Caleb Watches His Dogs 6, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Today, Caleb and I were hanging out in the yard with the dogs. Though he had been saying “Ella” for quite some time now, the dogs never paid any attention to him. Today, that changed. He looked at Ella, raised his hand, and said, “Ella! Ella! Read More
Day at the Beach 27, originally uploaded by StephLewis. We finished unpacking last week. Yes. Finished. Even pictures are hung. There is not one box left (except some of Josh’s boxes that are mashed with cords, old software, and Mission Control tapes… but those are his problem and not mine). It feels fantastic to be Read More
Caleb’s First Kiss, originally uploaded by StephLewis. My mom has this doll that sings “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” Caleb has always loved her Austrialian-sounding voice and the spunk with which she sings the song. He also loves to chew on her hair. That being said, when she sang to him today, he got so excited Read More
Eating Fun 9, originally uploaded by StephLewis. We went in for Caleb’s nine month well-baby checkup today. They said he is overall a very healthy and “advanced” baby in terms of his abilities. He is, however, below average when it comes to the regular baby stats. Here they are: Weight: 18 lbs., 13.9 oz. (24th Read More
Caleb has been growing like a weed lately and he’s almost 9 months old. He crawls really fast (watch out!) and pulls himself up on whatever he can grab. He has been trying to cruise and has been successful at it a couple of times. Since his motor skills started developing rapidly, he has relied Read More
Caleb and his Shoes 2, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Caleb went over by our front door and was playing with all of the shoes there. He especially likes my camo slip-ons because they have gold sparkly stars on them. Well, he started crawling away and I saw that he had taken off his own shoes Read More
Caleb is quite verbal for his age. He says Mama, Dada, Ella, and All Done. His favorite word is Ella. He calls Henson Ella, he called my cousins puppy Ella, the neighbor’s dog is Ella, and when we go for a walk and hear dogs barking in the distance, he looks at me and proclaims, Read More
Using a Float Boat, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Caleb and I are doing a swim class on Thursday nights. It’s so much fun to see all the kids under 24 months swimming around. Caleb LOVES it and pretty much grins & kicks the whole time. Josh nabbed this pic of us in his floating boat Read More
Hanging Around the House 43, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Caleb’s 6-Month check up was on March 5th. Here are his stats: Weight: 16 lbs. 7.3 oz. (31.64%) Length: 26.5″ (54.81%) Head: 16.75″ (18.08%) Apparently, i have a tall, skinny kid with a little head.
Hanging Around the House 39, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Well, we are officially settled in at the Whiting Resort. Okay, it’s not a resort, but it is the house I was raised in and my parents have been kind enough to let us live with them for a bit. It’s been such a blessing to Read More