Christmas 2008

Christmas morning was early! Caleb woke up before 7:00 am so we took him to show him his gifts. He got a basketball hoop, a tent to play in (from my parents), the new Elmo Live, and a few other small things. He knew right away how to put the ball in the hoop. He also loved his new Elmo but he keeps wanting to push it over since his other Elmo laughs while laying on the ground. We had a relaxing day at home for most of the day. We went to my aunt Betty's that afternoon to see my cousins and open presents with them.

Here are a few pics from our morning. My pics are all out of order from how I wanted them but don't know how to fix it.

Caleb almost loved sitting on this box more than the presents.

Watching his Elmo talk


Opening his Elmo

Daddy showing him his new mega blocks

His new play tent from Grandmommy/Granddaddy

Shooting some hoops

We had a great Christmas here at home with my family. Christmas Eve we went to my parents to have dinner and open presents with them. Normally we would have gone to a Christmas Eve service with my parents that night but Caleb was not feeling the greatest since he had a cold. We also knew that Caleb would not sit through the service at all so one of us would have to sit out with him. So Jim and I decided not to go this year. Some things have to change due to having a little one.

Here are a few pictures from my parents house

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Caleb's First Haircut

Today we took Caleb for his 1st haircut. I was worried he wouldn't sit still and would cry but he was SO good! The hairdresser, Amy, had a cool light on her desk that kept his attention. He also had a sucker to eat so that helped the most. He was such a big boy and now looks like a big boy!

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Balls in the clock

Caleb has a pool full of balls that he loves to play in. Lately he has learned to put the balls in places that he finds. He thinks it's funny to put the balls in our grandfather clock. The door doesn't have the glass in it and he can open the door to it. So he fills up the bottom of the clock till the balls fall out of the hole where the glass should be. This takes him a lot of time but he loves this. Of course we have to go in to get the balls out of the bottom of the clock since he can't reach down that far.

Playgroup Christmas Party

Today we had our playgroup Christmas party. Caleb had so much fun exploring a new house and playing with other toys. It was nice to just let him go play and not have to be with him every second. I did have to keep an eye on him just to know where he was so he didn't get into any trouble. The kids drew names for Secret Santa so we brought a gift for Joshua and Cason had a gift for Caleb.
Caleb also enjoyed the train that went around Julene's tree. He wanted to keep going to the tree to see it move. He just smiled at the train as it went by. I wasn't able to get a picture of him looking at it but I did take a picture of the train.
Once we left I thought for sure Caleb would fall asleep on the way home and then nap once we got home. I was looking forward to a nap myself! Well, he laid in his bed for maybe 30 minutes being quiet but then he cried and cried. He never would go to sleep so he did not have a nap and neither did I. I was so ready for Jim to get home at 5:00!

This is the train that Caleb loved on the tree!

Caleb in the middle of where the boys are playing

The room full of chaos :)

Cason

Decorating Our Tree

I finally got motivated to put the decorations on the tree. We have had the tree up since last Friday but just now had the time to decorate it. It didn't take me very long at all since I decided to leave the bottom bare. I had some unbreakable ornaments on the bottom to see what Caleb would do. Well, he would take them off as soon as I put one on. I just thought it wasn't worth me worrying about him getting an ornament off and ending up with the hook in his mouth if I wasn't watching him. So for this year we used a lot less ornaments since we didn't put any in Caleb's reach. I took a few pictures of him "helping" me decorate. :)

Photo Tag

I've been photo tagged by Alicia.

Here are the rules:

1. Choose the 4th picture folder on your computer

2. Choose the 4th picture

3. Explain the picture

4. Choose 4 people to do the same (I think everyone I know has already done this)

I had to choose the 3rd picture since there were only 3 pictures in my 4th folder. Let me say how proud I was to have to put this picture on here. LOL Not really!!

This was taken at the Wisconsin State Fair back in 2004. My husband must have thought it was fun to take my picture by the cow. At least the cow was looking at us! Fun times! :)

Using the Spoon

Caleb has been practicing using his spoon lately. He will let me feed him a couple of bites before he wants the spoon to feed himself. He has gotten so much better the past week. It's rather messy of course but I don't mind since it's at breakfast while he's still in his pj's. I took a few pictures this morning of his new skill...

He seems to always touch his eyes and hair when his hands are covered with food!