Mixed Messages

Callie is all about mixed messages these days. Like this afternoon. I got back from my mom's group and an errand and then the screaming begins. I let her cry a bit on her own because it seemed like she might be tired. I don't know why I try that from time to time. It NEVER works. She is not the kid that will cry for a few minutes and give up and take a nap. Ooooh no. She takes it as a personal challenge to cry as long as possible. So I go in to our room, take her out of the co-sleeper and try to feed her because she is rooting. I try to feed her, no go. Still screaming. Until I put the pacifier in her mouth and she falls asleep. And not just falls asleep, but falls asleep in the most adorable way possible. Curled up against my body with her legs against my stomach, her head on my chest, her tiny fingers on my hand and her hand firmly around the straps of my nursing bra, as if to say "I may not need to eat now, but don't go far. I'm gonna need those boobs later." And in those moments of peace, I feel like the luckiest gal on the planet.

Callie and her Pacifier

Callie has slowly but surely been working on manipulating the pacifier with her fingers. Mission Accomplished!

Callie waterglass

While we were at Aqui having dinner, Callie decided to go after my waterglass to some pretty funny results!



And the best quote ever goes to Bill: "Adult cups suck!"

"You're in trouble..."

The other day, a woman watched as Callie manipulated the pacifier out of her mouth and back in using her fingers. She asked how old she was and I told her that she was 3 1/2 months. She was shocked. To which she said: "Really? Oh you're in trouble." Don't I know it....

I may look all cute and adorable... but really I'm plotting to take over the world.

There Will Be Blood

There has been quite a bit of blood in the CG household this week. First there was the dog getting into a scrap with a raccoon. Then, the other night Grandpa Ralph was over for dinner and as I was handing Callie over to Bill so I could eat, I noticed blood dripping out of her ear. There were a few "Oh my gods" and "What the hell?" until we discovered that her ears weren't bleeding from listening to us talk or anything:) She had scratched her ear with those daggers also known as fingernails. And the final blood letting? Callie is getting very fast and accurate with her fingers. She, in the blink of an eye, jammed her finger up my nostril so hard and fast that she gave me one hell of a bloody nose. I called out to Bill: "You need to take the baby." To which he responded, "In a minute." To which I of course more urgently said: "NO. You need to take the baby NOW." He came running in the room just in time to see blood streaming out of my face. So, ya, she is fast and accurate! Look out! Next time I will try a little bob and weave to get out of her way! Oh Callie Lily, just wait til your first date comes to the door. They are going to get some stories! She might not ever get a 2nd date! Which would probably be totally acceptable to her daddy.

Callie Babble

Callie all of a sudden in the last day or so has started babbling. It is pretty darn funny!

Callie's First Road Trip Day 8 & 9

Comic Con Day 3
We opted out of panels today. I would've liked to have seen the Castle and Glee panels but because there was nothing in Hall H today, I knew the lines would be loco. So we decided to just walk around the exhibit hall.
View of the hall from above
It was definitely slow going with the stroller. I am hoping we can get the preview night membership for next year to make it easier to do the hall on wednesday. People were so funny in the hall. I was wearing this shirt:

So of course everyone kept yelling "Its a trap!" at me. It was hysterical! There were also the people who love to state the obvious: "That's a baby." Mmmhmmm. Genius. Callie actually ended up sleeping for most of our walk thru the hall which worked out quite well!

We stopped by our favorite stalls: Browncoats (where we ran into one of the winners from the masquerade)

She is a Dahlek showgirl! She had these incredibly long false gold eyelashes that Callie found totally irresistable!
, Gama Go and Tara McPherson.

We also stumbled up on this booth that makes this really cute book.

It is geared for kids going through potty training but it was just too cute to pass up. Check out their website here. They do lots of play on words: Pea standing up, Pea is for penguin, etc.
We even got it autographed by the writer and illustrator.

They just thought Callie was the cutest thing ever, cuz well, she is! We also found a husband and wife team that have made this book called Little Vampires and some stuffed animal versions. The book was really cute, it is all about little vampires and the only thing they can feed on is blood oranges. So we bought a stuffed vampire for Miss Callie.


After that we found a pretty funny tshirt spot. And I went a little nuts...
While we were there we saw this guy on the right. We had seen him at every single Comic Con. He was always at the panels dressed like some guy from the Beastie Boys' Sabotage Video. And he always asked the most awesome questions! We hadn't seen him and we were a little sad that we hadn't seen him. And apparently someone gave him a job as some kind of reporter. He decided to report on how exhausting on Comic Con is apparently!
And in the meantime, we caught up with Mario and Fiona. They had stumbled upon the extra True Blood bags and ended up with two VILF shirts so they were nice enough to give me one! Woohoo!
Our booty from the day

After we were done, we made one last stop to the breastfeeding station and stopped at the Marriot at their tiki bar for a drink

and headed back to the condo.
We relaxed back at the condo with some pizza and called it a night.

Day 9
Today we were driving back home. We decided to take I5 this time. We managed to avoid traffic through LA and Callie slept until we hit Laval Road. She was actually still a bit asleep but I wanted to make sure she was fed when she was a little groggy rather than her getting upset when we didn't have a good place to stop. She did wonderfully until we were on Pacheco Pass and the elevation really got to her. She was crying and pulling on her ear. Luckily I still had some pumped milk in a bottle and that seemed to help. Finally we got back to a comfortable level and she was fine. It was wonderful to get back home. Milo was verrry happy to see us! He even smelled and licked Callie a little.

All in all, an amazing trip and we were totally stunned at how well Callie dealt with the Comic Con craziness. Next time we might try flying to San Diego. That would be a new adventure!