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So our local news here in Illinois said it was a new trend for mom's to be blogging in their spare time. As I'm sitting there thinking, "What spare time?" -- I eventually decided it would be in everyone's best interest if I was consistent in my updates. So, hopefully this is a new trend for this mom, I'm going to try and update our blog at least every 3 days if not more.








Since my last post, Callie has started eating some of our meal with us since she has teeth to do it. She really enjoyed her pasta yesterday as you can see from our latest pictures. She's also begun pulling herself up to a standing position. She climbs up on everything and anyone she can. The only problem is she gets up and stands for a long time but then when she gets tired, she's not quite sure how to get down. Needless to say, we've been getting a lot of little bumps these past few days. The crying is mostly caused by hurt pride however, because none of the falls have been to tramatic.








As of this morning, she has started the traditional crawling on hands and knees. She is pretty jerky about the process, still unsure of how exactly to make everything work together. Yesterday, she crawled over to a bench and pulled all it's contents down on herself. So, the baby proofing got moved up to today. We tried to make the best of it, but we've already found some flaws in our new design. And it's all going to have to change at the next stage. I say we put everything not baby friendly in storage and wait for a few years to pull it all out. Just one big room filled with soft things and baby toys.








All in all, I think Callie's doing well for a 8 month old, she's surprising us with her abilities everyday.








Our family is going on a trip up to Chicago a week from Sunday. Philip's job is sending him up there for some job training and Callie and I are going to tag along. We'll be up there for almost a week. I decided I probably should go because his hotel is a block from the mall and he wouldn't utilize this as he should. So if you owe me any money, or were thinking about sending me some, please send it before next Sunday . . . ;) ha!

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Stephen, Kaylin and Oliver said…
you're pushing 1 week miss every 3 days! Come on things are happening!
November 12, 2008 at 8:14 PM
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