"I'll be back!"

Callie and I stopped by Drenda and Lonnie's house the other night.  As we were pulling away from their house, Callie says "Good bye Drenda.  Good bye Lonnie.  Good bye Missy." and then a long pause followed by "I'll be back!" repeated three times.  In case you can't tell, she loves going there. 

Christmas Trees

Today we went with some friends to pick out their Christmas tree at a tree farm. 

 Callie was very happy to carry Mike's coffee around.

 Petting the "little tree" as she called it.  Then she turned around and saw the "big tree" behind her and starred in awe.

Callie's new "smile" for the camera

 This was the first Christmas decoration to come out.  She walked around with it and cuddled it until we finally convinced her the bear could sit and watch us. The bear is really cute and does read "The Night Before Christmas" to you though.

Investigating how the nutcracker works and pointing out all the nutcracker's body parts to us.

Callie's First Haircut

After trying to avoid it for a very long time, we finially decided to take Callie in for her first haircut.  She was great!  She loved playing with the toys and getting a "bow" at the end. 

 All she cared about was the Elmo computer, and didn't care what the hairdresser was doing.  She occasionally looked up to see what was going on.

My First Attempt at a Family Photo

I decided I was going to try and use the tripod and the timer to take some family photos of the three of us. 

It was a humorous experience as a random dog joined us.  And it was a freezing cold day with quite a breeze, but I really wanted "fall" pictures.

 Hello random dog.

Just the three of us, with Callie looking at the camera.

Belated Halloween

When looking at pictures, I realized I never posted any Halloween pictures, so here they are. 

This year Callie loved carving the pumpkin, including scooping out the guts.  She really enjoyed sorting out all the seeds.  She "helped" draw the face before Mike carved it.  She also picked out the shapes for the eyes and nose.

Callie was able to go trick-or-treating with Maya,  and she had a blast.  She has fallen in love with Maya, unfortunetly, Maya lives in Vienna, so we won't be having too many play dates.