She did it!!!!

Callie rolled over!!!!!!! Yesterday morning she rolled over from back to front and Scott and I scared her with our cheers of excitement. The past couple of days she has been doing a great job of rolling from her back to her side, but was having trouble going all the way over. Yesterday she finally figured it out and did it again later in the evening. Now all we have to work on is rolling from front to back. I think this might be a little harder for her to do, but I'm sure she will figure it out soon.

Adjusting to Japan

Well, we have been here a little over one week and it is going great. Callie and I are both adjusting well and I think we are both over our jet lag, which is amazing. Callie has been sleeping through the night again for the past five nights. Let me tell you, it was definately an adjustment to getting up in the middle of the night again since she has been sleeping at least 10 hours a night since she was 2 months old (sorry, I had to brag). I think that she knew that Scott was going on a road trip because the first night he was gone she slept great, which meant a full night's sleep for me too :)

We have been keeping busy going to the grocery stores, there are three within walking distance, and visiting with the other baseball wives and kiddos that live here in the apartments. There is a little boy (well, he's bigger than Callie) that is one week younger than Callie and they have had a great time meeting eachother. We haven't had an official playdate yet, but I'm sure they will have a blast once we do.

Callie also inherited some great toys from another baseball family. She now has an Exersaucer and a Jumper and she has so much fun in both of them. She doesn't quite jump in the Jupmer yet, but just kind of bounces. We are also getting lots of exercise and stroller time in since you walk every where. The other day we did a 5K walk with two of the other wives. And let me tell you, it was not leisurly. For those of you that are familiar with my exercise habits, it was definately a challenge, but it was fun. We will probably do it quite a bit.

what is this thing?

loving the jumper!

before our 5K walk in her "pimp" sweater :)

Oh, and Callie has also finally started eating rice cereal. I'm pretty sure she likes it. More than anything I think that she likes being able to eat with the spoon. I have some video of her first bites, I just have to download it to the computer. And she is getting even closer to rolling over. She can go from her back to her side all on her own now. She just needs to get that final push to roll all the way over. I tried to video her last night, but it's like she knows the camera is on and refuses to do anything :)

first bites!

Scott also pitched again last night. He threw 6 innings and gave up 6 runs and got the loss. He gave up the runs in just two innings and the other four were great. He also struck out the first batter of the game again, for the fourth time in a row! It was neat to be able to watch him on TV and hear the Japanese announcers. I'm not quite sure if Callie realized it was her Daddy, but I'm pretty sure she was cheering him on!

pictures

with Great Grandma Schuenske

trying to get my Coke at the Detroit airport

Callie is ready to release her baloon in the 7th inning

We made the papers!

Callie is famous :)

I have some great pictures from the last couple of days, but just have to figure out how to download them to Scott's computer. Hopefully I will figure it out soon :)

Also, check out the new Japanese baseball link to the right. It has team standings and box scores from the games. There is also a blog under the blog tab called Tiger Tales which is about Scott's team, the Hanshin Tigers.

First baseball game

Scott pitched last night so Callie and I attended our first Japanese baseball game. It was so much fun, but of course, quite the adventure . . .

We don't have a car here so the easiest was to get to the field is to use mass transportation. Japan has a great train system and not only did we attend our first game yesterday, but Callie also had her first train ride.

I went to the game with one of the other American players' wife and their two boys. Callie fell asleep in her stroller right before we left so missed most of the excitement of the train ride. I'm actually surprsied that she slept through the whole trip, it was pretty bumpy, and at one point we had to carry the stroller down two flights of stairs because there was no elevator. But we made it to the game and that was the important part. We may just take a taxi next time :)

The game was great. We arrived a little late so I missed Scott's first inning, but that was okay, there was still lots to see. Our seats are about 3 rows from home plate so we have a great view. Once we settled into the seats Callie woke up and I'm sure was surprised to see where she was. She had a blast looking at everything. The games are really loud and there is constant cheering, but Callie didn't seem to mind. I think her favorite part was the 7th inning stretch. Instead of singing "Take Me Out to The Ballgame" all the fans blow up these huge baloons with wistles on the end. They sing a song and then let the baloons go. It is the craziest thing. The stadium seats about 50,000 people, so imagine almost that many baloons flying through the air at the same time. I thought it would scare Callie, but she was having a blast watching all the different baloons fly throught the air.

Scott pitched great again. He even struck out the first batter of the game, again! He threw six innings; 3 hits, no runs and 7 strikeouts and he got the win. He was also named Hero of the Game. This is something they do in Japan after every home game. Callie and I had already gone down to the family room so we got to see it on TV. It's a pretty big honor and they interviewed Scott on the field after the game in front of all the fans.

All in all it was a great game experience and I can wait to go to our next one.

Japan flight

Callie is such a great little traveler! She really impressed me, once again. Our day started very early with a 9am flight to Detroit. Callie fell asleep as the plane was taxing for take-off and woke up about ten minutes before we started our decent, so that flight was great!

We had about a three hour layover in Detroit so we planned to meet with my Grandma and Aunt on my Mom's side, since they live about 30 min. from the airport. Well, much to my surprise there were a few more people there when I got to the meeting place; two more aunts and three cousins!! It was so good to see everyone and I'm so happy that they all got to spend some time with Callie, especially my Grandma. Callie was a little tired, but had smiles for everyone and was talking up a storm, it was great. She let my Grandma hold her long enough to take some pictures and then she started calling (crying) for me :)

We made it back through security to find out that our flight was 30 minutes late. Once we got on the plane and taxied out to the runnway they discovered a problem and we had to go back to the gate. Everything was fixed and we finally took off, only two hours behind schedule!!

Once again, Callie was great. I have a feeling she is going to be a terrible teenager, because so far she is such a great baby :)

She entertained the flight attendants and her fellow passengers with lots of talking and laughing and even slept for about nine hours once it was bed time. It was great that she slept that long on the plane, because it meant that I got to sleep too, but it was not so great once we got to the apartment and it was already 9pm. Lets just say that the first night was pretty bad. But hopefully she is getting used to the time change. I think one more day and she could be back on schedule. Luckily there is a bed in her room, which is where I slept last night :)

Dr.'s appointments

Hearing Test:
Callie had a follow up hearing test at Cook Children's hospital last week. It was quite an interesting test since she had to be asleep. They suggest holding off on feeding until it is time to do the test so the child can fall asleep after eating in the exam room. The test was supposed to take about 1hr. I was a little scared since Callie usually only naps for about 45 min, but she did great. She had to wait an hour longer than normal to eat, and she was glad to guzzle down the bottle and fell asleep very soon after. She stayed asleep long enough to complete the test and passed with great results!!

Pediatrician:
Callie had her 6 month well baby check (a couple of weeks early) last week also. She weighed 13lbs 12oz and was in the 10-25% for her age. She was 25 3/4 inches long which puts her at the 50%, and her head circumfrance was 16 7/8 inches, which puts her at the 75%! She definately has the Kohn head :)

Her doctor was very impressed with her growth and said it looks like she is doing great! Once Callie gets adjusted to the time in Japan we are going to start on solids. I can't wait for the messy rice cereal, it should be fun.

Hematologist:
Callie's appointment on Thursday was great, her count was 69,000!! She is holding her own and we are so excited. Her doctor said we can wait 3 months before we have to get her platelets checked again (unless she has any bleeding or gets a cold). So we were very excited about that. Hopefully we will only have to get her checked once while we are in Japan.

All the nurses and front office staff were so excited to see Callie. It had been a month since her last visit. She had smiles all around for everyone and really enjoyed the attention :)