He's a Good Boy!

The second night of sleep training was a complete 180 from the night before and was amazing. We have a good friend from church leaving town to attend law school and we had a going away dinner for her last night. Due to the size of our group, the restaurant was moving very slowly, so Mom had her dinner packed up in a to go box so she could come home and follow the bedtime routine. When I got home, Mom and Caleb were both fast asleep. I sat down at the computer to check my email and post and by the time I was done, it was well past the time Caleb had awakened the night before. So I was getting a little nervous. I went to bed and we didn't hear a peep out of him all night long. He actually slept through the entire night IN HIS CRIB! It was the best night of sleep Mom's had in ages.

I figured the reason he slept so well was because he did not sleep much the night before and becuase Mom had kept him awake late in the evening when he showed any signs of going to sleep. So I was worried that he would be worked up and not sleep tonight. But he's been in bed for a couple of hours and has slept just about the whole time. He did wake and we could hear him crying on the monitor, but he must have soothed himself as he quit crying before we went into the room to soothe him.

Mom did say that Caleb was pretty cranky today, but the times I saw him he was in a good mood. He played on his jungle gym today and of course he turned himself sideways. When Mom put him down, Caleb was laying underneath the arch and the pillow you see was under his head.

Tomorrow is a big day for Caleb. He is going in to get some professional pictures done. Of course, the outfits he is going to wear are very important and Mom had to choose them very carefully. Apparently, this afternoon, Mom conducted a fashion show with Caleb as her own person model. Mom said that Caleb was very patient and tolerant as Mom made him try on several different outfits.

This evening, Mom had to go to the AT&T store because she was having issues with her iPhone. I like this picture because Caleb's red hair seems to stand out. That red hair has become quite the conversation starter as everyone asks about its origin. It now appears that it could have come from either side of the family. If it was Mom's side of the family, it's quite likely it wil turn blonde when he is a little older. If it was Dad's side of the family, he may keep it. We have also heard that red hair is a recessive gene and both parents have to carry the gene for it to express itself. So the answer is we really don't know where it came from. We just know we like it and we hope he keeps it.