Caleb is Walking!!!!

There are several exciting things that happened this week, but I am leaving my title at just the fact that Caleb is now officially walking!! The sad part is that of course it happened while I was at work. I am glad that I can say he took his first steps while I was there. But, he started walking for real last Friday while I was at work. My mom had 2 girls from the church helping her with Caleb in the afternoon (they will eventually watch him on their own in a few weeks) and they were the ones that got him to start walking. My mom sent me a video while I was at work, and I couldn't believe it because he would barely take a couple of steps before that! So, anyway, he is walking a lot now, but he is still pretty wobbly at times and crawling is still his transportation method of choice because it is so much faster for him. But, I definitely feel like we have crossed that hurdle and he will keep getting better and better at it. By the time spring is really here, he will be an old pro and will be able to play outside and run around.

So, on to the rest of the week. We went to my parents' house for supper on Friday night, which we hadn't done in awhile. It was nice. Of course we had to duck out pretty quickly to get Caleb to bed, but we still had a nice visit.

On Sabbath we had a great day with family. Alison and Shannon and their families came down for the weekend and got here in time for church. After church we were having everyone over to our house for lunch but I wanted to get Caleb down for a nap before he knew everyone was there, so we rushed home after church and I put him down and put a box fan on to drown out the noise. He fell asleep instantly and ended up sleeping 2 1/2 hours, so that was great. It was so loud while he was sleeping, so thank goodness for the box fan!

After Caleb got up, Westin went down for a nap, so unfortunately they didn't have much of a chance to play together. A lot of the group ended up going for a walk on the beach later in the afternoon, but Westin was still sleeping, so I stayed home and visited with Alison while he slept and Steve took Caleb with him to the beach.

After they got back, Caleb and Westin played for a little while and then I fed Caleb supper and got him ready for bed.

 

Everyone came to our house for supper as well. My mother had made some burgers, so it was a pretty easy meal. Thank goodness again for the box fan. I nursed Caleb in his room and he fell asleep and then I came out to the rest of the group and it was soooo loud I couldn't believe it. I couldn't tell with the box fan on. Caleb slept the whole time through all the chaos, which was great. We had a nice supper and visit and then some of us played some games. Then most people left and Steve and I stayed up very late talking with Alison, which was really nice since we don't get to spend a lot of time together.

On Sunday morning, Steve, Heath, Rad, and Sean got up and went disc golfing. Alison and I stayed home with the 3 boys and had breakfast and played while they were gone.

They were both "talking on the phone" with the remotes

 

Alison's boys are a little wilder than Caleb, and it got pretty chaotic while they were playing. We decided we were going to go to the playground with Shannon's kids as well. We stopped at Rad and Jen's house on the way because Heath had never seen their house.

 

Troublemakers climbing the stairs at Rad and Jen's

 

We went and had a fun time at the playground and we also went across the street to the Centerville Country Store for penny candy.

 

 





Then we went out to Thai food for lunch (and took over the whole restaurant). Then the ladies went to the consignment sale and I have to say I was soooo disappointed. It was not nearly as big as it was in the fall. I bought so many things in the fall and just walking into the hall was so overwhelming. This time it was very disappointing although there was still a fair amount of things. Alison and Shannon weren't disappointed, but they don't know what they were missing out on from last time. I think last time I spent about $125 and this time, only $42. We still were there awhile, and got a few things. One of my best finds was the game Lucky Ducks, which we have in Nova Scotia. Caleb really likes playing it and "ducky" is one of his new words now. One of the things he does, however, is take his plastic baseball bat and smash the ducks until they all fall off. He won't quit until they are all off, too. I guess there is no denying he is a boy!

After we got back from the sale, Alison and Heath headed out, but Heath wanted to go to Harbor Freight (and of course, so did Steve), so Steve took Caleb with him so I could get some work done. That was nice because of course I didn't do any work earlier in the day because of our company. It was a really great weekend with everyone and I wish we could see them more!

Monday we did our weekly grocery shopping at Trader Joe's and Shaws. It was St. Patrick's Day, so I dressed Caleb in green.

Caleb only took an hour nap on Monday, which made working a little more difficult than usual. He continues to fall asleep very quickly, though, which I am so happy about. I don't think there was anything else exciting that happened on Monday. Just laundry and getting cleaned up from the busy weekend.

Tuesday was more of the same. We went out again and did a little shopping. We ended up at the Dollar Store and got a couple of Easter things. Caleb was excited with a little Easter basket I got him.

He only napped for an hour again on Tuesday. But he did sleep 11 1/2 hours the night before, so that's not too surprising that the nap was short. He really doesn't seem to require much more than 12 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period.

Yesterday Caleb had a good day with Grammy and Grampy was around some. Grampy taught Caleb to say "I love you" and it actually sounds a lot like it.

Today we got up early and went up to Cedar Brook School to see Jonathan and his choir do a concert. We hadn't seen him since July, so it was really great to see him and the choir. They sounded great, but Caleb did get a little antsy so we were out in the hall for a little while.

Checking out some baby chicks at the school

 

My mom rode back from the school with us and we stopped at a couple of stores. I was really hoping Caleb would not fall asleep in the car on the way home because I needed to work while he napped after we got home. He was almost asleep at one point but they we stopped and that must have woken him up because luckily he did stay awake until we got home. I put him right down for a nap and he went to sleep quickly and slept 1 1/2 hours, so I was able to get some work done, which I desperately needed. And I just wrote this blog while Caleb ate lunch, but now he is done, so it is time to go play! Here are a few more pictures!