Super Soaker Saturday

We had a wet day in Miami today. We went out for breakfast and to the grocery store this morning. After we got home, it rained all afternoon and limited any opporunity we might have had to go for a walk or do anything outside. Dad did take Caleb out on the porch for a little while to listen to the rain. This evening after dinner, the rain had finally let up and we made a run to Wall's for Ice Cream. Since we were cooped up in the house all day, Caleb spent his afternoon either eating or sleeping with Mom. Caleb is fast asleep in this picture and looks really cute with his hand up next to his face.

Told Ya So

I've been saying for a few days now that Caleb is starting to smile on a regular basis, but the best picture Mom could get was the fuzzy one I posted a few days back. I've also said that Caleb
has been working on holding his head up while he lays on his stomach. Again, we have not been able to capture a picture of it. Well today, Mom, like a gunslinger with a gun on her hip and
ready at the draw, had the camera close by and was able to capture not one, but both of the elusive events. Now we have photographic proof of both. Unfortunately, the flash was on for the first two pictures, so Caleb has redeye and the software doesn't recognize the redeye and won't let me fix it. But that face is just too cute for me to resist posting these pictures.

BONUS PICTURE: Mom got a little artistic today with this close up shot of Caleb sleeping.

Twinkle Toes

For a while, I had been thinking about, and had mentioned to Mom, that I wanted to do some kind of recurring post with pictures of Caleb's feet to help give a sense of how fast he is grown. As you know I have not posted any such thing in the 7+ weeks of this blog's existece. Until now that is. Mom took this picture of Caleb's feet earlier this evening and it turned out really well. This should just be the first of many pictures, thought I don't know how often I'll add them.

This picture was taken during dinner. I really like it because Caleb has a sly/mischievous look on his face as he looks over his shoulder.

It's Late!

Dad messed around and did not get a Wednesday, May 21, 2008 post up before the calendar page flipped over and it is now very late. So I am just going to leave you with this picture of Caleb on Dad's arm on their way into worship this evening. Enjoy!!!

It's Not a Dress

In these first two pictures, Caleb is wearing the pajamas he slept in last night. In the first picture, Caleb is laying on his jungle gym while Dad gets ready for work and Mom is having breakfast in
the the dining room. In the second picture, Caleb is sitting in a swing he was given by the cradle roll teacher, Mrs. B., at church. The swing was given to the church, but Mrs. B. said she couldn't use it and she let us bring it home. The swing, however, does not work yet because we do not have any batteries in it. The pajamas Caleb is wearing are really a sleep gown. Caleb had it on last night when I got home from a bible study. The first words out of Mom's mouth were that it is not a dress. I'm not sure why she thought I would have a problem with the gown since we put a gown on him way back at the hospital.

Caleb is hanging out on his jungle gym in the second two pictures. We read an article that said babies should start having tummy time around their sixth week. The jungle gym is actually
designed for back time, tummy time and sitting time. So Mom started putting Caleb on his stomach for small stretches today. Later this evening, he was able to push on his elbows and look around for a few seconds. Unfortunately, we did not have the camera convenient and we were not able to get a picture of it. Hopefully, we'll be ready the next time he does a pushup.

Ho Hum Day Part 2

Nothing really out of the ordinary happened today other than this morning. Mom went in to work this morning for a meeting which meant Dad had to take care of Caleb while mom was gone. Other than that, Mom and Caleb stayed home all day. Caleb did eat alot, apparently in an effort to make up for lost time from this past weekend when he slept most of the time. In the top picture, Caleb is snoozing in his bouncy seat in some pajamas that were given to him by a friend of Mom's at work. We have had so many people be generous to us and Caleb by giving us a lot of cute new clothes. But this one woman Mom knows through work has given us a lot of hand me downs. We are extremely grateful for the hand me downs because they have helped stretch out the other things that have been given to Caleb.

This afternoon, Caleb and Mom napped together in the afternoon sun that comes into our beroom. In this picture, Caleb is wearing this onesie and bib for the first time. That fact is probably the most exciting part of Caleb's day today.

Ho Hum Day

Uncle S and Auntie M headed back to Tennessee this morning and the whole family was sad to see them go. Caleb was especially sad to see them go because he realized that he gets to have fun when they are here, but when he is home with just Mom and Dad, Caleb's life is kind of dull.

We must have really worn him out with all of yesterday's activities. After the baseball game last night Mom fed Caleb and then put him to bed. Once he went down in the bassinet, he slept through most of the night. This morning, he almost made it all the way through church without stirring. Dad stood at the back of the auditorium and rocked Caleb while he slept through the worship service.

Caleb slept through lunch and finally woke up this afternoon. He was in a really good mood and spent some time with Dad. It is really fun to watch Caleb right now because he is becoming much more expressive. He is starting to smile with more regularity, but we can't really figure out why he smiles, so we just enjoy it when he does.

After hanging out for a while, Caleb ate and fell asleep. He slept through much of the evening and is now fast asleep in his bassinet allowing Mom some much needed rest. He is starting to sleep for longer stretches, though there is not much of a pattern emerging. All we can do is try to keep up with Caleb and let Mom sleep when she can steal the opportunity.

Go Marlins!

Caleb slept pretty well last night. Of course, he needed to because he had a pretty big day today. We all went out to breakfast together then drove out to the Everglades to that Auntie M could see alligators in the wild. We stopped at the Clyde Butcher Gallery out in the Big Cypress Forest. Caleb ate while Dad, Uncle S and Auntie M looked around. We saw a number of gators and enjoyed looking at the photography in the gallery. After a while, we all piled in the car and headed back toward Miami. We stopped in at Gator Park for Auntie M and Caleb's first visit to the park. After a picnic, Dad, Uncle S and Auntie M went on an airboat ride and then we all went to see the gator wrestling show. Unfortunately, we don't have any pictures from Gator Park because Dad put the camera battery on the charger and then forgot to get the battery before we left the house.

After resting at home for a little while, we all headed north to see the Florida Marlins play the Kansas City Royals. This was Caleb's first Major League baseball game. After the game, we enjoyed some fireworks before heading home.

Caleb did great at the game. He slept through most of the game, which the Marlins won 7-3 but when he was awake, he was in a very good mood and seemed to enjoy the atmosphere.

Caleb really enjoyed spending time with Uncle S and Auntie M who have been so good to him all weekend. They even bought him a Marlins t-shirt that he can wear to games later this year. And Uncle S let Caleb wear his sunglasses. We have really enjoyed the visit with Uncle S and Auntie M. Caleb is really disappointed that they are leaving tomorrow morning and he hopes they come back to see him again real soon.

Lots of Attention

Caleb got to spend Friday with Uncle S and Auntie M and Mom got the chance to take a break during the day while someone else watched Caleb. Everybody had a busy day going to breakfast, the mall, the grocery store and finally to Wall's for ice cream. In the first picture, Caleb is hanging out with his Uncle S earlier this morning. In the second picture, Caleb is dancing with Auntie M to the music at Wall's. Notice Caleb's socks in this picture. Of course, Uncle S and Auntie M came to see Caleb bearing gifts including some socks. Mom really likes this pair of
socks because they are a perfect match for the frog on Caleb's onesie. Mom and Dad are really glad to have Uncle S and Auntie M here with us for the weekend and we are so grateful for how much they already love Caleb and we have enjoyed seeing their excitement at getting to spend time with him.

Visitors!

Caleb is really excited because his Uncle S and Auntie M came to see him for the first time today. As you can see, he wore himself out with excitement and took a nap on his jungle gym this afternoon.

Some friends gave Caleb a reall cool pair of socks which he wore today. The socks have a blue cat face and a red rabbit face on the toe. The cat and the rabbit are rattles and are designed to rattle when he kicks his feet. It's such a clever idea. I'll get better pictures of the socks next time he wears them.