About Caleb

I used to think that I never wanted Caleb to grow out of his 8 lb little self because I thought, the smaller the better. But now, I don't agree with what I used to think. I like the 3-5 month stage a lot better than the first 3 months. I get sleep, Caleb is so animated, he doesn't move around yet and he is still relatively small. I love seeing his personality blossoming.
He is now laughing and smiling all the time. He also likes to watch us eat. He especially pays attention when I drink from my water bottle. Something funny he does continuously throughout the day is smack his right hand up and down about 5 or 6 times in a row. Do other babies do that or is that just him? A lot of his waking hours are spent trying to get something in his mouth. Usually it is just his hands, but when a blanket, or sleeve or toy gets in the path of his mouth, in it goes. Whoever is holding him, he doesn't look at that person very often, he always wants to look at someone else. So I really like it when Derrick holds him because then he always looks at me and it takes a lot to get his eyes away from me. He loves to see new faces. Whenever someone at the store or church smiles at him and talks to him, he smiles really big right back at them. I like that he can make other people happy that way.

And how could I forget to mention the drool. We see this all day long:

Yet another frequent sound of Caleb (you'll hear it at the end).

2 Year Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday was our 2 year anniversary and it was the first time we had someone, other than family, watch Caleb. My wonderful visiting teacher, Colette, watched him. She told us that her 3, almost 4 year old, was waiting all day for us to bring over Caleb.

It was pretty weird not having Caleb with us but it was nice to not have to worry about him. When we were walking from our car to the restaurant Derrick and I could actually hold hands. I forgot how nice it is to hold hands while walking. Derrick could also open the car door for me instead of getting Caleb in the car seat. This really was a date.
The restaurant was amazing. We started off with a citrus salad:

Then we had cheese fondue with some veggies and breads for dipping. We saw the cheese melt right in front of us.

For the main course, your meat comes out on a hot stone and it literally cooks in front of you. Derrick loved his steak and I loved my chicken.

For the dessert we had a chocolate, peanut butter, caramel fondue. To dip in the fondue there was bananas, strawberries, cream puffs, marshmallows, cake pieces, apples, pineapples. It was so delicious!

For gifts I gave Derrick a new polo t-shirt and a Get Fuzzy comic book. Derrick gave me some Lindt chocolates, The Music Man, and a Bing.com t-shirt. That last one was more for laughs, he's not really that much of a nerd.

4 month check up

Caleb had his 4 month check up appointment yesterday. He is 26" long, in the 92nd percentile and he is 15 lbs 15 oz, the 67th percentile. I've got a long, semi-lean baby. It was so cute when he was laying on the exam table because there is a mirror right up against it on the wall and Caleb was just staring at himself, smiling. He was also drooling everywhere. The doctor said he looked perfectly healthy.

The shots were sad again. I was holding his little hands and I watched as his face went from happy to pain in seconds. That is the saddest thing. He was a little sick when he came home...no fever but he had a whimper-like cry and slept a little longer than usual. I know it is good for him and I'm glad he's better today. I love him!

The many sounds of Caleb

I filmed this one not because of the book I'm reading Caleb but because of the funny noises he is making. However, he does love this book and I read it to him almost everyday.

And this one is so funny. He just picked it up today!

Stroller Rides

I love going on walks with Caleb. He is so cute with his jacket, little hat and socks. I like how much he loves to be outside. He is so cute and very content. I have such a good baby.

Isaacson Family Visiting

Derrick's sister Lisa took some more pictures, so when I get those from her I'll post them too.
Trip to San Fransisco.

See the theme?
Now:.....................and...................... Two years ago:



Muir woods

Fun with the family


Isn't this so cute? Grandma is so good at getting Caleb to laugh.

This is Grandpa playing with Caleb like he is a rocket. Caleb loves it! See those big smiles?

Caleb is Jabbering!

One week ago today Caleb just started jab, jab, jabbing. It is so cute. He mostly does it when he is getting his diaper changed, sitting in his lamb chair or in his car seat. It is so cute. He mostly makes "ahh", "eh" and "mmmm" noises. I love hearing him talk. He can do better than this but here's a little taste.

Some cute pictures:


A video from about 1 1/2 ago of him chewing on his fingers. He is doing this a lot now and can very easily put his hands to his mouth. Oh, and in this video I feel like this is really what he looks like.