Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - Hot Dog Song

Cali loves the "Hot Dog" song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Cali on the slide

Cali loves the slide. I hold her hands and she launches from the top. The girl is fearless!

A Show, Shoes, Slide

Cali has had a busy couple of days. My parents have been at our house most of last week and a few days this week to play with Cali while we worked. They took the weekend off to rest but were back Sunday night for more Cali time.

Cali had a play date last Wednesday with my sister and her son Michael. They came over to play with the grandparents. Cali and Michael got along well and even shared toys!

Saturday Cali and I spent the day at the Home Show in Greensboro. We had a booth set up for work so Cali and I were sales people. She was very friendly and welcomed everyone into our booth.

Sunday we went back to the show to meet up with Nick's Mom, Grannie, Ed and Darryl. We hung out there for a little while then went shoe shopping for Cali.

To keep Cali happy Grandma Jordan gave Cali her cell phone.
Stride Rite had a sale so Cali got 2 new pair of shoes courtesy of Grandma Jordan.

Then Grandma Kerry brought her another pair of shoes when they came Sunday night. So Sunday was new shoe day for Cali. Yeah for Grandparents!!

Grandma and Grandpa also brought this for Cali to play with from their house. A slide!

You can tell she loved it! It was funny how quickly she decided to try to climb UP the slide.

Sometimes I feel like Cali is a life size doll to dress up. Sunday was one of those days. She got this adorable dress from our friends for her birthday. I think she looks so cute in it. You can see from the picture she was not so excited about picture time.

She finally got happy when I turned on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

She is clapping to the "Hot Dog" song.

13 Months

Cali is 13 months old today. It is amazing how fast a year has gone.

This is Cali one year ago.

This is Cali now.


As you can see we had spaghetti for dinner.

This is Cali after her bath. I just love her curls!

Cali's 13 Month Stats:

• Sleeps 12 hours a night without waking up!!! 7pm-7am
• Takes a 2 hour nap in her crib after lunch
• Crawls everywhere!
• Is "cruising" around the furniture, walls, and anything else she can pull up on
• Can say "momma" and "dadda"
• Loves to drink whole milk from her sippy cup
• Is completely weaned :)
• Favorite foods: pancakes, pasta, cheese, sandwich meat, broccoli, yogurt, macaroni and cheese, and cookies
• Loves to hug and kiss her stuffed animals
• If she likes a toy she'll drag it all over the house
• Can climb stairs!! Not good!
• Loves to open drawers, doors and cabinets
• Stays in the nursery for the whole church service without us getting called in
• She is ok to spend the day with grandparents
• Have 6 teeth, two on top and four on bottom

Cali we love you and are so proud of you!

Toyland Visit

Nick had to work Saturday so Cali and I went to Toyland, aka my sister's house, for a playdate. We had a great time playing with Kimmie, Michael and Mary. They have an awesome backyard with a really fun swing set.

Cali tried to swing but wasn't impressed.



Her favorite part was the clubhouse under the slide. Michael wanted to play with us. You can see Kimmie on the swing in the right corner of the photo. She just learned how to pump her legs while swinging and was showing off her skills!


Cali sat in there for 15 minutes playing with the leaves. I'm pretty sure she ate a piece or two! This face kills me. I'm not sure why she looks surprised.

After playing outside we moved to the basement which is filled with even more toys! After a couple hours of playing we had lunch and headed home. Cali was so tired from all the playing she was asleep before we got out of the neighborhood.

First Steps

Cali took her first official steps yesterday!!!!

Nick had her standing up in front of him and she took two steps toward me. It was awesome!

I'm so excited we were both there to see it!

Playing with Grandma

We continue to bribe our parents to watch Cali so Nick can work!

The past two days have been Grandma Jordan's turn! She was nice enough to take two days off from work and help take care of Cali. She came over Sunday night and left after dinner tonight.

Cali and Grandma had a wonderful time playing, eating, reading books and crawling all over the house (Cali not Grandma). It was a huge blessing to have her here to take care of Cali and help keep the house in order.

We are so lucky to have parents close enough that can help with Cali!