Naptime with Tarzan

We had a ward Halloween party, and Caleb was pretty tired when we got back from it. He was sitting next to Tarzan daddy and fell sound asleep. It was pretty cute. Only thing that could have made it cuter would have been if he still had his monkey costume on! More picture of all of us in our costumes to come...we have to take some pictures tomorrow!

6 MONTHS old!!

Wow, we can not believe how fast 6 months has gone by! Our little baby is growing up so fast! Here are some pictures taken on his 6 month birthday. The pictures aren't anything fancy, but he sure is cute!Some reason I always get ugly shadows....Monica HELP!!
Caleb standing up in his crib, with help of course!
Getting too big!!

Graduation to the big tub!

The last few baths Caleb had in his baby tub, I think the counter around the sink got cleaner than he did! He loves splashing! He was also learning to turn the faucet on, so we decided to graduate him to the big tub. He liked it for the most part. Washing his hair went well.....we stuck his head under the faucet to rinse and he was totally OK with it! BUT, he didn't like when we tried to teach him how to float.....I guess those lessons will come later! I can not believe how chunky Caleb is getting, these pictures show it well!

Nap time

We like to take naps together, and I think its so cute how Caleb puts his arm around me and sometimes his leg. He definately is a cuddly one! P.S. these pictures proove I am NO sleeping beauty!

Teeth, more teeth, some funny pictures, and some sitting...

Caleb's Teeth have finally broken through all the way. Now they are just growing. It's fun to check every day and see how different they are. This picture was taken on October 13, and you can see the teeth are just BARELY breaking through...

On October 17th when the picture below and all other were taken you can see that his teeth have come through a LOT more...well I think so.. Caleb was being pretty silly while we were trying to take picture of his teeth. Sometimes he doesn't mind us trying to take pictures, other times he hates it! When I hold the camera by his face he always tries to put his hand in front of the lens....so sometimes I have to take TONS of picture just to get one good one because the camera focuses on his hand instead of his mouth! :)

He was making this weird face...and then he would stop, look at us, and start cracking up..it was too funny!

Caleb is beginning to master sitting up...though he still falls a lot and gets pretty devastated! In fact just moments after this picture he fell backwards trying to look at Nathan behind him, and bumped his head on the computer mouse on the floor. That incident mixed with being late at night...well we decided sitting practice would end for the day.

He is starting to figure out that if he is going to fall he can put his arm out and catch himself....I think this picture is funny...look how Nathan is sitting in the background! :)

We WERE going to go to the Pumpkin Patch...

We thought it would be fun to take Caleb to a pumpkin patch and take some cute pictures of him with pumpkins...we didn't really care to do all the random activities they offer at farms these days. Caleb will enjoy those next year! So when we got to the farm we realized we didn't look up how much it cost...$30 JUST to get in!!! We decided it wasn't worth that, so we just walked around the outside and showed Caleb the animals. He loved the goats and wouldn't look away. It was fun even if we didn't see any pumpkins!

Alpine Loop trip

We went for a drive today up in the Alpine Loop, and stopped to take some photos of the beautiful fall leaves. Sadly were went up about two weeks late, so most of the trees already started dropping their leaves. It was still pretty though!

We also are still learning how to use our camera so for a few pictures it was on the wrong setting, and therefor isn't the best picture, but I will still post those because they are pretty/cute.

We threw Caleb in the bushes...litterally, and had some fun taking photos of him. He had a blast with it, and loved looking at all the leaves and sticks. Also, notice how well he is sitting! He sat here for about 10 minutes all by himself, we only had to re-position him maybe once!!

Caleb has 2 Teeth!!

So, as I randomly rubbed Caleb's gums today, there was a sharp edge, and then another. So we grabbed a glass and put it in his mouth, and yes indeed he has 2 teeth on the bottom that broke through today!! Well its exciting, because he always wants to chew on things, so pretty soon here maybe he will actually be able to chew for a reason! You can't really see the teeth yet, they have just barely broken through, but here is a picture we took today. You can definitely tell his gums are SUPER swollen!!

Lately...

So in an attempt to make a good first blog I decided to just post some current pictures of the family, and tell you whats going on in our lives.

I'm loving being a stay at home mom, and spending every possible minute with Caleb! He is so much fun! Starting in January I will be going back to school to get a degree in Art and Visual Communications. We will see how that goes! I just took my placement test, and wow I have TONS to learn! Other than taking care of Caleb and preparing myself to go to school I am the music conductor for R.S. at church... except I don't know if I lead or confuse the music more!

Nathan is attending BYU and is in the Information Systems program. Along with going to school full time, Nathan is working for a company testing software. Family time is short, but Nathan is such a wonderful husband and daddy! He makes juggling school, work and the very little play time he gets look easy. He just works so hard! Nathan is also the Sunday School teacher for our ward and he does an awesome job teaching each Sunday!

The pictures below are of Caleb sitting with Nathan on a long night, just watching daddy do his homework.

Caleb (probably the main reason everyone is checking this site) is getting bigger and smarter every day! He is always amazing us!

Caleb has recently learned how to grab and hold onto things that he wants....his bottle is by far his favorite item to grap for! He has also learned to pull my hair and and earings.

These pictures were after eating some yummy sweet potatoes a few days ago. Caleb LOVED them!

Such a MESS!!

Caleb is also working on sitting up. He can currently sit un-assisted for about 1 minute, and then he begins to fold over as this picture shows. He has toppled over a few times, and bumped his head, but he keeps wanting to try!

We wonder who Caleb will follow after when it comes to walking. He can already stand for a LONG time so long as he is holding on to something. His little legs are super strong!

Bath time is for sure a favorite for Caleb! I think he would spend all day in the tub if I let him. He has so much fun kicking and splashing! He squeals when its time to get out!

I think he is trying to figure out how to get ahold of the faucet in this picture... he always reaches for it during baths!

Such cute toes!

So cute all wrapped up in his bath towels! Too bad we will soon have to use real towels...he is getting TOO big to wrap the towels around him!

Almost all the cousins (Missing Cody) on our visit up to Washington over Labor Day Weekend.

Sitting in his Bumbo chair ready for something yummy to eat. :)

Sitting in his swing, looking like such a BIG boy!

New Pajamas for the winter! They aren't as thick as I thought they were... but still cute!

We got our first snow the last week of September, (EARLY!!) so naturally we had to take Caleb out to experience it! He wasn't quite sure of what was going on, becasue he has only been in rain once or twice before. After being outside a few minutes he started opening his mouth and trying to eat the snowflakes just like Daddy!