On July 23rd Suzanne and I took Ella and Caleb for portraits at Portrait Innovations. We had so much fun! Caleb had started sitting up on his own just the day before, so I figured we could try to have him sitting for a couple photos. Where he had only sat unassisted for 30 seconds on the previous day, he happily posed sitting for almost 5 minutes straight that day. It just amazes me how, once he learns something, he just "gets it". We bought way to many photos that day, but here are a few of my favorites!
Caleb has been sick with a low-grade fever the past few days. It started on the Fourth of July (so he had to watch his first fireworks on TV) and wavered between 99.5 and 101.5 for two days. On Tuesday I took him to the Dr., and right as we walked in the door he broke out in this brilliant rash:
The doctor checked his ears, throat, and lungs, and besides being a little stuffy, the only issue was the fever. The rash began to subside quickly, and it is pretty much gone. Since we were at the doctor we got the weight update, and Caleb is 12 pounds 15 ounces, or basically 13 pounds. He is still tracking right along that seventh percentile as he comes up on his 5 month birthday Saturday.
His fever broke yesterday and Caleb seems to be in good spirits, but his stuffiness has prevented him from sleeping well the past few nights or napping well during the day. Here's hoping tonight's sleep is a nice long one. Mommy could use it!
I don't know how we missed this, but I just realized we never posted our Fourth of July trip to Huntsville!
For those of you following post-by-post, this will be very old news, but for posterity sake, I want to make sure it is included.
Only July 1st, Mommy, Daddy, and Caleb headed to Mommy's hometown - Huntsville, Alabama - for Mommy's 10 year high school reunion. (And to see GiGi and Papou.) Caleb did great on the flight - he was definitely dressed for the occasion:
Having Fun on the Plane!
On our first full day in town, GiGi and Papou had friends over for dinner. Caleb had fun meeting everyone, including Mommy's friends! He also enjoyed playing under some of the same furniture that Mommy played under as a baby!
Modeling his new Marine Corps bib
Hi Mr. Tobes!
With Billy & Mae Mae Glasgow
Hello Aunt Rozy!
Playing on the coffee tables on which Mommy played
July 3rd was the Reunion Day - complete with a family tour of Mommy's High School and then Mommy and Daddy went off to the Reunion while Caleb stayed with GiGi, Papou, and Bubbe.
In front of Mommy's Locker
GHS Class of 2000 - and the Class of 2028!
Ready to go to the Reunion - Note the "Little Tiger" outfit (that's the mascot)
On 4th of July morning, Mommy dressed Caleb up in his patriotic best:
Climbing on a very patient Talon the dog
Hello Papou!
Then we went to visit Aunt Libby!
Hanging out on a family heirloom quilt
Though he wasn't very interested in fireworks, Caleb had a great time playing with his great-grandparents.
Reading a book with GiGi
Playing with Papou's chin
Caleb started running a fever at the end of the trip, but all in all, it was a lot of fun!
It is hot here in Texas. Really hot. One way to beat the heat is to consume cups of ice saturated with sugar - snow cones!
Today Caleb had his first snow cone. This was also his first time eating from a spoon. He had had water before from a bottle, so this wasn't so much different. We didn't put any flavor in it, so today's experience was really about two things - solids and cold. Caleb seemed to think eating from a spoon was pretty cool, and I think the cold felt good on his gums (he's been starting the teething process I think). Dr Aaron said we could start Caleb on rice cereal this month or next, but that it doesn't have any real nutrition, so it's more for practice than anything. I figure shaved ice isn't any worse, and at least it helps hydrate him!
Here is a video:
In other news, Isaac had a great first Father's Day! We had a bunch of friends over to eat burgers and hot dogs and swim! Caleb loved swimming with Mommy and Daddy and borrowing Drake's baby float!
More cute pictures from Father's Day soon!
And finally, on Sunday, Caleb started putting himself to sleep. He has always played nicely in his crib with the mobile, usually talking up a storm. But Sunday, on two separate occaisions, Caleb rolled around quietly for a bit and then fell asleep. And now, in the mornings when he previously slept with mommy after nursing, he wiggled around and complains until I put him in the pack-n-play. As soon as he is in the crib or pack-n-play, though, he rolls onto his side and goes to sleep. I guess that's how it is! I know I shouldn't complain - it takes a lot of babies months if training to do this, but I miss having him with me in the mornings!
That's all for now! Mommy is starting an incredibly busy week and half at work, and we are looking forward to seeing Nana and Gramps and Uncle David this weekend and GiGi, Papou, Bubbe, Aunt Lisa and Amanda and the cousins in Alabama next weekend! Oh, and Caleb's first plane ride!
Caleb learned how to make raspberries this week, so now that is his favorite thing to do! Prior to making them himself, he would laugh anytime someone made one in front of him. So now he demonstrates his new skill whenever anyone is watching (or not).
Here is a video:
In other news, we are back in our house after almost a week without air conditioning. Caleb (along with mommy and daddy) is happy to be home.
Here are a couple photos from yesterday. Our computer is fixed now, so hopefully we will catch up with old photos soon!
Apparently we have a super fancy air conditioner that has special parts located no where in the entirity of DFW. Of course! So we are still hanging out at Ella and her parents' house. They say it won't be fixed tomorrow either.
We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends, and we appreciate their hospitality so much. Caleb is really loving spending so much time with Ella too.
On another note, Caleb had his 4 month check up with Dr Aaron yesterday and he has been diagnosed with clinical cuteness. (okay, I made that up.) But he tool his shots like a champ and passed all his tests with flying colors. He now weighs 12 pounds 7 ounces, is 23.5 inches long, and has a 16 inch head. All measurements are consistantly tracking at the seventh percentile and pretty much have been since he was born.
I find it funny since many if my friends who had their babies a little early are now seeing their kids jump to a higher percentile compared to their birth measurements, Caleb remains an adorable, perfect, miniature baby!
I don't have any photos from the doctor's office, but here is one from today when Caleb came to work with me in the afternoon because I had a later-evening meeting. He is sitting in Aunt Suzy's chair.
This morning was our June play group at Layla's house, and Caleb had so much fun! We played with Layla, Dana, Ella, Shoshana, Reah and Marc, and met two new friends - London and Zayden!
Caleb enjoyed rolling around on the floor, playing in the exersaucer, and showing off his new trick, standing, for all his girlfriends! It was so nice to see Marc and meet a new boy, Zayden!
Here are some photos and a movie!
Dana, Layla, and Caleb.
London and her mommy, Alison (who works with Aunt Suzy)
