Master Walker Am I!

Day at the Park

Caleb loves being outdoors, and now that we have such beautiful weather, you can find us at the park most days! This was the first time he's ever played at a park, and he loved it. He tried out walking in his new tenniesMastered going down the slide...And then turned right around and climbed back up! I don't know why I'm always so surprised when he does new things, but I just couldn't believe that he could physically climb all the way back up to the top of the slide. Seriously, I didn't help him at all - just had my hand behind him in case he slipped. My little monkey never ceases to amaze me!We finished the day with a relaxing swing...also a firstAnd I'm pretty sure he thouroughly enjoyed that, too!

Fun at Gramps and Grammy's

Caleb loves to go to his Gramps and Grammy's house...

He gets to play in the foutain and get all wet...After an outfit change...Grammy gives him some of her strawberries and cool whip...yummCaleb is learning to feed himself with a spoon...obviously he's mastering that skill....at least when there's whipped cream involved! Then he discovered Grammy's camera case, which he was pretty excited about
He studied it....and carried it around so proudly...
The funniest part was that he carried it around like his own little purse, and he was SO excited about it. But hey, you can't blame him. He does spend all day around his mama after all :)

Just for you, Auntie Jan!

Caleb's Aunt Janice got him the cutest outfits for his birthday. Since she doesn't get to see him very often, I thought she might want to see him wearing his new threads.
I can't decide which is my favorite, but the Puma warm-up suit is at the top.

He got lots of compliments at church on this outfit

He was hamming it up for the camera in his Calvin Klein's!

Thank you Auntie Jan! We love you!

Dr. Visit

Caleb had his 12 mo. Dr. visit today. He did great and charmed all the nurses. He was all smiles, well, of course until the dreaded MMR shot that apparently burns.
The Dr. said he looks like he weighs more than he does! But Caleb weighs in at 23 lbs and is 30 inches long - just above the 50th percentile. He even said a new word. He waved and said "byebye" to the nurse!
I guess some of them are debatable, but I'm pretty sure he says 5 words now: "dada", "mama", "more", "doggie", and "byebye". He's also learning what "no" means. It's pretty funny to watch him shake his head back and forth vigourously after we tell him "no touch" to something off limits. Our next step is getting him completely off formula, which doesn't seem like it'll be too hard. He tried organic whole milk tonight and loved it! Lately he seems to have a fear of random things. Last night it was a hat, over the past week it's been shoes, and he still has a phobia of the vacuum cleaner! But I hear it's normal to be afraid of weird things, so I guess for now I'll just keep vacuuming when he's not around, but at some point, the child has to wear shoes :)

Happy Easter!

He's Walking!!!

This is a week old, so he's walking even better now! It's been so exciting to watch him enter this new stage. He is definitely excited about being able to walk!

Happy 1st Birthday, Caleb!!!

This is a loooong post, but hey, Caleb only turns 1 once! His birthday was on Friday the 3rd, and as a family of 3 we decided to start an annual birthday dinner tradition. So we headed to Double Dave's for some yummy pizza. Caleb told me that was where he wanted to go :)

Here's my happy boy after some dinner.

And now time for his bedtime snack...notice the belly propped up on the boxSome post-bedtime playing. I guess if you can't stay up late on your birthday, then it's no birthday at all! The next morning we headed over to Mimi and Pappi's for a family birthday party!
Caleb knew exactly what to do with those presents...

My first attempt at making my child's birthday cake - notice, I said 1st attempt! It's harder than I thought to write on a cake, but I was so determined that I wanted to make my son's birthday cake. To me, that is being a mom...making your child's birthday cake. Maybe that's because my amazing mom always made mine!Caleb, unfortunately, didn't want much to do with his cake. He doesn't really like slimy things (won't eat pieces of banana, avocado, apple etc for that same reason!)So....Gramps decided to see if he could get Caleb to warm up to the cake. Caleb did eat a couple of bites from a spoon...and then his foot found the cake.......that's when things finally got a little messy!

So then Pappi gave him a bath to clean up all that chocolate!

Auntie Jan drove in all the way from Austin for his party - we love you

I love this picture It was a great 1st birthday! Thank you for all the great gifts and most of all for sharing this special day with us. We love you all.

(and I'll try to post more pictures soon once I get the best pics from my dad....sorry, mom, I don't have any pictures of you and caleb! )

Welcome Baby Teague

Brittany had her second little boy on March 31st. Teague is so cute and looks more like his brother than you might think. Tanna and I drove to Georgetown for this newest arrival, and we were so thankful to be there. Brit, we are praying that this little guy is a laid-back, good sleeper!