XxOoXx from Caleb

Happy Valentine's Day!

Caleb wanted to send you all hugs and kisses!


Checking out all of his mail

Caleb loved opening and chewing on all of his

valentine cards!

Reading his new book, "Where is Baby's Valentine?"

Go Pirates! This special passie came in the mail today

with one of his valentine cards. Just thinking of you,

Uncle Matt! (Creed keeps mentioning that it may be time

to trim Caleb's hair...I didn't think so until I saw this picture.

Caleb is beginning to sport the Joe Dirt look.)

Happy 8 Months, Caleb!

Wow- 8 months already! That is hard to believe! Here are
some pictures of Caleb from this past week.


He's got the look!



Winding down after a long day of playing. I snapped these
pictures of Caleb as he was watching Wheel of Fortune.

Mr. Fussy, I mean Mr. Cool!

Saturday night was an awful night in terms of hours slept.
Caleb was up for over three hours, insisting that I hold him.
(And if you know Caleb, you know that he has us spoiled,
sleeping over 11 hours a night.) We actually ended up
snuggling together in the guest bedroom, which wasn't so
awful. Even though he took a very long morning nap, he
was still Mr. Fussy so we decided to take him, and his
passie, out for a walk in his car. It was very warm and
sunny (!!!) yesterday so the sun was bothering Caleb's
eyes. That's when I remember that Caleb got sunglasses
at one of my showers. That is when Mr. Fussy turned into
Mr. Cool!

I love this picture- sunglasses, passie, and his hand on

the wheel. Does it get any cuter than that?

Full Effect

Without any clothes on, you can see the full effect of
Caleb's double jointedness (if that is a word!)

I promise I am not a mean mom, letting my child sit

around all day in tears while I take pictures. This fit

occurred last night when Creed sat him down (the

nerve!) for like 2 minutes. As soon as I began to

pick him up, the fit ended as quickly as it came on.

I think we are in for it!

Test Drive

Enjoying the warmer weather yesterday, Caleb decided to
take his car outside for a test drive. It was so cute watching
him hold the steering wheel as he rode. I have a feeling
this is how we will be spending our summer!







I couldn't resist including this picture in the post...For those
of you that don't know, I eliminated ALL dairy from my diet
when Caleb was two weeks old because he was unable to
digest the milk protein. We were told he would outgrow it,
so around Christmas I tried introducing foods with dairy-
cheese, cake, pie, cookies, more pie, and needless to say
the spitting up got really bad again. I decided to hold off on
the dairy, except I couldn't get rid of the sweet tooth.

I have continued to eat chocolate chip cookies- a lot of
chocolate chip cookies. Creed usually bakes cookies a few
nights a week, and now calls me the "cookie monster"
because I steal his cookies. Well, when our Love Dare for

this week was to tell your spouse that you love them and to
do it using something tangible, this is what I got!

For those of you wondering about The Love Dare, it is an
amazing book for married couples. Each day there is a
reading for couples to do together (it takes like 5 minutes)
and then there is a dare. We are really enjoying the process
and I would recommend it to anyone married!

Cushion

As I've mentioned in previous posts, Caleb loves to play
with his musical table. In fact, I don't think he has ever gotten
tired of playing with it. We usually get tired of him playing
with it. (Because he doesn't quite understand that if he lets
go he will fall, someone always has to sit behind him to catch
him.) The other day I had laundry to fold, dishes to put away,...
the list went on and on. At the time Caleb was so happy
playing at his table that I didn't want to bother him.

So...I got creative.

While he still fell a few times, the pillows provided a nice
cushion, so there weren't any tears!

Doesn't he look like such a big boy?!!!

A Special Day

Today is a very special day...Two of Caleb's grandmothers
celebrate their birthdays today!

Happy Birthday, Granny Sue!
This evening we went over to Granny Sue's house to
celebrate her 90th birthday! Caleb is so blessed to have
such a large family and to know his great-great
grandmother!

Telling Granny "Happy Birthday!"

Jumping for his great uncle Jim

Hmmm...Cousin Nikki...Your finger tastes a lot like

Granny's sweet tea!

Not quite 90 candles...

Happy Birthday, Marshma!

Caleb's great grandmother Marshma also celebrates

a birthday today. We didn't get to celebrate with her

because she is in Florida (I don't know why...it's not

like it is going to be 5 degrees tonight or anything!)

Caleb loves his Marshma very much and misses her

soooo much! He can't wait until she comes back!!!

Caleb's Curves

Caleb loves bathtime and always gets excited when
he hears the water running. Lately I've let him stand by
the tub and watch as the water fills his tub. He always
gets so excited.

You'll notice from these two pictures that Caleb has
been putting on some weight. I took him to the doctor
last week and he was 18 pounds, 15 ounces. His belly
is so cute and round, which you can tell from the
pictures.


Now thats what I call curves!

Unsweetened Applesauce

SO thankful...

...that Uncle Matt lives in an apartment and not his fraternity
house!
http://www.wnct.com/nct/news/local/article/fire_at_ecu_fraternity_house_displaces_students/30352/

...that the tree didn't fall on Grandmom & Grandpa Kevin's
house!