Thursday, March 18, 2010

Ten!

Calla is 10 months old today! She is such a big girl now - she plays peek-a-boo, barks like a doggy, gives "five," puts her arms up when asked how big she is, sometimes blows kisses, sleeps through the night (again), has 1 1/2 teeth, pushes buttons, reaches for everything, and has started finger-feeding herself table food. Her sinful little heart already shines through with her desire to exert her will and demand things (usually to be picked up or food)! We are working on teaching her how to sign "please" and say "up." She has some motor delays, but the Lord was kind in giving me a background in child development, so Calla gets exercise and practice often. My Texas ECI buddies will be amused to know that I put in a call for a PT eval, and it's going on 3 weeks, still no call back. Different place, for sure! On a happier note, we have enjoyed being home with family in California for so long. Calla is loving the weather! We took her to the beach, and take her to the park a lot. Here are some recent pictures of our 10-month-old!!
The pictures above are from today. It was a beautiful day, and so we took a blanket outside and played on the lawn. Calla seemed very peaceful and enjoyed hearing and watching the birdies.
This picture was of Calla and her cousin Luc at the park yesterday. It's hard to get 2 babies to look at you, so I was singing Calla's favorite song (don't ask me why!), "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" Calla decided to demonstrate the meaning of this song to Luc. What a little bully!
We took a spontaneous after-church trip to Malibu, where the sun was bright and the sky was clear. Calla loved watching the ocean. She continued to wave at the waves and say "hi" to them.
These are some great pictures from the park a few weeks ago. She has already grown a lot since then!

Here are some links to some fun videos of Calla from our YouTube account:

2 comments:

The Hendrickson Fam said...

Hey Karyn! This is Dana Hendrickson, Jason's wife. Its so great to see pictures of your beautiful girl! She's just so cute!
Sorry to hear that your PT eval is taking so long! Our evals took forever too and I nagged enough to make sure the services started soon after i was finished. We are waiting for darby's hours for speech therapy. It was approved over 2 weeks ago and we probably wont see the physical hours until sometime in april! oh well :o)
But if you are looking for a place, we go to Progressive Steps, and we've enjoyed our time there. We do Pt, Ot, CDS, and speech there.
Its good to hear you guys are back in CA. We'd love to meet up with you sometime so you can meet our little Darby :o) and we can meet Calla!

The Resident Writer said...

I'm glad I found your blog. Jay and I are excited to see the good happening in your lives!