We had a scary thing happen on June 6th, we went to 5 Guys Burgers & Fries for dinner to start off Jason's birthday weekend, and we have been there at least 3 times now with Cal. She always does fine with eating their grilled cheese sandwich and a few fries...well, last night I broke up a few fries into small pieces and she started choking on her first bite. So, I jump up and get her out of her high chair, I pat her on the back, put my fingers in her mouth to try and get it out, flip her upside down and shake her...and NOTHING would work! She threw up on me and I thought ok she is ok...and then the guy at the next table starts yelling no she is still choking. At this point I start to really freak out...I am just dying inside. She stopped gagged and her body started going lymph. I thought I was going to lose her! I was just crying and shaking her upside down and I didn't know what else to do. A Mom comes running over and sticks her finger all the way down her throat and she throws up again and finally she is fine. I have never been so terrified in my life. She has choked before, and nothing that worked before was working that night.

I owe that Mom everything. I just feel so bad that I didn't know what else to do. She said that I was doing all the right things, but that it was probably just really lodged and to not be afraid to stick your finger all the way down her throat. I was so shaken up by the whole thing...I just cried and cried that night after I rocked her to sleep. I just love her more than anything in the world. I am paranoid now about feeding her and make sure the pieces are tiny, but like that Mom said even adults choke and I can't blame myself...but that seems like all I can do since it happened. I just keep playing it in my head over and over. I choked a lot as a child because I had huge tonsils and I had to get them removed at 10 years old. I just remember how scared I used to feel! She was so upset and lethargic afterwards it was so sad! I signed us up for First Aid/CPR classes in July, so hopefully that will help us to feel more prepared. It was just so scary!

We went to the beach this past weekend for Father's day. We had a really great time! Cal slept surprisingly well every night but the last night. She never sleeps well in her pack n play so I was shocked. She loved going down to the ocean and swimming in the hot tub (that we kept cool). My parents and Jess & Nick were there and we got to see Mema & Papa Bill and Meme...so it was a lot of fun! It was so nice to relax. We had 4 dogs there...Myles, Madison, Marley and Mac...so that was a little chaotic, but definitely fun. I think all the dogs were getting very tired of Callie though. She likes to plop down and sit on top of them or lay on them and drink her sippy of milk. With Maddie we know better now and make sure to keep them apart when Maddie looks irritated, but Cal definitely got some growls this weekend from the other 3 dogs, so that was hard to try to keep her apart from them. Overall it was a great time! Here is a slide show of pics from the beach! http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z72/jenniferpughe/?action=view&current=b3896acc.pbw

Callie was 26 pounds 5 oz at her 15 month appointment. She had to have 1 vaccine the DtaP. It was only her second vaccine so far and she did great and didn't cry at all! I love our Ped! She is so wonderful!!! She gave us some great discipline advice, and we finally got her off of Stage 2 formula. She didn't like whole milk at all, but LOVES 2% milk, which our Ped said was fine to give her. She drinks SO much milk everyday and really loves it! She would rather drink her calories than eat food, so I have to try to feed her food before offering milk. Overall she is doing great besides the little temper she has on her, but I think that is mainly because she cannot communicate to us what she wants and just points and fusses until we figure it out or she throws herself on the floor in a fit. It used to really bother me but now I just walk away and laugh about it. She is sleeping pretty well, but keeps trying to push her bed time later and later. She has always been a night owl! Her current favorites are: her sunglasses, her lovey blanket, any and all of Daddy's electronics (she especially loves to hear out of his head phones while he is trying to work...it is really funny), her toy vacuum, and her lion push toy. She loves baths and loves to go swimming in the tub, she loves to eat raisins, oranges, and popcorn! And did I mention she LOVES milk! ;) As I type this she is watching her Children's Songs DVD that Mema bought her and is dancing and clapping. She loves to watch this at least once a day...sometimes I let her watch it twice, once in the morning and once at night. But she cracks us up with her dancing...any music she hears she instantly busts a move!

Thanks for reading! I am really going to try to write more! I hope all is well with everyone! XOXO