X-Country Meet This Friday Night

Isn't Caleb's visor adorable?!! He is getting ready to cheer for his daddy's cross country team this weekend. They have a meet on Friday night at the Baylor intramural fields at 6:30 p.m. Other Baylor fans are welcome to come. It is free!

Caleb's Baby Dedication

Our Prayers For Caleb

Psalm 139:13-16

“For You created my inmost being, You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place. When I was knit together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body.”

Isaiah 61:9

“Then my offspring will be known among the nations and descendants in the midst of the people. All who see them will recognize them because they are the offspring when the Lord has blessed.”

Ephesians 1:4-5

“For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love, He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ in accordance with His pleasure and will.”

Grandma and Caleb have gotten to spend the week together. We've all had great fun. This afternoon Grammy babysat Caleb, so Jon and I could go see Bourne Ultimatum. While we were gone Caleb was laying on the couch, and he looked over at his pacifier (Mr. Greenie), picked it up, and put it straight into his mouth!

Here Caleb is wearing this outfit because Grandma and Mom were playing dress-up. All week long we have been trying to get a smile on film, but we've been mostly unsuccessful. We even had a professional family photo shoot done by our friend Jennifer. No smiles though!

Here Caleb tries out his high chair for the first time. His stuffed puppy helps keep him propped up.

Day 2 in the high chair, Caleb is planning his escape route!

TEETHING???!!!!

Things That I Will Gladly Chew On...
1. The back part of my pacifier
2. Mommy's fingers
3. Daddy's fingers
4. Grandma's fingers
5. Your fingers
6. Mommy's hand
7. The tray on my swing
8. The plastic feet on my dog (toy- Jon felt clarification was necessary!)
9. The plastic feet on my lion
10. ect., ect., ect...!

Things That I Will NOT Chew On...
1. My teething rings!

Caleb is 5 Months Old!

Firsts and Soon to be Firsts

Last night Caleb took a bath without his hammock attached to his baby bathtub. He loved it! The hammock was really constricting his legs, and as soon as I put him in without it, he was kicking and squirming and really enjoying his new found freedom.

Last week Caleb got to hang out with one of his first friends, Seth. So far their friendship consists of Caleb watching Seth scoot around our living room, Seth trying to steal Caleb's pacifier, and Seth using Caleb's head to push himself up! It was an educational experience for me- I now know many things that will have to be put up in our living room before Caleb becomes more mobile! I think that Caleb may be teething. As a new mom, I go over about 800 different scenarios of why he may be upset or doing this or that, so I could be wrong. But, today he spent at least an hour crying - like really screaming! He has had other signs like lots of saliva, and I think that his gums are swollen. All that to say, he has not been a happy kid this morning. Finally after an hour of trying to get him down, he gave into the nap. This is the position he finally drifted off to sleep in! Then about 10 minutes later the phone rang! Now I hear him fussing again! The joys of motherhood!

More from our Washington Trip

If you haven't seen enough of our Washington Trip, feel free to watch the slideshow.
If you still haven't had enough, watch the outtakes as well.
Don't worry we left out pictures and video of P for Puke,
there just isn't a good song for the photo montage.
Thanks again to our Washington Family for making it possible.

Firsts

Caleb laughed for the first time last night. We have been able to tell that he thinks things are funny because he just smiles really big for an extended period of time. He also squeals at funny things, but we had been wondering when he would really laugh.

He was fussy, and I was trying to calm him down. I was laying on my back on the floor, and I set him on my stomach. Then I commented that I could do baby pilates with him there. I started doing sit ups and he started squealing and really giggling. Jon and I were cracking up. It was the cutest thing! If he keeps laughing at my baby sit-ups, I am going to be doing a lot of them. I guess Caleb may help tone the stomach that he caused! :)

The "P's" of Our Trip to WA State



P is for pee, which got all over Caleb and me at 7:00 in the morning right as we boarded the plane for our 4 hour trip to WA. This was after leaving our house at 3:30 AM and nearly missing our flight because the security line was so long.

P is for the Pike Street Market, which we enjoyed walking around in downtown Seattle.

P is for pee, which we smelled in numerous elevators when Jon, Caleb, and I stopped for fish and chips in Seattle.

P is for the picturesque morning canoe ride Jon and I went on around the lake that we stayed by. We took in views all around us of mountains and rowed up a "crick" as the Washingtonians termed it- aka "creek". My favorite part was the water lilies all around us. Thanks Aunt Candy and Uncle Glen!P is for grandPa's farm. Caleb got to meet his Great-grandparents and a cow or two. Andrew got to "ride" on the tractor.

P is for the answer to the important question "What's ready to eat on the farm?" PEAS- delicious right off the vine (??? is that where they grow?)

P is for Picking- All of the Aunts and Uncles have fabulous gardens. We picked our way from house to house. Here are some of the things we sampled: plums, carrots, catnip, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, lavender, daisies, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, sweet peas, sweet pea flowers, thimble berries, and so much more...

P is for Peer Pressure- Caleb felt the pressure when his cousin Owen was showing off his rolling over skills, so Caleb rolled over for the first time!

P is for the Purple starfish we saw when we went crabbing with Uncle Mike. We crabbed and then went back to Mike and Tindy's gorgeous ocean cabin to cook and eat the crab. We felt like we were at some expensive vacation getaway. It was a great way to spent Jon and my fifth anniversary!

P is for family portraits that we took before cousin Leah's wedding.

P is for a practically perfect trip, but...

P is for Puking, which is another thing the family shared. Eric, Leslie, and Caleb got it first. Then just when Jon and I were proud of ourselves for having such good resistance, we got it too. Jon was puking on the airplane, and I was dealing with Caleb's constant diarrhea diapers while on the airplane for 4 hours. It was by far the worst flight any of us have ever taken. I am sure that the poor guy sitting next to us felt the same way, too!

P is for packing in lots of excitement in just a week trip! We are finally about recovered from all that FUN! :)