Bean Bag Chair, sewing and "Go?"

We bought Caleb a bean bag chair because he needed somewhere to sit when he watches tv (I try to only let him watch it while I take a shower and while I make dinner). Caleb doesn't like the couches very much for sitting. He much prefers my lap and starts fussing when I take him off. Solution: a bean bag chair. He loves it!

I finished a denim dress, bloomers and a head band flower for our little girl:

Caleb does this thing now. Here's exactly how our conversation goes every time:
Caleb: "Go?" (he wants to know where something went, like a bird that flew away)
Me: "Where'd it go?"
Caleb: "Hmmmmm"

If I try to explain to him where whatever it was went he looks at me and asks again "Go?" So I just say "where'd it go?" He always puts his palms up in a questioning manner too. This has gone on for days now and he asks it about everything. I get such a kick out of it so I tried to take a video. After I say "Where'd it go?" for the 3rd time on this video you'll hear his "Hmmm"

We were waiting for some friends to come over so that's what he's saying at the end: friends.

In Dad's Shoes

Caleb loves walking in our shoes, literally. Here is one occurrence that happened yesterday.

Caleb has also learned a new trick that we aren't as fond of. He can now climb up on our tall bed. As soon as he figured out how to do it he was so proud of himself. The only thing is that he can't get down by himself. Let's hope we can keep him safe!
I also wanted to post about a Caleb characteristic. Caleb is friendly. He says "hi" to almost everyone he sees. Whether he's in his stroller on a walk, notices someone across our apartment complex or passes someone that looks at him in a store.
We went to Baja Fresh for dinner and Caleb was dancing in his high chair to the music playing. Two ladies at another table noticed him and Caleb said "hi". He kept dancing for them and smiling and just being adorable. As the ladies were walking out one said, "He has a great personality." I hope he keeps up the friendliness because I know it can be of great worth in the future!

Before I Forget...

One day this last week I wanted Caleb to just look a little nicer than a t-shirt and jeans so I decided to put a button-up-shirt on him. As soon as I put it on him and started buttoning Caleb said, "Church."
Caleb is right in that it is usually only on Sunday when we put button-up-shirts on him. I love that he made that connection and he knows we dress differently for church than we do on other days.

Shoreline Lake

I had yesterday off from work so we decided to make it a family fun morning. We went to a lake less than 10 minutes from our house and rented a canoe for an hour. It was such a beautiful day and I was so glad we went out!


Caleb did pretty good for the most part. He did try to get out of the canoe once or twice but after he realized I would not let him go anywhere, he stayed pretty stationary in front of me. I will say that the last half of the time on the lake Derrick did most of the rowing because Caleb was getting a little restless. The snacks we had for him did help though.

He's Nuts

We told Caleb one day he was nuts and it's been his favorite new word. He not only says it a lot but he says it perfectly. Here's a video from the first time we called him nuts and he was still getting a hang of saying it:

Painting & a Few More Christmas Photos

Derrick's Grandpa Rudy painted this picture. He made a copy of the original and gave it to us as a gift. We just got it back from the framers and we love it on our wall! Derrick has told me ever since we were first married that he would love to have one of his grandpa's paintings someday. Last year we asked about getting one, picked out our favorite and now we have it! It is so beautiful and adds so much to our rather bland living room.

Here's a few more pictures from Christmas that were on my mom's camera: