Sisters...

Callie's First "bath" at home. Since her belly button wasn't completely healed, her first bath was a sponge bath. Karisse kept asking for the water. She was a big helper when it was time to wash Callie's hair.

Karisse and Daddy were playing "cook." Karisse made Pickle Soup (her specialty) and decided to share her dinner with Callie.

Introducing...

Callie Faith

8 lbs 2 oz

20 in

First photo of Callie-loo just after she was born.

Callie in her thug hat
Two Lil' Princesses - Karisse & Callie
She's definitely NOT always this alert. Mommy has to wake her up all of the time to feed her. Sleep is, obviously, very important to this little girl!

Our first family photo as

Dickison...Party of four

What a cutie patootie!!
On the way out into the "real" world...

"Official hospital" photo...
Karisse is sooooooooo excited to be the big sister. She takes her job very seriously!!! What a big helper she is, especially during diaper duty. Seems like just yesterday that she was as tiny as Callie.

We're all pooped...

And the fun is just beginning...

Dickison...party of 3 (for the last time)

Just the 3 of us...

Kisses for Callie from Big Sis

Daddy & Karisse..."CHEESE"

Mommy & Karisse..."CHEESE"
Callie Faith, the night before entering the world

"Special" Toys

My friend, Corey S., gave us a GREAT idea to help Karisse deal with the transition from only child to big sister. Since I'll be nursing Callie, Karisse will probably think of everything imaginable that she needs me to do when I'm nursing. Corey suggested getting a basket of toys that were "special time" toys that Karisse can play with only when I'm nursing Callie, so she has special privledges too.


After we had our appointment with the surgeon this morning, we stopped by Dollar Tree to let Karisse pick out her special toys. We gave her 5 $1 bills to buy 5 toys.

She got to pick out which things she wanted. I thought she'd just start picking out everything she saw, but she seemed to need some direction. She's never been the kid who demands a toy or anything when we go to the store (except at Walmart...she knows she can get a cookie from the bakery ladies.)

After picking out her 5 toys, she said, "I pay," and reached into her dress pocket to get her $$. What a funny kid!!

She's quite in love with the baby she picked out. She also picked out clothes & diapers (for the baby), a My Little Pony (knock off), and a Dora ball. Now, the hard part is teaching her that these are special toys and can't be played with ALL of the time. Pray for us...

In other news, Callie should arrive around 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. YAY!!! When we told Karisse that Callie's coming out tomorrow, she said, "I hold her, kiss her." Aww...-

The last Weekend...

This is the last weekend of only child land...

Karisse's last weekend of being the ONLY princess in our house

The last weekend she can claim these toys as hers alone...

The last weekend of sanity for us...

because CALLIE IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!