Happy Birthday to my Baby Girl!

It is hard to believe that two years ago right now I was in labor and tomorrow (the 8th) around noon I had my beautiful baby girl. The last two years have been the most challenging and the most rewarding years of my life. I never dreamed how hard parenting really was, I guess that's probably a good thing sometimes i'm not so sure I would have done it!! haha, j/k. Even though we've had some tough times and at times I really thought I wouldn't make it through Callen is worth every minute and every tear and i'd do it all again in a heartbeat if it meant having my little angel with me.

I can't believe how much she's grown and how big she's getting. Tonight I put her to bed in a big bed not her toddler bed for the first time and she did just great. I can't believe how much she's talking!! She can pretty much repeat anything I say and she is forming sentences, it's just amazing to think that a year ago I was worried she wasn't going to talk, now I can't keep her quiet sometimes!! I love it! I love her little voice and seeing how her mind works. I love my baby girl and I hope she has a perfect birthday!!

Here are some pictures over the last 2 years

NO MORE BINKY!!!!

So this last week Callen got sick and she had all these awful awful sores all over in her mouth. It was so bad that we had to keep her hydrated by squirting water into her mouth with a syringe and even that made her cry from pain. She couldn't eat, drink, or sleep without it hurting. She was absolutely miserable. Her most prized posession EVER is her binky. She was completely addicted to them. WELL, something good did come out of being sick, because of the sores in her mouth, it just hurt too much to have the binky in there. She would cry for it and then when I gave it to her, she would put it up to her mouth, burst into tears and throw it across the room. So, for about 5 days, it was just too painful to use one. Well..being the sneaky mom that I am, I decided this would be a good time to wean her off of it, so I gathered them all up and hid them. After she started feeling better I just left them hidden. She has asked for them a few time, tried to tackle her friend to take hers, and cried just a little, BUT all in all she is doing really really well. In fact, I think it is better without them! She's talking more and actually sleeping more soundly I think. Yay for no more binkies!!!

Summer Photo Fun!

Callen Playing with her friend Eli at McDonalds

Callen getting mommy with her animal puppets

Our good friend Jaye reading to Callen and her son Andrew

All the kids were fascinated by this bunny who spit out jelly beans

Saying goodbye to Charis..We miss you so much!!

Callen all ready for church

Bowling at the family fun center in lawton.

Callen LOVES cottage cheese!

We got thsi Walrus for callen...daddy likes it tooAlso, last month Callen went poopy in the potty for the first time! Yay!!!

PICTURES FROM THE ZOO!!!

Here are our long overdue pictures from the Oklahoma city Zoo, we had such a fun day!!

the dinosaurs actually moved and roared, callen was a little scared of them.

She likes snakes..

Mmmmmm.. snow cones

she loved the fish because she could get so close to them

me: Callen what animal is that?

Callen: I don't know..

I don't remember what this one was called, but I thought it was really cute.

This case was full of cocroaches.. sooo gross

making the elephant noise and motion