Callia Lee Riden

Ahh, new photos..

Aunt Jessie and Laura's mom, Sara, came to the house last Saturday to hang out with Callia and be pampered by Laura (who, by the way, is in business for herself doing day-spas and selling BeautiControl stuff in addition to being a Mommy, the best wife ever, going to school for Nursing, and still slaving away at Vanderbilt part time. Go to Laura's website and buy three of everything, just to tell her you care.).

Last Sunday, we all went to see the Donegans.. they had lunch and had a photographer there to take pictures for Paw's birthday (or Christmas?). Great food, as always.. Daddy and Callia ate so much, we ended up taking a nap.

Friday, we celebrated Halloween with Wes. Katheryn bought Callia her first costume: a Snuggly Pumpkin. I don't know what the costume was actually called, but take it from me: she was a Snuggly Pumpkin. We went up and down the block quickly snagging some candy for Mommy and Daddy while Wes handed out candy to kids at our house. Then, we all grabbed our beers.. climbed up onto the roof and started sniping the kids with bb guns. Oh, the fun we have!

Last year we drove to Dickson (about an hour west of Nashville) to see all of Laura's family, then drove to Riceville (about 3 hours east of Nashville) to see my family. All that driving was really rough on us.. and we figured with a new baby it would just be an even worse idea this year to try that. We decided to just stay at our house this year and have our own Thanksgiving. There was an open invitation to our families to come see us if they wanted.. but we just didn't want to drag Callia all over the state.

I baked the turkey and pumpkin pie.. and Laura took care of the stuffing and all the sides. We had a nice, quiet evening.. and it was a lot of fun.