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!

Trip to Missouri

For Spring Break we got to go to Missouri to visit some friends. Anyone who knows us knows we love road trips. This was a little different w/a rather vocal member in the backseat, but we still love our road trips. I definitely recommend driving at night! We decided to do that on the way home, and Caleb slept the entire way - much better. David, Katie, Sarah, Hannah, Stephanie, and Annie - we had such a great time visiting you! Thank you for having us. And you sweet 4 girls: you will always get the credit for getting Caleb to start walking!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thirty-One

I have shared with some of you about my new venture into a home party business called Thirty-One. I just joined as a consultant with this faith-based organization. The great part about it is that it allows me to earn some income so that we can get Marc through seminary, while at the same time the hours allow me to stay at home with Caleb.

Basically, I sell all kinds of fun items for women, such as purses, bags, organizational items, home decor, as well as the cutest baby items (diaper bags, bibs, blankets etc) beginning in April! What I love about it is that all of the products make great gifts. Almost all of the products can be embroidered with a personalized name or message. You can either purchase items online or host a party for me, and then you have the opportunity to earn all kinds of free items.

The parties are a lot of fun, a great opportunity to get together with your friends, and require minimal work from the hostess. It is a little hard to get started with a business like this, so if you are at all interested in hosting a party, I would be so appreciative and would LOVE to talk to you. You can view the catalog and get my contact information from my site
www.mythirtyone.com/laurarose

Thank you!

Auntie Em's visit!

My sister, Emily, came to visit from CA. I can't believe it's been almost a year since she moved. We definitely miss her, but it's always so much fun when she comes to visit. Caleb definitely loves his Auntie Em! I love to watch them together.

Emily, you're the best sister. I love you!

11 Month Update

In so many ways, Caleb no longer seems like a baby to me. He is definitely growing into a little boy, who is into EVERYTHING! He figured this out all by himself - pushed his Tonka truck up to the chair, climbed onto the truck, up into the chair and was standing on Marc's laptop! I guess I should have known this, but somehow I was shocked that he was climbing things before he's even walking! I love this picture of Caleb w/his Mimi and Pappi. Check out how big his teeth are getting - another reason he seems like such a big boy, instead of my little baby :(

He loves music, especially playing Mommy's guitar!

It's hysterical - Caleb has started making this goofy fish face. He sticks his lips out and blows in and out his nose really quickly. If you do it to him, he'll do it back, and then laughs and claps for himself!

This one just makes me laugh every time I see it

Caleb got to go to his first Mavs game, and loved it! He was very happy to sit with Gramps almost the entire time, and was so entertained by the game and all the people to see

Oh, there's my sweet baby boy, still not quite grown up yet...