Halloween & 2.5

At the end of October, Miss Cecilia turned 2.5 and also celebrated her 3rd Halloween.  2.5 is such a fun age - she really understands everything that's going on and Halloween was no exception.  For the first time, she was super into the festivities.  When I asked her what she wanted to be, her reply was "A dinosaur! Raaarrrrr!!!" - which totally took me by surprise because she's really into Frozen and princesses at the moment; I have no idea where the dinosaur idea came from.  I asked a few more times over a week or two and every time her answer was the same.  As I was shopping around for dinosaur costumes online I found a really cute one along with a purple dragon.  I showed her both and she got really excited about the purple dragon (she's a big Room on the Broom fan, and loves the dragon).  When the costume came in the mail she couldn't wait to put it on, and she looked at her calendar every day to see if it was Halloween (or time for a Halloween party) yet.  We also had fun painting and carving pumpkins to get in the spirit!

 

10 Months!

Calista Diane is 10 Months old!

We're a bit overdue for this one (the picture is actually a week late!)  Unfortunately I came down with what I thought was a stomach bug at the end of October, was sick at home the day Cali turned 10 months, wound up in the hospital the next day and then had an emergency appendectomy the day after that.  Oof. I'm now home and recovering, slowly but surely.  It was not a fun week for any of us, but we're finally starting to get back to normal around here.

This month, Cali has been...

Big Girl Rooms

I finally got around to finishing Cali's room and getting it clean enough to take a couple pictures (since Cali wasn't sleeping in there when we first moved, her room became a bit of a dumping ground!).  She's been in there for 3 months now, and though it's been mostly done for a while, the final piece of "artwork" went up today so it's now officially complete - hooray!

Since I made all of the decor for Ceci's room myself, I wanted to do the same for Cali.  Not only is it cheaper, and personalized, but it felt nice to do something just for her - so much of her stuff is hand-me-downs!  I decided to use a similar theme and color-scheme to Ceci's room in case we decide to put them in the same room eventually (the jury is still out on this one!).

Without further ado, here's a little peek at Cali's room.

9 Months

Little miss Cali Cat is 9 months old!

This past month Cali has been...

8 Months!

Miss Calista Diane is 8 months old!

It's hard to believe it's only been a month since our last update, because Cali has grown so much!  In the last month, Cali has been...

2 and 1/4

In the midst of these monthly posts on Cali, I feel like Ceci deserves her own special post.  She turned 2 and 1/4 last month and is really growing by leaps and bounds.  In the last few months she's grown so fast - both physically and mentally!

 

Here's what Ceci's been up to in the last few months...

7 Months!

Our little Cali is 7 months old!

This past month Cali has been...