Snow Hiking

One of the activities we did while my family was in town was hiking at Hanging Rock State Park. We packed our lunch and tailgated in the snowy parking lot. We weren't able to make it all the way up to the top because of the difficulty of the snowy trail, but we had a great time. Uncle Scott even carried "Little C" for me part of the way.

"Tailgating" in the snow without a game to go to!

John, Leigh and Zach
Caleb joining in the tailgating too

The gang(Zach is taking the picture but Josh is working)

Scott being an awesome uncle

On the trail

Merry Christmas

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

We just had our first snow of the season and Caleb's first snow ever. About 4-6 inches, which for where we live is a whole LOT!!! It started snowing here on Friday, but by the time Caleb was able to go out it was getting dark, so we waited until Saturday. We had him bundled in 4 layers, mittens, socks and 3 hats! If he was wiggling in there we would never know! He seemed happy while we were out there, but was squinting most of the time. It was a bit bright with the sun on the white. It is so fun and can't wait to be able to take Caleb snow skiing on day! Why does it look like our son has no arms or legs?? His snowsuit is size 6-9 months, and since he is in 0-3month clothes, it's a bit big, but warm and dry none-the-less! Thank you Lord for Your beautiful work!

Walking out in our backyard

Our family in the snow

Snow Angels!

Bundled Cutie

Caleb's first snow lesson: Don't eat the brown snow!
Josh makes and eats "chocolate snowcones"(don't ask!)

Baby Snuggie

They might really be called "sleep bags", but who do they think they are fooling. It is a baby snuggie. We used to swaddle Caleb at night but the temperatures were dropping overnight so we decided to use the sleep bag instead and that is when we discovered its really a snuggie! So Aunt Ashley isn't the only one with a snuggie anymore, Caleb actually has 4!

"Snugglesaurus"

The nursery is finally finished!

We finally got the last picture hung this weekend to complete our nursery! I just love it. Thanks to all the people who contributed to it!

He hasn't slept the night in his crib yet, but he does take naps there. We spend lots of time in the chair.Susan and Nana made the curtains and the pillow, Nicole made the letters, and Rebecca took those amazing maternity pics-great job! And of course Josh for putting all the things together!

Book/toy shelf with all my kid books.
Josh gave Caleb his old ipod, which we keep in his room.
It is full of praise and worship music.

We picked a "life verse" for Caleb,
and thanks to Jodi and Uppercase Living we can remind him of it often.
Our newborn pictures look so cute framed and on the wall!
Thanks to Uppercase Photography for the cute pictures.
(We have a theme with "uppercase", just a coincidence!)

Christmas Picture Bloopers!

We had many attempts for a cute Christmas picture for our cards. We tried several different location, several different days and several different outfits. Some are funnier than others but it was definitely a hoot trying to get the "perfect" one. The picture we actually ended up using, Caleb has his paci. We tried taking it without him but he was so wiggly that he would come out blurry and if we pulled the paci right before the picture took we would get a weird "I was sucking on that" face. He is such a cutie and has such a great temperament that we want to get a picture that showed those things. Pictures just don't do him justice! If you click on the pictures, they enlarge and you can see them better!

The winner of the funniest blooper is:
p.s I had to edit my bloopers page because I titled it Christmas Picture Boopers! :) haha!

Do you notice anything different?

It finally fell off! Hallelujah! It might have taken 6 weeks and 4 days, but his umbilical cord is off! It was taking so long that we finally set a goal of hoping it would fall off by kindergarten. I know you are thinking, hey whats the big deal, but its annoying...swabbing it with alcohol at almost every diaper change and not being able to take a real bath, plus its just gross! His little, ok big, belly is just so cute!

New Happenings

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks.

Caleb got his first vaccine-Hepatitis B.
Usually they get it in the hospital right after they are born
but we opted to wait until he was a tad older to start the series.
Poor little boo-boo.

Mad he didn't even get a sticker after!

LA's sorority sister, Eileen, came for a visit.
Caleb and Russell-Hanging out with his buddy.

Russell is 4 months OLDER than Caleb.
He is showing Caleb how to sit.

We picked up Josh at work to go get his birth certificate from the courthouse one day. Of course it was lunch time for Caleb, so Daddy sat in the back. He attempted to feed him while we were driving but Caleb wasn't a fan of eating in his carseat. Once we got to the courthouse we sat in the car so little man could finish.

Just because he is a cutie!

New Traditions

We are starting family traditions this year. We went to Sophia,NC to a Christmas Tree Farm to pick out our Christmas tree. It was a great day and we all enjoyed our family time.

Caleb ready to go in his Reindeer coat

Cutie!

Spillman's Christmas Tree Farm

Great weather-Cool and Sunny

Looking for "Our" tree
Found it!

Ready to take it home and decorate

1 month old

Happy 1 month Birthday Caleb!

We can't believe how fast time is going. He is such a blessing to have in our lives.

Caleb Updates:

• Starting to hold his head up
• Out of Newborn diapers and is in size 1
• Went 5 hours and 57 minutes in between feedings (once!)
• Having more awake time and making noise and cooing
• His favorite things are his bouncy, paci and boppy