Christmas with Cali May!

  

Cali May had friends and family over on Sunday the 20th and she was very happy to see them. She was loved up and down by all :)  She loved all of her presents and especially loved all the play food she got to go with her kitchen play set. If you would like to see a bunch of pictures of our trip to Michigan and Christmas morning I have posted them on facebook :)

Christmas Pictures take #2 and #3

Here are the fruits of our labor :) You would not believe how hard it is to get a toddler to cooperate for Christmas pictures (or maybe you would)!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Cali May's second Thanksgiving!!!! She will actually get to eat and enjoy the food today :) She wasn't old enough to eat turkey dinner last year, but this year she will get to sample all kinds of tasty goodness :) We are going to miss our Michigan family as well as our Georgia family but we will be celebrating with good family and friends in our own home this year. We are even roasting a turkey for the first time this year (usually we fry or buy). I am excited about Cali getting to eat turkey and all the fixin's :) Love and blessings to everyone today and everyday!!!

BAD BAD Mommy!!!!

I cannot believe that I have not posted anything about my baby girl since July 29th. I think (excuses) it is because I am constantly posting things about Cali May on Facebook. Pictures and such.

A lot has happened since the last post :) Cali May is RUNNING, yes she walked for about 2 weeks but now she is so good she is running all over the house.

Even though Jeremy is home with Cali May most of the time she is going to Mothers Morning Out at a local church. She loves going and they wear her out. She falls asleep in her lunch most days :)

The picture on top is our sweet little cowgirl on Halloween night :) She looked even better than we hoped in her costume.

Happy First Birthday Princess Cali May!

Wow! A year has gone by (plus some) and our little baby is a toddler. Cali May is into everything and getting around the furniture all by herself. She had two awesome birthday parties this month and got to see many friends and family that she hasn't seen in a long time or maybe ever. She is still trying to torment her dog Remington and now that she can stand and walk around the couch she tries her hardest to get him. He still can get to higher ground for a little while longer!

Thanks for all the wonderful presents everyone, Cali has been investigating them daily!!!

Today is THE DAY!

Today we are going to the courthouse to make it official that Cali May Efird is ours forever. She has been ours since July 16th, 2008 but this will be a record of her belonging to us. I will post pictures later of the event. Hopefully the judge will let us get our picture with her/him!!! We are so excited and can't wait to have this behind us :)

Leave us a Comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not able to put a counter on the site (it won't work) and I want to see who is visiting Cali's site. If you want please leave a comment or a hello so that we know which of our friends and family are keeping up with her blog :)

Save the Date! Princess Cali will be turning 1 on July 16th and we have two parties being planned. In Michigan it will be at My mom and dad's house on 7-18 @3pm-? and then we will also be celebrating her in NC on 7-25 with details to come soon!!!

Two Firsts This Weekend!!!!!

This weekend we went to Charleston to see Grandma and Grandpa and Isabella. While we were there Cali May crawled the first time ever and she went in the hotel pool and loved it!!!! Here are the two videos from this weekend.

The most beautiful baby!

Cali May is fully recovered from her meningitis scare and wide open. She is becoming very "spirited" lately and lets us know when her opinion differs. We don't have any teeth yet but I can see them through her gums!!! I just wish they would push through and then my princess sweetheart will be back to her normal pleasant self :) 

Cali's First Beach Trip!

Happy Easter!!!!

What a great day! We missed our family in Michigan but Cali's cousins are coming to see us for the week tomorrow!!!!!! Cali had a great time on Saturday at our church Easter egg hunt, next year she will be running ahead of us and grabbing eggs as fast as possible. This year she wanted to shake them and tried to cram them into her mouth. Today the Easter bunny left her a basket from Mommy and Daddy, and one from Grandma and Grandpa in Michigan. (thanks for the Gymboree dress) She had a wonderful day that ended with a bad belly ache but after crying she went to sleep on mommy's lap :)

Trying so hard to crawl

We have been home for three afternoons now and not one return trip to Jeff Gordon Childrens Hospital! It's a miracle :) Cali May is back to her normal self, jumping in her jumparoo, blowing bubbles, and sleeping in her own crib (most of the night). Cali still has to do 30 minutes of antibiotics every afternoon. Jeremy and myself know how to hook it up so it hasn't been too difficult. The nurse came the first two times to check on how well we can hook her up. She won't be back until next week when it's time to change the bandages. We have tried to apply for Medicaid for Cali May, but we need a birth certificate to get a social security card....it's a huge waiting process. She is approved as long as we can get her a soc number! This will help out tremendously with her hospital bills :) Thanks for the continued prayers, gifts, and well wishes from all of our friends and family!!!! ***we put her in her high chair to receive her iv :)

We are HOME!!!

Cali May is home and back to her froggy self! Thank you for all the prayers, phone calls, and well wishes!!! She is just as happy as we are to be home!!!!

Cali May is sick

This a disclaimer for all the Grandmas and Aunties that are going to read this. Cali May is doing fine and will continue to do fine. She is being her normal sweet and loving self and is enjoying being 8 months old today! That being said here is what has happened over the last three days.

Saturday: Cali was cranky and fussy which we attributed to her teething, gave her some motrin because of a low grade fever and she went down for her normal nap. When Jeremy got her up for her nap at 6:45 she was burning up. I took her temp. the baby way and she had a temp of 104.3, I of course went into mommy panic mode and dressed her and we were on our way to the ER. After every poke and prod in the ER we were sent home thinking that she had a weird virus and that the prescription antibiotic would do the trick.

Sunday: Cali woke up at her normal time and had a very normal day. Around 3pm the ER called and asked us to return to the ER. The blood that they had drawn from Cali May was growing a bacteria and they wanted another sample. After this visit they decided to keep her for observation overnight to check her white blood cell count. Well when we got to the pediatric floor the pediatrician didn't like the preliminaries and decided to go ahead and do a spinal tap. We went to sleep thinking we were in the clear because the fluid came out clear.

Monday: Cali May has been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Which is an awful scary sounding disease. she has the most mild case that you can have and still have it. They gave us the example that typically children that are brought to the ER with this are very ill and dangerously so. The bad cases normally have 1000's of- white blood cells in their spinal fluid sample, Cali had 32, yes you read that correctly thirty-two. She has been on strong anti-biotics since Saturday and is responding very well to the treatment.

From here.... We will be here at least until Tuesday afternoon after they put in a pic-line so that she can receive IV antibiotics at home for the next 21 days to be sure that the bacteria is gone from her system.

We thank God and our doctors that she was seen on Saturday and that they took quick action with her to get her treatment started and onto recovery!!!!

Love,

Kimberly, Jeremy, and Cali May

Loving the weather!!!

Cali had her first day at the park today! She loved the swing so much!!!

Cali May is a Ballerina!

Here are some shots from yesterdays photo shoot :) She did a good job, but gets tired pretty quickly of strangers now.

Guess Who Sat up on their own!!!

Cali May that's who :) Our beautiful baby sat up on her floor today. I set her down to play with her toys and she didn't plop to the side like she normally does, she sat there for quite a long time. That is until she looked straight up at the light and lost her balance. The funniest thing that she is doing now is slapping her leg. She will smack her leg over and over and kick her feet. IF she can't get to her leg she smacks whatever she can, my arm, my head, Daddy's head :) She is a little over 6 months old and doing so well!!!

Baby New Year say "Happy belated New Year!!!"

We are excited that we are already into the new year. Cali May is going to be 6 months old on January 16th. We will be getting some really cute pictures of Cali May and her daddy done so look forward to seeing those!!!!

Baby's First Meal

After much research and then more research, we fed Princess Cali for the first time tonight. She is almost 6 months old and was reaching for our plates. She did so well! When I put the spoon to her mouth and she opened her mouth to eat :) She had about 1 tbsp of food :) I don't know if any even went down her throat but she def. tasted it and had a good time.