The Callander Family

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Brenna hanging out with some new friends.

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Brenna Hanging Out with Carson!

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NEWS

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So we have been a little bad...we have shared this news with a lot of people, but we have failed to share it on our blog. WE ARE EXPECTING!!! We are expecting out second child, and yes he/she is due in February. God's timing is best and I guess that he thought that we needed another February baby. Our due date is February 7, 2012, but we are planning a repeat c-section and thus can choose the baby's birthday. We are currently going to have out little bundle of joy on Friday February 3, 2012. I am so excited. It is nice to know when you will have a baby.

So, with that said, we are currently 12 weeks and 3 days along. I feel great - for the most part. I am gaining a lot more weight initially with this pregnancy than with Brenna, but I also weighed 10 pounds less to start with. If I look at my weight with Brenna, I am par for the course. At about this time with B I was about 131 pounds. At my last visit on Monday I was 130 pounds. Kinda funny - at least in my mind. Last pregnancy, the baby's (Brenna's) heart beat was 165 beats per minute at out first "belly check" appointment (about 12 weeks). This go around is similar, the baby's heart beat was 160 beats per minute on Monday. Is it another girl???

Second pregnancies are so different. I think that I look pregnant already. My butt is getting bigger, my thighs are getting bigger, and my belly is starting to pooch a bit. I am not really sick or nauseated unless I try to cook any type of meat, but especially chicken. Shawn is having to do a lot of food preparation and we are eating out more than normal. Brenna doesn't mind this in the least as she gets chick-fil-a on a more regular basis.

Shawn and I are still really active (at least for now). We are training for a half marathon that we are planning on completing in late September. We are running on TEAM ZOE. We are running with a group of family and friends that are coming together to support Julie (Zoe's Mom) as she is running the 1/2 with the Leukemia and Lymphoma society to raise support and awareness for leukemia - Zoe was diagnosed about 6 months ago and is currently in remission, but has to complete another 2 years of chemo treatments.

Brenna is so excited that there is a baby in mommy's tummy. Some days she kisses my belly and on others, she pretends that there is a baby in her tummy too. She already was supper nurturing to her baby dolls, but she has stepped it up a notch the past few weeks - offers them her milk and paci and blanket to make them feel good. How cute and how loving. If this is any indication of what type of big sister she will be - we are in luck!

I think that is all of the exciting news that I have for you at this time. Know that we love you and hope to see you and hug you soon.

Love,

Christine (and the rest of the Callander clan)

Bad Bloggers

2011-06-07T05:01:00.000-07:00

OK, so we are really bad bloggers. A lot has happened since we (Shawn) last updated the blog with pictures. We had a birthday party for Brenna at the zoo - everyone really enjoyed it. Easter was wonderful and Brenna loved hunting eggs. We went skiing in CO. Brenna even slid down the bunny slope on skis - we are so proud of her. Brenna has started swimming lessons and is turning into a fish. Shawn just had a birthday. Brenna is starting gymnastics today. I am sure that there is a lot more that I just can't think of at this time. With all of that said, I am making a mid year commitment to update the blog more regularly (at least once a month, but hopefully even more frequently than that).

Love you all,
Shawn, Christine, & Brenna

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Cupcake for Breakfast is always a good idea

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Brenna and Recent Birthday

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Houston Rodeo

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Our Recent Trip to the Amazon in November. What an amazing Trip and thank you to all those that supported us in helping make this mission trip experience a reality. There were countless numbers of lives impacted for the Glory of His Kingdom.

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CRAZY OR CLOTH!!! BOTH

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So, many of my peers now think that I am crazy (some of them thought that way before now). I have switched to CLOTH diapers. I know, gross! But, it's really not that bad. I'll spare you the details. They really are just as easy to put on as the disposable ones and look 10 times nicer. I don't feel so "white trash" for letting my child run around in a diaper and a t-shirt now that her diapers look more like bloomers than an actual diaper. OK, so here is the story...Poor Brenna got this horrible diaper rash that would not go away. It tended to look worse in the morning and better just before bed time. I could figure out what it was at first. We used every cream known to man, and her butt still looked like I tagged her with a red marker or that she had chicken pocks on her butt and no where else. I gave it some more thought and figured it out...She is allergic to the nighttime diapers that we had her in. I switched brands thinking that would fix the problem, but it did not. SO...I did it, I made the switch. Now Brenna's bum gets the good stuff - fleece. How nice. As for mom, I have to do a few more loads of laundry, but this is easy laundry. Shawn, well...he thinks that I have lost my marbles (maybe it is all of these night shifts that I have been working - sleep deprivation will make you do extreme things). He puts up with me and with the cloth diapers. I just laugh and let him know that he doesn't have to do anything differently - I'll take care of the dirty work. I'll have to post a few cute pictures of B in her new "NuBunz" diapers sometime soon. Love you!!! Christine

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Brenna and the Mastiff

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Brenna at the Houston Dog Show

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Brenna with Mimi and Papa

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Always having a good time.

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She climbed in and yes it was empty.

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Mommy and Me having a good time!

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Check out the size of that Croc. I promise Brenna was only ever within 4 feet of that Gator.

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First Rodeo.

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Trying on Dad's Shoes

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Enjoying the outside

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My Birthday Outfit.

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My First Birthday February 23, 2010

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Ski Trip February 2010

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I do love the cabinets, they are a great place to hide out.

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Nepal January 2010

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Shawn in Nepal January 2010

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Always having a good time.

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Christmas 2009

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Soon enough Brenna will be wakeboarding.

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Brenna learning how to drive the boat.

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I love the fact that my wife can wakeboard!

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Already crawling, crazy to think she is already moving around the house.

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First time in the swing. She loves the new swing on the porch.

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She loves her papa.