chew on and she uses her thumb to put it in her mouth - very cute
mom, i don't know about this... let me try something else...
i guess i will pose now mom
actually let me just double check that this think is pretty sturdy
Her handprints came out so perfectly and we love them! One of my friends from our women's bible study volunteered to print all of the kids hands so we got Caleigh's done. She does this as her business. Check it out at http://www.handfulshandprints.com
wait, what was that over there
how big is caleigh grace?
wait, let me see that camera
caleigh really liked playing with her toys in her little flower float.
but she especially liked lounging in her float - wishing she wasn't wearing 50 spf sunscreen so that she could work on her tan... she is just exhibiting her extremely chill, laid-back personality.
she especially loved chewing on the toys and got her second tooth last week! now she has 2 pearly whites on the bottom.
momma and caleigh shot - tough to get a family photo in the pool as the water was so much more fun to look at than the camera.
she recently decided that she prefers sleeping on her stomach and it is super cute. we never know how we are going to find her when we go in to get her up.
As a 6 month old Caleigh is so fun and so cute. This is my favorite age/stage so far (but I think I have said that about all of her stages). About a week before she turned 6 months she started rolling all around the floor, her crib, etc. Before that she could roll but choose not to. Now we can't really leave her on the floor in her room because she manages to wedge herself either head or feet first underneath her crib. In addition to rolling she is sitting up with no help, laughing, and cutting her first tooth! You can see the little white razor - it just broke through on 6/2 and she wasn't too happy about it. That gave me a glimpse of what it would be like to have a high maintanence baby. She is nursing 4 times a day: 7:30, 11:30, 3:30, and 6:30 and she eats baby food after breakfast at 7:30, lunch at 11:30, and dinner at 6:30. At breakfast she eats oatmeal and a fruit - she loves peaches, banana-cado (banana-avocado), and banana-prunes. At lunch she has a fruit and a veggie and at dinner she has rice cereal and a veggie. I have adventured into making her own baby food and it has been so fun! The only thing I don't really make are peaches, apples, prunes... most of those fruits that don't freeze well. Otherwise I bake or steam the veggie, add a little water, and puree and then spoon that into ice cube trays. After they freeze I pop them out and put them in the freezer in freezer bags. It has worked great so far. The other day I packed up most of her 3-6 month clothes and it was so sad! It makes me really sad to think that I might not use them again and that she is really getting so big. At her 6 month visit she was 15 lb. 11 0z. (50th%), I forget her height but it was 50th% and her head was 25-50th%... this is what she has been all along. I'm sure that is much more than you cared to know but there it is. :)
woah, this sitting is some fun stuff... thankfully i'm got this big belly to help me balance my weight...
i really don't know how i feel about sitting up... you're way over there and i'm all alone here
a little help here...
like a sweet little bump on a log
and an amazing husband! caleigh is stealing daddy's hat...
who me? i didn't take that hat! notice the chunky legs - so sweet
could do something like this...
after 3 days of no poop and lots of solids we got this... happy mothers day to me... as a fun bonus - it was all over the car seat too :)
Adam got to meet John Fox (Carolina Panthers coach for those not in the know)... well not really but we did manage to snap this shot in passing.
This is the 17th hole with the island green where we watched much of the play.
Here is Adam watching some Nascar player on 18.
The 18th hole - it has been said that the last couple holes at Quail Hollow are some of the hardest on the tour.
