Gloves

What started off as painting with a brush, turned quickly into finger painting, which then progressed into hand painting. Caleb called his paint covered hands his "gloves." Then he clapped and paint

Matching

Just as cute as I had imagined!

*****

After a two minute time out...

Caleb: I'm sorry I cried. (pause) It was your fault.

*****

While wrestling him to put on his pjs...

Caleb: Take a deep breath. Calm down.

One Month Old

This past month has flown by and it already seems as though
Luke has always been a part of the family. We are still adjusting
to life as a family of 4, although there is still a good schedule to
be worked out. Creed and I actually got to go out to a wonderful
dinner last night (thanks, Mom!) and we managed to only talk
about the kids a few times! I did feel as though I was missing
something all evening, something that has basically been
attached to me for 4 weeks...


...this little guy!

Luke, at one month old you are such a happy baby. You

eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours during the day and every 4-5

hours at night. During the day you stay awake for about

an hour after each feeding, then nap until you are hungry

again. While awake, you are happy and content (as long

as you are not having tummy issues) and like to lay on

your back. At night you are only awake long enough to eat,

(knock on wood!!) and we are so happy about that! You

love your swing and would sleep forever in it. On most

days you end up napping in your swing, but we are going

to work on getting you to nap in your crib...soon! At night

you still love sleeping in your Rock & Play Sleeper, but we

are going to try the Pack and Play...soon! (Why fix what's

not broken, right?!!) And, a tight swaddle is still a must!

*****

You have so many expressions! I swear I could take 10

pictures of you and you'd look different in all 10. My favorite

is when you wrinkle your forehead and look very concerned.

I also love when you open your mouth and look suprised. It's

as if you're saying, "Oh!!"

*****

You have outgrown your newborn clothes and are now

wearing size 0-3 months. We'll find out next Thursday at

your checkup how much you weigh, but at least for now we

know for sure you have gotten longer! You are also, for the

most part, always wearing a bib. While you don't have the

same issues as your brother, you are still spitting up at

least once, but sometimes three and four times with each

feeding. Luckily some of Caleb's bibs have a little of the

Velcro left, so we are able to use those. (I didn't buy any

bibs this time hoping that I'd get a baby that didn't spit-HA!)

*****
Luke, you are such a JOY, and we are so blessed to have
you as our son! Love you, buddy!

Caleb

Oh, Caleb! These days Caleb is....well....hilarious. While I don't
always think he is hilarious at the time, looking back I can
usually laugh. He is like living with a 16 year old boy- he has an
answer for everything. I had no idea I'd need to work on talking
back with my two year old! He tries, and is usually fairly
successful, at driving us crazy. He is determined. He is strong
willed. Very, very strong willed. He is a trip! He likes to test every
single limit placed on him by his parents. He is a two year old
with a new baby in the house, although thankfully, he has
adjusted to Luke 98% of the time. He is impossible to talk into
anything, unless you can make him think it's his idea! He is
so much fun. He is curious, smart, and has the most amazing
memory of the most random facts. He is perfect.





These pictures are from two rounds of hide and seek with
Caleb. Hide and seek consists of Caleb laying in the middle
of the floor, hiding his eyes, and you finding him. He loves it!

First Bath

On Sunday Luke had his first real bath! He wasn't a happy
camper, but tolerated it a little better when we covered him
with warm wash cloths and stuck in the passie.

Not happy about the actual washing part of the bath!

And for fun, here is Caleb's first bath...

A first

Luke's first walk to Grandma's!

Guess What?!!

Here's a hint...

Ridiculous amounts of candy out on the counter...

A library of potty books...

That's right, it's POTTY TIME in our house these days! Since

we've basically been home for most of the days for the past

month, we've worked on potty training. I'm SO excited and

super proud of Caleb because he has done amazing. He's

wearing underwear and telling us when he needs to go. In

fact, yesterday he was outside playing in his sandbox and

came inside to potty! He's even worn underwear to his

grandparents house, although we haven't ventured out in them

while running errands just yet.

What made the difference with Caleb??? While earning 5
small candies always helped, it was this book that made
all the difference...

PeePaw and Grandma Beth got Caleb "Bear in Underwear,"
and he loves Bear's tighty whiteys, so much in fact that we
had to get Caleb his own tighty whiteys! It's actually a really
cute book, and I don't mind reading it 10 times a day!

Ready for School

That's my rock star, all ready for school!

Gone Fishin'

A few weeks ago Creed took Caleb to Bass Pro Shops to get his
first fishing pole. While Creed tried and tried to talk Caleb into a
child's Skeet Reese rod, Caleb was determined to come home
with the Mickey Mouse one. After all, the Skeet Reese rod didn't
light up! ;)

Since the weather was so nice on Thursday, Creed decided it
was time for Caleb's first fishing trip. They went and bought bait
at the bait shop, then we all headed out to Uncle Kenny's pond...



Waiting patiently for Daddy to get ready


Creed explained over and over that he needed to watch
his bobber. (I'm not sure he ever saw it out there!)



Waiting...


He got one! Daddy helped reel it in.


It must be a big one...


SO excited over his first catch!


Of course he had to kiss it!


And this is what happened next! Caleb was done fishing
and spent the rest of his time searching for pine cones and
throwing them in the pond.


Meanwhile, Creed continued to fish using the Mickey pole.


And, Luke and I just relaxed in the warm sun.

A Proud PeePaw

This shows how long it's been since I uploaded pictures

from my camera...I took this picture when PeePaw came

in town the first weekend of March. Better later than never!