Caelyn May

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

March Brackets for Babies

It is that time of year again to raise money for the March of Dimes! 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!

March Brackets for Babies
Please join us for a “fun”draiser for Team Callie May and the March of Dimes!

Help Fight Prematurity with your NCAA Basketball Bracket Picks!

Enter for $10

$5 goes to March of Dimes and $5 goes into the final championship pot.

Winner gets 60% of the pot

2nd Place – 30%

3rd Place – 10%

Please sign up now by using the link http://calliemod.mayhem.cbssports.com/e
(you will need to create a cbssports login)
Password: fighter

Please forward this on to anyone that you think will be interested!

Any questions? Email me at marcicostello@gmail.com

Your $10 payment can be made to me by check or cash mailed to:

Marci Costello - 711 Scottish Isle Dr., Abingdon, MD 21009

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Our Princess is 3!

Can you believe our little miracle is 3?!?!?!?

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.

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!

After the NICU reunion, we went back to our pool for Callie's Birthday party! Of course, our little fish wanted a pool party!!

We were so happy that so many of our friends and family were able to make it to her party!

Callie and her goggles!!

Callie had a lot of fun with Leah! Callie really looks up to her and likes copying her every move!

Aunt Brenna's coworker made an amazing cake, that if you can imagine, tasted better than it looked!!

Callie sang Happy Birthday to herself...SO cute!!

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!!

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!

Friday, January 20, 2012

Big Girl

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!!

Swimming lessons have been going really well! She loves her teacher, Miss Danni, and her new friend Joey (who is 4 1/2).

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!!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Christmas Joy

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!

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!

We made the trip up to Canton for Christmas itself. It was so nice to be home for 10 days!!

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!!

Callie spent most of her break playing with her cousin Jack and Auntie Kim!!

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!"

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!

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!

Kisses from cousin Jack!

Snuggling with Ma!

Happy time with Auntie Kim!!

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!

Dancing with Auntie Kim!

Kisses with Pa!

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!!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

It 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!