Mother's Day

Today was my first Mother's Day. Very surreal. This is a holiday that I celebrate my Mother and Grandmothers, not a day to celebrate me! Since we were out of town this weekend, my Baby Daddy(haha.) gave me lots of flowers and a little present, on Thursday! Today was a sweet day to celebrate with my little boy and our family. What great weather too.

Hugs and snuggles in the morning

After church with my Boy(and my mom corsage!)

Getting ready for bed! What a better way to end Mother's Day than to wear your "I love Mommy" jammies!

Peas Please

Caleb's menu is getting quite the variety these days. Here is Caleb learning about Peas, his newest food. I must say the the making of peas and green beans are not my favorite, but it's worth it for the little guy! His favorite is by far still pears. I have to purposefully NOT give him pears so that he will eat other things! It's hard to do because I know he loves them so.

Caleb's Menu:
Carrots
Sweet Potato
Pumpkin
Avocado
Green Beans
Apples
Bananas
Pears
Barley
Oatmeal
Apple juice
Prune juice
and
PEAS!

It's all about perspective

Me: "That was the worst night we have had with Caleb since we left the hospital"
Josh: "That means that we have had a lot of great nights!"

Thanks for the GREAT perspective this morning, Josh! You are one awesome Daddy!

The story: Caleb fell asleep in the car last night, so when we got home he had a rough time-screamed through his entire bedtime routine. Then woke several times(screaming hysterically) for big burps. Then kept crying out but going back to sleep. Finally got up at 12:30 and fed him, cleaned out his nose and gave him some Tylenol. He was really snotty, sneezy and kept coughing all night. He usually sleeps all night but last night was a doozy! He cried out in his sleep ALL night. I thought since he ate in the middle of the night, he wouldn't get up so early (usually around 6am) but nope today it was 5:30!

I Heart Triad Park

Caleb was having a rough time yesterday. Nothing I did would console him, he cried hysterically for one hour. I finally decided to just drive. I was trying to think of a place I could go that wouldn't have too much traffic(since I would have a crying baby and my stress level would be up) and remembered someone told me about a park. So I decided we would try to find the park. It ended up being pretty close to our house. (by the way Caleb stopped crying as soon as I put him in his carseat!) I LOVE this new park. It is so pretty and relaxing. We went back today with lunch and friends!

Big entrance...you can't miss it!

Caleb and Mommy

Today I was going to go on a quick walk.
C fell asleep immediately.
So my short walk turned into a hour walk.
I am going to loose weight one nap at a time!

Our path

There are 3 playground, Shelter #6 is my fav.

Swinging
(notice the gorgeous blue sky!)

Watching the "big kids" play

There are even trails through the woods, but we will wait for Daddy to do those with us!

Here's to many more...

Today we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary!

Two picture Tuesday!

I had this really cute short-all or "John John" for Caleb to wear. It was a 6-9 mo, so I thought I had plenty of time to get him to wear it. I put in on him the other day and I could barely snap it! It made me feel like I had a wedgie it was so tight on him...but it was soooo cute...what's a Mom to do!?!!? Go outside for a photo shoot! This is one of the cutest shots I got, he was giggling! After getting proof of how cute Caleb was in the outfit we went inside and changed.

That is one silly, cute kid!
(wedgie and all)

A couple of my friends do cloth diapering. Although I am not up for it on a regular basis(I can't even believe that I have considered it!), I did buy Caleb a swim cloth diaper called a SWIMMI. I bought one cloth swim diaper for the price of a pack of regular swim diapers. I will be able to just throw it in the wash with his swim suit and always have it when I need it all throughout the summer. (I had already bought a pack of the disposable kind so I will have those for backup if I need it!).

This is what Daddy did when I told him about it!

Cows and Pigs!

Just found this video of little C (he was 4 months). He correctly identifies the cow and the pig!

(Disclaimer: No cows or pigs were harmed in the making of this video)

--Josh

Swimming Lessons

A local church has a pool and offers swim lessons. It is once a week for 6 weeks. Today was our first day. He did great!

Getting dressed in the locker room.

Swim diaper:check, swim suit:check!

Mommy and me before getting in the pool

All done little swimmer

Kathy&Eliza, Heather&Cole,
Jennifer&Russell and Leigh Anne&Caleb

I had barely gotten out of the parking lot!

New Swing!

Sweet (potato) Sucess!

It's official Caleb likes sweet potato! You can tell he likes what you give him when he puts his thumb in his mouth after each bite, sucks it for 2 seconds and then squeals with his mouth wide open.

I bought some green beans for his next food. I am a little nervous about this one for two reasons, one-I never cook fresh green beans for myself( I love canned) and two- you have to add an extra step and strain them because of the skin. We will see how this one works. Gerber may have my attention for green beans!

Baby Food

We are adding new foods to Caleb's diet every 4 days. They say that you should have a 4 day wait between foods to rule out any allergies. Besides oatmeal, we have done bananas, applesauce, pear and avocado. I am making his baby food myself because we want him to have wholesome foods instead of processed. It is really simple and easy to do. You make a bunch at a time and then freeze them in ice cube trays. Then they are ready when you need them. Right now I think his favorite is banana(he says "mmmmmmmm" when he eats it!) and his least favorite is avocado(he seems ok with it now, but the first time he gagged!) The next food that we will start this weekend is sweet potato.

Avocado Face

Sweet Potato Baby food recipe:
2 baked sweet potatoes
a splash of water
and lots of love

Here's hoping we get the "mmmmm" from Caleb when we try them.

Last step-Just freeze and store

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from our family to yours! We hope you enjoy this time with family and friends, but more importantly we hope you have accepted this wonderful gift God has given us-His son, Jesus! Thank you Jesus for dying for OUR sins so that we may be justified before God.

"This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." -Romans 3:22-24

He has conquered death and risen, something that we could not do for ourselves. Jesus is ALIVE! Praise the Lord!

Family pictures before church

Daddy and Caleb

Mommy and Caleb
(with his gdad's face)

Inside Caleb's Easter basket
(he has graciously shared his candy!)

Sweet boy with his first Easter basket