Adults are the Biggest Babies Sometimes....

Caleb has unfortunately had his first illness this past weekend (which is one of the reasons why I don't have a new picture of him to post.....so I posted one that hasn't been seen yet).

He's all snuffly and whimpering in his sleep (which is partly funny and partly makes you feel so bad that you want to just hold him all day long). We've used the suction (only when neccessary) and he HATES us when we do that. He hasn't been sleeping which is probably due to the fact that his nose is all stuffy and it's hard for him to breathe.

Luckily for us, it was a long weekend so I didn't have to miss work or inflict daycare on him when he was feeling so poorly.

He's feeling a bit better now. Last night, he actually slept like he normally does. Florice has been so good with him. She gave him lots of love and cuddled him all day since he was sick.

I now feel a little under the weather myself.....and if what I have is any indication of what Caleb had, I have to give him props for handling it so well. Adults are the biggest babies sometimes aren't they?

A Missed Co-Worker's Birthday Comment

So, here at my work we celebrate our co-worker's birthdays by bringing in food. People normally bring in the requisite cookies, baked goods and if we're lucky some will the really yummy items such as ribs, meatballs, spinach dip....you get the idea.

Well, I come into work and I hear vague comments over the cubicle walls about spinach dip....then I see somebody bring in a huge bowl of ice......so after my morning coffee fill-up, I stroll over there and ask "Is it somebody's birthday today?".....YES!! IT WAS SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY! It's Wendy's Birthday! Wendy, if you read this.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY I'M SORRY I COULDN'T BRING ANY GOODIES FOR YOU!!!!

So here I am at my desk, munching away on foodstuffs while having not contributed a single thing to the office party. As bad as I feel for not having brought anything (due to being left out the "BRING FOOD BECAUSE IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY" email) I will still happily munch away on the array of goodies.

Is that bad?

Caleb's First Drink of Water!

I was such a proud mommy last night. Caleb was nursing before he went to sleep and I was drinking from a big BoJangles plastic cup. He stops nursing and he puts his hand out onto the cup. I thought that this was because of the condensation so I remarked that it was cold. He then grabbed or the lip of the cup and pulled it towards him. Not thinking much of this, I switched it out for a cup that was filled with a little bit of water and playfully asked him if he wanted to 'take a sip of water'.

To my surprise, Caleb actaully pulled the cup to his mouth and drank some water! I had read in the baby books that some babies as young as 5 months can master drinking from a cup but I was shocked that Caleb was already there! We weren't about to embark on the cup drinking skill for another couple of months (or so I thought).

I'm not sure if I was more surprised at him drinking from the cup.....of if I was just surprised that he could communicate to me what he wanted without crying.

I've alerted Florice as to his new skill and maybe they can also work on this new skill at daycare.

Our first Roll-Over!!

Yesterday Caleb rolled over (one-way) for the very first time! We even have it on video! Y ay!

He's been doing new things every day. Yesterday Jay brought home a 4 month old Boxer and while it was very cute, I regretfully told Jay that we can't have a dog in the house at this time since Caleb is hopefully going to be crawling soon.

But when Caleb was introduced to the doggie, he yelled at him! He didn't cry, he just made this noise that I had never heard him make yet. It was like he was saying "Hey, Go Away, You're too Big for Me to Play with you Mr. Doggie". AAH!

Tummy Time and Congrats to the Eric & Kelly

We've been trying to encourage 'tummy time' with Caleb. He normally doesn't like to lay on his belly even though he needs to spend some time there or else he may never learn to crawl. He's been getting better at it lately. He likes to be propped up so in this picture, we've been using Daddy as his prop. He has been laughing out loud lately! This is a fairly new skill. He loves to 'rough-house' and even Florice at daycare commented that he likes to play like a boy.

I just can't resist taking pictures of Caleb in his new outfits. he's wearing 6-12 month old pants (we just have the waistband rolled down) and the hoodie is also 6-12 months (with the sleeves rolled up). He's also wearing some nice white kicks which he only wears for special occasions.

Yesterday, Caleb went to Church for the first time. He didn't seem bothered by the loud music and he seemed to like looking around at everybody.....he even made a point to take a nap during the 2nd half of the service :)

I'm very excited to hear that Jay's brother Eric & his wife Kelly are expecting!! Congratulations!

Can't Help Sucking My Fingers!!

Caleb loves to suck his fingers. Every chance he gets, he's got his fingers in his mouth and if he's really hungry, he'll stick his whole fist into his mouth. It's quite comical.

Anybody see?? He's learned to grab is foot!

Here are some 'old' pictures of Caleb from a few weeks ago. It's been hot on and off here in Raleigh. Some days it's in the 80s F (26 C) and then other days it's in the 40s (4 C)....and then inbetween those crazy weather changes, comes thunderstorms. Hopefully Hurrican season won't be as bad here on the east coast as last year, although North Carolina was spared almost all the storms in 2005.

So it was really hot a few weeks ago, so we decided to buy a small baby pool and see if Caleb would like to hang out outside. Well, Jay had filled it with hose water rendering it ice cold. Without thinking, I put Caleb in his little 'swimmers' diaper and put his feet into this cold water. It took a second and then his face screwed up and and he let us have it!

I then went back inside to add some hot water into this kiddie pool....and there you have it, Caleb lounging (since he can't sit up yet) in this luke warm water outside in the hot sun. Do you notice that we now have green grass? We're one of the first lawns in our neighborhood to have green green grass (thanks to Jay's obsession with yardwork and fertilization).

Yesterady, Caleb discovered his foot. Florice alerted me first and then when I got him home, I put him on his back and sure enough, he grabbed his big toe and jerked it around a couple of times.

He hasn't rolled over yet (that I know of) but there was one day where I put him down on his back, turned away and next thing you know, he was on his belly yelling at me to turn him back over. But since I didn't actually see it, does it count as his first roll?