Thursday, August 22, 2013

9 Months!

Caleb is nine months old! Time is flying by! He has officially hit the separation anxiety stage. He just woke up one morning and no longer found it ok for me to be out of his sight. I must be in range at all times. If I, for any reason, disappear into another room he bursts into tears. He has also become an expert "puller upper". He pulls himself to standing on anything and everything. He overall has a very sweet temperament. He is quick to giggle or smile, but dislikes diaper changes and changing clothes. He wants to be free to move and doesn't like to sit still for either of those activities. He loves feeding himself and playing with his food. Recently, while Ben and Sonya were visiting with the girls, we all went to the beach. It was Caleb's first time in the sand and while he played with it a little bit, he mostly made faces and shuddered when he touched it. Here are some of the latest pictures:

 Staring contest with Piper

 Cute boy!

  At the beach!

 Getting ready to feel the water

 It was cold!

 Feeling the sand

 Hanging with Uncle Ben while McKinley feeds him puffs

 Checking out Uncle Ben

 Eggs all over the place!

 Riding around in boxes is my favorite...

...so is chewing on them!

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

We have a crawler!

Caleb is crawling! About a week ago he just decided that it was the right time and he is now crawling everywhere. He loves to try to get into cupboards and his favorite spot is the bottom of the stairs. He crawls over to them and pulls himself up on the bottom step. Caleb is also starting to wave to people. It is a cute thing to watch. He has also been trying to copy inflections of people's speech. So fun to see him try to talk. This past weekend, Caleb tried out the pool for the first time. He was not sure what to think at first, he whimpered a little and shivered. After a little bit, he got used to the water and was splashing and kicking his feet. He even rode around in a yellow duck floaty for a little while. It was hard to get pictures of him looking at the camera since he was so busy looking at the water and his cousins swimming and harder still to catch a smile, but there were a few cute ones.


 Hanging out in the kitchen

 Cutie!

 A favorite hangout: the bottom of the stairs


 Standing up!

 Checking out the toes

 Pool time!

 Dada and Caleb!

 Mid-yawn, swimming makes you sleepy

 Saying hi to cousin Haven


He loved playing with the ball!

 Riding in the duck!

 Splashing fun...

...gets in the eyes