Pictures

Hey all, here's some pictures posted on facebook. I'll get another post up soon...

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=16903682#!/album.php?aid=35793&id=145244855509946

3 months old

Caleb turned 3 months old on Sunday. It's pretty amazing to think that it's been that long since we came home from the hospital, forever changed.

We went up to Iowa State the first weekend in October to visit Aunt Amanda at their new married student housing apartment in Ames. Uncle Spencer was out of town for the weekend doing some coaching training, but we really enjoyed the visit with Amanda, who is looking more and more adorable every time we see her. Her belly is really starting to show now. Baby boy Fontana is due at the beginning of February. So exciting! It'll be grandbaby #5 for the Goldings, and grandson #4. Poor GiGi is getting pretty outnumbered. :)

Caleb is turning into an incredible talker. He lies on his playmat and will sing for hours at a time. His two most common words are "Ahh-Goooo" and "Geeee!" although he's beginning to pick up more every day. As I type this it's "rwoah" and "yah-ooo" Still no sign of wanting to roll over, but we're perfectly fine with that. :)

Here's some more pictures for your viewing pleasure. He's in 6 month and some 9 month clothes already, and not showing any signs of slowing down! He's about 18 lbs now. Seriously, how did we get such a big baby?

Caleb 3 months

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