Snowstorm & First Sledding, Bowling for Rad & David's Birthday, & Getting Into Mischief

Last Thursday into Friday we had our first major snowstorm of the winter and since it was still snowing on Friday morning, work was canceled for both Steve and I, which was a nice surprise. I was hoping it would mean that Steve would be able to help out with Caleb some, but he spent most of the day clearing the snow in our driveway as well as helping some of our neighbors. So, it was pretty much a normal day for Caleb and I, only we were stuck inside all day instead of being able to go out. Oh well. At least it was a day off from work, although that was the only day I was supposed to go to work last week, so it means I didn't go to work at all last week.

Keeping busy during the snowstorm

 

Friday evening we did venture out of the house and went to some friends' house for supper. The rest of my family was there too and we had a very nice time, but of course we had to leave well before everyone else to get Caleb home to bed. Oh well!

On Sabbath we went to church and the roads were still surprisingly bad. Caleb has been doing pretty good lately about being quiet in church up until the sermon and then I take him into the mother's room for the sermon so he can get some energy out.

 



After church we had potluck and we stayed longer than we should have and Caleb was very tired by the time we got home. So tired that he was asleep within about 2 minutes of me putting him down for his nap. He took a good nap and then we wanted to go out into the snow so we got Caleb all bundled up and took the dogs for a walk and Caleb for a ride in his sled. The roads were still covered with snow, so we were able to just pull him down the street, which was nice. I think he had a good time!

 

On Sunday I worked for a few hours in the morning but then we left to go bowling for a late celebration of Rad and David's birthday back in December. We went to a new bowling alley that has a bistro in it and although we didn't eat there, it was definitely a much nicer atmosphere than a normal bowling alley. My dad couldn't bowl because his shoulder was bothering him, so he was in charge of watching Caleb, which was a nice break.

 



After bowling, we went out to lunch at an Italian restaurant close to the bowling alley. Caleb was fairly well behaved in the restaurant, although at the end he was getting very tired. We had a nice lunch and then headed home to get Caleb to take a nap. Again, he was very tired so he went to sleep quickly, which was great. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful and I was able to get a couple more hours of work in, which was helpful.

On Monday I went to work, even though that's not my normal schedule. I felt bad that I hadn't been to work since the day after Christmas because of the snowstorm on Friday, so I wanted to go to work earlier than Wednesday. This was the first time my mom had babysat Caleb in awhile because of the holidays and I think she noticed a change in him now that he is so much more mobile. He also didn't do too well with his naps. He took awhile to go to sleep for his morning nap and then slept about 40 minutes and then in the afternoon, this is what happened instead of napping!

 

My mom said that it was quiet in there for awhile, so she thought maybe he had slept for a little while, but later that night when I started to nurse him, he fell asleep almost instantly, so that tells me that he didn't sleep at all in the afternoon. Oh well. At least he stayed happy despite a lack of sleep. Here are a couple more pictures from Grammy.

New drum from Grammy for Christmas that she just gave him - he loves it and carries one of the sticks everywhere he goes!

Tuesday we went to our playgroup for the first time in a few weeks because of the holidays. It was good to see everyone, although 3 moms and babies weren't there for various reasons, so we definitely missed them! That was our big outing for the day and the rest of the day we just stayed at home.

 

Even though it was very cold on Tuesday, Steve had gotten home a little earlier than normal, so we bundled Caleb up and took a walk with the dogs. Because Caleb was so bundled, I couldn't buckle the straps on his stroller so he kept sliding down, but we made it and survived the cold!

 



Today Caleb had a great nap day! He usually has one nap longer than an hour and one nap shorter than an hour but today both naps were about an hour and a half, so that was great. However, it took him longer to go to sleep tonight, so I guess that it the tradeoff. I really think that Caleb doesn't need as much sleep as other babies, so I just have to deal with it! Our big outing today was to BJ's and Babies R Us and other than that, we spent time at home. Caleb is getting to be more of an adventurer now that he is pulling up on everything, so here is an example of what he gets into now.

Carrying that drumstick around to hit everything (with his left hand, of course)

 

I guess there wasn't much exciting to report this week. Next week Caleb and I are headed to Florida with my parents for a few days, so we will have a more exciting week I am sure. We will miss Daddy though! Here is one more picture of my little troublemaker with the wild hat hair!! Have a good week!