All of the older kids loved Caleb. Brady especially seemed to like Caleb and he kept saying "I pet him." He also put a "v" at the end of his name instead of a "b", so it sounds like "Ca-love". It was so cute. Aubree also really seemed to like Caleb. Acadia really liked his car seat and she kept putting her dolls in it!
It was so fun to see all of the kids. They have all changed so much since we saw them at Christmas. The house was pretty chaotic at times with all of the kids running around. I guess I can see what I have to look forward to when Caleb gets a little older. Steve and my dad and Rad came up late Thursday night, so it was nice for Steve to have the day off on Friday to spend with us. We just hung out in the morning, went to Chinese food for lunch, and then I was able to do a little shopping at the outlets by myself while Steve took Caleb for awhile. That was very nice! I was able to spend a gift card from Gap that Steve got me for my birthday, and of course I bought several things for Caleb as well! Friday afternoon Steve and I took Caleb for a walk, because it was a beautiful day. We also took another walk with everyone Friday evening before sundown. 
Friday morning Caleb woke up with another cough and runny nose. I wasn't too happy about that and then Sabbath morning he woke up and was even worse. We had another episode of projectile vomit just because he had a coughing fit right after he ate. That was not fun. We went to the end of Sabbath School, but didn't make it through church because Caleb needed to eat, so we just went back to the house to try to get him fed before the rest of the family returned from church. There were a lot more family members that joined us on Sabbath. All of the Copseys were there and the Walls and Rad and Jen with the school kids came over as well. We got to see Westin, who we hadn't seen since New Year's Eve. He is so cute, but definitely quite a bit smaller than Caleb! Here are some random pictures of some of the group, including one picture of 10 of the 11 kids that were there (Westin was sleeping and Jonathan's girls were not there).
The 4 sisters
Brady enjoying a cupcake
A lot of people say Caleb looks like Grampy!
Aubree & Camden
Love this picture of David and Aubree
Shannon is 27 weeks pregnant with baby Griffin!
Finley Mae
Westin
Bode helping light the candles for the April birthdays
Devin and Bode
3 April birthdays
10 of the 13 cousins!!
Caleb and Westin - 6 days apart
Love how Westin's hand is on Caleb's leg in the first picture and Caleb's hand is on Westin's leg in this picture!
Mommies and their boys
The 4 girl cousins
So, we spent the rest of Sabbath just hanging out with everyone and then when most people got ready to go to the evening concert, we got ready to go home. We left at about 7:45 and got home at 10:45. I fed Caleb before we put him to bed and he had another projectile vomit incident, which was not fun at 11:30 at night. I slept in a little Sunday morning, since I usually get up at 5:00 to work. I ended up getting up at 7:00 and then feeding Caleb before I started to work. I worked 5 hours and then the rest of the day we took a walk and unpacked from the weekend. Monday morning I went to the RMV because I had realized over the weekend that my license had expired on my birthday. They don't send you notices anymore, but for some reason I just remembered that it had expired. Caleb was very good in the registry. In fact, here is a picture of him sleeping in his stroller.
I had put the baby bjorn in the bottom of the stroller in case I needed to use it and later that night, we were going to take a walk and I asked Steve to get it for me, and only one piece of the bjorn was there and I had apparently lost the other part probably when I folded up the stroller at the registry. So, I was really ticked about that, because they are expensive, but we found one on eBay for $5 and $5 shipping, so we will be getting that soon.
Anyway, I had called Caleb's pediatrician on Monday morning because his cough and wheezing seemed pretty bad. So, they wanted me to come in, so we killed a little time after the registry and then went to the doctor's office. Here is a picture of Caleb waiting to see the doctor.
They tested him again for RSV and it was negative this time. They also gave me a nebulizer treatment because they said if that actually helped him, then maybe he had asthma. It didn't actually help him, though, so that means he doesn't have asthma and it is probably just a cold this time. Hopefully he will get better soon! By the way, they weighed Caleb again, and he is now 17 pounds, 5 ounces, so he has gained another pound exactly since his 4 month appointment two weeks ago.
Monday night Steve finally put Caleb in an outfit that Steve wore when he was a baby. We have had the outfit for awhile and it looks like we almost lost our window of time where it would fit Caleb, because as you can see from the pictures below, the pants are pretty tight. But, it is pretty neat to see Caleb in an outfit that Steve wore 34 years ago!
Tuesday was a gorgeous day! It was about 70 degrees here. Caleb woke up at 4:30 on Tuesday morning, which is pretty early for him, but he had gotten his hand out of his swaddle and both Steve and I woke up because he was sucking on his fingers pretty loudly. So, I fed him at 4:30 and then I put him back down around 5:30 and he slept until 10:15! So, that was a nice treat and I got a lot accomplished in that time! Unfortunately, we had a bad experience trying to take a walk in the afternoon. Usually I wait until Caleb is tired and he will sleep in the stroller. This time, since it was so nice out, I didn't want to wait until he was tired and that was a mistake. He was very fussy in the stroller for no apparent reason and it was not an enjoyable walk. Tuesday evening after Steve got home, I wanted to do something outside, but of course we needed to eat, so we got Thai take-out and went to a beach to eat it. We invited Jen to come with us, which was nice. It wasn't still 70 degrees at that point, but still a nice evening.
Yesterday, I had to work, of course, and I asked my mom if she would mind coming over to our house in the morning so Caleb could get a little more sleep. Usually he wakes up when I bring him to my mom's house and doesn't go back to sleep, even though he would normally go be sleeping at that time at home. So, she came over a little earlier than we expected and Steve was in the shower and I was feeding Caleb, so she couldn't get in! Then we forgot that we had the pack and play that is usually at her house, because we brought it to Maine with us. So, even though we didn't have to bring Caleb to her house, Steve and I ended up having to stop there and set up the pack and play before heading to work. I was almost late to work, but made it with 2 minutes to spare.
Today Caleb woke up again at 4:30 or 4:45, and again because his hand got out of the swaddle. When I put him back down at 5:45 or so, he seemed to have a little bit of a hard time settling down, but then ended up sleeping until 9:45, so I had another productive morning. I do enjoy the productivity, but I don't particularly enjoy getting up at 4:30, although I usually get up between 5:00-5:30 on my own anyway. Nothing much else exciting happened today. I did decide that it is finally time to get out the 6-9 month clothes, because Caleb is starting to bust open the snaps on some of his outfits. Probably I will do that over the weekend or on Monday. Tomorrow is another work day and then I am happy it is the weekend! Here are a few more random pictures from this week!
This is what 17 pounds looks like!
Such an angelic face!
Grampy loves Caleb so much!
Very much enjoying his Johnny jump-up
Finally starting to notice and pay attention to the dogs
You got great pics of the Fam @ Music Clinic!! I'm so behind on the blog, so maybe you are already doing it...but maybe Caleb wants out of the swaddle!!
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