Turner Blogcast Station: 10 Months

Stats: We will have to wait until her 12 mo. appointment to get all the stats again, but we had to take baby girl in to the clinic shortly after her 10 mo birthday, so we got a weight on her. Calista is a whopping 16 lbs. 7 oz!

Health: Callie was a healthy, bouncing baby girl all through her 10th month! No reflux, no sickness, just a happy girl.

Sleep: This past month really seemed to mark a turning point in her sleep habits. She started sleeping through the night at Grandma 'Laine's house while we were in Ashland, and it just continued all month long. Callie goes to bed between 7 and 8, and doesn't usually wake up again until between 6 and 8am. Sometimes if she wakes at 6, we can feed her and get her back down again, but she hasn't woken up in the middle of the night all month long!

Callie also gets 2-3 long naps a day. She goes down for naps around 9am, 1pm, and 4:30pm, and her naps usually last between 1-2 hours.

Clothes/Diaper Size: She's still fitting well in her 6 month clothes, but we also put her in 9 month layette sets since the pants are longer. She's a normal height for her age, just a lightweight, so her 6 month pants are all high waters now.

We use the Costco brand size 3 diapers, but for any other brand, she wears size 2.

Diet: Calista has enjoyed a wide range of foods this month! She's gotten SO much better at biting off finger foods and chewing, so we can give her a wider variety of stuff without her choking. She eats 3 solid meals a day - jarred baby food, eggs, berries, steamed veggies, pasta, meat, cheese - and we offer a full bottle whenever she goes down or gets up from a nap (so about 3 hours, on average) and she'll drink whatever she feels like. We also give her a sippy cup with water during meal times, to start the transition from the bottle, and it seems like she's starting to get the hang of it.

Baby Gear Love: We don't use a lot of the baby gear anymore now that Calista is moving around so much on her own. I'd say the Ergo still gets weekly use - I strapped her in during both of Bryann's graduation ceremonies - since she's so wiggley in our laps, and it's a great carrier for sleeping when we're out during one of her naps, or during her bedtime.

Nicknames: Babers has caught on with Bryann recently. Also Callie Girl, Boo Boo, and Callie Bug.

Favorite Songs/Lullabies: "Good Morning Callie Sunshine", "Baby Baby Boo" to the tune of the Scooby Doo song.

Milestones/Firsts: Last month held SO many firsts, this month just can't compete! But I love the little person she's becoming. She communicates more in her own baby way. She talks a lot and she has the most incredible facial expressions! She will pull herself up on my leg when she wants to be held, she'll start making smacking noises when she wants to be fed, she'll put her arms up when she wants out of a chair, or up in my arms. She's just really fun to be around!

She's been working on honing all of her new movement skills. She can walk, assisted, around the room, although she prefers to crawl since she can get around so much faster that way. She cruises along the length of the couch or windowsill pretty easily now. She has started crawling with toys in her hands, and switching toys from one hand to the other, bending down to pick up a toy and standing back up again, and even putting toys in her mouth to carry while she crawls around the room.

She's also learning to wave hello and goodbye, and we started working on clapping. We'll see where that goes at the end of 11 months.

We've made several long car trips recently - to Klamath Falls at the end of May, and to the beach towards the end of June - and she has done SO great in the car. She's content for about 2 hours before she needs a stretch/eating break.

She celebrated Bryann's first father's day. Which meant that I got to do all the dirty work while Bryann relaxed and enjoyed the day getting only the fun parts. But I got the same on Mother's Day, so it was a fair trade.

Father's day Brunch!

For Bryann's Father's Day Brunch, he got to show off his fathering skills by holding his daughter and eating at the same time!

Bryann graduated with his MBA this month, and Callie attended both the hooding ceremony and the graduation ceremony with me.

At Bryann's hooding ceremony

At Bryann's MBA graduation

Callie went to her first Beer Festival with us. We met the Schylpers, and some other friends for the Fruit Beer Festival on Burnside, and spent a lovely few hours sampling beers and hanging out in the shade together. She did really great being held for about 2 hours and visiting with friends.

Callie with her stunner shades!

Mommies and Babies at Brewfest

Enjoying our first Beerfest together.

She went to the beach for the first time! We technically made it to Rockaway earlier this year, but it was thunderstormy and the power went out so we went home Saturday night, and we never actually made it to the beach. But this time the weather was BEAUTIFUL, and we went for long jogs every morning after her first nap, and she got to crawl around in the sand, and play in the water!

Enjoying an evening at Rockaway Beach

Sitting and playing nicely on the blanket didn't last long!

Callie's first touch of the ocean!

Eating sand and enjoying the beach

Family photo at Twin Rocks

Likes: Bath time, getting rinsed off after a meal at the sink, eating sand, eating grass, exploring the world with her mouth, KITTY! Crawling around our bed in the mornings when we're too lazy to get up.
Dislikes: Being contained on a lap. Callie doesn't sit still (ever!) so it's hard to get her to just hang out in your lap, like say for a graduation ceremony! Being tired and having her diaper changed at the same time.

Things I Don't Want to Forget: Driving in the car on the way to the beach and Callie is happily babbling away to herself - or maybe talking to Sam, we couldn't tell - and Bryann and I are in the front seats cracking up laughing at her. She is so adorable, and entertains herself for surprisingly long periods of time.

The way Callie lights up and squeals with delight when she sees me walk in to Katee's to pick up her for the day, or when Bryann gets home from work. It's nice to be so loved. :-)