Pray for the Sakkas Family

Our nephew, Nickolaos Sakkas,was born several days ago in Greece. He is apparently having some issues absorbing his food and was moved to a different hospital. Mara, Jon's sister, is still at the Greek hospital where she gave birth. Her husband, Arthur, is an hour away with Nick at the other hospital. Pray for Nick to be healthy and able to eat. Pray for Mara, who is alone in the Greek hospital, where she will stay for 5 days- as is normal after giving birth in Greece.

Caleb's New Toy

Not great light- but very cute. Watch until the very end to see what Caleb found between Take 5 and Take 6...

A Sick Baby, a tired mom, and a Treat on my Doorstep!

Well, no new pictures of Caleb as he has been a sick boy the last half of this week. I won't go into all of the yucky details of it since Jon doesn't approve of that on the internet. But, he has had like every different symptom possible. Mostly, he has a stuffy nose and a high fever. Last night, it got up to 104.5, and I just about started to freak out. It was 9:00pm, I was still in my pajamas- had been all day, I hadn't eaten dinner, and I thought we were headed to the ER (without Jon, since he was out of town). Luckily, the doctor said to just bring him in this morning. We went in and got some antibiotics, so hopefully Caleb will be feeling better soon. I am fairly exhausted from having to hold an unhappy baby for 4 days straight and glad that Jon is headed home soon! He is so lucky to have missed vomit clean-up duty!

So what I will post is a picture of what I found on my doorstep when we returned from the doctor. A 4 lb. bag of pistachios from Rhonda and Tim- an early birthday present!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Some yummy, salty, pistachios are just what I need to get my energy back up! They are much appreciated!
We will hopefully be back to our healthy happy selves next week. I am praying that Jon and I don't get sick. More pictures of Caleb then...for the g-parents of course...

10 Months Old!

Caleb is 10 months old today! I can't believe the one year mark is only 2 months from now. Caleb has been accomplishing a lot in the last month! As usual he loves every kind of food I give to him. Lately he has tried out spaghetti, yogurt, zucchini, and tortillas. He has two teeth on the bottom and is eating more and more by himself, which seems like a time saver. However, I spend about twice as long cleaning up after him as I would if I just spoon fed him. Caleb loves to play with his ball. He rolls it back and forth to Jon or to me and is learning how to throw it. He says "mama", "dada", "daw" (dog), "uh-di" (Heidi), and possibly "ba" (ball- not sure on that one yet). Caleb splashes like a crazy man in the bath. He kicks his feet and slaps the water over and over. I can't wait until it is summertime, and we can take him swimming. After a good month and a half of having a sick baby (cold and sinus infection), we have enjoyed this month without sickness. That has helped in the sleep department and just the overall happiness of our baby boy! What will I be writing about Caleb a month and two months from now? Walking, lots more words, and lots more interaction? We can't wait to see what is next!

Caleb, Gianna, and Aiden

Seconds

I just took another piece of dog food out of Caleb's mouth. I guess he got a taste for it..ARGGHH! The problem is that Heidi doesn't eat over her bowl. Instead she gets a mouth full of food, brings it into the living room, and drops it on the carpet to eat it. Often there are small pieces left there....

NICE!

Firsts

I just pulled part of a piece of dog food out of Caleb's mouth! Then we had a discussion about the words "yucky" and "no". Hopefully this first won't be repeated!

Happy New Year!

Looking down the road at all the fun to come this year!