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The girl drama has begun..

Calleigh now throws all out long lasting tantrums on whether her coat is buttoned, whether a ribbon faces a certain way, the color of her hair bows, and on and on.

Nine happy years today. Happy Anniversary Matt:)

Happy New Year

Tis the Reason

Of all the gifts this Christmas - the most excited response was from Calleigh when she finally found our baby Jesus lying in the nativity scene. We'd put all the other people out and the little bed. Dax & Calleigh slowly added straw to the bed to prepare for baby Jesus to arrive on Christmas morning and to remember why we celebrate the birth of Jesus each year - born to die so that He take our due punishment in our place.

Calleigh at 2 Years

Calleigh is such a sweet girl. She loves hugs and snuggling, but reserves her kisses for rare occasions. She and Dax are the best playmates. She does like to tease Dax as he does her and they occasionally have trouble sharing, but they adore one another.

Calleigh loves puzzles and blocks. She is obsessed with dogs (hence the dog cake) and with babies. She loves to be read books and likes to name the animals and items in pictures. Calleigh loves shoes - boots in particular. She is likewise very interested in choosing what she wears from her closet. She love "nk" and has to have the hot "nk" diaper on if she sees it on the shelf followed by the light pink as her second choice.

Calleigh is attached to a group consisting of a bear, two dogs and a baby doll which she wants in order to sleep. She won't sleep with covers, has to have her particular pillowcase, and needs socks and a hairbow to sleep. She is sleeping quite well in her big bed.

Our girl has a sweet tooth big time. She's a decent eater, but will forgo the whole meal if there is nothing to her liking. She loves "eese" - the shredded kind that ends up all over the table, chair and floor. She eats burritos, guacamole, pasta, peas, carrots, anything she can dip in ranch, syrup, or the rare ketchup. Calleigh tends to lick the sauce off rather than eat the vegetable or whatever is being dipped. Calleigh loves to cook for one reason only - to lick the beaters. She randomly pulls out bowls, butter, crisco, whatever she can reach and begs "ook, ook." Its the most adorable thing. She and Dax take turns adding the ingredients, but Dax gets bored quickly and leaves to play while Calleigh patiently awaits the end when she can have the beater.

Happy 2nd Birthday Calleigh

Happy Birthday Mamma!

My mom's birthday is two days before Calleigh's. We had Calleigh's party in the morning and celebrated my Mom's birthday after my kids napped. I made a quite simple cake for her after the day long ordeal to make Calleigh's cake. Happy birthday Mamma. We love you.

Shepherd Boy

Dax and the other boys (an all boy class) in his class and one sweet little girl from the three year old class have been practicing the Christmas Story for a month as well as learning to sing Silent Night. They were so adorable and did a great job. As you can see from the third and forth pictures, Dax instigated a sheperds crook tug of war. Afterwards the teacher had the kids stand so we could take pictures. You'll notice Dax knelt down and began posing.

Unsuccessful Christmas Pics

Our tree is in the darkest room of our house. I tried to squeeze them, me and the camera between the window and the tree. As you can see, it didn't work well:)

Calleigh Playing In the Pantry

I'm not sure why she chose Crisco, but when I caught Calleigh in the pantry she was feeding her teddy bear.

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