Finally...updates!

Wow - its been a long time! I know, I've been getting hounded my by mom daily about posting more stuff. It's not that I don't have pictures and stories, but when to find the time???
I'm going to start off with pictures, since that is what everyone wants to see. Hopefully, I'll get more updates done later this week.
I'm planning Caleb's b-day party to, so its getting pretty busy...bare with me a little longer! And I'll have pictures from that day too.


Trying to eat oatmeal by himself

Being cute, instead of helping me vacuum!

My boys

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Gotcha!!

Checking out what the dogs are always looking at

Grandpa Welby came by for Memorial weekend...so fun!

He thinks I'm going to fill it with dog food for him to play in

Helping mommy water the trees...more like watering Caleb!

His very own pool

But really likes the big pool! Hanging out with Aunt Lana & Johnny

Aunt Terra has lots of birds.

Trying to get him to pet and not beat them!

Did really good, but this one didn't want to stick around

'Cheeeeese, mom!'

Gotta teach him young what is wrong...notice the tongue!

Playing in Uncle Chris' truck

Playing in Grammie's new pool. This is awesome!

Mommy had to get in on the action too!

Tuplip Festival 2010 - family picture

Playing in the park. Loves the monkey bars!

Swingin with mom

Another one

Caleb's 9 month pictures by the tulips

So happy!

Cutest little boy!

All smiles that day. It was fun!

Dad's still trying to make me walk!

Swinging fun!

First time swinging!

Yes, I know it was terrible windy last night, but we needed to get out of the house. I didn't get the swing put up in the backyard, so we walked up to the park. They have the nice baby swings anyways, so it was nice.

Check out how excited he was!

Updates

OK, from the pictures below, you can probably tell that Caleb is getting much bigger and is very happy! He is the perfectly cute happy little boy, almost all the time (of course, I'm kinda bias!). He seems to only be unhappy when he's teething, which he now has 3 popped through and possibly another on the way. The teething part is really beating him up though. He has gotten an ear infection and a sore throat both times he's gotten teeth. I'm not sure if the teeth are the cause of it (most likely!) or if its a really weird coincidence...
Other than teething, he's now definitely crawling all over the place. He can just about beat me to things that he shouldn't have. Although he is getting very efficient at crawling, he'd still rather stand and walk. If he is on the floor for too long, he gets bored and goes to the couch, his walker, or the toy box and pulls himself up to stand. He really loves when mommy and daddy let him walk with them though - he is so good at it, just needs to work on the balance still.
Last weekend I was able to stay home with him on Friday, so we spent 3 days hanging out and having fun. I got a little carried away with giving him real food too! He really loves all the stuff I gave him, but it was just a test on my part. We tried veggies, macNcheese, hamburger, potatoes, and anything that was simple for him. He loved the textures and tastes of it all, but it was all stuff he'd had pureed, so it was more for working on chewing than anything. And it really helped his teeth...he'd just chew with his front teeth until it was soft then move it around his mouth!
He really likes to talk, or jabber, too. He'll go forever just jabbering away at himself or whoever listens, but when he's done talking, he's done! He has now started to hoot and see if anyone responds. I can get him going for a good 5 minutes by hooting back at him - our own conversations!
We can't wait until it stays nicer outside so we can play on the patio and in the yard (which we'll have to put up a swing soon too!). He has been out a couple times and seems to just love it, which is great because Isaac and I are outside all the time in the summer. But I'll have to stock up on some sunscreen! We already have a bucket hat for him to keep his head covered, but until the wind dies down, it won't help much.
I'll try and keep putting pictures up as he keeps going and going, but bare with me!!
Have a great spring!

More pics

Mr. Slobber decided to start crawling, outside!


Mommy wanted to see what he did with real veggies. Of course, he choked!


Favorite place to go - where he's not supposed to be! The girls don't mind though, they share well.

Hunting for Easter eggs at Grandma Sandy's! 'Look I found one!'

'Gotcha!'

I'm a big boy, and look what I got! Having some Easter fun!

Daddy found a way to keep him stationary again!!

He found his way to the back door all by himself

Bubble bath!!! He liked it but it was hard to find his toys.

Just crawling all over the place - happy boy!

Playing outside at Grammie's house! Loved it!

Fascinated with Charlie's panting...'what's wrong with her!??'

'eh, she's boring - what's next?'

Showing off his standing abilites, 'I don't need no stinkin' chair!'

Loves the piano part now that he figured out how to BANG on it!

He really loves bath time, he just couldn't get enough

Playing inside with his toy. He scooted all over the floor.

Very determined to move this thing, or tip it over! I love it!!

Another one

This second one is of Caleb playing with the same toy at home. He kept getting so much speed that he eventually moved the table. I had to move him to the carpet, so he wouldn't get stuck or tip it over!

Playing outside

The first one is sitting outside at Grammy's playing with his toys. This is the first time he figured out he could walk in circles all by himself!