Caleb is a Big Baylor Basketball Fan

He gets more involved now that he can use his newly honed skill of clapping for the team.

Go Bears

Caleb 9 Months Old

Caleb is now a happy and thriving 9 month old. He is 28 inches tall and weighs 18 pounds. He greatly enjoyed spending Christmas in New Mexico. He is crawling all over the play and pulling up on everything. He pulls up and then holds on with one hand. He has gotten quite good at falling without hurting himself. Just within the last several days, he has started completely letting go with both hands and leaning against things with his stomach. He learned to climb the stairs at my parent's house quite efficiently. He is getting stronger and stronger everyday, and I can just picture him standing alone and walking in the not so distant future.

Caleb is a very happy social baby. He has been squealing in delight a lot lately when he sees us paying attention to him. At the grocery store, he waves at every person that we walk by hoping they will say hello to him. He can also clap his hands and give people 5.

With so much mobility, we of course have had some adventures. Yesterday, Caleb was coughing and gagging, so I picked him up from the kitchen floor. He then starting throwing/ spitting up. I looked at him, and his mouth was bleeding! Then I saw that he had choked up a goathead! I am guessing that this somehow made it onto our kitchen floor from New Mexico, and Caleb picked it up to try to eat it! I am looking forward to when Caleb knows what is food and what is not!

My sister, Katie, the dogs, and I hiking in the Sandia MountainsCaleb excited about Christmas morning

The "Calebs" Come to Visit

Well my mom is happy to say that the "Calebs" have come to visit. That is what she was accidentally telling her friends. My brother and dad corrected her "the Caprons", but we all know that Caleb is the main attraction! We have been enjoying friends, family, and New Mexican food and haven't blogged in more than a week! That must be making some of the faithful followers of the "Calebs" sad, so I figured I would post an update. Earlier this week, Jon, Caleb, and I went to Tres Piedras to stay with Jon's mom and Terry. The temperatures outside were very cold- Jon said it was 5 degrees when he went running. However, we were very snug in the cabin with the woodstove and the oven full of lots of Christmas cookie baking and gourmet dinnners (thanks Terry and Jennifer). We got to play in the snow, which Jon and Heidi especially enjoyed. Caleb enjoyed the wintery weather as well, despite the fact that he hated putting on all of his layers. Here are some pictures of us at TP. I guess I need to take some pictures in ABQ too, because I don't have any to post.

A New Low!

We keep telling ourselves that Heidi has gotten better and better with age. Well, she proved us wrong just now. I went into the kitchen to start on dinner, and Heidi had completely eaten two RAW chicken breasts that were in a covered bowl on the counter! UGHH! She is outside being punished until after the holidays!

What we're saying these days...

"Caleb, you can't eat carpet!"

Presents from Gege, G-pa, and St. Nickolaus

Caleb is already reaping the benefits of the Christmas season. Several nights ago, he got his Christmas present from his Capron Grandparents in the mail. It is a musical table. He loves to hit all of the buttons and listen to the music. He also likes to pull up to standing on it and to use it as a tunnel. I am enjoying it as well, as it keeps him entertained for a good amount of time :)! Thanks Gege and G-pa! Caleb also got some presents from Saint Nickolaus on the morning of December 6. Usually Saint Nickolaus comes on the morning of December 5 and fills children's shoes with gifts. But, since a cold is making its way around our household, and we had a very long night December 4, he decided to come a day late. Caleb got three shiny balls, which Heidi likes very much. Jon and I got packets of vitamin C mix to help us get better and some of those delicious soft peppermints (my favorite)! Somehow Saint Nickolaus knew just what we wanted!

93,345

93,345- The number of times I've told Caleb "No, babies don't play with the cable cord."

93,345- The number of times he has smiled at me and made a break for the cord crawling as fast as he can.

This discipline thing starts a whole new aspect of parenthood for us!

Baylor Basketball

We enjoyed Caleb's first Baylor basketball game last night. It was a close one, but Baylor lost by 1 point to Washington State after leading by 12 points at the half. We sat with our friends, the Ecklunds. I will say that a good part of the game was spent shifting around babies. The game was at 8pm, which is Caleb's bedtime, and he definitely let us know he was tired! No matter what I tried, he just couldn't fall asleep with all those screaming fans around! I have to say that Caleb was one of the best dressed Baylor fans. We never realized how much use his bear hat would get. Notice his cute shoes in the bottom picture- thanks grandma Pace. Go BAYLOR!