Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Derrick's car is prone to anything bad. About 2 weeks ago Derrick got rear ended. We had a whole bunch of trouble with the other person's insurance and after making many trips to the mechanic we finally got our car fixed and back together again on Friday. So why wouldn't this happen two days after we got the car back?

Yesterday morning Caleb and I walked out to the car with Derrick, who was on his way to work, and that is what we found. I started balling. Do you remember a post I had a little over a year ago? Where this same thing happened? Of all the cars in the parking lot, ours was the one for this to happen to.

Well, on the bright side we knew exactly where to take the car to get it fixed and exactly how to file another police report. By 2pm that day the window was all fixed. We don't think we want to get another sound system because we are afraid this will just happen again. *sigh

On the other bright side we still have this beautiful little boy who is healthy and happy:

We have fun!!!

Caleb loves to play on the floor with toys.

Caleb loves to be spun up in the air by Daddy. I can't believe he can stick his legs straight out like this...he does it the whole time. I wish I had abs that strong!

After I got home from work today. Caleb lay in my arms while I just made him laugh. This went on for about 15 minutes. So cute!

Caleb's favorite words now are "mamama" and "bababa." He jabbs all the time like this. We love listening to him.

Thanksgiving

It was Caleb's first!

Here's his first taste of turkey. He loved it!

For dinner we went to the Lewis family Thanksgiving. There was so much yummy food. I really thought these cookies that Mary made were so adorable. It's a sugar cookie, reece's pieces and a fruit roll up. Sweetest corn I've ever had!

The three of us at the Lewis house

I love Caleb's little Thanksgiving outfit!

Thanksgiving morning:

"Ok Mom that is enough pictures. I am done for today."

New Hair

Long and frumpy to short and cute. I love it!

Lights, Camera, Action

This is my 100th post! And it's a good one. We've taught Caleb how to turn off light switches. It's hard for him to do because his fingers are so small but he can usually get it after a few tries.

So much

I realized I haven't updated a few things that need updating about Caleb.
Caleb can hold himself up on all fours

Derrick is very proud to have a picture with Caleb and tools

Bedtime fun

Picture of Caleb's 2 teeth

Caleb will always laugh when you tickle his feet with your fingernails.

Yesterday while feeding Caleb...

Right as I was putting a spoonful of oatmeal cereal in Caleb's mouth....aaachoo. Specks of oatmeal compleatly covered the black hoodie I was wearing, not to mention the little bit that somehow got in my nose. Gross! I looked pretty funny.

2nd Tooth!

On Monday I noticed Caleb's second little tooth. So both his bottom 2 are in. Also, here just an average meal time for Caleb. He likes these carrots he's eating.

Doesn't he just look like a little man?

A Tooth!!! (and videos)

Yes, Caleb officially has his first tooth! I noticed it yesterday at the park when he wanted to bite on my finger. I let him do it and to my surprise I felt a tooth. When I felt it I was actually kind of sad because it made me feel like he wasn't a baby anymore. Luckily though, Caleb doesn't seem to be in any pain which I am glad about.
Here's three cute videos. This one is from Sunday morning. Caleb is always saying this now.
Something about Derrick doing push ups near Caleb's face make him laugh hysterically.
Caleb has figured out how a slinky works! I can't believe he is smart enough to know it goes out and in. He loves to sit there doing this:

2 Halloween Parties!

We had a wonderful day before Halloween. Derrick was Dr. Pierce Payne MD, I was Anita Shott RN and Caleb was our patient--a skeleton. We got this great picture taken at Derrick's work party.

A skeleton in a graveyard. Our church Halloween party was quite the place to be too. Lots of decorations, a scavenger hunt, costume parade, potluck and trunk or treating. We left early though to get Caleb to bed.

For Derrick's work party I entered this pumpkin. If you didn't know, Microsoft makes XBox--I was catering to them. I got second place and we won a $20 gift certificate to the cafeteria on the campus. We are excited about that because the food there is amazing! Derrick and I also won a raffel so we got 2 more gift certificates to Jamba Juice and Starbucks.

These costumes were amazing! The guy on the right said he was working on them since July. Check out the back. It was really all wired up with lights and even the Ghostbusters song would play when he pressed a button.

A Happy Halloween indeed!

6 Month Photos are in!!!

Two Things

One: When Caleb was rolling around on the floor he got in the play gym. Then when he was trying to roll again his neck was hitting the piece that comes up but that didn't stop him, he kept rolling over and the whole gym came with him. He just looked up at me and gave me this look:

Two: Caleb does not like peas, plain peas at least.

Yesterday at the park...

A five year asked me if I was Caleb's mom or grandma. Wow. Anyways, here's a picture of Caleb.

So Many Milestones

I was looking at Caleb's baby calendar this morning. It's one of those where you put stickers on that have all the firsts written on them and also vacations, doctor visits, etc. As I was looking at the stickers to see if I had any new ones to put up, I realized there were three things that happened all within a week of each other.
1. Caleb is now sitting up. He can do it for a pretty long time too. He'll stay sitting until he starts reaching for something and then he falls. In this video we're singing one of Caleb's favorite songs. He also likes the song 5 Little Monkeys. As soon as I start to sing them, even if he's crying, he will just smile.

2. Caleb is now eating vegies. He's tried green beans and sweet potatoes. He really likes the sweet potatoes. The green beans he'll eat but he never really gets into them like he does the potatoes and cereals he eats.
3. Caleb fed himself a bottle. We were at our friend's house for dinner on Sunday night and Caleb was sitting in his car seat while we were eating. He started to get fussy so I gave him a bottle. He fed himself which left me to eat with our friends and Caleb stayed happy.
4. Caleb has been able to roll for a while now but this will show you how far he's come:

Caleb 6 months

Caleb had his 6 month check up appointment on Monday. He weighed 16 lbs 7 oz and was 27.5 inches tall. He went down on the weight curve so we need to feed him more. Everything else was normal. I'm excited about all the new things that he will be doing soon and a little bit sad that he won't be a little baby anymore. I think as soon as he starts moving around I'll really feel that way.
We also got his 6 month pictures taken today. I got a little preview of them and they look so cute. I can't wait to see the final product and I'll post them when I get them!

How on earth?

Who can sleep like this? Caleb does it every night.

Lovely view, I know.

So Much Cuteness!

How could I not love this giggling bundle of cuteness!

Or this talkative little man on a Tuesday morning. He loves to talk now, just like he does here.

Just for Fun

Caleb playing with his bowl and spoon after eating:

Can eyes get any bigger?

Some fun father son time before Derrick left for work:

Sing us a song you're the...

...Piano baby. This is one of Caleb's favorite things to do. We sit at the piano and he just bangs away. Whenever I try to take him away he is always straining himself to turn back to the piano. I'm glad he's liking it early on!