Crawling Around

Yahoo...it's BIRTHDAY month for Kalista! (and Jen too)

We have been planning and cleaning the house like tazmanian devils. We can't wait to see Kalista demolish her cake with her hands and maybe if we are lucky...her face. (Other parents probably discourage messy faces...but we are on the other extreme...messy face...bring it on! It means we did something right.)

Kalista is crawling up a storm and cruising around the house. She has also been testing out those balance skills too. Here's a mini sequence of her abilities:

Check that balance out...no hands!

Now that she is more mobile, she is doing a lot more exploring. She discovered a view from her bedroom window and decided to crawl over there to check it out.



She banged loudly on the window and probably scared all our neighbors. How often do you see a toddler banging on windows like the house was on fire? We nipped that in the bud quickly. She definitely was not too happy about that!

Daddy & Baby Bonding Weekend

Can't believe that Monday is just around the corner and another weekend has come and gone. Jen had to fly up to the Bay Area yesterday since her grandfather passed away last week and the memorial services were earlier this morning. That left Dad and daughter to hang out with each other all weekend. Kalista and Matt had a fun time doing father-daughter activities together..uh hum....watching football...going to Target...more watching football...and of course, snuggle time!

Matt said that Kali is starting to roll on her back from side to side more...but prefers going from her right side to her left. When she lays on her left side, she has started to get into crawling pose. We are going to have a more mobile little girl pretty soon. We better cherish the non-mobile baby we have a little bit more before we need chase after her.