Rain rain go away

We took advantage of the only day this week it hasn't rained, and went to the neighborhood splash pool with friends. Aubree was shy and not so sure at first...But then she joined the fun.
I love this picture of her "flying" in the water it was one of her favorite things to do. Well about half way through our stay she was running around the pool and a little boy accidentally pushed her over the edge. I was on the other side sitting with Sophie and I saw her sink like a rock to the bottom. It is just about the worst feeling in the world to watch your baby looking up at you from the bottom of the pool. Everything felt like slow motion and of course you can't run very fast in water....another girl got to her before me and pulled her out. Aubree didn't even cry, she just kept saying, "I fall, hu?" The splash pool is only 1 foot 6 inches at it's deepest and she was on her way to standing up by her self, but I can't even describe the feeling of watching this happen. It took her a little while to warm up to the water again, but she was right back to playing, I was just a little more cautious.
I'm not going to be winning any mom awards soon....I didn't realize until later when we got home that Sophie got sunburned on her leg! I thought I had her all covered, because you can't put sunscreen on babies under 1. Well obviously I didn't. I called her doctor because it kept getting worse and she said it's okay as long as it doesn't blister...
As you can see, it blistered. We have to take her into the doctor, because they say with little ones so young if they blister they can dehydrate fast. Our fun day at the pool was more traumatizing than I anticipated. I'll be more prepared next time.

Jacob

Spoiler Alert!!! If you haven't finished the Twilight series (Kelsey) don't proceed. I had to post another blog because I just went to my friend Karen's and she's giving me a hard time about "Team Jacob" :) So here's the thing....I totally think Bella and Edward belong together. If they didn't end up together it would have been wrong. But if it was me, and my choice I'd choose Jacob. I prefer heaters to ice cubes personally, among other things. I just thought I'd clarify. :)

Milestones

We hit a new milestone today and it was really exciting. Sophie rolled over for the first time!

It was so cute, Aubree got excited for her and was clapping and saying how big she was. It was a precious moment.
If you're wondering why she's so shiny, she had just had her bath and I put baby oil on her....
After Sophie rolled over, and Aubree saw my reaction, she told me very proudly that she could roll over also. Just as enthusiastically I told her to show me and she proceeded to roll over. I made sure to react to her the same as Sophie so she still feels special. She was so proud, it was adorable.

This picture is kind of creepy, but I had to get a shot of both of them rolled over. Too bad I chopped Sophie's head out of it. Whoops.

Family Fun

My poor Sophie. This is just a prime example of the torture Aubree inflicts on her.

Well, my family has been here for the past week, staying with us for Sophie's blessing. It was really neat having my little brother in the circle. They unfortunately had to leave today. We all cried! But it was so fun to see all of them and to be all together again. It seems like it is too long from time to time when all of us are here.

It was really neat meeting Brittany's new boy, Travis. He seems awesome, and the most important part is that he is really good to her and the girls. I need to get all the pictures together and I'll post them as soon as I can.

Baby bottle sling

My friend Lexi (who just had a baby...congrats!) told me about this baby bottle sling and it is amazing. You just strap it to your car seat and it holds the bottle in their mouth. It took her a couple of days to learn how to use it...but I love it.
I definitely wouldn't recommend it for your first baby since you have time to hold and love and snuggle your baby, but with number two when you need about five extra hands, this comes in very handy! I try to feed her myself as much as I can, but any mom of two + will know their are times when you just need to prop a bottle and this is an excellent alternative! The website is just bottlesling.com $20.00 for moments of sanity, well worth it.
Plus the awesome thing about it is that it stimulates early development in holding their own bottle. You can see her trying to in these pictures.
Thanks Lexi I owe you big! (Oh, for any pregnant or nursing moms I read about this really cool thing called a milkie and it collects your breast milk from the boob your not using while breast feeding...I didn't last long enough to try it but it looks cool. If you google milkie it will pop up.)

Sophie's Blessing

Sophie's Blessing

June 7th 2009

First off I want to say thank you to all the family and friends that were able to come. It meant a lot to us. Dave gave a beautiful blessing, most of us were crying :) And cute little sophie didn't make a peep. Aubree however kept asking me were daddy was....it was a little distracting....

This is one of the funny pictures, she makes priceless faces.
We couldn't get her to take her fingers out of her mouth.
My friend Chelsea took all these pics. (Thanks Chels)

This dress is so beautiful....it originally was the dress Dave's little sister Rae was blessed in, and now all the Callister grandbabies have been blessed in it.And my favorite, she is so cute!!!!

Eva who?

The past week Aubree has been talking to us about this girl named "Eva". We have racked our brains to see if sounds similar to any of our friends or family. Well, we figured out that she has her first imaginary friend. It's so cute. We were in sacrament a couple of days ago and she looks at Dave and says "Where's Eva go", and Dave said he didn't know and then she looked around and said "here she is". And at night I always sing to her what she calls the family song. ( I love mommy she loves me, we love daddy yes sir re he loves us....) and she tells me who she wants me to sing...needless to say, she has had me sing Eva's name into the song.

Sophie is getting bigger by the day. It makes me so sad. She has yet to give me a good night's sleep. I was spoiled with Aubree who slept through the night at 7 weeks. But she is really good at going right back to bed after she eats. Some nights she only wakes up twice, which if that was consistent it would be great, but then other nights it 6 times!!! This Sunday is her blessing, and I will have cute pictures to share. Until then...

P.S. I apologize for my grammer in advance, as i always say...I don't speak English I speak Aymee.