A New Normal

Well, here we are at the end of our first week of day care for CallieBug and back to work for me. It was so hard to leave her and I cried like no one should ever cry in front of people. Here's us leaving her for the first time (yeahh, I know, I'm a puffy-eyed mom):

It's a challenge juggling the new life of being a "working mom," but so many people do it, so I know we will, too. I returned to my classroom to see total cuteness:

So for now, we're going to just enjoy EVERY second of our weekends and count down to summer! Here are a couple fun videos of Callie learning some independent play:

Sunny Days Sweeping the Clouds Away

Callie had her first trip to the park! In reality, it lasted about 4 minutes because it was SOOO hot and sunny (it got to 85 degrees here yesterday!!), but we played a little and had a good time... here's a video and some photos.

In other news, we had our first video request... for some dancing... the details were that it had to involve some kicking and silliness... so this one's for you, Michael. ;)




Tomorrow is the big day... I go back to work and Calista starts at Day Care. I'm sure you can imagine how I feel about all of that, but such is life, and now we'll just count down until our time together this summer!!

Photo Shoot!

Callie got all "summered" up for a photo shoot in her nursery last week! I happen to think she looks pretttttty cute. Our friend Morgan is starting her own photography business. She's really fantastic and captures perfect little moments... If you go to her website and click on "Client Gallery" you can look at Calista's pictures at your own pace. You should totally call Morgan to take pictures for you so you can brag about it when she becomes rich and famous.
http://www.morgandawson.com/

daddy makes an appearance

Don't get your hopes up, it's still me writing the post, but Ken has been caught on video and I thought I should pass it along to everyone who's been requesting some daddy time on the blog! :) I'll do my best to catch Ken more often so you can see his daddy skills!

Soooo, first, Daddy battles Callie in the "Rice Cereal War of 2008."

THEN, Ken has no idea I have the camera on him and starts singing to Callie... I wish I hadn't stopped it... it got WAY funnier after the camera stopped rolling!

In other news, Callie had a photo shoot today with Morgan... you all know how fabulous Morgan's work is, so you can imagine how excited we are to see how they turned out! I'll be sure to post some for you all to see!

Oh - one more thing... has anyone been able to "subscribe" and get updates from this blog? I've had a hard time figuring that all out...

spring break should last forever

Ken's been home on Spring Break this week and it's been soooo nice to all be home together. It's hard to imagine that when school starts back up on Monday I won't be a "stay at home Mom" anymore... I went to school today to get myself organized and Callie had some daddy time. I can't believe it's already time to send our little Bug to daycare. Here's some of today's cuteness.

Apple Juice

Don't worry, we DO know we're only supposed to introduce a new food every five days. We know we just started the rice cereal yesterday, but because she's been having it in her bottles for a long time now, the doctor said we already know she isn't allergic to it, so she told us to try infant apple juice. Soooo, check out her hilarious little face:

rollllllllllllling.....

Our little munchkin is learning to roll from her belly to her back...

such a rookie!

Okay, so the doctor tells us yesterday to start rice cereal. I have been waiting for this and couldn't wait to try it!! Soooo, instead of waiting until the morning, I decide we simply must try it at her next feeding. BIG mistake. She was crabby and screaming before we even started, so what reasonable person tries something new (and difficult) with a baby who is already freaking out? Anyway, it was a huge disaster and we gave up.

Today... take two. It was again, a total failure... at first. THEN we decided to do her bottle first (we're supposed to still do bottles in addition to the rice cereal). MUUUCH better. She was full and happy and more ready for the challenge.

So we went from this:


... to this:


And in the end... maybe 75% of it ended up on her bibs (yes, bibS - plural), but for now...
job well done, Calista!

Old Video! Learning how to use the pacifier!

Here are some old videos for your enjoyment... more coming later...

Learnning how to use the pacifier (Jan. '08)!

Learning how to smile (Feb. '08)!

Here goes nothing...

Hi everyone! Welcome to our attempt at a family blog. I use the word "our" loosely because you all know Ken won't come anywhere near this thing... soooo, welcome to MY attempt to share some Lumb Love. I thought this would be a great way to post some videos so you can see the Lumbs (well, Callie specifically) in action. Let's see how this all turns out... I think there might be a way to "subscribe" to this blog so you can be notified if we add a new video or something, but I'm still trying to figure everything out. I like to think I understand technology, but this might take some practice. Here goes nothing...