So, last Friday Caleb spent the day with Grammy and then Josie and Rissa in the afternoon. My mom got a really cute picture of Rissa and Caleb filling the bird feeder.
Caleb likes raspberries but only has them at Grammy's house because they are still too expensive for Mommy to buy!
Ball heaven!
Sabbath morning we woke up to a beautiful morning!
Love these two!
We went to Sabbath School and part of church and then I brought Caleb home for a nap because I knew church was going to get out really late because it was communion Sabbath. It was so gorgeous out that I actually sat out on the back deck in my new lounge chair that I got for my birthday while Caleb napped. It was so nice and so welcome after the long winter we have had. Caleb slept for an hour and 40 minutes and then we went to my parents' house for lunch and it was perfect timing for when everyone got home from church. We had a lovely lunch that my mom made at my request for my birthday meal and we had some of our friends over for lunch as well. After lunch, we went on a really nice walk with lots of people from our church. We have so many beautiful walks on the Cape, so we go for a lot of walks in the spring and summer. This was our first one of the year and a lot of people showed up because it was so beautiful.
We had to leave the walk before everyone else did because it was getting late and we needed to get Caleb ready for bed. Having Caleb definitely changes our lifestyle, but we are usually able to still go to things, but we just leave early. After Caleb went to bed, I worked for awhile because I knew I wouldn't get too much time to work on Sunday.
Sunday morning I didn't work at all because we were having a baby shower for our good friend Tiffany and I had to get some things ready for it. I was in charge of the games and I also had to make some spinach balls. The shower was at 11:00, so I left Caleb at home with Steve so he could nap and so I could also enjoy myself without having to worry about Caleb! Before I left for the shower, we had some fun outside.
My new lounge chair
Getting around pretty good
Caleb did a good job putting the cover on the bucket
The baby shower was a lot of fun. As I mentioned, I was in charge of the games. The first game we did was baby food testing.
After that game, we opened presents. During that time, we played another game. It was really cute. Everyone has an index card and writes a question on it that a new mother would have (When will my baby sleep through the night?, etc.). Then everyone passes their card to the left so they have a new card. Then they turn it over and write the answer to their original question on the back of the new card. Then we had everyone read the combinations of questions and answers and of course the answers didn't go with the questions at all, so it was funny. Everyone really liked it. Tiffany got a lot of great gifts. They will be moving to Puerto Rico about a month after the baby is born, so that is going to be hard.
After the presents, we played one last game before eating. I had gotten different types of candy bars and melted them and put them in diapers so they looked like poop and then people had to sniff and taste them and guess what kind of candy they were. Not too many people played, but those that did had fun.
Smells better than the ones she'll be changing in about 6 months!
Too bad Tiffany wasn't in the picture with us! Oh well!
I stayed and helped my mom clean up after the shower and then I met Steve and Caleb at the school because the kids were having an art show and a bake sale. It was very nice and we enjoyed seeing the kids' work.
Playing in the pastor's car after the art show
I can't remember what else we did for the rest of the day. Probably nothing because it had already been a very busy day!
Monday was my mom's birthday and it was another gorgeous day! In the morning Caleb and I went out and did some grocery shopping and then went and got a birthday present for my mom and to the Centerville playground. Caleb had a fun time there, but we had to get home for his nap, so we didn't stay real long. It will be great when the weather is warmer all the time and we can stay longer because we can go earlier in the morning.
Just browsing the flyer
Monday afternoon we were going to try to take a walk with my mother for her birthday, but she ended up being too busy (which is so sad), so we just went over to my parents' house for a little while instead so we could give my mom her presents. Also, my dad had been gone for the weekend, so he really wanted to see Caleb.
On Tuesday we went to our playgroup at the library and it was very chaotic. There are new babies every week now and I think we had 12 there this week. Caleb always has a fun time there, but he is the biggest and by default, the roughest, so I have to watch him with the smaller ones. There are no pictures because I am too busy keeping an eye on him! I really can't remember what else we did on Tuesday. Probably not much.
I didn't work on Wednesday this week because my boss needed me to come in on Thursday for something. So, I worked Thursday and Friday (which really threw me off). So, Wednesday I was home and it was a chilly day. We took a trip to Market Basket and Carters, because I heard Carters had some good clearance deals (and they did!). That took up most of our morning until naptime. After naptime, we just got ready for company coming this weekend and cleaned the house a little and made some food. When Steve got home from work we went for a walk with the dogs.
So yesterday I went to work and Grammy had Caleb all day. Thursday is our other playgroup day and I didn't really want Caleb to miss it, so my mom took him. I think they had fun!
They were very busy the rest of the day as well. Grammy really keeps Caleb hopping because she is so busy and has so many things going on. I think he keeps her on her toes as well now that he is running around everywhere!
Today Caleb went back to Grammy's and she had him all day again because Josie and Rissa didn't come help in the afternoon. Grampy watched Caleb for awhile this morning while Grammy was at an estate sale and they had a lot of fun. Grampy said that he followed Caleb around the house for over an hour, just walking around looking (and touching, I'm sure) at things. This afternoon Caleb got another haircut from Wendy because his hair has been out of control lately. It looks so cute and he did a really good job sitting there.
I wish I had a comparison, but this picture looks a lot like Rad did when he was little
After work today we met my parents and Jen at the Thai restaurant. Rad was supposed to meet us but he went to a wake and the line was really long, so he didn't make it in time. We had a nice time. We got home later than usual but I sped up Caleb's feeding and still got him to bed at a decent time.
Something that Caleb learned to do this week is open and close the piano. I was proud of him that he learned it, but then he pinched a finger in there and hurt himself, so that was too bad.
Caleb also learned how to say "poo poo" this week and now when I ask him what is in his diaper, he will say it. I think it's pretty cute. I also have been noticing that he looks like he is getting one of his bottom molars in and tonight it looked red, so I think it is about to push through.
Well, I guess that's about it for now! Happy Easter!
He knows how to brush his hair
Checking out the computers at his future school - we had to stop there on our way home Thursday to help my mom with getting set up for a meeting
I know I am partially biased but you have such a seriously cute kid. Love that green vest!
ReplyDeleteOh, I can't wait until he's talking away. If you thought you loved him now, just wait!!