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Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-10284254106394043622014-04-26T08:43:00.001-07:002014-04-26T09:58:46.675-07:00Why we continue to walk!First, I want to start by thanking everyone who has supported Team Callie May throughout the years. I know it is a lot to ask, year after year, and I often stop and ponder if I should keep asking...but that thought only lasts for a second. I look at my daughter, at her friends, at the statistics, and I know that our work is just beginning. We are so thankful for all of the research that has been done by the March of Dimes, because we know that it was instrumental in Callie's survival!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEOa2ffwq5vLsS4mlIGOD1HAKoA8k-RMc1JxdDCxYxxZ3lXOZYjoWwhnM8Hgv65ofSoLmNvWGpnNIY7y7UGaZgU-ZL137nuFb-VuChEP7IReUW1U4Sf4ZXZTnIi9CZ6lGCHDN7IQHzDE/s640/blogger-image-1998701415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEOa2ffwq5vLsS4mlIGOD1HAKoA8k-RMc1JxdDCxYxxZ3lXOZYjoWwhnM8Hgv65ofSoLmNvWGpnNIY7y7UGaZgU-ZL137nuFb-VuChEP7IReUW1U4Sf4ZXZTnIi9CZ6lGCHDN7IQHzDE/s640/blogger-image-1998701415.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am amazed by Callie every day. As I did a few years ago, I decided to post a picture of Callie's first Easter (above-at over two months old) and below (age 5). Even at two months old, she could still fit inside her Easter basket. Now, she races around the house searching for eggs. But we still see glimpses of prematurity. She is still very clumsy. We can attribute some of that to her eyesight and some to the brain damage she had at birth. But it doesn't phase her, she keeps playing and laughing and trying! Just this week at gymnastics, Callie was able to make it across the balance beam by herself for the first time-something her peers have been doing for years...but Callie wasn't stable and couldn't see well enough to do it without assistance. Her amazing teacher, Ms. Meghan, suggested we put back on her glasses for the beam work (we had stopped having her wear them because of her falling and breaking them). Ms. Meghan believed she was struggling with the depth perception and that is why she was struggling. Ms. Meghan was right! She put on her glasses and did it by herself. Callie gave her teacher a big hug and then ran out to share with us that she was "big" and did it! She went back in and kept practicing! This has been a common theme throughout Callie's life. Sometimes it takes her a little longer to reach a milestone or accomplishment...but she keeps fighting and when she gets it, you would never know that she struggled.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEOa2ffwq5vLsS4mlIGOD1HAKoA8k-RMc1JxdDCxYxxZ3lXOZYjoWwhnM8Hgv65ofSoLmNvWGpnNIY7y7UGaZgU-ZL137nuFb-VuChEP7IReUW1U4Sf4ZXZTnIi9CZ6lGCHDN7IQHzDE/s640/blogger-image-1998701415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6R4bUkvXCs0qeVc7jBS68DEMatTdfIxIH3q82uy4JHDgM11WVOp-LSOD5EK28J6rtazMkh8WHD8ZgeLeKg5Lzn5ZhFeC3YzQMFr4oQ2N1xrbvI5kDoAvfCuHny5mi7hGVCQVXPL89Ow/s640/blogger-image-1700210618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6R4bUkvXCs0qeVc7jBS68DEMatTdfIxIH3q82uy4JHDgM11WVOp-LSOD5EK28J6rtazMkh8WHD8ZgeLeKg5Lzn5ZhFeC3YzQMFr4oQ2N1xrbvI5kDoAvfCuHny5mi7hGVCQVXPL89Ow/s640/blogger-image-1700210618.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The March of Dimes has provided our family with so much support over the years. From the surfactant she received at birth that helped her lungs, to the connections we continue to make with other amazing families! I have had the gratifying opportunity to be a volunteer for the March of Dimes at Franklin Square Hospital right here in Baltimore. I get to see on a monthly basis all of the support the March of Dimes provides families going throught the trauma that comes with having a baby in the NICU. They provide classes, support groups, craft nights, and other resources so that Mommy's and Daddy's are more prepared to care for their preemies. I volunteer on craft night, helping parents create picture frames, name tags and onesies for their little ones. It is a nice opportunity for the parents to meet other parents and realize that they are not alone! <br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6R4bUkvXCs0qeVc7jBS68DEMatTdfIxIH3q82uy4JHDgM11WVOp-LSOD5EK28J6rtazMkh8WHD8ZgeLeKg5Lzn5ZhFeC3YzQMFr4oQ2N1xrbvI5kDoAvfCuHny5mi7hGVCQVXPL89Ow/s640/blogger-image-1700210618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK_6MfUGvDiTsLR9eReQNJWg_aKigdPygA8TEhSDG_oOkRWq5V5mHZ4ym4JXX1Ef5n3pIfVFPak8Z2e7EJyiRF6y32G-OBswrk8Wug5s2RE9daOe3m4aHK0DIDcVQr8bNCZcLfHunqjc/s640/blogger-image--245593212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK_6MfUGvDiTsLR9eReQNJWg_aKigdPygA8TEhSDG_oOkRWq5V5mHZ4ym4JXX1Ef5n3pIfVFPak8Z2e7EJyiRF6y32G-OBswrk8Wug5s2RE9daOe3m4aHK0DIDcVQr8bNCZcLfHunqjc/s640/blogger-image--245593212.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There are many reasons why we continue to March for Babies. We are so blessed that Callie beat the odds and is thriving today! One of my best friends is currently 23 weeks pregnant. She called and told me how she was reading about what would be happening to her little one growing inside of her over the next week. She couldn't believe that Callie survived. She said, there is just still so much that is supposed to happen to them safe inside of their Mommy. It is true-we are beyond lucky! More research needs to be done so that these babies stay safe inside their Mommy's until they are full term and ready to be born! So please consider supporting Team Callie May this year and help fight for all Babies!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK_6MfUGvDiTsLR9eReQNJWg_aKigdPygA8TEhSDG_oOkRWq5V5mHZ4ym4JXX1Ef5n3pIfVFPak8Z2e7EJyiRF6y32G-OBswrk8Wug5s2RE9daOe3m4aHK0DIDcVQr8bNCZcLfHunqjc/s640/blogger-image--245593212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWTof3Ynpci1cJqcLAkrcKgbDAaQwJLyt5OKHTWnGzK_w1RCvIstXRTYS3TMK9zqJAJ6lpIWZ5brau60rgK68MkgZHA4itQtUhKpHWUM9Lb-24084S1M617zW_Pj9um8IpN5WAnO8X-o/s640/blogger-image-529626621.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWTof3Ynpci1cJqcLAkrcKgbDAaQwJLyt5OKHTWnGzK_w1RCvIstXRTYS3TMK9zqJAJ6lpIWZ5brau60rgK68MkgZHA4itQtUhKpHWUM9Lb-24084S1M617zW_Pj9um8IpN5WAnO8X-o/s640/blogger-image-529626621.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Donate at: www.marchforbabies.org/calliemay</div></div></div></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-24045903659765758392014-03-16T17:35:00.001-07:002014-03-16T19:03:10.905-07:00Brackets for Babies 2014<br>
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It is that time of year again to rasie money for the March of Dimes! The March of Dimes has positively impacted our lives in so many ways! We are so thankful for all of the care and support Callie received and a lot of that medicine was made possible by the March of Dimes. This is our third year raising money with the March Madness brackets. Please forward these brackets to anyone that you think would be interested! We appreciate all of the support for Team Callie May and this great cause!</div>
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Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-1338253937563955152014-02-24T11:44:00.001-08:002014-02-24T11:44:21.134-08:00Another Surgery<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsOpR5-q-0vaqHOI5Jqg5NruZ3YTjz1nKHyl9bdl-4av_wtIBPuhcslhFGolrOMhdCJUoGEqXOIe4vmYQy6XDY_UAiYZs5CQA9xHdtmdD-gEGILcRviU8Yi_x6ofUacl9IGxo9RAyWAs/s640/blogger-image--792307397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsOpR5-q-0vaqHOI5Jqg5NruZ3YTjz1nKHyl9bdl-4av_wtIBPuhcslhFGolrOMhdCJUoGEqXOIe4vmYQy6XDY_UAiYZs5CQA9xHdtmdD-gEGILcRviU8Yi_x6ofUacl9IGxo9RAyWAs/s640/blogger-image--792307397.jpg"></a></div>Today, Callie had her 7th surgery and again was a trooper!! She had ear tubes placed two years ago and one had fallen out over the summer. We were hoping that she had outgrown the need for eartubes, but she is on her third ear infection of the year and is struggling to get over it, even after the second course of antibiotics. So, her ENT, said that he also wanted to remove her adenoids since they are a major source of infection. Callie had surgery this morning and everything went as planned. The doctor was concerned because the infection was so bad and we have to call on Friday to get the results of the culture.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUc62XdhGQ-SLCLLeWkjlNglqvi5X8kmMwVCMMt0M0ip-j3Y4-p7Ee2oAjRgPPYsiXmqA0L1ni4ke1CZ0R0jWn8DveI01PNe0WvsdDGVIC_DKCUcmzgMVj9LmTBs2inAe8_BiEHherZg/s640/blogger-image-1985223893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUc62XdhGQ-SLCLLeWkjlNglqvi5X8kmMwVCMMt0M0ip-j3Y4-p7Ee2oAjRgPPYsiXmqA0L1ni4ke1CZ0R0jWn8DveI01PNe0WvsdDGVIC_DKCUcmzgMVj9LmTBs2inAe8_BiEHherZg/s640/blogger-image-1985223893.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Even after 7 trips to the OR, it really doesn't get easier. Our poor girl has been through so much, but we are so proud of her. It always amazes me to see peoples reactions to her history...even today, it happened again with her nurses....it make me sad and overwhelmingly proud! I will try and update soon about some of the fun activities Callie has been involved with!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsSsa0vyQlmyOKSMQWiT3cQdnMvpMhEJoLE6MJ2YeJdgdU2sgIcyIL2GX5wK39gpaUaZum4uj6OF0AfPC9T5d8Ts8F_MqUjJG3IgwQFbDOr3JVSU4pDWmucfdG5hdDAg_7BPq3cQw_N8/s640/blogger-image--668828110.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsSsa0vyQlmyOKSMQWiT3cQdnMvpMhEJoLE6MJ2YeJdgdU2sgIcyIL2GX5wK39gpaUaZum4uj6OF0AfPC9T5d8Ts8F_MqUjJG3IgwQFbDOr3JVSU4pDWmucfdG5hdDAg_7BPq3cQw_N8/s640/blogger-image--668828110.jpg"></a></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-63237287492968814802013-12-03T18:33:00.001-08:002013-12-03T18:33:35.886-08:00Thanks<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5w2_636f4-_DdXiFjvTIdTGxtsTnNx5fecVk1uL2krdnaK93ktY6sQ38OnWAIxJu7MvQxpjJBkcHt2C0i8XEMfmwyk1wd45d0CEzb88XuT1p3MkBnAsbAz2XddNP64BE6R4MKImjsoYA/s640/blogger-image-450264396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5w2_636f4-_DdXiFjvTIdTGxtsTnNx5fecVk1uL2krdnaK93ktY6sQ38OnWAIxJu7MvQxpjJBkcHt2C0i8XEMfmwyk1wd45d0CEzb88XuT1p3MkBnAsbAz2XddNP64BE6R4MKImjsoYA/s640/blogger-image-450264396.jpg"></a>This is Callie's fall school picture from Goddard School. Can you believe our little miracle will be in Kindergarten next year?!?!?! She is growing up so fast! We truly have so much to be thankful for! This week Callie told me all about the Pilgrams. She knew about the Mayflower, the Atlantic Ocean, and the American Indians. She completely blew me away! We can't thank the Goddard School teachers enough....they all have been amazing and have supported and taught our little girl so much. </div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-20090391234671428912013-11-07T19:08:00.001-08:002013-11-07T19:08:56.491-08:00Long Overdue!!!<div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiowswJeSqdXaZmDmQtwrrhE1JfERmiCvsj7xBYG3Zl4hdxU2oRAspXsKuK5UNL2FHwonWsX_SAyUJiJL8hSodSdR3PBtT_g4e7FnB21qnLQRQEbOXVEepfeDwHIoXmljfJaDHdOmKnQ/s640/blogger-image-1415593492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiowswJeSqdXaZmDmQtwrrhE1JfERmiCvsj7xBYG3Zl4hdxU2oRAspXsKuK5UNL2FHwonWsX_SAyUJiJL8hSodSdR3PBtT_g4e7FnB21qnLQRQEbOXVEepfeDwHIoXmljfJaDHdOmKnQ/s640/blogger-image-1415593492.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Well, I guess to say that a post is long over due is an understatement!!! I promise I have tried to log on numerous times, but something would happen to my computer and it would freeze me out and I would just move on to the next thing! I decided to try it on my iPad tonight, so fingers crossed that this works!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tlxPmxbD1BCXSS65HB0938loW-kPHafOImNNXoFVWZQ8DZb45FV6jMH3tjKZnzpEV7Id8qYdr7owdl42hslyF-lBgpIKOCap8gy5hGHb2RXFm5iPg4IA_RyM4NHWNTUqCmZDtEnIhyphenhyphen4/s640/blogger-image-717578701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tlxPmxbD1BCXSS65HB0938loW-kPHafOImNNXoFVWZQ8DZb45FV6jMH3tjKZnzpEV7Id8qYdr7owdl42hslyF-lBgpIKOCap8gy5hGHb2RXFm5iPg4IA_RyM4NHWNTUqCmZDtEnIhyphenhyphen4/s640/blogger-image-717578701.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The biggest update for Callie has been her glasses! This one was tough for Mommy, with guilt anyways. Becuase of her ROP when she was a baby and then her following surgery for Strabismus, she had been being closely followed by an amazing Pediatric Opthomologist at Johns Hopkins. Well, now that Callie is 4 and knows all of her letters, she officially took her first eye test. They covered her left eye and she did amazingly well with her vision...switch sides, and she barely knew the E. Poor girl! Here we thought she was just clutsy and her writing was messy, and in reality, she needed glasses! I felt so guilty that I hadn't recognized this earlier, but at least she has what she needs now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yiR5Yd-2fLC_C-DiTBIlZl8pb1-B7pa1yhuneB-hjZHjwNwn1m6pzZVgNxCuTv6XwS_NOf0TqXJOSzbHqwMayWI3VLT_ycpOLsxNpC02sKedsqJeTeU-17izCW7-a5-ZioCkfhTYOZU/s640/blogger-image-399417056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yiR5Yd-2fLC_C-DiTBIlZl8pb1-B7pa1yhuneB-hjZHjwNwn1m6pzZVgNxCuTv6XwS_NOf0TqXJOSzbHqwMayWI3VLT_ycpOLsxNpC02sKedsqJeTeU-17izCW7-a5-ZioCkfhTYOZU/s640/blogger-image-399417056.jpg"></a></div></div>We have noticed quite a difference with her glasses. Her writing has improved, her balance is much better, and her first comment to me when she put them on was "Mommy, everything is so big!!" And our Callie is all about being a BIG GIRL! Little miss independent she is for sure! She is certainly learning to test her boundries and has a strong will to say the least! I have called my Mother so many times to share a funny story that just reminds me so much of me. Such as "mommy I don't need to listen to you" or the strong willed "NO!!!". Don't get me wrong, Callie is a sweet and loving girl most of the time. We are always so proud at Parent/Teacher conferences because they always point out what a good friend Callie is and how they can always count on her to play with a friend when they are sad and down. Actually, we are so proud of her all of the time. It never ceases to amaze me what a miracle she is. She has come so far and we just feel so privaledge to share in her journey!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynklSrvCxyMjdQbO83CU-4hAhc7Mu4sE8EBuMUQWSXcuhBQ0s_nC0oJuuEFJKVaPJYLmAIyNNf8OCPm-23qrvZ_o1iXSepN8mPr-Q_qJbeD3k92GualV5ya4aHpd-FYn_g_LeM8IYa_I/s640/blogger-image--2071683847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynklSrvCxyMjdQbO83CU-4hAhc7Mu4sE8EBuMUQWSXcuhBQ0s_nC0oJuuEFJKVaPJYLmAIyNNf8OCPm-23qrvZ_o1iXSepN8mPr-Q_qJbeD3k92GualV5ya4aHpd-FYn_g_LeM8IYa_I/s640/blogger-image--2071683847.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Fall has been a lot of fun with all of the festivities and visits from family members. If this post works, I promise to update more frequently. People still comment to me from time to time that this blog has helped them or a family member wade through the trenches of prematurity and that makes me feel good that I can share her story with the world. I guess when things stabalized, I didn't know if everyone still wanted the updates and frankly, we got busy!! But at one of the latest family gatherings to celebrate the wedding of my beautiful cousin, Jessica, more than one person requested updates, so I promise to be better!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7JwHRLqSy9y-tQ5twrBsObMneShd9BRN1ZqQzVrjhKs34qzdgTdqkzRg7YS7sMpaXenkn1yDliXCNQuXw3-F_Jgj6-wcDAzlpqg_ekElphEsZZaJGhS9xG6NJlxERTiWIWRfrS6kySg/s640/blogger-image-1675610537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7JwHRLqSy9y-tQ5twrBsObMneShd9BRN1ZqQzVrjhKs34qzdgTdqkzRg7YS7sMpaXenkn1yDliXCNQuXw3-F_Jgj6-wcDAzlpqg_ekElphEsZZaJGhS9xG6NJlxERTiWIWRfrS6kySg/s640/blogger-image-1675610537.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is a picture of our beautiful purple butterfly! She was 100% certain of what she wanted to be this year and she had an amazing time! It is crazy what a difference a year makes! This year, she wanted to go up to the doors by herself with her friend Ashley, while Mommy, Daddy and Grammi watched from the sidewalk. She does her best to keep up, but after about half of the block she asked to be carried a little between the houses, because she "isn't as fast as her friend." I don't know if this is just because she is smaller <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">or not as steady, but a little reminder that things still aren't easy for her. But as always, our little fighter fights, and does her best to keep up. We are so proud of you Callie May!</span></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-25594742031532344852013-03-17T18:28:00.001-07:002013-03-17T18:28:14.253-07:00Brackets for Babies<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please join us for a “fun”draiser for Team Callie May and the March of Dimes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Help Fight Prematurity with your NCAA Basketball Bracket Picks! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please sign up now by using the link http://calliemod.mayhem.cbssports.com/e</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Please forward this on to anyone that you think will be interested! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Any questions? Email me at <a href="mailto:marcicostello@gmail.com">marcicostello@gmail.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Your $10 payment can be made to me by check or cash mailed to: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Marci Costello - 711 Scottish Isle Dr., Abingdon, MD 21009</span></div>
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Can you believe Callie is 4 years old?!?! And she certainly acts the part!! This was her first year having a Birthday party with her friends from school. In years past, her parties were always families of Mommy and Daddy's friends, but this year, HER friends were included and she was soooo excited!! </div>
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Unfortunately, it has been a rough winter for Callie's health. It was touch and go whether or not we would have to cancel her Birthday party, but luckily, her temperature subsided and she was able to have her party as planned!</div>
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Callie absolutely loves gymnastics, so it was an easy decision to have her party at her Gym! We had never been to a party there, but were pleasently surprised. They had lots of playtime with the kids in both the big gym and the little gym, before taking you downstairs to a party room for pizza and cupcakes!</div>
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One of the highlights is a swing that the kids took turns dropping into a pit of foam cubes.</div>
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Then the teachers had Callie sit on the swing while all of her friends sang "Happy Birthday" to her. Callie still has Mommy play her the video of the singing. She thought it was so cool that everyone sang to her!!</div>
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In other news, Callie is going back to her ENT this week as she continues to have ear infections, and it appears one of her tubes is no longer in place. And she as I mentioned in her last post, she is in the middle of being evaluated by Child Find and we will update you as soon as we get the final reports!</div>
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Happy New Year everyone! I know it has been WAY too long since my last post, but things got busier than ever with the Holiday's and the sicknesses that the cold weather seems to bring us! The good news, Callie continues to thrive and she amazes us everyday!!<br />
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We were fortunate enough to have Callie's Holiday pictures captured again by our friend Amy. She is the Mommy of one of Callie's good friends from the NICU. It is so amazing to see them growing up together and how beautiful they are becoming. We spent the afternoon together, had dinner, and watched our miracles play dolls...a true blessing!!</div>
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Callie continues to do well in school. Right before the Holiday's, we had our parent/teacher conferences at Goddard. For the most part, Callie is right where she should be. The teachers were very impressed with her memorization skills-like know her numbers, letters, shapes ect. They also were pleased with her social skills. They told us that she is always smiling and that they can always count on her to play with anyone. We just love that she is become a good friend! The big area of concern for them was her attention span. We have also witnessed this at home, but weren't sure what was appropriate for her age and also how much was capability versus attitude. Her teachers said that she struggles paying attention in circle and is often distracted. They asked if we would be willing to have Child Find (essentially Infants & Toddlers for ages 3-5) evaluate her. Of course we 100% support this. We have always believed that the more eyes and support that we can get on and for Callie, the better. So, Mommy has completed the paperwork and she should be evaluated in the classroom soon. We also discussed this with Callie's pediatrician and apparently there is a big correlation between prematurity and attentian deficet. We are just hoping that we can put some plans in place to help her behavior prior to getting into Kindergarten. </div>
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What was also reassuring out of this scenerio, was how truly amazing Callie's teachers at Goddard are. Mommy really struggled when Callie was released from Infants and Toddlers. While I was incredibly thrilled they felt she didn't need the support, I worried something might get missed and she would lag behind. Her teachers involvement and concern comforts me in knowing she is absolutely in the right place!</div>
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Callie continues to LOVE gymnastics! She is really working on improving her balance and flexibility. But we see her real strength in her upper body. The video above is at the end of the fall session. We love her determination and the fact that she doesn't want help. And honestly, we are just impressed with how well she does with the bars!</div>
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The Holidays were great! We went up to NY for a whole week and got to go sledding and we were able to have a lot of quality time with our family. Of course, our girl was spoiled! It was great, because this year she was really into Santa Clause. Cal and her cousin Jack put out cookies and milk and carrots for the reindeer and she wanted to make sure she wrote her own letter to him. In the morning, she was very inquisitive...even examining the wrapping paper that he used!! Christmas is so exciting through her eyes!</div>
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This season has definitely been rough on Callie's health. She is currently taking her nebulizer twice a day with her steroid inhaler and that seems to be helping her. Her ears continue to bother her, even with the PE tubes. Her pediatrician said that if she gets another ear infection this winter, Callie will have to go back to her ENT surgeon. We are hoping to avoid that with some ear drops her Pediatrican prescribed.</div>
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Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-19272593129915655172012-11-17T08:46:00.001-08:002012-11-17T09:03:00.582-08:00World Prematurity Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today marks the 2nd World Prematurity Day. Ever since our precious Callie was born 16 weeks early, prematurity awareness has been something very near to our hearts.</div>
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We look at our miracle every day in amazement. She has defied all odds, endured 6 surgeries, spent 6 weeks on a ventilator, and had to be resuscitated more times than Mommy can bare to remember. We thank God and her amazing Doctors and Nurses every day for the blessings and care she received.</div>
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After Callie came home from the hospital, we decided we needed to do more to help other families and babies in need and decided to become active with the March of Dimes.</div>
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Mommy has been actively involved as a Mission Mom with the March of Dimes, which is the worlds leading organization in raising money and awareness for Mother's and babies. Without their research, we know our amazing little girl wouldn't be here today.</div>
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The Mission is working! For the 5th consecutive year, the premature birth rate has dropped in the United States, but we still rank 131st in the world with 1 in 8 babies born too early-this is WAY too high!<br />
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So, today we wear purple in honor of our Miracle and so many of her preemie friends and in memory of those that are no longer with us-we carry your memory in our heart every day.</div>
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For our blog post today, I decided to post pictures of Callie in purple through the last three years. I still choke up looking at these pictures. But as you can see, even from the first picture of Callie in purple when she was 6 weeks old...she is a fighter!</div>
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So please join us in wearing purple today and sharing Callie's story and the story of too many babies that have to suffer every day to simply survive.</div>
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It is hard to believe that fall is here! (And I haven't updated the blog at all) Callie had a busy summer and had lots of fun!</div>
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We had a great visit to Canton in June, visiting family and friends. Callie just loves being surrounded by family and I think the feeling is mutual!!</div>
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Cal had the chance to ride her first horse this summer! </div>
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Visit an Irish festival!</div>
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Spend a lot of fun time in Ocean City!</div>
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She managed to get a great tan, despite Mommy putting on sunscreen every hour!! (that happens for a sun baby that loves to be in the pool at every chance she gets)</div>
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We attended the 2012 Johns Hopkins NICU reunion and saw some of our favorite nurses and the brand new NICU that just opened! The new NICU is beautiful and has private rooms for each baby. I couldn't help but think how I never would have left her side if that had been available when she was in the NICU. I dreaded every night that I had to leave her, it is an awful feeling to leave your sick baby and I am so glad that these parents have the opportunities to stay with their babies!</div>
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Callie got to go to fairs and amusement parks and had NO fear of the rides!! She was upset when she wasn't tall enough to ride one! </div>
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Callie still loves gymnastics and has started swimming lessons again. She also started ballet a few weeks ago...so sweet!!</div>
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Mommy started taking Cal to the library and she loves it! We are so happy that Callie loves to read! She loves to have stories read to her and then she likes to tell the story back to you! She has developed a great imagination. She loves playing with dolls and any sort of make believe!</div>
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Callie moved up a room at school in August and is officially in pre-school. Her room is even out of the baby hall-such a big girl!! We love her teachers and the fact that she is learning so much! She is really doing well with her letters, with both recognition and sounds. It's so cute to have conversations with her, she will tell us all about different things that start with A...all things we never knew would be possible. We can't wait for all that is to come!!</div>
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During June, Callie had an exciting vacation to Florida. Not only did she get to see lots of family members, but she got to go to Disney World!!</div>
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If you know Callie, you know that this represents most of Callie's favorite things: family, pool, beach and Minnie and Mickey!!<br />
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She spent almost every day at the pool or the beach!<br />
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She first got to spend a couple of days on the east coast with Grandpa in Cocoa Beach!!<br />
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Then got to visit the Magic Kingdom!!!</div>
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Ride rollercoasters!!</div>
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When it came time to meet Mickey and Minnie, we weren't sure if she would be shy at first (her typical behavior). She wasnt!! She ran right up to them and gave them big hugs!! There were lots of tears from Mommy at Disney world---watching the wonder in Callie's eyes was amazing!!<br />
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Then Callie got to head to the west coast for some time with Oma and her Great Grandparents!<br />
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Giggles with Jenny and Aunt Janet!</div>
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Reading with Oma!!</div>
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And lots of smiles with Aunt Cateese and Uncle Bob!</div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-45487144365874043172012-06-10T18:27:00.002-07:002012-06-10T18:27:50.174-07:00Catch Up Time<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So...I know that we have been very behind in updates...but that is a good thing! Callie has had an amazing spring!!</div>
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Since the weather has been beautiful lately, Callie has been wanting to spend a lot of time outside, and especially in the pool! She would stay in the pool all day if we let her! She even got to spend some quality pool time with her friends Carter and Travis!!</div>
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This spring, Callie also started gymnastics. We were hoping it might give her a little more balance and it may be working. Regardless, she loves her Tumblebee's class and is doing it again next session!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnXcqtZd9KolLzeHtDanbvrS449bXX8vUEW9Edha9-7N_6PGnYa3UDqpFPlw9qT_S1vE1E1GfKoNXBoOTg-4NNG6ktQOlpYCd0ehXCW-GGGlzpB-nLrBC26uDXSn1GaUl_3O0B9wQ9EM/s1600/6.4+Callie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwnXcqtZd9KolLzeHtDanbvrS449bXX8vUEW9Edha9-7N_6PGnYa3UDqpFPlw9qT_S1vE1E1GfKoNXBoOTg-4NNG6ktQOlpYCd0ehXCW-GGGlzpB-nLrBC26uDXSn1GaUl_3O0B9wQ9EM/s320/6.4+Callie.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>
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The bigggest news this Spring is that Callie was officially released from Infants & Toddlers. This was a very difficult tranisiton for us, as they have taken such great care of Callie over the last three years. We know that she is doing well, but it was nice to have an extra set of eyes on her a couple of times each month! But they insisted that since she was meeting all of her 3 year old milestones and most of her 3 1/2 milestones, they couldn't continue to support her. </div>
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This was from her final report, "I understand your apprehension about Callie's services ending because of everything she has been through, but since her skills are age appropriate and she has no delays at this point, I am going to have to end her special education service. We have to look at her ability to manage her educational environment and right now she is doing very well in the classroom setting. Callie is using her words to express her wants and needs, as well as to protest and ask questions. Some of her cognitive skills are even above her age level. When I observe her in the classroom now, she fits right in with the other children. She is following the rules and routines of the new classroom well and she is not afraid to speak up if something has upset her." </div>
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As you can imagine, this brought me to tears! This is the amazing little lady we were told would never walk or function normally! Take that prematurity!!!</div>
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A BIG thank you for all of you that supported Team Callie May in the March for Babies this year!</div>
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As you know, the March of Dimes holds a very special place in our hearts. If it wasn't for the research that they have done, there is a very good chance, our miracle wouldn't be the thiving three year old that she is today.</div>
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Everytime that we look at Callie, we are reminded how very blessed we are and want to do anything that we can to help other babies thrive!</div>
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We hope that you will continue to support our Team in years to come and help us spread the word to bring awareness to this great cause!</div>
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And a very special thanks to our family and friends that came out on such a cold and rainy day to walk with us! Especially the girls from Kids First Swim School and Miss Amanda!! We love you all!!</div>
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We are so thankful for all of the care Callie received and a lot of that medicine was made possible by research funded by the March of Dimes. I stole this idea from one of my fellow preemie Mom's, we think it is a fun way to raise money for a great cause! Please forward our brackets to anyone you think would interested! Thank you!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Mz95_HchiIHGNObXaL8FAgZsGHnuPnlGXKQCcNlKpCUA69KKqAt8HMl2WyEEXEJjXn-1KWrTjAZyfBr8aggokvk4KCiX-LAEZYHhMVvGgQxGqlWG9ZZx8MTvZ1yMjcBS12Yx_55Bem8/s1600/3.7+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717340373076073570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Mz95_HchiIHGNObXaL8FAgZsGHnuPnlGXKQCcNlKpCUA69KKqAt8HMl2WyEEXEJjXn-1KWrTjAZyfBr8aggokvk4KCiX-LAEZYHhMVvGgQxGqlWG9ZZx8MTvZ1yMjcBS12Yx_55Bem8/s320/3.7+Callie.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>March Brackets for Babies</strong><br /></span><strong>Please join us for a “fun”draiser for Team Callie May and the March of Dimes!</strong> </span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Help Fight Prematurity with your NCAA Basketball Bracket Picks! </span></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Enter for $10<br /><br />$5 goes to March of Dimes and $5 goes into the final championship pot.<br /><br />Winner gets 60% of the pot </span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">2nd Place – 30% </span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">3rd Place – 10%</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Please sign up now by using the link </span><a href="http://calliemod.mayhem.cbssports.com/e"><span style="font-family:georgia;">http://calliemod.mayhem.cbssports.com/e</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />(you will need to create a cbssports login)<br />Password: fighter</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Please forward this on to anyone that you think will be interested! </span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Any questions? Email me at </span><a href="mailto:marcicostello@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:georgia;">marcicostello@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Your $10 payment can be made to me by check or cash mailed to:</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Marci Costello - 711 Scottish Isle Dr., Abingdon, MD 21009</span></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-4274966134839057932012-02-15T12:32:00.000-08:002012-02-15T18:39:11.845-08:00Our Princess is 3!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qt95JXN7F2PypEuMs1cyb_Mv85gEtIkEhsi9Bd9qgKdDBAqDvAUgrVpC-xGMkOsJGGt7N1nhwcn9af_JyDetpfy-39BNkIEftIJIhs3xvellGnt9HGdbFQp3gG_H4VOx8ieFx3CgUv8/s1600/2.13+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709463785971059058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qt95JXN7F2PypEuMs1cyb_Mv85gEtIkEhsi9Bd9qgKdDBAqDvAUgrVpC-xGMkOsJGGt7N1nhwcn9af_JyDetpfy-39BNkIEftIJIhs3xvellGnt9HGdbFQp3gG_H4VOx8ieFx3CgUv8/s320/2.13+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />Can you believe our little miracle is 3?!?!?!?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzaeno4JEzto-fAmuZGOhSugO6IfTsiMPy4qhlRcXSxAASY_ndVpEu2tA62AIf3BlSkFF8WFz9qJe2i0d_ciHHMykZFMTpKb5l60MMsgW4KUwHFeLx353g5U8MXgvBo7FbecqhNsGdvU/s1600/2.12+Reunion+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709463779192884930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBzaeno4JEzto-fAmuZGOhSugO6IfTsiMPy4qhlRcXSxAASY_ndVpEu2tA62AIf3BlSkFF8WFz9qJe2i0d_ciHHMykZFMTpKb5l60MMsgW4KUwHFeLx353g5U8MXgvBo7FbecqhNsGdvU/s320/2.12+Reunion+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpKl_LgiIjHX_Q2rvt40cuUS1LkRRdpTiZzmY_1GLYOAmJ5B447i2HLnJ2USzWEshSXUOtPk96UYrU-QJC0H2fRFtYjhKzh3XLWnVROvZPF_5_BGizfZ4ghSjzWjM4OoR6QDlTJlAatA/s1600/2.12+Reunion+%25286%2529.JPG"></a><br />We had an incredible Birthday weekend! On Saturday, Mommy and Callie went to Disney on Ice! Callie had a great time! She especially loved seeing Micky and Minnie and all of the Princesses. And Mommy definitely cried tears of joy watching Callie react to seeing her favorite characters.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpKl_LgiIjHX_Q2rvt40cuUS1LkRRdpTiZzmY_1GLYOAmJ5B447i2HLnJ2USzWEshSXUOtPk96UYrU-QJC0H2fRFtYjhKzh3XLWnVROvZPF_5_BGizfZ4ghSjzWjM4OoR6QDlTJlAatA/s1600/2.12+Reunion+%25286%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709463821021034658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpKl_LgiIjHX_Q2rvt40cuUS1LkRRdpTiZzmY_1GLYOAmJ5B447i2HLnJ2USzWEshSXUOtPk96UYrU-QJC0H2fRFtYjhKzh3XLWnVROvZPF_5_BGizfZ4ghSjzWjM4OoR6QDlTJlAatA/s320/2.12+Reunion+%25286%2529.JPG" /></a><br />On Sunday, we enjoyed our first St. Joe's NICU reunion! It was great to catch up with the wonderful Doctors, Nurses and families that have shared our journey with us. We still don't know how we can ever express enough thanks for all that they have done for our family and especially our Callie May! The picture above is of Callie and her NICU friend Ailyn...it is always great to get our girls together!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdIdI6ndhQKPMhvw4sqshwCa38rKxQGocxPiUfkji88p5W09Ert628TXdChUCp8GEprXsAJNDPoaEg61LHZvYRZrOxgJdKYeIOl7KSE96hNipm5Vo4WepDQfEcYDEJPpBpWJn3ZEDfzQ/s1600/IMG_6135.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466521472736418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdIdI6ndhQKPMhvw4sqshwCa38rKxQGocxPiUfkji88p5W09Ert628TXdChUCp8GEprXsAJNDPoaEg61LHZvYRZrOxgJdKYeIOl7KSE96hNipm5Vo4WepDQfEcYDEJPpBpWJn3ZEDfzQ/s320/IMG_6135.JPG" /></a><br />After the NICU reunion, we went back to our pool for Callie's Birthday party! Of course, our little fish wanted a pool party!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXDskdnWYpavVONFUkY0O-yv2nT2j4QjVoyTJCgbmwPK87aiLSQs0H9Gwgbq81QdC2LQpSubTZKBMRAPPAqPcsn4SGLhCfhL5A8EwQpM13oh6Ela3_xqH74TbOxQ8JsHjtznaHKrDT9U/s1600/IMG_6149.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466205817844994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXDskdnWYpavVONFUkY0O-yv2nT2j4QjVoyTJCgbmwPK87aiLSQs0H9Gwgbq81QdC2LQpSubTZKBMRAPPAqPcsn4SGLhCfhL5A8EwQpM13oh6Ela3_xqH74TbOxQ8JsHjtznaHKrDT9U/s320/IMG_6149.JPG" /></a><br />We were so happy that so many of our friends and family were able to make it to her party!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYxPx3cn8krZ-xkEKV6TN5q9GnZ3kXUCyAuGyCfNKdFb_y1tFbeZl1nxb2sVlw0U0vJ5oyYi0wcslce3RJVaow3795yjjoTJci6KNJSneo-vacnMsHs9M9LvQDjvbv25iSERsEVEKLkw/s1600/IMG_6173.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466221586390658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYxPx3cn8krZ-xkEKV6TN5q9GnZ3kXUCyAuGyCfNKdFb_y1tFbeZl1nxb2sVlw0U0vJ5oyYi0wcslce3RJVaow3795yjjoTJci6KNJSneo-vacnMsHs9M9LvQDjvbv25iSERsEVEKLkw/s320/IMG_6173.JPG" /></a><br />Callie and her goggles!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBUOyMECbWtA63wyqAPjX_Mb7AcRFRVc7cnGW5rEY8z4-fYqvOJyygKWOOznOGBIkHW1zlpQ3ALusYk1N9F_EKC8Is6ANblMZrcjfX7GS-7k6f5v0OKf0csXD5YsI8rUyn6DP9IsW0gs/s1600/IMG_6206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466173965671026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBUOyMECbWtA63wyqAPjX_Mb7AcRFRVc7cnGW5rEY8z4-fYqvOJyygKWOOznOGBIkHW1zlpQ3ALusYk1N9F_EKC8Is6ANblMZrcjfX7GS-7k6f5v0OKf0csXD5YsI8rUyn6DP9IsW0gs/s320/IMG_6206.JPG" /></a><br />Callie had a lot of fun with Leah! Callie really looks up to her and likes copying her every move!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQOW5ExZQ2Js8AYBJA7iY5zC75YcEq45NHyC47Kr8URop1gyRddHSWxZ5OYfDeLYal2aMju4mddlfLIcp2fumknCG9indf7lVKLvwjRsvmWWaFwKe-OAKy03gWFibEWXfZb8SHWcLPGU/s1600/IMG_6201.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466155777727186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQOW5ExZQ2Js8AYBJA7iY5zC75YcEq45NHyC47Kr8URop1gyRddHSWxZ5OYfDeLYal2aMju4mddlfLIcp2fumknCG9indf7lVKLvwjRsvmWWaFwKe-OAKy03gWFibEWXfZb8SHWcLPGU/s320/IMG_6201.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoSnIwpDAmF4mCYpw59oYvmOYSnfdOhdOdQP__5FPN0fSwnJ5Kj4EBi1te1gC1tHqv8CX8vBrv15ndfn80grpO94giHUU-SNUZ_B6IYuVD8VBEH1ccXOagyzOl7X9FlmyPm659WGIgdU/s1600/IMG_6216.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709466151425902530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLoSnIwpDAmF4mCYpw59oYvmOYSnfdOhdOdQP__5FPN0fSwnJ5Kj4EBi1te1gC1tHqv8CX8vBrv15ndfn80grpO94giHUU-SNUZ_B6IYuVD8VBEH1ccXOagyzOl7X9FlmyPm659WGIgdU/s320/IMG_6216.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4qr3-y78IqK8_5Ee813awOQC9pVNRMIWtyQSzD86BWS91OamFypWd61p3sbh5yn3fJyIHuJtkXHzosCPNkTWEUM2_VTEh9rMAVy-q4rgbbshbeiatYE2A-g3LAcg4jLFjyKJFQ5-RAI/s1600/IMG_6126.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709463836973256066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp4qr3-y78IqK8_5Ee813awOQC9pVNRMIWtyQSzD86BWS91OamFypWd61p3sbh5yn3fJyIHuJtkXHzosCPNkTWEUM2_VTEh9rMAVy-q4rgbbshbeiatYE2A-g3LAcg4jLFjyKJFQ5-RAI/s320/IMG_6126.JPG" /></a><br />Aunt Brenna's coworker made an amazing cake, that if you can imagine, tasted better than it looked!!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUyluQmls84W0mQZK-onQj0Afl2Id6XrX5fuuA0wfibebGeKvQeKG0CyftSHYxvH6u9xbsGpA5Q8pNWlsDkVK-8CnOR8VMM3UCoGjCXvZL0N8VgvyHUbZwrEdi5X-selqbldraMHboas/s1600/2.12+candles.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 273px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709463750431254578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUyluQmls84W0mQZK-onQj0Afl2Id6XrX5fuuA0wfibebGeKvQeKG0CyftSHYxvH6u9xbsGpA5Q8pNWlsDkVK-8CnOR8VMM3UCoGjCXvZL0N8VgvyHUbZwrEdi5X-selqbldraMHboas/s320/2.12+candles.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Callie sang Happy Birthday to herself...SO cute!! </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qt_gChO0_I1mmjVZdaVAgLC2cqeX5vX0G1qbQo1Vd-_9K1o7mjfLiYvFY3IuolDMVEkQV-Swq6tAUEh7h__b0uVxjVIZWrRkN3HRSK3E6mE2P2cZd2JQM1BVhjIq2PRmcyWwN51e_VA/s1600/IMG_6241.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709464839208372802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Qt_gChO0_I1mmjVZdaVAgLC2cqeX5vX0G1qbQo1Vd-_9K1o7mjfLiYvFY3IuolDMVEkQV-Swq6tAUEh7h__b0uVxjVIZWrRkN3HRSK3E6mE2P2cZd2JQM1BVhjIq2PRmcyWwN51e_VA/s320/IMG_6241.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHZh2D8zgUmqZ50rbxrgOgwMFn4l8R7sMMoo8UYjXopFfwAAexp0C4uH35Qq-Nf2VipviSFZbh08kLHehZg-xCnvNCCXVTDoRPnfvyWqF8KiAN5500kc6zO64y_-lNWQceMuZEmkY3f4/s1600/IMG_6261.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709464813599157538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqHZh2D8zgUmqZ50rbxrgOgwMFn4l8R7sMMoo8UYjXopFfwAAexp0C4uH35Qq-Nf2VipviSFZbh08kLHehZg-xCnvNCCXVTDoRPnfvyWqF8KiAN5500kc6zO64y_-lNWQceMuZEmkY3f4/s320/IMG_6261.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UMfXP4wcP8JuGz2-MDdq5VqDhWQCwAuplUK7J4Hyrlflps6n_xlRiophpyD2zkD8r2JwDaUCTya8iI4kkN_5dvqBY7YuVdKKLy8BXVF0SFECFE2GeEsPqy0G3zdovYmFV4F1xDrabl0/s1600/IMG_6266.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709464807314239538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3UMfXP4wcP8JuGz2-MDdq5VqDhWQCwAuplUK7J4Hyrlflps6n_xlRiophpyD2zkD8r2JwDaUCTya8iI4kkN_5dvqBY7YuVdKKLy8BXVF0SFECFE2GeEsPqy0G3zdovYmFV4F1xDrabl0/s320/IMG_6266.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKBfbrGfogvFh3lEq-PQNxCOGoRVA3BXJRfkERtK-radRYwAlxMAZHCZeiEnNu3m0MOgChDjI5S9hwmu2rlVz3416kvzXnYKyOD-3LUegl8Pt8ZMC-sS9R-onI8XaooXnGQM8T5MwRv8/s1600/IMG_6273.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709464793543973202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKBfbrGfogvFh3lEq-PQNxCOGoRVA3BXJRfkERtK-radRYwAlxMAZHCZeiEnNu3m0MOgChDjI5S9hwmu2rlVz3416kvzXnYKyOD-3LUegl8Pt8ZMC-sS9R-onI8XaooXnGQM8T5MwRv8/s320/IMG_6273.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div>And on her actual Birthday, Grammi came to join us for Callie's favorite food-Chicken Wings!!! And then Aunt Calise came over for cake!!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaVKGSzhyk-puXKgbUCvYAmdWrpG6dCPA3LJQQtBzrrN0bEp6o-gmL-heDQlRmaz6PL-6HjV-Xwch_9bE9iaukqx6JTTCD1GwuP7UzmPsHsL8lYulCkSyZsyzl949QxQYwX_3EG6D3fw/s1600/2.13+Candles+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709464782900880194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaVKGSzhyk-puXKgbUCvYAmdWrpG6dCPA3LJQQtBzrrN0bEp6o-gmL-heDQlRmaz6PL-6HjV-Xwch_9bE9iaukqx6JTTCD1GwuP7UzmPsHsL8lYulCkSyZsyzl949QxQYwX_3EG6D3fw/s320/2.13+Candles+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>It is hard to believe it has already been 3 years since our little fighter made her entrance into this world. It was the most terrifying and yet happiest day of my life. Every day we are amazed by Callie and so thankful she has more strength than the rest of us combined!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-50504272567364270552012-01-20T18:56:00.000-08:002012-01-20T19:07:47.155-08:00Big Girl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aceC_XwrIaYhe5h-Mp-IP7ya_KTvJ-OCmZH5IPGgPhBQ5jcMdcxrQil3gDo4JkK57YXobHd8lLRhUQNiGu8ALKxGQpOLzo_E042aqzY1rUhkt084uUbbPTV7puVj9DrkkCN223bbTWU/s1600/1.11+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 238px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699915569417757826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aceC_XwrIaYhe5h-Mp-IP7ya_KTvJ-OCmZH5IPGgPhBQ5jcMdcxrQil3gDo4JkK57YXobHd8lLRhUQNiGu8ALKxGQpOLzo_E042aqzY1rUhkt084uUbbPTV7puVj9DrkkCN223bbTWU/s320/1.11+Callie.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Everyday Callie amazes us!! Her newest accomplishment is being potty trained! She has been working on this for awhile now, but we have now gone several days without an accident both at home and at school! We are SOOO proud of her!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9pc2JJ0Zsm1hcTFg4mbYhh9H8n4klfuE_F8mancaYKamsHGQlgO_KlCDS_KxxBM8f6vs2Q0iXVmsatS8rAHust4RAUjlCFEsjy_P50x6zxFtLqKZZT1GV1kHEOszQUzzaKySWUZvxeM/s1600/1.12+Callie+%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699915103889767298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9pc2JJ0Zsm1hcTFg4mbYhh9H8n4klfuE_F8mancaYKamsHGQlgO_KlCDS_KxxBM8f6vs2Q0iXVmsatS8rAHust4RAUjlCFEsjy_P50x6zxFtLqKZZT1GV1kHEOszQUzzaKySWUZvxeM/s320/1.12+Callie+%252810%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Swimming lessons have been going really well! She loves her teacher, Miss Danni, and her new friend Joey (who is 4 1/2).<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQehl5CVXHF42AJDQbAQRiVvmsNAJdmrX8kS1Bgn7vOaGdFEFLvB8FnycuIWgMEjVJuDOII58pJtL1Qqw7FKypXqNvIu_w0SLr15ZZGZHtV3jGQb75iSG9Jta1N0ODGYo2imQ068LPjpo/s1600/1.12+Callie+%252815%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699915095214841090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQehl5CVXHF42AJDQbAQRiVvmsNAJdmrX8kS1Bgn7vOaGdFEFLvB8FnycuIWgMEjVJuDOII58pJtL1Qqw7FKypXqNvIu_w0SLr15ZZGZHtV3jGQb75iSG9Jta1N0ODGYo2imQ068LPjpo/s320/1.12+Callie+%252815%2529.JPG" /></a><br />For the most part, she follows directions and the teacher is very pleased! The best part is Callie LOVES it. As soon as her lesson ends, she asks if she can go in again. She is starting to understand her schedule and will actually ask, "can I go to swimming lessons on Thursday?" So cute!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL7dY7QvvaEmINxGzryinIff-tme_5eBBeYPoSOK75RjMuIHtKRZ0igjgul8At6tG1NzDIRmRqDqhNHpQ6dDJi4BP1Z5nsMCrN4eUyD1FgjlUmyOrVdaKh-iduLOKK7IsacjMfwvBnUA/s1600/1.12+Callie+%252818%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699915088448418642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwL7dY7QvvaEmINxGzryinIff-tme_5eBBeYPoSOK75RjMuIHtKRZ0igjgul8At6tG1NzDIRmRqDqhNHpQ6dDJi4BP1Z5nsMCrN4eUyD1FgjlUmyOrVdaKh-iduLOKK7IsacjMfwvBnUA/s320/1.12+Callie+%252818%2529.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-63915238858514926722012-01-06T19:05:00.000-08:002012-01-07T06:48:48.191-08:00Christmas Joy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuLB7iNjjqKnv3hAuCFVAaKbaJYOwIVYRNUT3Eh401RmkvwShJCqyx0Fbzzx8MMWKySK0yZnD2UaUcYDn2J8iAUAdWgYb0er0N6P-LwwiAMKfbAQQDrJhyvDIOvAx0qqDyGGIWK93MNw/s1600/11.27+Callie+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694726255639853042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuLB7iNjjqKnv3hAuCFVAaKbaJYOwIVYRNUT3Eh401RmkvwShJCqyx0Fbzzx8MMWKySK0yZnD2UaUcYDn2J8iAUAdWgYb0er0N6P-LwwiAMKfbAQQDrJhyvDIOvAx0qqDyGGIWK93MNw/s320/11.27+Callie+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />What a difference a year makes! This year Callie seemed to understand Christmas, at least the Santa and presents part. We kept trying to explain and read to her about Baby Jesus, but I think it is a little over her head still. We did manage to get her to sing Happy Birthday to Baby Jesus though!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUnCv6PXIYTngNnldY4EDo34BBQClLHq1Cj05TRZUKtZf69jkKNN-hY4_F3z0MVqhoAySWf9J-eALb8XdkIEseSxROHK7x4oX2GbjN-xHNWEBC7VXm-hQJbxe75_AcanYm8_Mg-uhHtc/s1600/12.17+Costello+hristmas+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694724179257251266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUnCv6PXIYTngNnldY4EDo34BBQClLHq1Cj05TRZUKtZf69jkKNN-hY4_F3z0MVqhoAySWf9J-eALb8XdkIEseSxROHK7x4oX2GbjN-xHNWEBC7VXm-hQJbxe75_AcanYm8_Mg-uhHtc/s320/12.17+Costello+hristmas+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />December was filled with many Christmas' with different family members. Callie loves being with her family and talks about them all of the time when they aren't here!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONvurWi-KQ-KxCwPaCQCK8IHdChu9m2mt85ll6_keCIie4ibo4PojZp-og7oJvYekxdD_7hOpqPS9RjVhgmwDdWEEYTEZyhj0KVEHZWA31l_u8tZcfIp7yiTgHgDGST9nPmcLnq8bGj0/s1600/12.21+Callie+and+Grandpa+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694724171435843970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONvurWi-KQ-KxCwPaCQCK8IHdChu9m2mt85ll6_keCIie4ibo4PojZp-og7oJvYekxdD_7hOpqPS9RjVhgmwDdWEEYTEZyhj0KVEHZWA31l_u8tZcfIp7yiTgHgDGST9nPmcLnq8bGj0/s320/12.21+Callie+and+Grandpa+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />We made the trip up to Canton for Christmas itself. It was so nice to be home for 10 days!! <br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgayy0BLm1OjI8yDQY5M3wlxx7Sg1Q5PT0pT568s_Hfxz-k9brnp8oxLfmibImrKhqfst9AyHvtsyfrdSgy7sJfX-reBm4IY9NWLINCw59LqdVTxrsd1Ak8J27GOifXWg6m_S9_jb2Q/s1600/12.24+Christmas+Eve+%252814%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694724169557464114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgayy0BLm1OjI8yDQY5M3wlxx7Sg1Q5PT0pT568s_Hfxz-k9brnp8oxLfmibImrKhqfst9AyHvtsyfrdSgy7sJfX-reBm4IY9NWLINCw59LqdVTxrsd1Ak8J27GOifXWg6m_S9_jb2Q/s320/12.24+Christmas+Eve+%252814%2529.JPG" /></a><br />We had just been home in November, but even in one short month, Cal had changed quite a bit. Her conversations are getting more advanced. Full sentences and never ending questions are a daily part of life-which is SO much fun!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ieloy5AtNyZOIQdteLRAXzptmYbpNtZ_8N3SVA1aYtRmz05nR21UTZlG7WTQxP4dutvv1U0LB6hOABo8we8mPUl5P-gicAxOa0sIzQcXwEvizFxqNzdcpVBuBMRvxyjfXIyvQHQPNA/s1600/12.25+Christmas+%25288%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694724152192208530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7ieloy5AtNyZOIQdteLRAXzptmYbpNtZ_8N3SVA1aYtRmz05nR21UTZlG7WTQxP4dutvv1U0LB6hOABo8we8mPUl5P-gicAxOa0sIzQcXwEvizFxqNzdcpVBuBMRvxyjfXIyvQHQPNA/s320/12.25+Christmas+%25288%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie spent most of her break playing with her cousin Jack and Auntie Kim!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUJEIpbf0gbeA2-GjEgtHhL7UKkHEuNFLUoXNgjfvG3nk7U-gVguEyAj4LZi-1mAbv56TGMzNePHy8rlO5rYw9rE6WiBoQQ9A5S31YZKg0DxE9ZEGBG9te79j-bxcCjjeS-8zcybndOU/s1600/12.25+Christmas+%252811%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694724146964824322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUJEIpbf0gbeA2-GjEgtHhL7UKkHEuNFLUoXNgjfvG3nk7U-gVguEyAj4LZi-1mAbv56TGMzNePHy8rlO5rYw9rE6WiBoQQ9A5S31YZKg0DxE9ZEGBG9te79j-bxcCjjeS-8zcybndOU/s320/12.25+Christmas+%252811%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie was so excited that Santa came and brought her presents. She really got into opening presents. The problem was, once she opened a fun present she didn't want to open any more. She kept saying, "I don't want to open more presents, I want to play!"<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBccPB0dacLXYOhFHdhHC0BEigCifAZVG7LEU-woXYUC89eDE7l2Ax31UWs5mCAlWQHI1OLQbophfETlHH6cpdj2ffOwGcKhfvFwZMf62ykON4Ub6OGs8l3tPKCzoaE08_Yi4wGVjtlK8/s1600/12.26+Pool+%252815%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722931907882786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBccPB0dacLXYOhFHdhHC0BEigCifAZVG7LEU-woXYUC89eDE7l2Ax31UWs5mCAlWQHI1OLQbophfETlHH6cpdj2ffOwGcKhfvFwZMf62ykON4Ub6OGs8l3tPKCzoaE08_Yi4wGVjtlK8/s320/12.26+Pool+%252815%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Grammi and Papa Mike stayed at the Best Western, so Callie was able to enjoy time in the indoor pool. We were anxious to see if Callie would still love the water, and she certainly did!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoPdokukjzoPH8RulxNVIzaNbl34jBdLHuC8EPHEHcRVaFjU1IYlMXWvn59aB3My-Vjobf46wB91kQPklCVKItbRgOr-oraVDRL7iqGvgqmqVlHU47ZpRjqclTwn3vGk5teZUvKfeOHY/s1600/12.26+Pool+%252820%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722922942726658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCoPdokukjzoPH8RulxNVIzaNbl34jBdLHuC8EPHEHcRVaFjU1IYlMXWvn59aB3My-Vjobf46wB91kQPklCVKItbRgOr-oraVDRL7iqGvgqmqVlHU47ZpRjqclTwn3vGk5teZUvKfeOHY/s320/12.26+Pool+%252820%2529.JPG" /></a><br />We were contemplating doing another session of "Mommy and Me" swim lessons, but after seeing her comfort in the pool, we decided to enroll her in actual small group lessons. Callie started her lessons on Thursday. She is in a group with a 4 1/2 year old boy, and within 5 minutes of class starting, she was keeping up and doing everything the little boy was doing! It is so exciting to watch her do so well in the pool!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMOWggNaJ7SAST_4q-TtlHzmSqwNxOemVsh-2iNCqaSEHQMfDtB_h8Rm-ojkl8CxMAGx0n69zO0iXmb-P-M0tgvaxcK_AMyTWSj-OnEB51ABSXoVBmawvOiswNkms-9zsFVfisQWtGvI/s1600/12.28+Callie+and+Jack+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722911033504962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMOWggNaJ7SAST_4q-TtlHzmSqwNxOemVsh-2iNCqaSEHQMfDtB_h8Rm-ojkl8CxMAGx0n69zO0iXmb-P-M0tgvaxcK_AMyTWSj-OnEB51ABSXoVBmawvOiswNkms-9zsFVfisQWtGvI/s320/12.28+Callie+and+Jack+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div>Kisses from cousin Jack!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmsPzeWQc0E5ScZufAUTy5SwYj0CtCzbfvyekp52DSiPr3LXrWzzz_An31vWyJU_oBYOGFwu4tt9t6lI7Sp9k4Mulgnd8J6nDZL3hsVvS4BepGJprGct7TSQ84jRiGQUEEbiyYLrzODc/s1600/12.28+Callie+and+Ma+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722900720216690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmsPzeWQc0E5ScZufAUTy5SwYj0CtCzbfvyekp52DSiPr3LXrWzzz_An31vWyJU_oBYOGFwu4tt9t6lI7Sp9k4Mulgnd8J6nDZL3hsVvS4BepGJprGct7TSQ84jRiGQUEEbiyYLrzODc/s320/12.28+Callie+and+Ma+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Snuggling with Ma!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc_VIC-G1GpGjPE5MDB6rF3iZ7slBEtR0SjG6r4_9Pw2DmaRhrBJX54jpzptDWkwTBvqEi0tZ0cXqEEe535OW7BkAqz-GdkY105WrSPwt5RJaUgqT0I5KHpMUHgt7Gwp7j4ZMc_aoiYc/s1600/12.28+Callie%252C+Kim+and+Jack+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722896416378642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVc_VIC-G1GpGjPE5MDB6rF3iZ7slBEtR0SjG6r4_9Pw2DmaRhrBJX54jpzptDWkwTBvqEi0tZ0cXqEEe535OW7BkAqz-GdkY105WrSPwt5RJaUgqT0I5KHpMUHgt7Gwp7j4ZMc_aoiYc/s320/12.28+Callie%252C+Kim+and+Jack+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Happy time with Auntie Kim!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4ymGnrwRRjcoQ56J-8LMsUwIFOqo4cRv08SNUVDUV8CwY9F6axk1D3sxevw2OMH4KcI5ZY944MRvbKZkvd25qJAtkcZe8ofb54L0FBuM5It14Ypv94SblmLLFybP6n0CUbV-R4iqyMg/s1600/12.28+Snow+%252813%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722187810704082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4ymGnrwRRjcoQ56J-8LMsUwIFOqo4cRv08SNUVDUV8CwY9F6axk1D3sxevw2OMH4KcI5ZY944MRvbKZkvd25qJAtkcZe8ofb54L0FBuM5It14Ypv94SblmLLFybP6n0CUbV-R4iqyMg/s320/12.28+Snow+%252813%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Canton was FREEZING cold! One morning it was actually -12!! We did have snow and a white Christmas! Callie got to go sledding with Grampi, but actually had more fun on the snow covered slides at the school playground!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfaaH3R-Gs4F9GdMj9uyeLVu2SaitEhPOIqTxgvD7_9_gqFHRKazMYtMHUQkeySy2CpURA2aKwOBrBxRp3965rRSpvsKavD_CXuvCmxLbSUsW2gcyO5keexmLBF2NgQmLZHC3wcO-WeE/s1600/12.31+Dancing+%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722173870984434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfaaH3R-Gs4F9GdMj9uyeLVu2SaitEhPOIqTxgvD7_9_gqFHRKazMYtMHUQkeySy2CpURA2aKwOBrBxRp3965rRSpvsKavD_CXuvCmxLbSUsW2gcyO5keexmLBF2NgQmLZHC3wcO-WeE/s320/12.31+Dancing+%25285%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Dancing with Auntie Kim!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiwN8LbCoFNVTuuL_x15g7s1erGoRX72vlZz_8kiKtXqo-18nGVaEeYUuchJK9UovUGfVHxB8yX-kie-Xcv91rcFPAh9s_0JEthT0Qc-QcI_sp4P2OBqBnbr0YH7MdcnCow4Tiuv5zww/s1600/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252820%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722159079181026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiwN8LbCoFNVTuuL_x15g7s1erGoRX72vlZz_8kiKtXqo-18nGVaEeYUuchJK9UovUGfVHxB8yX-kie-Xcv91rcFPAh9s_0JEthT0Qc-QcI_sp4P2OBqBnbr0YH7MdcnCow4Tiuv5zww/s320/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252820%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Kisses with Pa!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9_rFswux8vLeHG4PwkXXWeV1trmodEDzTB3GaK6rRNLYmC6dKsYtOT3DluBY7SQcIaUbA1VcDB9CwuLzxbwMTSWlBm4_O4oCl-K7zyhtFA8V5wGthyWSNNL1cwbeUhVbQ_0-bAyuCas/s1600/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252825%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722154756942770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9_rFswux8vLeHG4PwkXXWeV1trmodEDzTB3GaK6rRNLYmC6dKsYtOT3DluBY7SQcIaUbA1VcDB9CwuLzxbwMTSWlBm4_O4oCl-K7zyhtFA8V5wGthyWSNNL1cwbeUhVbQ_0-bAyuCas/s320/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252825%2529.JPG" /></a><br />So now we are back to our routine! Callie is back to school and having fun with her friends. She keeps asking when we are going back to Canton! Hopefully soon!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxAc-xjDcWhsohOmgGJGUt7FQbHdH2COtn9VkAzMiNWAIFkrHvgGSLEAxgcRQwAXUZ_ntlA-8bVPPqyXEU0MdWyT88k72b6YWzUq8CLMsOUUR6NlpIpcHoa1x98Hw1K-qrBrLNiDY5Do/s1600/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252833%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694722149995029058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJxAc-xjDcWhsohOmgGJGUt7FQbHdH2COtn9VkAzMiNWAIFkrHvgGSLEAxgcRQwAXUZ_ntlA-8bVPPqyXEU0MdWyT88k72b6YWzUq8CLMsOUUR6NlpIpcHoa1x98Hw1K-qrBrLNiDY5Do/s320/12.31+New+Years+Eve+%252833%2529.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-53563965806417009582011-12-20T17:27:00.000-08:002011-12-20T18:01:13.584-08:00It has been awhile, so here is a picture post!As always, life is crazy at the Costello house. Before the Holidays officially start, we wanted to update the blog with some recent pictures of Callie. We were lucky to have a lot of family time in Novemeber, so here are pictures from our trips to Canton, Burlington and Thanksgiving weekend!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3rN9EQW5uvbYQUsrrpDaCYudj3_H834c6UjHOVELjT1ttE1n3m6QdEYj2XS4Jo60u-bZ5-4pJzCCZTEXSzHlB6katrA0_Vb1nSJFZ1d1_MEHrAsHRBea3PHDSOcQbxQk7WAOh1Yz548/s1600/11.1+School+Pic.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 256px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688393301150735762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3rN9EQW5uvbYQUsrrpDaCYudj3_H834c6UjHOVELjT1ttE1n3m6QdEYj2XS4Jo60u-bZ5-4pJzCCZTEXSzHlB6katrA0_Vb1nSJFZ1d1_MEHrAsHRBea3PHDSOcQbxQk7WAOh1Yz548/s320/11.1+School+Pic.jpg" /></a><br />Fall school picture!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0pMoPnQF37L4agzrNjcwK1uWbL01__aBNlc9B9VSPE_MwiYPqprZW_CZPszsM8_pibRhQCl9w-R53etOxy8WfriK6eLN3wkk0Q2I9INMpUGeB8-AyXT0j8hUIV8OWCW0RG1P0tNT68A/s1600/10.15+Grandpa+and+Callie+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688393027207057810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0pMoPnQF37L4agzrNjcwK1uWbL01__aBNlc9B9VSPE_MwiYPqprZW_CZPszsM8_pibRhQCl9w-R53etOxy8WfriK6eLN3wkk0Q2I9INMpUGeB8-AyXT0j8hUIV8OWCW0RG1P0tNT68A/s320/10.15+Grandpa+and+Callie+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal playing with Grandpa!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLO5x7f57BAjB5fNKRAupc8v1-KImqFXysQ4pk3N1SLvIe6DaumUjBxPBqpI9xr7W7af3fUvWiLv8KHQJorSlNERdct8KyrodjhzvkifGea6jzTjM8LlQ64NQMt0YQPu26pgrKEXmry4/s1600/11.11+Cal+and+Linda.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688393020926500450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLO5x7f57BAjB5fNKRAupc8v1-KImqFXysQ4pk3N1SLvIe6DaumUjBxPBqpI9xr7W7af3fUvWiLv8KHQJorSlNERdct8KyrodjhzvkifGea6jzTjM8LlQ64NQMt0YQPu26pgrKEXmry4/s320/11.11+Cal+and+Linda.jpg" /></a><br />Cal with her Grams!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN55EFPkMMuwxrCz2aJFpLYaQfwBTdfjp1Dg3HDr-l80OV2HNim6OSYZogfXCSuaPu-LAgJEGORgv4w9WZfspv_FWSbiSqwVg3QMnArRFxOP3264NCgKJvIRBQ3qbqRaALkGdW8YA28As/s1600/11.11+Cal+and+Pa+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688393001871537186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN55EFPkMMuwxrCz2aJFpLYaQfwBTdfjp1Dg3HDr-l80OV2HNim6OSYZogfXCSuaPu-LAgJEGORgv4w9WZfspv_FWSbiSqwVg3QMnArRFxOP3264NCgKJvIRBQ3qbqRaALkGdW8YA28As/s320/11.11+Cal+and+Pa+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal and Pa snuggling!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBikewZ2hyLWrLYLO0kyna_9y0xBAIJxMYmW_3qIaDvbauXocjUr1j3a9q1-ggLXros08wsvJftqvXNvRsQYLpKcs7FvKDtAiVQQ85FpZy62vQftM47p4cdXlq_XXufKD9w-H9bQetDPE/s1600/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%25288%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688393303077405602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBikewZ2hyLWrLYLO0kyna_9y0xBAIJxMYmW_3qIaDvbauXocjUr1j3a9q1-ggLXros08wsvJftqvXNvRsQYLpKcs7FvKDtAiVQQ85FpZy62vQftM47p4cdXlq_XXufKD9w-H9bQetDPE/s320/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%25288%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Kisses with Great Grandpa Jones!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCJ-yeyHL4ZCaDRq5bzGiMxIKkUjm5UXITRnkoT1OXC9iYNBZfyHgOSRuLGWpov3Ve6SYTjTtXNvtDWjTodj1T5ldN8i_2tRJIwTjSLQNdqv4TVZnsWZg9CU89_5mW9RZmO8z9zLV-ck/s1600/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392995958409378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCJ-yeyHL4ZCaDRq5bzGiMxIKkUjm5UXITRnkoT1OXC9iYNBZfyHgOSRuLGWpov3Ve6SYTjTtXNvtDWjTodj1T5ldN8i_2tRJIwTjSLQNdqv4TVZnsWZg9CU89_5mW9RZmO8z9zLV-ck/s320/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Great Grandma Jones and Callie!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHwJxe3YeCLZrEl9VVnQ33pz_d9z6NlryKh78qdXxGEG-k0qd3h1h3vdSsOx5THOnA9aW5q6Ifrt8adapXqtCl3DwrNrCW_tXgBONEe6LQYTX7XMKc5TxthZ2Lv5gJsRiSg6Dq9j35QU/s1600/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392363872353362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHwJxe3YeCLZrEl9VVnQ33pz_d9z6NlryKh78qdXxGEG-k0qd3h1h3vdSsOx5THOnA9aW5q6Ifrt8adapXqtCl3DwrNrCW_tXgBONEe6LQYTX7XMKc5TxthZ2Lv5gJsRiSg6Dq9j35QU/s320/11.11+Callie+and+Jones+%252810%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Kisses with Grampi!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75ljjI_OrBlir9nzVdYp2NRbOeBiT4k5ou4p01IASQy6pzXLNCRtomyOkYGznFGSZJBQEuqioWqrxcbDENW23Ljx3WJC_b7go2BQbnZZU4-Z4MDUp5QRhkQia2GZDuRRL8ks6a1lyqMU/s1600/11.13+Cal+%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392351791568770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75ljjI_OrBlir9nzVdYp2NRbOeBiT4k5ou4p01IASQy6pzXLNCRtomyOkYGznFGSZJBQEuqioWqrxcbDENW23Ljx3WJC_b7go2BQbnZZU4-Z4MDUp5QRhkQia2GZDuRRL8ks6a1lyqMU/s320/11.13+Cal+%25285%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Puzzletime with Jack!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aRS1b5Ui0gjYgDT-1XUyo5hjpLnkfNbSzGwehByhZeFrmdmzniCbx66LCfbbnZhvOR99UaGXRlawMHHL67i2ggL60Zq8KocQrm_qvKh1mEr8NRHK6wXO89lSB0eBkGRpHfQadEJUchI/s1600/11.13+Cal+and+Kim+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392349021324802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_aRS1b5Ui0gjYgDT-1XUyo5hjpLnkfNbSzGwehByhZeFrmdmzniCbx66LCfbbnZhvOR99UaGXRlawMHHL67i2ggL60Zq8KocQrm_qvKh1mEr8NRHK6wXO89lSB0eBkGRpHfQadEJUchI/s320/11.13+Cal+and+Kim+%25282%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Watching Mickey Mouse with Auntie Kim!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQkxXRk0kUtwcNsZNaq9ZRtYUhramqRiWNh5cPuA__VhTwN7GNh2aIzY8c4itspVB8O0R4Txy7xR4p0NRyiJgudVrCp-eOyLXcDOzW1eXO5KN4tU_5iz7FrNt75kaVb7_9Cpc9jmMpnw/s1600/11.13+Callamia+%25286%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392324115010146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQkxXRk0kUtwcNsZNaq9ZRtYUhramqRiWNh5cPuA__VhTwN7GNh2aIzY8c4itspVB8O0R4Txy7xR4p0NRyiJgudVrCp-eOyLXcDOzW1eXO5KN4tU_5iz7FrNt75kaVb7_9Cpc9jmMpnw/s320/11.13+Callamia+%25286%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Riding her horse Callamia!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByLWWlb-XFvQTIWARqSomQoRKtjotecNFOsAvRVYBp7lybzohfe_6snRWQr9jq_CoYiZROofEbviVTs6HW_8MpRgoPMbeV8ZktLkTEQKLPACgoX5XfdWTUiRkJWVss0yRr1VbDI_hAoY/s1600/11.13+Callamia+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688392323977101282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByLWWlb-XFvQTIWARqSomQoRKtjotecNFOsAvRVYBp7lybzohfe_6snRWQr9jq_CoYiZROofEbviVTs6HW_8MpRgoPMbeV8ZktLkTEQKLPACgoX5XfdWTUiRkJWVss0yRr1VbDI_hAoY/s320/11.13+Callamia+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Meeting Callamia!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRXEoxtOoSmNoyc7p0iqFfppAvBSYkHbdF_2dn7oEAeArKSm0k1ThsiVJeXA4_2Pp5fE2o563BmrMKm6pOkejM3RiPqwaH4Ej5EVe6iQ5vsmJELmkndz9AiY0nKePNP8KAilbED1B9ek/s1600/11.14+Cal+and+Robinsons+%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688390248736299826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRXEoxtOoSmNoyc7p0iqFfppAvBSYkHbdF_2dn7oEAeArKSm0k1ThsiVJeXA4_2Pp5fE2o563BmrMKm6pOkejM3RiPqwaH4Ej5EVe6iQ5vsmJELmkndz9AiY0nKePNP8KAilbED1B9ek/s320/11.14+Cal+and+Robinsons+%25285%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal and her Grandma!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeih1C8hP_SQnH85WTpaSuYDZHrgcF5R-EDqMMZSaCI4V1gjJsEvo9hSvW6lUePrsFDwXHBSnseJ1nynqUGMyiaHzL_YWRb-djP2KLInyRxKyxy8UM0XOG8dlYUOsUuy7VRzVQ1z-GB0I/s1600/11.14+Cal+and+Robinsons+%25287%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688390228243748306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeih1C8hP_SQnH85WTpaSuYDZHrgcF5R-EDqMMZSaCI4V1gjJsEvo9hSvW6lUePrsFDwXHBSnseJ1nynqUGMyiaHzL_YWRb-djP2KLInyRxKyxy8UM0XOG8dlYUOsUuy7VRzVQ1z-GB0I/s320/11.14+Cal+and+Robinsons+%25287%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal and Pa!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhJ9Sca37IgPFq1IgHKwVn2RUrySQXc0Ck3zMAoQrLstYoyugfm3NJaeZ0FmpCxB3-qXsLdk-JIzcUSGYYBykZq0nmEV38cvgqtlSMzdbahABK6fkTKxCOAh5BMrQQK80zFCawYMhva4/s1600/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688390226563963474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhJ9Sca37IgPFq1IgHKwVn2RUrySQXc0Ck3zMAoQrLstYoyugfm3NJaeZ0FmpCxB3-qXsLdk-JIzcUSGYYBykZq0nmEV38cvgqtlSMzdbahABK6fkTKxCOAh5BMrQQK80zFCawYMhva4/s320/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie meeting Asher for the first time!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4vD0kgCQ6Aowt99hl1oaJr27kp_D7lJyzoVS0f1cNND8ROyy_01Z16NuAZS_uB5_DrrLa8Vif1wkeqCPcga1ygMmz0ksk7PFlk-v7N3D7d52yaauTJYp67FEDQ83ugf-FfC86pqraHQ/s1600/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25284%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688389862027207698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW4vD0kgCQ6Aowt99hl1oaJr27kp_D7lJyzoVS0f1cNND8ROyy_01Z16NuAZS_uB5_DrrLa8Vif1wkeqCPcga1ygMmz0ksk7PFlk-v7N3D7d52yaauTJYp67FEDQ83ugf-FfC86pqraHQ/s320/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal reading to Ash!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmMmdPcIgOzn9K0PvHfcoWICQPQFuupU2S8-BnPNlM4Ax-Ylta1bWdS9Ua0FQ-S5vBmW_kv79qYPct4ooidLCOoM2ni3qDq_VyZ7zbzAezS18WtCjahtVT1KcswOXF11R6EmUw99pd5c/s1600/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25286%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688389858291282738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmMmdPcIgOzn9K0PvHfcoWICQPQFuupU2S8-BnPNlM4Ax-Ylta1bWdS9Ua0FQ-S5vBmW_kv79qYPct4ooidLCOoM2ni3qDq_VyZ7zbzAezS18WtCjahtVT1KcswOXF11R6EmUw99pd5c/s320/11.14+Cal+and+Ash+%25286%2529.JPG" /></a><br />and holding Ash! (he wasn't too thrilled!)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvxiiEejzEtCJC_8MQz7QdG9Ty_cm-wWSq_oPwN-9sUNPeS1BnDxykeON-MtzmUYVV1ZwJN7r1kg951g90Bf6yc2zFwZBNVP4gdq4Kyxc8YpDl0Tfp96liKZRo0MTJlwX4VnkVQWZZqc/s1600/11.24+Mommoms+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688389842120247058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvxiiEejzEtCJC_8MQz7QdG9Ty_cm-wWSq_oPwN-9sUNPeS1BnDxykeON-MtzmUYVV1ZwJN7r1kg951g90Bf6yc2zFwZBNVP4gdq4Kyxc8YpDl0Tfp96liKZRo0MTJlwX4VnkVQWZZqc/s320/11.24+Mommoms+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie playing outside with Uncle Alex!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4N1W9SHR4QMyrFyDisq22dD8ru66yiVcPFUEqdi6uqLSblEM5-2aXeW90rwoClLQQkUc4X11tq9gLmWYO4heReUzt6KJl_LF004RrIO-a1Wz685rakoBiInCROdwRK_qJU8e5lVIsMvY/s1600/11.24+Mommoms+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688389828191628946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4N1W9SHR4QMyrFyDisq22dD8ru66yiVcPFUEqdi6uqLSblEM5-2aXeW90rwoClLQQkUc4X11tq9gLmWYO4heReUzt6KJl_LF004RrIO-a1Wz685rakoBiInCROdwRK_qJU8e5lVIsMvY/s320/11.24+Mommoms+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Fishy faces with Mommom!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjkrq8k-fJL2FXRgA7EyVbOT0KTY4LsvmRJo4wrWzXND9GMstzy4i593bCyTqS0esaRAkTeRTsvcbwGtbEREMntb1PSWgemIx0Kxk4xx9Lq024_EFKmkFHeomaNWbYX4NYo66v3-VDqw/s1600/11.24+Mommoms+%25288%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688389826568755858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjkrq8k-fJL2FXRgA7EyVbOT0KTY4LsvmRJo4wrWzXND9GMstzy4i593bCyTqS0esaRAkTeRTsvcbwGtbEREMntb1PSWgemIx0Kxk4xx9Lq024_EFKmkFHeomaNWbYX4NYo66v3-VDqw/s320/11.24+Mommoms+%25288%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Cal and her Poppop!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY7Kr0wysYDG1pAHTRxt29bDXr5j4cNKVIx-mlHlBBtBnEKPpYI8o-yjs7hZ7pnFXZUMLiG9P3hsZMqOA-BhyphenhyphenCuq4RXuZ7AVJV40-iYgPUrC-erJukue8JDwIPLoMCTz6vmJg5DIQN3c/s1600/11.25+Costellos+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688388665455137058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjY7Kr0wysYDG1pAHTRxt29bDXr5j4cNKVIx-mlHlBBtBnEKPpYI8o-yjs7hZ7pnFXZUMLiG9P3hsZMqOA-BhyphenhyphenCuq4RXuZ7AVJV40-iYgPUrC-erJukue8JDwIPLoMCTz6vmJg5DIQN3c/s320/11.25+Costellos+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Costello girls!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRDRXhXFeNAWg811Fsnee5oOGGAKTZ7Q1XOc-w_lPYFHVKyGd674v-4XfteFE-I6Eum8Awe1Y_CweYUky90jMbB5qGo4U5JFG79YAM8dcsIlq83zXWJLZrvUGC6xYy9vs4ELSsen4Js8/s1600/11.26+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688388658944688802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMRDRXhXFeNAWg811Fsnee5oOGGAKTZ7Q1XOc-w_lPYFHVKyGd674v-4XfteFE-I6Eum8Awe1Y_CweYUky90jMbB5qGo4U5JFG79YAM8dcsIlq83zXWJLZrvUGC6xYy9vs4ELSsen4Js8/s320/11.26+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />Callie and Oma walking Riley!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTylf5uldu7Gp8sBSC69B-SX6K-KjyGaGvpxNOwrRPFj9PcN87yaR5FR0g8m7lC2cHkHGl9xxX4ZKSOzG0VJql4Wnkpv0EuTFerEozcwMz9V-_DIJ-5UPjycVCJFsFTpm7X938cTy86kc/s1600/11.26+Callie+and+Brenna+%25285%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688388649455195586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTylf5uldu7Gp8sBSC69B-SX6K-KjyGaGvpxNOwrRPFj9PcN87yaR5FR0g8m7lC2cHkHGl9xxX4ZKSOzG0VJql4Wnkpv0EuTFerEozcwMz9V-_DIJ-5UPjycVCJFsFTpm7X938cTy86kc/s320/11.26+Callie+and+Brenna+%25285%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Playing with Aunt Brenna!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzZ3fj2DjgggrRSls5ISNsUSjWw4HDu7YMAelADDWVFx_58io_g_3UQt4vBJd0XsFfUwgaNFjVAbDNFkKbQ1HaI4674w15_KTwvtu9UOvYlKOmlEjVAQ1ehJBfaPuaEYzo1wkOuEnnAU/s1600/11.26+Callie+and+Brenna+%252813%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688388642514466690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzZ3fj2DjgggrRSls5ISNsUSjWw4HDu7YMAelADDWVFx_58io_g_3UQt4vBJd0XsFfUwgaNFjVAbDNFkKbQ1HaI4674w15_KTwvtu9UOvYlKOmlEjVAQ1ehJBfaPuaEYzo1wkOuEnnAU/s320/11.26+Callie+and+Brenna+%252813%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Upside down Callie!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkAD-ZGrD7bLyuqP39Y1l1ZWYxSFq59Dqb1RHabgzDNjWmMG5jLBMpHFwt7xUeqjwlz7kokeknhrntz3rYpqrL0m7ALUZPp98uUtd25d-R0gkD8MVZXcCjjPdoapAEtLAT7KSLOsUJRo/s1600/11.26+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688388634576040706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIkAD-ZGrD7bLyuqP39Y1l1ZWYxSFq59Dqb1RHabgzDNjWmMG5jLBMpHFwt7xUeqjwlz7kokeknhrntz3rYpqrL0m7ALUZPp98uUtd25d-R0gkD8MVZXcCjjPdoapAEtLAT7KSLOsUJRo/s320/11.26+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />Big girl Callie!!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-42919881362441537722011-11-17T18:29:00.000-08:002011-11-17T19:21:47.597-08:00World Prematurity Day<div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_54O8RWjLBQzpB1RDiv6GAZqVoe-Bo2-ynGyL8VFLQQv94eRXCqYkA_ZqviwQSXsgmwZhltsvX_OtaAlT-edhf-cGRes57RCKWxW0P9YGkUwO4oT6BkMya9iU9OtmqSU3APWLSPIWyc/s1600/2.13+Callie+NICU.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676164515089487410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_54O8RWjLBQzpB1RDiv6GAZqVoe-Bo2-ynGyL8VFLQQv94eRXCqYkA_ZqviwQSXsgmwZhltsvX_OtaAlT-edhf-cGRes57RCKWxW0P9YGkUwO4oT6BkMya9iU9OtmqSU3APWLSPIWyc/s320/2.13+Callie+NICU.jpg" /></a> </div><br /><div>Today is the first ever World Prematurity Day. It is a day to raise awareness to the many babies around the world that are born too early. Lately, I have found myself reflecting more and more on how truly blessed we are to have Callie in our life. I keep searching for the strength to write about the emotions that were involved in her birth and the first year of her life, but I am not quite ready yet. I do know that she has defied the odds and continues to amaze everyone that knows her and her story. When Callie was born, she weighed only 1 lb 5.3 oz. She was so sick that the NICU didn't think she would make it through the night and we were brought in to say good-bye to our little girl. Then a few weeks later, after she suffered the worse grade brain bleed a baby can have, they said the likelihood of her ever walking or functioning normally were slim. We asked if we could have hope and they said "you can always have hope". Callie has endured 6 surgeries and has faught through more health scares then most people face in a lifetime. The strength she has shown amazes me. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmuNxoxEB0z8mF__MxYFko4L2L7mz0lFg7B84i_4M938yMd-I4MchxGsGp4QXxVqSN01b875GFUzeIXJJbXf-8Mpm-n4Y7GKWUyPAH9QSOF4-WsxTsO90SfpHBtcfUlgOYUECmQDIy7I/s1600/2.20+Foot+in+hands.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676164531004104882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmuNxoxEB0z8mF__MxYFko4L2L7mz0lFg7B84i_4M938yMd-I4MchxGsGp4QXxVqSN01b875GFUzeIXJJbXf-8Mpm-n4Y7GKWUyPAH9QSOF4-WsxTsO90SfpHBtcfUlgOYUECmQDIy7I/s320/2.20+Foot+in+hands.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>Callie is now coming up on her third birthday in February and is thriving. She is doing well at school. Learning to be more assertive and communicate more effectively. Over the weekend, she was putting together a puzzle with her cousin Jack, and Jack kept trying to help her with the pieces. Callie leaned across, put her hand over the puzzle and said "Jack, I told you NO...I can do it myself." The clarity and tone in which she spoke was so appropriate and bold, that my Grandmother and I actually took a step back. She is doing the things a two year old should be doing and we couldn't be any more proud. Cal is a determined little girl and knows what she wants. I tell everyone I know this is why she survived. She is our little fighter through and through.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0y-ojtSW0BKNzvO_TqJQUlhxCEimymBlDlV8p2wOIvx0aYRyLQgHSSkqqu_GSFzmsMHRwEs9wYoQjIx-FYpY30isIf9a3EkxO7Pi3SjSXPWa9WN4WP8D1q7D7lDt0TAbCVCF2DcVtYc/s1600/2.17+New+vent+.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676164524539274002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0y-ojtSW0BKNzvO_TqJQUlhxCEimymBlDlV8p2wOIvx0aYRyLQgHSSkqqu_GSFzmsMHRwEs9wYoQjIx-FYpY30isIf9a3EkxO7Pi3SjSXPWa9WN4WP8D1q7D7lDt0TAbCVCF2DcVtYc/s320/2.17+New+vent+.JPG" /></a></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-33922368201293170412011-11-02T11:40:00.000-07:002011-11-07T07:53:29.350-08:00Halloween Pics!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFYHtLm1aUUBUgz4Ndbw79WfMKvecgD_a0Pfx7gTs7FCP3qeV58O3FDg7BHpm_xf1oV9xEmSKZ8dHlLW92rJBaE-8rhmSm67dY95GdCryH86MdZC7i2PX-3gtrt7Evc9EPomhgz3xgUU/s1600/10.23+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471090991691250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFYHtLm1aUUBUgz4Ndbw79WfMKvecgD_a0Pfx7gTs7FCP3qeV58O3FDg7BHpm_xf1oV9xEmSKZ8dHlLW92rJBaE-8rhmSm67dY95GdCryH86MdZC7i2PX-3gtrt7Evc9EPomhgz3xgUU/s320/10.23+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />Happy Halloween everyone!! Our little bumble bee had a great Halloween this year!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30AcTeHBnSP9sHUmxlVhJRziS2aDkCCgyyF_kbwUHO03N35ALuVTfJ5CsFMV13FyfBgvHDkHj0d0TDMrY1lWrUicjsBkX5ORuKujjnerbCSzK_UTKqADpFeEQHFBI4sqnvZLFTl4X3KU/s1600/10.23+Halloween+Parade.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471094051530466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg30AcTeHBnSP9sHUmxlVhJRziS2aDkCCgyyF_kbwUHO03N35ALuVTfJ5CsFMV13FyfBgvHDkHj0d0TDMrY1lWrUicjsBkX5ORuKujjnerbCSzK_UTKqADpFeEQHFBI4sqnvZLFTl4X3KU/s320/10.23+Halloween+Parade.jpg" /></a><br />It started two weeks ago with the annual neighborhood Halloween parade. This year was a big change from last year!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ed6rukSFIXuQXKvAAD1-lC2pyTidzuewOr025MAzffHf4YU33_gexQ2nWGtxQ-KS_cuKgwJN-9Bn3yOupetPorSpN2ryq3dDpoXGtDDAR_FmSkzw6G9m8p70w-UTW0e6bpKH2bsR1Ac/s1600/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471111613946370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ed6rukSFIXuQXKvAAD1-lC2pyTidzuewOr025MAzffHf4YU33_gexQ2nWGtxQ-KS_cuKgwJN-9Bn3yOupetPorSpN2ryq3dDpoXGtDDAR_FmSkzw6G9m8p70w-UTW0e6bpKH2bsR1Ac/s320/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a> </div>Last year, we pulled Callie in a wagon and this year she walked with her friends!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQjWWmuTZZO0IKysp86wJlUTyPLWLXnRRmSHeDd_WmEsLpcGj-JLtkvF6jWcWn6t-aRxUE3fiM3uifQsR2aYqYjKo4hBjPO7V0fAzpkAi_uxYkwukErHkyXktkHE2KGv04_1U_LxUWcU/s1600/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471116830383106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQjWWmuTZZO0IKysp86wJlUTyPLWLXnRRmSHeDd_WmEsLpcGj-JLtkvF6jWcWn6t-aRxUE3fiM3uifQsR2aYqYjKo4hBjPO7V0fAzpkAi_uxYkwukErHkyXktkHE2KGv04_1U_LxUWcU/s320/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%252810%2529.JPG" /></a></div>Last year, we carried her around to see the different activities, this year she participated on her own! The picture above is her in a circle playing a creepy version of hot potato!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaClP94E7SML7aRJskYTDJ3ArFY6W00s-L0oychyqtdl4YTXjmY4JaHwxmB5e7PV_vcaBCmOr38TOsD55AmwangjHKeyM_lviTw5pDgz-tpSYWnqUJHg2AbsqMWiPf297DhbXZ423535A/s1600/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%252812%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471147640561682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaClP94E7SML7aRJskYTDJ3ArFY6W00s-L0oychyqtdl4YTXjmY4JaHwxmB5e7PV_vcaBCmOr38TOsD55AmwangjHKeyM_lviTw5pDgz-tpSYWnqUJHg2AbsqMWiPf297DhbXZ423535A/s320/10.23+Halloween+Parade+%252812%2529.JPG" /></a></div>Last year, she would eat anything and this year she was digging through the candy basket for chocolate!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5vIHqFihKFslOcAN1qL9rX1FfSl1n2xpnrKRt9VxDMqYck3K_g7mLzdXEDv71x_kw-9Jlmv98AIhFMfdV0UzNuKkOxfPuzGCKpFeB945U_QmZePUYHYKfWkWX81QD6JfThaETpSAa7U/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471631832252626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5vIHqFihKFslOcAN1qL9rX1FfSl1n2xpnrKRt9VxDMqYck3K_g7mLzdXEDv71x_kw-9Jlmv98AIhFMfdV0UzNuKkOxfPuzGCKpFeB945U_QmZePUYHYKfWkWX81QD6JfThaETpSAa7U/s320/10.31+Halloween+%25283%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>At school, they talked about trick or treating and call Callie could talk about when she got home was going trick or treating!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPySYEy8FsLwjemacwHMoyxgEHPdxEUSmUoxQSMO0c0DBAnZAg_M-uo1oUhH6OMq8h97-3PBPVk-lqWm0fFDaA13KRt-c34rYYPJNn5a6ay58twjGCLQUYJ6JEgOvGmN27zLw-_lhMeA/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%25284%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471634844062914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPySYEy8FsLwjemacwHMoyxgEHPdxEUSmUoxQSMO0c0DBAnZAg_M-uo1oUhH6OMq8h97-3PBPVk-lqWm0fFDaA13KRt-c34rYYPJNn5a6ay58twjGCLQUYJ6JEgOvGmN27zLw-_lhMeA/s320/10.31+Halloween+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a></div>Such a big girl walking out of the house on her own! She definitely was little miss independent this year. At one house, I grabbed her hand to help her down the step. She turned to me and said, "No Mommy, I do it myself!" And she proceeded to turn around, step back up the step and step down all by herself!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-9KUEXBNSZtLY4Yv1m2Ve6bZXmdpFkyBDL-25WOPY5AD823fcsEOdQ9AqxUZCRTtnQv4aRGQPi5xzOr9sfI93Gr4t7ok5ZiretS61lQlj72guWhIamMbC38NvQR3Dr3Lq1sgmKMEMLU/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%25287%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471650579009634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3-9KUEXBNSZtLY4Yv1m2Ve6bZXmdpFkyBDL-25WOPY5AD823fcsEOdQ9AqxUZCRTtnQv4aRGQPi5xzOr9sfI93Gr4t7ok5ZiretS61lQlj72guWhIamMbC38NvQR3Dr3Lq1sgmKMEMLU/s320/10.31+Halloween+%25287%2529.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div>And she was so excited running down the street exclaiming that she was going trick or treating!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18ngy0mLMpjTb50BKZ45vtDTSfnlH_76m3RxqnsjOsCzjDXZRpsAijvig-MpkKLSY035b8egZwCSFj4FeAipMO8hMNlmSzKsNhAdobSWn-reKkPUfZ8-hjSYrkMQIyqnR608_n7CFklA/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%25286%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471641525838274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18ngy0mLMpjTb50BKZ45vtDTSfnlH_76m3RxqnsjOsCzjDXZRpsAijvig-MpkKLSY035b8egZwCSFj4FeAipMO8hMNlmSzKsNhAdobSWn-reKkPUfZ8-hjSYrkMQIyqnR608_n7CFklA/s320/10.31+Halloween+%25286%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQGZgWG6O9lFYQEtFzXhw4MZ6CRUCPURWlM04vWZegZKPSYoUBXTHpVfhemLdSEMv_BnlTcLDHPpOs-h6K6v4-ZuYy9etGVl0iqdmJ2IsEcpbIGPbzpWwfaaPTWUAibN2o-GCn3crzFQ/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%252817%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471967405875842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQGZgWG6O9lFYQEtFzXhw4MZ6CRUCPURWlM04vWZegZKPSYoUBXTHpVfhemLdSEMv_BnlTcLDHPpOs-h6K6v4-ZuYy9etGVl0iqdmJ2IsEcpbIGPbzpWwfaaPTWUAibN2o-GCn3crzFQ/s320/10.31+Halloween+%252817%2529.JPG" /></a></div>Callie was so excited to run into her friends Sydney and Alyssa. I think it is cute that she bends down in the picture too!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkq-LVqK6jL7_Q7oYnqZRPgZiGCrlFXjNnisUZF444vZ6WN9EbEjtZIx_rxqrYn-ZSJ7-vRplFcabIlhzPYQSwG7LxZXcrWjm6gnkm-IvKAHCr4eDyL8SSZcS_uJW-Z-ppd6AJ1TyxRk/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%252815%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471957183428626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkq-LVqK6jL7_Q7oYnqZRPgZiGCrlFXjNnisUZF444vZ6WN9EbEjtZIx_rxqrYn-ZSJ7-vRplFcabIlhzPYQSwG7LxZXcrWjm6gnkm-IvKAHCr4eDyL8SSZcS_uJW-Z-ppd6AJ1TyxRk/s320/10.31+Halloween+%252815%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie's friend Riley was also dressed as a bee! I think Callie was more excited about Riley's dog barking inside the door!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22RIzpU8QdDkS995u1j-yHPRMT0wj9qTMvbh4lWSox-ymcqKWt9QAotYmF6X7KWlVulsxFTdN6ac32ycB4C1uXi96H6jXDgMK8u0IA4GWcjNpJjHpFLUA3Y6BpIX5jMYq3gQZF2gCNX4/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%252812%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471663959040706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22RIzpU8QdDkS995u1j-yHPRMT0wj9qTMvbh4lWSox-ymcqKWt9QAotYmF6X7KWlVulsxFTdN6ac32ycB4C1uXi96H6jXDgMK8u0IA4GWcjNpJjHpFLUA3Y6BpIX5jMYq3gQZF2gCNX4/s320/10.31+Halloween+%252812%2529.JPG" /></a><br />And for the second year in a row, Callie and her friend Ashley went door to door together!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXy-0rOkJlTyYt36Sc8gn4zMapcqtQy8pFfmbIIz7BhJBnOQ8GYmoqUebJ1VVBQQDXO1KjTu35ty14n2RC35l6crEvykXQ4PhOHRhxgrSwRs0JzKEWlYOLleUEm9EHX3GmiTJbL2zLCo/s1600/10.31+Halloween+%252813%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670471952629729282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXy-0rOkJlTyYt36Sc8gn4zMapcqtQy8pFfmbIIz7BhJBnOQ8GYmoqUebJ1VVBQQDXO1KjTu35ty14n2RC35l6crEvykXQ4PhOHRhxgrSwRs0JzKEWlYOLleUEm9EHX3GmiTJbL2zLCo/s320/10.31+Halloween+%252813%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>What a difference a year makes!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-22133017494709997132011-10-25T18:17:00.001-07:002011-10-25T18:55:18.109-07:00Fall Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUNj_zbCDaRSLYbVXMkHMBO2QiQMJOtgFP6SIpovsxnq3mE44Fmt70-Z8OeJ1EE-6buqNn10_i29Bv0WuGB6Tn0BIJ95wyFXP5O1ai8QJlrV3CYIF4rfmZI-vskRXexXm-lZhYJRxLW0/s1600/9.3+Callie+%252813%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667606589132855490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUNj_zbCDaRSLYbVXMkHMBO2QiQMJOtgFP6SIpovsxnq3mE44Fmt70-Z8OeJ1EE-6buqNn10_i29Bv0WuGB6Tn0BIJ95wyFXP5O1ai8QJlrV3CYIF4rfmZI-vskRXexXm-lZhYJRxLW0/s320/9.3+Callie+%252813%2529.jpg" /></a><br />Again, we apologize for taking so long to post, but it has been a busy fall!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOZU1Q31kWQHkd3OfEzINBtlf1lf1nA8wyJ8Cz_1foeKL8r8EO5hMql2lLvhp5Y1giYt1ZjKl092Pn0zaE-c9zKHH2H6t0jqkymbisetCvV5IuINcX81gsjeTI1xQN7CDAQ_ShnRIdX4/s1600/9.3+Callie+%25285%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667606586993604962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOZU1Q31kWQHkd3OfEzINBtlf1lf1nA8wyJ8Cz_1foeKL8r8EO5hMql2lLvhp5Y1giYt1ZjKl092Pn0zaE-c9zKHH2H6t0jqkymbisetCvV5IuINcX81gsjeTI1xQN7CDAQ_ShnRIdX4/s320/9.3+Callie+%25285%2529.jpg" /></a><br />We spent a fun filled Labor day in Ocean City, NJ. Callie loved playing in the sand and the water and copying her Uncle Alex!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfNx-2q6JK3TFo6KeTiE1cDJFroM4x6WumSlECxL8AsBQb7RVxwtWtIHm7qA73RsExaVNatgUNbDE9wX5G7fHLYiGBQMPREqQU36E-ewF_rzGd6hWthCYl_rw3LqnXRt440N2sY2Pflw/s1600/9.3+Callie+%25287%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667606601100412674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfNx-2q6JK3TFo6KeTiE1cDJFroM4x6WumSlECxL8AsBQb7RVxwtWtIHm7qA73RsExaVNatgUNbDE9wX5G7fHLYiGBQMPREqQU36E-ewF_rzGd6hWthCYl_rw3LqnXRt440N2sY2Pflw/s320/9.3+Callie+%25287%2529.jpg" /></a><br />We decided to include a picture of the pups-we haven't done that in a while!! Callie loves when they "fight" and loves to chase them around the house and even tries to dance with them!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDf6KCtzaB-3xjEli9HlqUQVzoUkM-Af1OQf5knSCUVxTFNTxnIxEcjGxM2cWtLCd4sEu4tsBRJIia17HNHNnFBOIby2lN9_Be3gD3N8gGP0JzKnQEFGXN72OWnRNk41wwcT7xzJ8ylw/s1600/9.18+Callie+and+dogs+%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667606609436804370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDf6KCtzaB-3xjEli9HlqUQVzoUkM-Af1OQf5knSCUVxTFNTxnIxEcjGxM2cWtLCd4sEu4tsBRJIia17HNHNnFBOIby2lN9_Be3gD3N8gGP0JzKnQEFGXN72OWnRNk41wwcT7xzJ8ylw/s320/9.18+Callie+and+dogs+%25281%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-VXfK4Shh_ReoHZ79egdJCoGUMUAP2yL3eE0FbrZof534bm8WIl_qryV59VTz24mIvQgWuhVbMc8OzX08RjkvgJKSci6wkQdVQwmE8_GBMuVxsJQfqULlI2oYKIQqWO2Eb8tN0-MH3o/s1600/9.30+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667608449230905362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-VXfK4Shh_ReoHZ79egdJCoGUMUAP2yL3eE0FbrZof534bm8WIl_qryV59VTz24mIvQgWuhVbMc8OzX08RjkvgJKSci6wkQdVQwmE8_GBMuVxsJQfqULlI2oYKIQqWO2Eb8tN0-MH3o/s320/9.30+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />We have had a lot of visitors this fall. Grandpa came down for the annual trip to the pumpkin patch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yDOJ0a7JV_vt6I-iKpkzoFt5wEU_p5WISqukm1cY-79F_v8LmgjhuyhJa7bEAUOaEIkK2uj0CqgTLQq8pdBDRWGbbyhpJVvg-hq6fd33bSU1mvA4StTnnwJBkL2wFEgtwI2KB3AdOx0/s1600/10.15+Pumpkin+Patch+%252820%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667608481309755810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4yDOJ0a7JV_vt6I-iKpkzoFt5wEU_p5WISqukm1cY-79F_v8LmgjhuyhJa7bEAUOaEIkK2uj0CqgTLQq8pdBDRWGbbyhpJVvg-hq6fd33bSU1mvA4StTnnwJBkL2wFEgtwI2KB3AdOx0/s320/10.15+Pumpkin+Patch+%252820%2529.JPG" /></a><br />It was VERY different than last year! She was running around and trying to climb on the big pumpkins!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmVNOmEMBWQKIPtohHVI8iyHJC8-lScPRZNq04Ja2JzAK80lTi1QemfvnGN6SVGQTjsGBhP7hgCpvln2rCH0HYx38qdSFDo8H-yhaKvUm1awnZ8Vsziisg-IYORpWZzdTNCEDRojsSNU/s1600/10.15+Pumpkin+Patch+%252810%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667609081149394850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXmVNOmEMBWQKIPtohHVI8iyHJC8-lScPRZNq04Ja2JzAK80lTi1QemfvnGN6SVGQTjsGBhP7hgCpvln2rCH0HYx38qdSFDo8H-yhaKvUm1awnZ8Vsziisg-IYORpWZzdTNCEDRojsSNU/s320/10.15+Pumpkin+Patch+%252810%2529.JPG" /></a><br />We also spent a nice family day apple picking! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtczz6Y6czQMjUihmzQYBYJ_lJYxi0JptlLxDmkE4fzWqEYrFpkEnuG2MJtgYdhMQA6w9UwI2UHJbgoxlllS3-maTqsSs53RncgLfZMUizOk17mwuoY8rfzMkvTbguI87U2ju1RSqHiLU/s1600/10.8+Apple+picking+%252855%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667609078618461122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtczz6Y6czQMjUihmzQYBYJ_lJYxi0JptlLxDmkE4fzWqEYrFpkEnuG2MJtgYdhMQA6w9UwI2UHJbgoxlllS3-maTqsSs53RncgLfZMUizOk17mwuoY8rfzMkvTbguI87U2ju1RSqHiLU/s320/10.8+Apple+picking+%252855%2529.JPG" /></a><br />Callie really enjoyed picking and eating the apples. She damanded to "do it myself", she is quite the independent one!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H8TWEzWMah9EneGgsc24KZ0G-GVuFS2_j6ScmRznz8cw9VI_dxAmusqPKE9_-qlXehaJq_pu0kAFSTlIb6aVoVbmS67luXbBQPOLZ19OJ99MfVY4QualOuLhqujFmkETM3ask4_L_gY/s1600/10.8+Apple+picking+%252850%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667608471615852162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H8TWEzWMah9EneGgsc24KZ0G-GVuFS2_j6ScmRznz8cw9VI_dxAmusqPKE9_-qlXehaJq_pu0kAFSTlIb6aVoVbmS67luXbBQPOLZ19OJ99MfVY4QualOuLhqujFmkETM3ask4_L_gY/s320/10.8+Apple+picking+%252850%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVgkKaSAquit6Q6hR9ReUwHvkLMnqBWEPK4CHL1ndFlIwEOJ8iTVazy2ReGr3wVSf2xUjLJbcownTKLI9B6iymPQ_n9ilYkdlg8iDUKpHtC4Gvl3dWTgkQuD05QJiA36_muOvQo1R9CU/s1600/10.8+Apple+picking+%252836%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667608457474715106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVgkKaSAquit6Q6hR9ReUwHvkLMnqBWEPK4CHL1ndFlIwEOJ8iTVazy2ReGr3wVSf2xUjLJbcownTKLI9B6iymPQ_n9ilYkdlg8iDUKpHtC4Gvl3dWTgkQuD05QJiA36_muOvQo1R9CU/s320/10.8+Apple+picking+%252836%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Callie loved the hayride-especially throwing the hay in the air and everyone's hair!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp01FkM5BSPOHawFn8QGgX4GHTDAwfHT0H_3HoJPq_aG9gPBo_KTrIG1etkqd7kfkGQoM_IRk4my2XWEDENZR2o-_wtwp6AqADhk0FXbg6TXSCvTqFmW-ZQSgiva_noTNi3LVnYH4eJlM/s1600/10.8+Apple+picking+%252816%2529.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667608453089398274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp01FkM5BSPOHawFn8QGgX4GHTDAwfHT0H_3HoJPq_aG9gPBo_KTrIG1etkqd7kfkGQoM_IRk4my2XWEDENZR2o-_wtwp6AqADhk0FXbg6TXSCvTqFmW-ZQSgiva_noTNi3LVnYH4eJlM/s320/10.8+Apple+picking+%252816%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Callie has been doing really well in school this fall. She is really adjusting to the older kid classroom. Her infants and toddlers teachers are really trying to work on her confidence and communication. In the last few months, we have seen a big change in her. We watch her play and participate...it is a wonderful site! The teachers keep telling us they don't like to discipline her because she is so cute, but we repeatedly tell them they need to do it...today she had her first "time out" in school! Is it weird, that it makes me happy? She is acting like a normal toddler and we couldn't be more proud!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAumfvFRDWFQKEBRggBECnvkhGt_S8PiBye1fAk-WriO3BLMK_K4z4x9PASmhKe1WwMVNAa7PikqGq0z0nyG1z0w2k2ZMHNrtKTyw4lNgpIS9dS_QCZwlKMdmyE9DZTHdQ22D8ORnAwk/s1600/9.28+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667606610983302082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAumfvFRDWFQKEBRggBECnvkhGt_S8PiBye1fAk-WriO3BLMK_K4z4x9PASmhKe1WwMVNAa7PikqGq0z0nyG1z0w2k2ZMHNrtKTyw4lNgpIS9dS_QCZwlKMdmyE9DZTHdQ22D8ORnAwk/s320/9.28+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-12385216186542009432011-09-03T06:10:00.000-07:002011-09-17T08:48:19.008-07:00End of Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aVLJGsBZIDwWJG1OEU9GWyv9SgXGAZPOD8CnOQzkBf3JFe3hrqcU4pFolGrssRA_v3F_ow70jtufYRQKm-ms77xyfl8KQzwmu_bAlzUuWZkleNEnMzEdq6dALKeLkSGjHCXPnnTkGCk/s1600/8.28+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648123765790779314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aVLJGsBZIDwWJG1OEU9GWyv9SgXGAZPOD8CnOQzkBf3JFe3hrqcU4pFolGrssRA_v3F_ow70jtufYRQKm-ms77xyfl8KQzwmu_bAlzUuWZkleNEnMzEdq6dALKeLkSGjHCXPnnTkGCk/s320/8.28+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />I am sorry we have been so bad at updating lately, but life has been busy! Our beautiful little girl is as active as ever!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pI653m4uZGrDlhxUKrIdYfIArUtV1D_Bo74EI4WygQvGv4czqJr3DCV5_m9iXvvBPWVfeojJJU0PdvHLLxQbQ5nEEi_X1-RGVmJaHa949I3PSHu4gZ8qVgBGPT0mf-LCSmqkqqX_pE4/s1600/8.24+Callie+%25284%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648122051074732978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pI653m4uZGrDlhxUKrIdYfIArUtV1D_Bo74EI4WygQvGv4czqJr3DCV5_m9iXvvBPWVfeojJJU0PdvHLLxQbQ5nEEi_X1-RGVmJaHa949I3PSHu4gZ8qVgBGPT0mf-LCSmqkqqX_pE4/s320/8.24+Callie+%25284%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We try to be outside as much as we can, but the weather this month has been challenging with all of the rain! It is fun to watch Callie in our neighborhood. The big girls that used to come and want to look at her when she was a baby, now come and play with her. Callie loves to do somersaults with them! She really looks up to them, it is so cute to watch!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFZjwTMX_co3ye4BFwNPfbWogFz2R2SMI12XChyh-Fu_ikbyHHJ4ol8zVdsv5cvUEZ1W7UUWrx7KfLHwvSTYFYNZ_ES6pOzkvP1lQYWeqTuRjVIHwiMaro1l1ANQNzCSclzQTZPgi5y8/s1600/7.15+Callie.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648121235727662162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFZjwTMX_co3ye4BFwNPfbWogFz2R2SMI12XChyh-Fu_ikbyHHJ4ol8zVdsv5cvUEZ1W7UUWrx7KfLHwvSTYFYNZ_ES6pOzkvP1lQYWeqTuRjVIHwiMaro1l1ANQNzCSclzQTZPgi5y8/s320/7.15+Callie.JPG" /></a><br />Callie has made a few trips to Ocean City this summer...she absolutely loves the beach!! She loves to roll around in the sand and run right into the ocean! She has no fear, which scares us a little!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcX6YFBJxJnE4JnihpO43wFtBEQ4-ystQfYdKinZsnl5L1YsW7G146qpYpMxuJXrBdgTe0xyb9J0J5LDHOUEFW-DSkQ9eAi84Vyvmuxfb8c4M6K24x_W41XNDFz976M4cMMUHp8X5zIsI/s1600/8.29+Mommy+and+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 238px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648123763425561330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcX6YFBJxJnE4JnihpO43wFtBEQ4-ystQfYdKinZsnl5L1YsW7G146qpYpMxuJXrBdgTe0xyb9J0J5LDHOUEFW-DSkQ9eAi84Vyvmuxfb8c4M6K24x_W41XNDFz976M4cMMUHp8X5zIsI/s320/8.29+Mommy+and+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />We have also made fun trips to the zoo and Inner Harbor, all of which Callie loves to do!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo1vUZ_WUeetTEPm-PT_aIxs-rdUxDn2RclvnCb1EtA7F04bTWt089himdtco4Eo7BnD-Sl_39AqndSsZMAO_SMbskzCgp8II1LYZz48oG1MuBMuS7W_sKl4jTqHftOYV4sz9iHyX25U/s1600/8.10+Shopping+%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648122039576103202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo1vUZ_WUeetTEPm-PT_aIxs-rdUxDn2RclvnCb1EtA7F04bTWt089himdtco4Eo7BnD-Sl_39AqndSsZMAO_SMbskzCgp8II1LYZz48oG1MuBMuS7W_sKl4jTqHftOYV4sz9iHyX25U/s320/8.10+Shopping+%25283%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>Callie had her first Grocery shopping experience with her own cart this summer! She now refuses to sit in Mommy's cart and demands to push her own! It is adorable, but can make a quick trip to the store extremely long!!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7e_duvvB1OefUlvmDwFt3JKoA8a0WqgOeU40IIoeP61q7YT3jxoK4Ju42hLg6R1GyV2UFNaoniO5yFuSQXLnWF4TL3bMjYMMz0nAeaEHSrKn99W64qFY4lindiKMwYATooV3lrWSP-c/s1600/8.5+Haircut+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648121248107848690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7e_duvvB1OefUlvmDwFt3JKoA8a0WqgOeU40IIoeP61q7YT3jxoK4Ju42hLg6R1GyV2UFNaoniO5yFuSQXLnWF4TL3bMjYMMz0nAeaEHSrKn99W64qFY4lindiKMwYATooV3lrWSP-c/s320/8.5+Haircut+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />Callie had her first official haircut this summer! She was such a big girl sitting in the chair! The only thing she didn't like is having her arms restricted by the drape.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZr0NOgGg5rfVmbXdHcoAqt3rh_NDtIw-T5pltVs1_UgFUKho7gZXsstljKEj3xUZucF5XfIeS9F1aep4DYrHJED99erCvqSjdmsODaijGD5o05nF5Z4E29mnxLehiRq0EHJtYaSTsAs/s1600/8.5+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648121249025989922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZr0NOgGg5rfVmbXdHcoAqt3rh_NDtIw-T5pltVs1_UgFUKho7gZXsstljKEj3xUZucF5XfIeS9F1aep4DYrHJED99erCvqSjdmsODaijGD5o05nF5Z4E29mnxLehiRq0EHJtYaSTsAs/s320/8.5+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />Callie's eating habits are still a struggle for us, but she is definitely eating more and has come off of the failure to thrive diagnosis, which means no more weigh in's with her Pediatrician! The picture above was taken after her first haircut when Mommy took her to Buffalo Wild Wings. Callie had one of her favorite meals, chicken wings!! And yes, that is her trying to drink the blue cheese!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFhnPM-LfCSeowcyj3qHI2GuXqtcZ7lDkEK9eoU03SmZae8aViWDC7r8LYz2vWD8rmezjT6mlk6kofRKkYKQbUe9QfVRy_8HuJpHCqCx8u8IGxg82LEzQ1e0kTsUaE4VNi8juUNoobGE/s1600/8.21+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648122048307147202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFhnPM-LfCSeowcyj3qHI2GuXqtcZ7lDkEK9eoU03SmZae8aViWDC7r8LYz2vWD8rmezjT6mlk6kofRKkYKQbUe9QfVRy_8HuJpHCqCx8u8IGxg82LEzQ1e0kTsUaE4VNi8juUNoobGE/s320/8.21+Callie.jpg" /></a><br />Callie moved up to the Giraffe room at school with the bigger kids. So far, she seems to be doing well! The kids are great with her, but she is still a lot smaller. She is a little quieter than her friends, but the teachers are working with her to give her time to answer and participate with the other kids. She is just building her confidence. It is so amazing for me to walk in to her classroom in the afternoon and see her sitting in a circle with the other kids...it seams like such a simple thing, but to see her keeping up with kids her age just warms my heart!</div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf99czyxAb3pYM-MnUS6g1yiyciaJTCNCU3Lu2ZPKST2HN-2grBci_aZW1pUZF28CwLFpIvHb2tf0yR-F33AdmRdiqC7V0kUClqRojJVEKLyKT3ImK8r927nQY8VFNXS4iu-dISyijhU/s1600/8.8+Callie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 238px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648122032375600706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf99czyxAb3pYM-MnUS6g1yiyciaJTCNCU3Lu2ZPKST2HN-2grBci_aZW1pUZF28CwLFpIvHb2tf0yR-F33AdmRdiqC7V0kUClqRojJVEKLyKT3ImK8r927nQY8VFNXS4iu-dISyijhU/s320/8.8+Callie.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Infants and Toddlers started up again for the school year and Callie has a new teacher. We are really going to miss Ms Sue...she has been such a blessing for Callie and our family. I know the new teacher will be just as helpful!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEbWIc-wYU9PTuWw-qvcHF8ZryddVxZV4EWa5lAMbZ_k8mjZEpvzS2VccURIG4m_aNm8-cGOBcUgUsA1CyxGwc-poE9fj22UKPg8j7vUe5V0lceFnqeYwAipmp6ofWLJPbMzH08V77-g/s1600/7.29+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648121245379328658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEbWIc-wYU9PTuWw-qvcHF8ZryddVxZV4EWa5lAMbZ_k8mjZEpvzS2VccURIG4m_aNm8-cGOBcUgUsA1CyxGwc-poE9fj22UKPg8j7vUe5V0lceFnqeYwAipmp6ofWLJPbMzH08V77-g/s320/7.29+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br />As part of this school year, Callie is also starting out with some speech therapy/evaluations. She qualifies for six sessions, and they will be working on her strictly at school. Callie talks up a storm at home, but tends to be much quieter at school. A big part of what they are working with her on is communicating effectively in that type of setting. Again, this just plays into her shyness at school and hope as her confidence builds, this will also improve!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG79I83gqrIigsDalx_HeQiI2JJj5sazooIYG7OSMzPVj8vum_3DyVM0BQsJ2I0iW4TFMtLYiB0nt2HGf61HUsSM57kZgmxsBOOBhcLQqJ4qHk1XLW6Nm4TM1GZxkKfINmggDER9AZbfA/s1600/7.28+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 239px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648121238608232434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG79I83gqrIigsDalx_HeQiI2JJj5sazooIYG7OSMzPVj8vum_3DyVM0BQsJ2I0iW4TFMtLYiB0nt2HGf61HUsSM57kZgmxsBOOBhcLQqJ4qHk1XLW6Nm4TM1GZxkKfINmggDER9AZbfA/s320/7.28+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-57914875219941831282011-07-09T18:56:00.000-07:002011-07-10T14:22:25.539-07:00She Continues to Amaze Us!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseBphoVuDE6rw56i_M8oAg-xOFfPEqn08v4ypCmDEDoszKn8VgDlBNkjA1h7SFe8zWi_VMKq0mfSmEToBHK7XT_kj7shyphenhyphenOMMVeGk6FdBJiMUgX8UcGn7e-xZqfB8VRdwOhhPiwePnSF0/s1600/6.8+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627538589992394626" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgseBphoVuDE6rw56i_M8oAg-xOFfPEqn08v4ypCmDEDoszKn8VgDlBNkjA1h7SFe8zWi_VMKq0mfSmEToBHK7XT_kj7shyphenhyphenOMMVeGk6FdBJiMUgX8UcGn7e-xZqfB8VRdwOhhPiwePnSF0/s320/6.8+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Over the past couple of weeks, Callie has had most of her major follow-up appointments. Most of them tend to be on the 6 month rotation!! In all of them, Callie impressed the doctors, nurses and as always, us, in how far she has come!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij02JujcKcFewUIlAPL2_bEYzLOa5eI9UqLk1vPEa8-_8REWsH3JEJy14vAlEX8HG2NCXCBj73bQ-6FS-0DDkTuJ-J_F6Ft-E9shDY9-5Jfy-eEhT8KnGlLM8w4zU_oVIxKP0P4h_9Zww/s1600/7.5+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627537376240874354" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij02JujcKcFewUIlAPL2_bEYzLOa5eI9UqLk1vPEa8-_8REWsH3JEJy14vAlEX8HG2NCXCBj73bQ-6FS-0DDkTuJ-J_F6Ft-E9shDY9-5Jfy-eEhT8KnGlLM8w4zU_oVIxKP0P4h_9Zww/s320/7.5+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Callie had her second Dentist appointment and the they were happy with her teeth! Callie wasn't thrilled with the appointment, but all in all it was a success!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-Syj4L5yMtzBEwqXRcYXfjS7gF1qn4L9SN814Jw73MDqd40L85B2VJRVlqCAMvp4Ey9JKePhY3FrWl0ZTplZVoSZPrhaVbbnaGwB5DvZdbcrmrFi3qDFYd-kFGQ4xj8KlG1YajyDOoM/s1600/6.10+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627538597506228322" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-Syj4L5yMtzBEwqXRcYXfjS7gF1qn4L9SN814Jw73MDqd40L85B2VJRVlqCAMvp4Ey9JKePhY3FrWl0ZTplZVoSZPrhaVbbnaGwB5DvZdbcrmrFi3qDFYd-kFGQ4xj8KlG1YajyDOoM/s320/6.10+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Callie also had her follow-up with her Opthamologist. We informed him of a little drifting that we are seeing when Callie is tired or not focusing. He was also able to see this, but said since she was able to focus and move them together, we would just watch them over the next 6 months. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsH73_cKItgDVnyfT9UaJ1ItiNNhvHfqLmDcrhRFwW_e-PcCw_p1c6IrJaTZi-IfD8FQzrEbIIwGOxQpKgSqsBrtjTTepBP521a9nr1hBZgASSZ6SinJ_6Ez3HRGB703x9NbC0yBKQVQ/s1600/7.2+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627537356069874050" style="WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsH73_cKItgDVnyfT9UaJ1ItiNNhvHfqLmDcrhRFwW_e-PcCw_p1c6IrJaTZi-IfD8FQzrEbIIwGOxQpKgSqsBrtjTTepBP521a9nr1hBZgASSZ6SinJ_6Ez3HRGB703x9NbC0yBKQVQ/s320/7.2+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Neurosurgery was very happy with Callie's progress. These are still one of Mommy's favorite follow-ups because they are always so amazed at how far she has come! It is so great to see a once somber man lighten up when talking about our daughter! They said they don't want to see her again for 9 months and will do a MRI at that point since they haven't done any scans in over two years.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud7eNldoKsy1njY2XmF_rCYPV21qYQMXa_5VwXhtq4xRoDB-CwFY-o9fciv2unfLtzlKrxtnzuk-3J7B7Yx5y2yNmf4NtghW81kpMIXYBNCQiyfBnobiwKo7w7hzwOFG27pmtdOZHRt0/s1600/6.4+Callie+(9).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627538602394519490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgud7eNldoKsy1njY2XmF_rCYPV21qYQMXa_5VwXhtq4xRoDB-CwFY-o9fciv2unfLtzlKrxtnzuk-3J7B7Yx5y2yNmf4NtghW81kpMIXYBNCQiyfBnobiwKo7w7hzwOFG27pmtdOZHRt0/s320/6.4+Callie+%25289%2529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Callie's final appointment during the last month was with the Developmental Pediatrician. The fellow at the appointment could not believe that Callie had had the brain bleeds that she had at birth. He actually looked in her chart, because he had never seen a baby with that severe of a bleed do so well. This is the same baby they once told us would never walk or function "normally"-well....look at her now!!! Across the board, Callie tested at least at her adjusted age while scattering well above her actual age in other categories. The other exciting news was that Callie has made it back on the growth charts for her actual age at the 1%!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJYrTl6jA-uVH17biMTlefCuWtV4ujZWGhAJcqbDXwGfIPuSJ6WwOUa5a5sjkVsWUgc5iKeDkgMMEzm2DAOY1iekTNchE2BEnt7-W4QAYdeUBQQVhYQO0tOk8kz2bQGB-qxmQ-BVflCk/s1600/6.4+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627538603818441810" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJYrTl6jA-uVH17biMTlefCuWtV4ujZWGhAJcqbDXwGfIPuSJ6WwOUa5a5sjkVsWUgc5iKeDkgMMEzm2DAOY1iekTNchE2BEnt7-W4QAYdeUBQQVhYQO0tOk8kz2bQGB-qxmQ-BVflCk/s320/6.4+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />On the weekends, we continue to spend most of our time in the pool, either lessons or the kiddie pool in our backyard. Callie continues to love spending as much time in the pool as she can! At her lessons, the instructor uses Callie for all of the demonstrations since she is so comfortable now in the water!! And every morning, Callie continues to ask us to go to the pool and if we say no, then we at least have to show her a video of herself playing in it!! We think she may be a swimmer some day!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ve5jkQY84Db82C7Ynv0fp2NFJB4E6VnAynljlPhnhY9An7qagbT8e5H99gJ8YdlHx3oxbSHxW9uZiKH9qcEzBXWvv6GgAACGHIkmjow99I_BmEksm_BkVoR5fF4npKvZavs-7v_tRRY/s1600/6.27+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627538586645752290" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ve5jkQY84Db82C7Ynv0fp2NFJB4E6VnAynljlPhnhY9An7qagbT8e5H99gJ8YdlHx3oxbSHxW9uZiKH9qcEzBXWvv6GgAACGHIkmjow99I_BmEksm_BkVoR5fF4npKvZavs-7v_tRRY/s320/6.27+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Last week, Callie had her NICU Grad Party at Johns Hopkins. It was so nice to catch up with all of the wonderful Doctors and Nurses that took such great care of Callie during her months there. We know part of why she is doing so well is all of the love and attention they gave her! Below is a picture of Callie and her Primary Nurse Mary, we love you!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi6BsFsLWqQVxvM_pKZYvD0lTyb5jXTAhaNyvzQfTXidHIO-2KUL6Prtdl0-VZX2NtNe6O0WJ6N7RJzGllBAblQ3vjXF1Y37BE0LhWiMNgHZ9y1hnkEExkx1zkcQjOt-q40R9mpRyGa8/s1600/7.7+Callie+and+Mary.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627537369818093778" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzi6BsFsLWqQVxvM_pKZYvD0lTyb5jXTAhaNyvzQfTXidHIO-2KUL6Prtdl0-VZX2NtNe6O0WJ6N7RJzGllBAblQ3vjXF1Y37BE0LhWiMNgHZ9y1hnkEExkx1zkcQjOt-q40R9mpRyGa8/s320/7.7+Callie+and+Mary.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Callie continues to develop her personality every day!! Below is a picture of her stealing Mommy's spot in bed! She thought she was hysterical!! Her vocabulary continues to grow every day and she is talking in complete sentences. Her new thing is to commentate everything that she does...it is too cute!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfAyd5SAf8IpyN7xqU94FkgC7OsKGVZ2Ij5b2rZpKywGlh6bYqb6IRj2bmb0v4MBMTY_H19KQRpXmcfiL_YhsdR6j-pC4GXV3ZZFLrfdUjcPs9ByAz-4NuJS4RtZSuAo8HAf-dRL750w/s1600/7.4+Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627537361927339842" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfAyd5SAf8IpyN7xqU94FkgC7OsKGVZ2Ij5b2rZpKywGlh6bYqb6IRj2bmb0v4MBMTY_H19KQRpXmcfiL_YhsdR6j-pC4GXV3ZZFLrfdUjcPs9ByAz-4NuJS4RtZSuAo8HAf-dRL750w/s320/7.4+Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div>School continues to go well! The picture below was taken when they did Old Time photos at school! The summer is filled with fun activities at Goddard, like Spash Days and Moon Bounces. Callie falls in between two groups of kids at her school. At the beginning of summer, they gave us the option to move her up with the older kids or keep her down with the younger kids. Callie had been doing really well developmentaly with the older kids, but was extremely shy with them. With the younger kids, Callie really becomes a leader and lets her personality shine. We decided, with her teachers, that they best thing for Callie for the summer is to let her develop her social skills with the younger kids and move up at the end of summer. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTO5GomrCmEbG4LMqIl2MsRpikAVh7HBYyitKUZ-a5h-XsiqC7GxiZ8yQXNK9R1ug8XwY6GxKrCfg1yyw366JTauvirUfyY2YKlu8yxI5EJKRoahYQbSU04r6Yzsegs7OmyJ0Zmv_PWs/s1600/7.1+Callie+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627537356820401426" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkTO5GomrCmEbG4LMqIl2MsRpikAVh7HBYyitKUZ-a5h-XsiqC7GxiZ8yQXNK9R1ug8XwY6GxKrCfg1yyw366JTauvirUfyY2YKlu8yxI5EJKRoahYQbSU04r6Yzsegs7OmyJ0Zmv_PWs/s320/7.1+Callie+%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867720375427391411.post-20239163670095848612011-06-19T16:30:00.000-07:002011-06-19T17:05:50.783-07:00Fun Fun FunWe wanted to post a lot of pictures on this entry because we were so slow in updating! Make sure to see the post below with the video of Callie going underwater at swimming lessons. For some reason, we can't do pictures and video in the same post!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPCsWGQjg24zt3gLv2sZPbzH5UDAk8Yxv8aLpzKlq3wzGiHZ4eOJNEJv-swyL8Lf311f-BNDZXl5rjSMUniAENgFUnqg91yf6Ku1qaoJIVKZ9d9o7OQe3hYWQbFLNuM5UF84PGcnp6eg/s1600/5.14_Swimming_Lessons_(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620079089014010706" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPCsWGQjg24zt3gLv2sZPbzH5UDAk8Yxv8aLpzKlq3wzGiHZ4eOJNEJv-swyL8Lf311f-BNDZXl5rjSMUniAENgFUnqg91yf6Ku1qaoJIVKZ9d9o7OQe3hYWQbFLNuM5UF84PGcnp6eg/s320/5.14_Swimming_Lessons_%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>So, below we were mentioning how much Callie loves swimming lessons. Well the pick above is from week one when things were much different! We are so proud of how far she has come.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dHewmCbvnX4zf2KL-Iqo38JhRWuotKdLJItr4YjkaWpZ81BNGXYMS8K4iLuM9lEDlbtitDb-luyGj4Tdd_EB4gtTbMpAoYpJXR5lynd4a0ffJuBgBlu2m0mWCsKlGZUMJOTM8DhvG2s/s1600/5.31_Callie_(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620080475886309954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dHewmCbvnX4zf2KL-Iqo38JhRWuotKdLJItr4YjkaWpZ81BNGXYMS8K4iLuM9lEDlbtitDb-luyGj4Tdd_EB4gtTbMpAoYpJXR5lynd4a0ffJuBgBlu2m0mWCsKlGZUMJOTM8DhvG2s/s320/5.31_Callie_%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We have been spending a LOT of time outside, which has been great! Callie loves to do anything involving water, even helping Mommy water her flowers!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TAP5_Q9yEuYv20am8gJhGZClSjBTAgb4ewnj86j7fWh-nBXDYreq7C-nq6soo8m5FvyAgQq1Rc7nU_NIV7i0UXMEFtbr-izlHwyEFydRrf2If6kTK2P-ba8KIAug9KlLKClfiFSFmX4/s1600/5.30_Sprinkler_Fun_(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620080468658815122" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TAP5_Q9yEuYv20am8gJhGZClSjBTAgb4ewnj86j7fWh-nBXDYreq7C-nq6soo8m5FvyAgQq1Rc7nU_NIV7i0UXMEFtbr-izlHwyEFydRrf2If6kTK2P-ba8KIAug9KlLKClfiFSFmX4/s320/5.30_Sprinkler_Fun_%25283%2529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Callie got a new Princess sprinkler which she loves to run through, especially if one of us will hold her hand!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nQyH3rXr4lMxrUlsBbnmcH8bJRypm4K2mhyphenhyphenCmOhKZlT6P9PiOXAQ964hQ1JGjT1BfAyalGjSk-1m3NfFHhMnOOg472O_EwvmZgqyuZ07e09xO9nxJ2xiQT5zSYmv57bgB9V_iBY22rU/s1600/5.29_Beach_(6).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620079112546360258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nQyH3rXr4lMxrUlsBbnmcH8bJRypm4K2mhyphenhyphenCmOhKZlT6P9PiOXAQ964hQ1JGjT1BfAyalGjSk-1m3NfFHhMnOOg472O_EwvmZgqyuZ07e09xO9nxJ2xiQT5zSYmv57bgB9V_iBY22rU/s320/5.29_Beach_%25286%2529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We made our first trip to the beach over Memorial Day weekend. Callie LOVED spending time with her Poppop!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RiaHHHyJLlmWXsSZtGM7wZYdX0lswDMnnOaVrWgcDmaVUklJ6S03TETGPibXd778BDQeX5AMRewslZM-rKsihQvcwLxwZmRjnygkQ3Jjd_Gm4vLKm_UDmsDmyECeKwCmtUMBIhBYrWE/s1600/5.29_Beach_(5).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620079108203131650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RiaHHHyJLlmWXsSZtGM7wZYdX0lswDMnnOaVrWgcDmaVUklJ6S03TETGPibXd778BDQeX5AMRewslZM-rKsihQvcwLxwZmRjnygkQ3Jjd_Gm4vLKm_UDmsDmyECeKwCmtUMBIhBYrWE/s320/5.29_Beach_%25285%2529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />And playing in the sand!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwgwXQDasheB_lrQ4W8HbJuOv9eyea3ROp30xgKtnDIxmi_bgf9NmWaFqUBLmB5l8FMbC_mCQSm47hb6SEug6HPw5L5dog_bIGZwwd4UpKadgCS8rTQ7T4NGkAVeshpUTjKPkUmwxBCA/s1600/5.28_Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620079101864886354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwgwXQDasheB_lrQ4W8HbJuOv9eyea3ROp30xgKtnDIxmi_bgf9NmWaFqUBLmB5l8FMbC_mCQSm47hb6SEug6HPw5L5dog_bIGZwwd4UpKadgCS8rTQ7T4NGkAVeshpUTjKPkUmwxBCA/s320/5.28_Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Callie has reached a point where she has little fear! This is her swinging on the monkey bars at our playground. She is quite the climber!!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7SzAbVAzEkBEFY9AB2zVALa27pmtXspb35qtmIdgYI3GuiF55WqCnLCpCKjE_IP4AWw6pI4Ls_Ee0sOhEvakvYIA-0bC3ui_AlTbOovqtVmo4lqfZy1zFe46UkkqpYFNjxf-XTDQJro/s1600/6.19_Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620080480435475906" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7SzAbVAzEkBEFY9AB2zVALa27pmtXspb35qtmIdgYI3GuiF55WqCnLCpCKjE_IP4AWw6pI4Ls_Ee0sOhEvakvYIA-0bC3ui_AlTbOovqtVmo4lqfZy1zFe46UkkqpYFNjxf-XTDQJro/s320/6.19_Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />She also loves to slide! She would slide for hours if we would let her. Her new tactic is to try to slide head first, but we try to make her slide on her bottom, which she will tell us over and over-"callie slide on her bottom, 1-2-3 go!!"</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3KP5xokEQ15U0nNZiDwR5f1cZ0ZlOGTnIPI9U5yHO69m3IXqNbrQSnqxucypeH7d41ADwDqR-iqAy7shPPAzAfAcXomfZ1-tBpucZAXt75DhJLEDMhpZLZaoxTIBvCGaDniFg0A8IVk/s1600/5.21_Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620079094370949650" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3KP5xokEQ15U0nNZiDwR5f1cZ0ZlOGTnIPI9U5yHO69m3IXqNbrQSnqxucypeH7d41ADwDqR-iqAy7shPPAzAfAcXomfZ1-tBpucZAXt75DhJLEDMhpZLZaoxTIBvCGaDniFg0A8IVk/s320/5.21_Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div>Callie has recently discovered video's and technology. We definitely want to limit her exposure to this, but she loves her Mickey Mouse and Callie home videos, so we usually will give in a few times a day for her to enjoy!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhhRh2MSpNVmU0hRcWY6RB2wUo_xlU87mLMEnAIqKD7B6GqeUN7gXtYtcuDr5gBDAj2ffUTuGE-9us1NDMkQWMcBflnmDYR42gwPhshfmNY1GzZRdsqZNw5UnyqgQvqlulKwQV94xxjs/s1600/6.19_Callie_and_Grams.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620080490409916274" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhhRh2MSpNVmU0hRcWY6RB2wUo_xlU87mLMEnAIqKD7B6GqeUN7gXtYtcuDr5gBDAj2ffUTuGE-9us1NDMkQWMcBflnmDYR42gwPhshfmNY1GzZRdsqZNw5UnyqgQvqlulKwQV94xxjs/s320/6.19_Callie_and_Grams.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We had a special visit from Grams this weekend! Callie loved taking her on a walk!!</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJttImcbZ-VudFlMjNL1_qAOfdYHROfMb28JEYVZeHmTHxtIv234ZYXbARs72GMrbbkoHRkgEwCE83p3OlpGIcDAB_FKMSjHr2F6NRB54ICmIoCU61FAMhIJgkMCu_Wr5Sokt90T_pW4/s1600/5.14_Callie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620077460876522018" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJttImcbZ-VudFlMjNL1_qAOfdYHROfMb28JEYVZeHmTHxtIv234ZYXbARs72GMrbbkoHRkgEwCE83p3OlpGIcDAB_FKMSjHr2F6NRB54ICmIoCU61FAMhIJgkMCu_Wr5Sokt90T_pW4/s320/5.14_Callie.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Callie is having a lot of 6 month follow up appointments, so we will update next week with more information!!<br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Costello'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11914830048869557046noreply@blogger.com1