I was supposed to work this Thanksgiving, but ended up not. So we traveled to Josh’s grandparents, Papa and Vicki’s house for a few days. We all enjoyed some good family time and a Happy Thanksgiving together.
Neither kid cooperating for our family pictures. We thought about taking pictures all day, but of course it was almost bedtime before we actually did it. So this is our little family with a sleepy boy and a hungry girl. We are even thankful for each of their little whines!
How’s Caleb doing with her?
He is doing great! He loves her so much. We find him checking on her, giving her kisses and hugs all the time. If she is in reach of him he tries to get as close as possible and sometimes that means he gets right ON TOP of her. She is one lucky girl to have such a good, loving, sweet, protective big brother! She usually loves it and will watch what he does(there have been only a few tears from when he gets too ungracefully rough). And He is pretty darn lucky to have such a tolerant, sweet, easy-going little sister!
Just because she is so stinking cute, I have to get some close-ups of our little girl. I can’t wait to be able to catch a smile, because her little face just lights up and she is even cuter!
Love her AME onsie with her little cardigan and hot pink head hairbow to match!
She likes to be propped up in the corner of the sofa or crib. The problem is she likes it so much that she squirms and wiggles that she ends up laying on her back really quick.
Caleb has really been interested in all things music lately. So we have been putting on Pandora(an online music station) on the computer and having some family fun. Caleb will dance around or just stare at the computer screen(it’s a music station so there is not much to look at). He has also started really liking the guitar. He plays his air guitar, his guitar puzzle piece and his “Wiggles” guitar. So I suggested that Josh pull out his real guitar and show Caleb. He loves it. And I mean loves it. He is so fascinated by Daddy playing and also enjoys strumming himself.
Daddy and Ansley dancing
Ansley liked it.
One of Caleb’s dance moves. He does mini pushups to the beat of the music.
Caleb and Ansley dancing.
Mommy and Ansley
And of course, Caleb had to be in the mix too
Caleb getting his hands on the real guitar. He keeps wanting to touch the “buttons” at the top but we had to make a rule that he couldn’t because he cuts his fingers on the strings.
Daddy quickly trying to learn songs like “If your happy and you know it” and “Itsy bitsy spider” from a website.
Caleb reaching out to strum and help Daddy play.
I hope his interest in guitars continues through his childhood and that he will really learn how to play!
I told Josh that we will have to get him guitar lessons when he gets older. Josh said that he would teach him. A double bonus. Daddy/Son time and learning how to play an instrument.
HIGH FIVE! Good job boys!
The girl loves her some bath time. She wiggles as much as she can until she is about under the water completely, then she stops and enjoys her spa!
Sometimes we double team baths. All four of us in the kid’s little tiny bathroom. It’s one of those routine tasks that we are turning into sweet family memories.
He would have NOTHING to do with a 2year chair photoshoot. It drives me crazy that I can’t get him to smile. Well, shoot, not only can I not get him to smile, I cant get him NOT to cry hysterics.
Newborn, 1year and 2year comparison.
Pictures from his actual birthday. October 27th. We made such good memories last year when he turned one that we decided to do the same thing again. We picked up Daddy from work and drove to a local park where we had a Chick-fil-a picnic and had a little family birthday party lunch.
Caleb enjoying his chick-fil-a.
Opening presents. Whenever you ask him what book he wants to read, he always replies “DOG!”. Well we didn’t even have any dog books(we have borrowed them from the library before) so we got him a couple of dog books!
Such joy as parents to see the joy in your child.
A bubble train. More of a hit than I could have imagined.
Caleb with the girls and our hairbows! We had to be cute for his special day!
A little playtime.
The family of four with our birthday boy. Wish I would have brought some birthday hats!
Same place. Same food. Same day. One year earlier. One kid less.
He loves trains. As soon as he sees one on anything he says “CHOO!”. So of course we had to have a “choo party”.
The Birthday Boy
The party guests.
Brynn, Piper, Izzy
Jake, Nick, Ansley
The food table. Caleb figured out there were chips and grapes up there.
Some details.
Lunch. We had some of Caleb’s favorite foods. Hotdogs, corn on the cob, grapes and chips.
The homemade train cake. To Caleb with love Mommy.(Dairy, peanut and Egg free of course!)
Singing Happy birthday! haha.
The R family.
The C family. Their little girl gets called “B” sometimes and I almost just wrote the B family! haha.
The M family.
Us. A little blurry but still cute.
All the kids playing in our dining room playroom.
Presents. The kids helped Caleb open the gifts that they brought. Everyone was happy.
He really got into opening the presents this time. It was really cute to see him rip them open and be excited for what is inside. Thank you everyone.
Happy birthday to our sweet boy. We love you Caleb!
