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Almost Vacation Time!

Diaper Wreath for Eli Stahler


Bat and Ball Cookies for the shower


The cake with the daddy in mind!


Callie "reading" in her bed


Callie checking out her new bed


So excited!


Playing in her new bed.

We're getting ready for our first vacation since our honeymoon. Leaving early in the morning on Friday! :) I'm trying to get things organized around here before we leave.

Last week was busy, I hosted a shower for my friend at my house, so the last few days have been busy trying to get things in place. It's not settled yet, we still don't have all our boxes unpacked and things aren't all in their final places. Like I've said before, now that we're past the shower, our next room to get ready is the nursery. :) Only a couple months to go!

The shower went really well. I think everyone enjoyed it. There was lots and lots of CUBS gear in honor of the proud daddy having his little boy! We were excited to be able to have a celebration for our friends.

One day last week, Callie and I were shopping at TJMaxx and I told her we had to stop over in the baby section. She said "Okay, baby." and so we walked over that direction. All of the sudden she said, "Baby!" like she saw a baby. I looked all around, even in the pictures on the wall, and I said "Callie, I don't see a baby. Where do you see a baby?" And she says to me "Mama, this baby!" and pats my stomach. I think we might be catching on! :)

Then, on the way over to Granny Great's house, Callie was talking and talking in the back. All of the sudden, she gets really quiet. I asked her, "Callie what are you doing? You stopped talking." To which she replies, "(sigh) Just thinking."

I think she's turning quite the little personality. Of course, she's already had a lot of character showing through, it's just more official now when you add the vocabulary. A fair warning to all: If you don't want it repeated, don't say it in front of Callie! She copies me all the time. Fortunately, I've been trying to "toddlerize" my vocabulary so she's not saying things that are inappropriate for her to say. For instance, I try not to say "Shut up", even jokingly, so I don't have a two-year-old telling an adult somewhere "Shut up!" (That would be a red-faced moment!) It's amazing when you think about everything you say during a day that, even though not bad in and of itself, you would not want coming out of the mouth of your two-year-old.

Since we're taking our laptop on vacation with us, I hope to be posting pictures and travel diaries from the road. We hope everyone has a good week! I know it's going to be busy around here getting ready!

God bless you and yours this week!

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