my sweeties

baby cali

My wonderful cousin and talented photographer, Stacie, (she also has the best first name! :) came over and snapped some shots of my kids with brand new Cali.

Click here to check out her photography blog!

I'll post more pictures when they come in the mail!!

love at home

We have been having a wonderful time with baby Cali at home. Our home is filled with so much love, hugs and kisses!! Maddox has been occupied with his recent birthday presents...especially his "big guns"! I have been cleaning up the nerf bullets all over my house, they are in every nook and cranny! I can thank his Mimi for that! :)
Bryanna has loved having a "real baby" in the house. She is such a fantastic older sister, she loves to hold her, give her the pacifier, even burp her, and she likes to "just watch" us change diapers, but usually ends up helping handing us a few wipes or taking the diaper to the garbage!


Bryanna and Maddox are such good little pals, it melts my heart to see them play with each other constantly. And it made it worth it to have them 23 months apart.

All is going well on the home front...I wouldn't mind a little more sleep, but I feel so blessed to have sweet baby Cali in our family, I would lose sleep for her anyday!

Cali Kaye Perry is HERE!

This was taken just before we left for the hospital!

Getting Ready

She was a small thing compared to the other 2!

All Clean!

Maddox was putting on a show the whole night. I wonder if he is excited to be dethroned as the youngest?

Bryanna is playing with the toys that Cali brought for the kids. Cali knew exactly what Bryanna liked! An Ariel Polly Pocket!

Maddox got a movie, Orange Tic Tacs (his favorite), and Cars sippy cups.

Daddy and his kids.


In case you are wondering why this post isn't as beautiful as others, It is MARK. I'm sure Stacy will post a better one once we get home. We should be coming home sometime today. Mommy and Baby a doing great!

Cali's baby shower

Some wonderful friends threw me a baby shower! It was so beautiful and elegant! Just look at the spread of food!
And of course, no baby shower would be complete without some nothing bundt cakes!
Look at this diaper cake....isn't it the sweetest, most adorable thing ever??? How cute did that turn out?!?! Some great friends made that for me, and I just LOVE it!
My sister, Jen, helped bring some of the delicious spread, it was so yummy!

And the cute little girls getting to come to the baby shower!! Bryanna, Abby, Lexy and their friend Julie.
How cute is this little guy....on a chair playing with the balloons!!!
Camille, Monica, Bryanna, Alissa, Michelle
Mom got these adorable matching jammies...aren't they sooooo gorgeous? Bryanna wore them last night, I think these little jammies are her new favorite!
Christa, the quilting queen, made this precious butterfly quilt to go in Cali's room! It is SO sweet, she is seriously such a pro with quilts, and she is such a good friend! Love this lady!
And my sis got this cuper cute Petunia Picklebottom Diaper bag...its vinyl so I can keep it nice and stain-free!
one of my favorite things during the newborn stage are the dress jammies....no zippers or snaps or buttons to mess with in the middle of the night...how cute are those ruffles?
did they have to get THAT face on film?
My first little angel with the balloons...she is so excited to finally have baby Cali get here!
I get to be induced this week...HURRAY!! It's nice to know when she will get here...we have lots of things "to do" this week in prep for the new arrival...like get the dog to the groomer...put in the laundry room sink...put in a new banister upstairs, bryanna accidentally kicked out one of the spindles. Darn! Now Mark gets his wish of putting in an iron banister!

We are so excited to have a new spirit in the family!

Maddox turns 3!!!

Here we are, nana, jen, mom and I at Abby's 8th birthday party...and that was a LOT OF FUN! The kids loved bowling and can't wait to do it again! And the birthday boy requested his favorite thing ever....a Transformer birthday party!!!! little camden, swing batter!!! and little Liam! and the birthday boy!!! birthday boy's sister! birthday boy's aunt! and his favorite thing ever....the transformer cake!!!

Ain't Misbehaving!!

So, yesterday, I was able to play tennis at 36 weeks!! I paid for it last night, but it was worth it and fun. Just for the record, Jen and I won in three sets...5-7, 6-0, 6-3. (Yes, the pregnant lady bageled them in the second set!! :) I got there a hare late and our opponents wouldn't give us a five minute warm up, so I guess the first set could count as our warm-up! In the six years I've played league here, no one has ever been that much of a stinker...no warm-up??? Come on, they were just asking for a spanking!! I originally stopped playing tennis two weeks ago, but my team was in a bind and I had to play or we'd default a position. So what's a girl to do? I'm not misbehaving!!! I thought I'd get one last picture, pregnant in our team uniform!

This is my cute sister, Jamie and one of her BFF's, Alex, who recently joined the church. They are grubbing after a hard core swim team practice. Jamie is such a good friend and example to all she is around. Aren't they such cute girls?!?!?!?!
Photographer---Bryanna

And of course, Bryanna the photographer wanting to take more pictures...

My mom's dog had puppies a while ago, and they kept 1 of the 3. Meet Beauregard (but we call him Beau for short). He's the sweetest and most obedient little pup ever...and the kids just love to cuddle and squeeze and give him lots of kisses!

I couldn't forget to post pictures of the almost finished Baby room. I still have to get the dresser, but I know the exact one I want, its just a matter of getting it!! I will put it right under the picture here.

And to finish this wall, I found a mirror at Home Goods. It should be complete right around the time Cali arrives... just two-three weeks left!!!