2 months

Caleb is two months and 6 days old! He's big and alert, has figured out how to suck his thumb but doesn't have any idea how to avoid punching himself in the face. One thing at a time... :)

Sue Swanson came and stayed with us for a week, that was a huge blessing! She took care of Caleb at night, which involved a couple of nights of being up until at least midnight because he thought it was time to play. We were so blessed to have her here. It helped me get back onto a somewhat regular schedule, which was also aided by the fact that during that week he decided to try to sleep through the night! He's been regularly sleeping through the night since the 2nd week of September (8 weeks old), which has been a huge relief.

Caleb and I took our first airplane trip last week to visit Great-Grandma Bunny and Great-Grandpa Neil. Grandma Cindy and Aunt Lynnea met us there, and we spent the day out in downtown Chicago taking the boat tour and eating a fabulous meal at Red Lobster - all in celebration of Great-Grandma Bunny's 82nd birthday. Or as she claims, 28th birthday.

Last weekend was the K-State - Iowa State football game, and Aunt Amanda and Uncle Spencer came down to visit to go to the game at Arrowhead. Although we got to see the bump, we're all excited to actually meet the next cousin/nephew on the way in February!

Caleb's latest stats... he's setting his own curve on the chart. I really hope our future children aren't quite so big. However, I was holding a girl 4 days younger than him this morning and felt like I could break her. And she's 11 lbs... not tiny, that's for sure.

16 lbs 5.5 oz (average weight for a 5 1/2 month old boy)

26 3/4 in (average length for 7 month old boy)

Here's a few more pictures. Enjoy!

Caleb 2 month pictures

6 weeks old!

Wow, somehow I'm not all that surprised I haven't updated this since we had family in town. But here we go! :)

Caleb is doing very well... he's eating & growing like crazy and working on sleeping pretty well. He's regularly doing 5 hours at night, and recently not needing to eat much when he does wake up to eat. Eric was able to feed him a bottle this weekend, so I got my first night of full sleep since he was born! That was wonderful.

And of course, Mark & Sarah (Eric's brother) have their two-year old and their 3-month old twins, so we're really enjoying spending regular time with them. We took them all on a walk last night - three infants, one toddler, and 4 adults. It's really nice living less than a mile from them. We find we have a lot more in common now that we both have children.

We're adjusting well to being parents and really enjoy it. Caleb adds a whole new dimension to life. He is just now starting to smile socially and makes a lot of "cooing" and grunting type noises. We're pretty sure he's going to be a talker, even now he will be perfectly fine and just makes noise to make noise all the time, even when he's sleeping.

Sue (Eric's mom) will be coming into town this week, so we're planning our first alone date since he was born. Woohoo! ;)

I've posted pictures on facebook, but here's a couple more on Picasa.

Caleb August 2010

Settling in at home - 1 week old!

We came home from the hospital on Monday afternoon and have enjoyed this week with family and taking time to settle in with our new little guy. He's doing really well, eating like a fiend, and becoming more alert every day. He sleeps almost all day and night, but is a little confused about day and night... last night he wanted to be awake from 2 AM - 6AM, then finally passed out and we had to wake him up to eat about 3.5 hours later. :)

He's already in size 1 diapers and doesn't fit any of his newborn clothes. Darn... some of them were really cute. I guess that's the way it works when you have a 10-lb baby, though.

Stephanie's mom was in town this week being an amazing help with cleaning, laundry, and food and Eric's family is in town also, splitting time between Mark & Sarah's and our place.

Eric will be off work next week also and we're open to visitors almost anytime, just give us a call! :)

Caleb 1 Week Pictures