Caleb's First Christmas

We have had so much fun over the last 2 weeks. Caleb loved every moment of his first Christmas, as did Andy and I. Below are pictures from the time we spent celebrating with our families.

Caleb got a Radio Flyer wagon from Uncle Dan. I'm sure we'll be taking many walks with that!

Grandma and Caleb waiting to see Santa.

The new door-way jumper from Grandma and Grandpa Zellers is a big hit. He spends a lot of time bouncing!

Caleb tried Peas for the first time...he is not a fan!

I new Illinois State jersey to wear when we cheer on the Redbirds!

The bows were a favorite of Caleb's this Christmas!

Helping Grandpa unwrap....

He wasn't sure about sharing a chair with the big guy in red, but he warmed up to Santa eventually.

We hope you had as much joy in your holiday as we did. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We hope you all enjoyed your day as much as we did. Here is a video of Caleb enjoying one of his new toys from Grandma and Grandpa Zellers. He'll loose that baby fat in no time movin' and shakn' in this thing! We'll post more of our first family Christmas soon!

Go Redbirds!!

Caleb attended his first ISU basketball game Tuesday night and he LOVED it! We had great seats thanks to our neighbors, first row, right in front of the cheerleaders. He behaved very well and made it through the entire game cheering the 'Birds on to another victory.


Caleb also caught the attention of the camera man, and was on the big screen. This provoked an "aaaawwww!!" from the crowd!

Dad and Caleb at half time, getting up close to the action!

We had to bundle up to go back to the car. He wasn't sure what was happening. This is the first time he's be taken in anywhere with out being in his car seat carrier.

We think this will be the first of many basketball games. We may have a little Redbird fan!

Green Beans

This week we tried a little bit of green beans. He has decided they are not nearly as good as cereal with graham crackers. The video below says it best!

Caleb also went to the Dr. yesterday for his 4 month appointment. He weighed in at 15bls 13oz and 25 1/2 in long. He is in the 75th percentile! The Dr. said he's doing great, and she thinks he is very handsome. He got 2 shots and didn't cry until after the second one. He looked at me, like "Mom, how could you let this happen?". A big hug and a few pats on the back and he was over it.

Caleb's 1st Thanksgiving

We spent Caleb's first Thanksgiving with Andy's family in Valparaiso, IN. Caleb got to play with all kinds of new toys thanks to his cousins Noah, Gavin, and Olivia. He REALLY liked the jumper/swing.
Grandma and Grandpa had as much fun as he did!

This is Caleb and and his cousin Olivia, they played for the first time on this trip. Olivia is about 3 months older, but I think Caleb may be bigger....he certainly weighs more!

Just hanging out with Grandpa and Aunt Kristen.

This little turkey had a fun, but exausting Thanksgiving!

Such a fun boy...

These are just a few shots from the last week. Caleb likes sitting in the laundry basket right when it comes out of the dryer, when it's nice and warm. It will be nice when he wants to start helping me fold it too!

He is in his 6 month clothes now, so we have been trying on outfits to see what fits, and what is still a little big. Here he was sporting his new Nike's. Such a big boy!

Caleb truly loves bath time. In the video you will see how he likes to drink some of the water after we are done rinsing his hair. He would do this for as long as we would let him. I think he's going to be our water baby. I hope this love of bath time translates into a good swimmer some day!

This and That

These are just a few pics of what we've been up to over the last couple of weeks.....

We have started to give Caleb some rice cereal in the evening. The video at the end of the post shows our first successful attempt.
He has also started to suck his thumb. Really, he will suck on anything, he has just now figured out that his thumb is always convenient!

Last week we went to the Heyworth football playoff game. He was a little scared of the announcer over the loud speaker at first, but overall enjoyed watching all the people. It was a tough loss for Heyworth (27-28), they fumbled at their goal line with less than a min. to go.

We celebrated Great Grandma and Grandpa's 82nd and 83rd birthdays last weekend. In the picture above Grandpa was giving Caleb a little vanilla ice cream. He loved it...he may get that from his mom! Great Grandpa Markle REALLY enjoys spending time with Caleb. They walk all over and check everything out. From the windows to the magnets on the fridge, they've got it covered!

Caleb tried some rice cereal for the first time last week, and spit it back out at me. After talking it over with Grandma, we decided to crunch up a little bit of graham cracker to sweeten it up a bit. This video is our second attempt, he liked it better, but needs some practice!

Happy Halloween!

Caleb's first Halloween was a lot of fun. We visited Grandma Zellers the weekend before, and did our "trick or treating" in Peoria Saturday. He did not like being in his costume, but humored us long enough to take some pictures. We really enjoyed our little monkey!

Caleb was happy to see Mitz had to wear a costume too!

I can't believe he could be walking into Grandma's house next year at this time!! We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend as much as we did!

We have been getting ready for Halloween. Caleb has tried his costume on a couple of times, and has decided he is not very fond of it. We'll see how it goes this weekend. He has grown so much and is smiling all the time. He has discovered his hands and fingers, and LOVES to eat them! Sometimes we think he's choking himself because his whole fist is in his mouth!

Caleb got a pumpkin that is as big as he is. He was there for the carving, but didn't help out very much....maybe next year!

Stay tuned for pictures of the little goblin in his costume!

He loves to play in the tub. He only cries when he has to get out!

Caleb and Dad, watching racing....Caleb likes the speed channel.

Caleb got to meet his new friend and future riding buddy, Carson Barnett, this weekend. Here are the boys and their Dads. They were both ready for bed in their monkey pj's.

Carson was not sure about holding Caleb for the picture. Needless to say this was a quick photoshoot!

Caleb really likes bath time. Even if he's fussy he seems to calm down for bath time.