grins and giggles

Caeden went with daddy to the store and got to pick out a new helmet and decided he probably needed elbow and knee pads too. He is one excited little guy! And I got a smile of the munchkin on camera, yeah!!! Love to all!

6 weeks and doing great!

I had my six week check up today and all is well. Whoo hoo, sex is back on the table. :) I know some of you are thinking too much information, but come on that's what everybody is hoping to hear at their appointment after having had a baby. I get to start working out now too. :) Caleb is doing great as well. He is continuing to roll himself over, (he is one strong tigger). He is sleeping better at night and continues to melt our hearts with his smiles. We will get a smile on camera one of these days. (A new post on Caeden is below as well.) I am not nearly as good at staying on top of blogging with 2 little munchkins, sorry. :)

Big boy bike....

Caeden is officially riding a "big boy" bike from his cousins Nicholas and Scotty. He has been wanting to try out the training wheels forever and we thought his legs were too short. One day we were in the back yard and he begged me to put him on and walah he fit. We took him out that night and he quickly became a pro. He is very excited about family bike rides where he gets to peddle fast on his own. He is also dressing himself these days (i.e. the outfit in the pic. :))
Another couple of funny lines this week from the bud...
1. I was wearing my own brown belt that apparently looked like Daddy's and he said, "Ah, mom you are wearing dad's seat belt." :)
2. We were at a friends house that has a hermit crab and he was telling me the next morning, "I sure liked holding that "crab walker."
3. We were at the park and I was wearing my hooter hider while feeding Caleb. Caeden came over and said, "mom, why do you wear that, because otherbodies don't want to see your boob?" I said, yes, and dad replied, "well, otherbodies do want to see her boob that's why we cover her up." " Oh" he said. Thank you daddy for the giggle.

Wow, 1 month already!

I can't believe it!! We went to Caleb's 1 month appointment today. He has grown 1 inch since birth and is now 22 and a half inches long. He weighs 11 lbs and 8 oz's and checks out great. He has already rolled over from his tummy to his back twice and because of that the Dr. said he would expect an early walker, around 8 months or so. We will see but that could keep me on my toes pretty quick here. :) However, I didn't happen to mention that we let him sleep on his stomach and he rolled over both times because he was so mad we hadn't come to pick him up yet. None the less he still mustard up the strength to roll. :)
It has been so fun getting to know Caleb in this last month. We had a hard first week learning through his in's and outs but now feel like we have a pretty predictable little one! He is very clear on what he wants and he will let you know it! Here are a few bullets on things people have been asking.... (ok minus the one on his bowel movements. :) )
1. He is definitly a thinker and analyzer like his daddy. He has certain looks that he gives that just crack us up, we'd love to know what he is really thinking. I love that at such an early stage we can see little glimpses into their personalities!!
2. He has been sleeping pretty well at night. He gets up every 3 to 4 hours to feed but will go back down pretty easily. However, during the day he will stay up for 5 hours at a time. Everything I have read says he should sleep more than he does during the day, but I figure if he is pretty content he must be ok.
3. He fits right in with his dad and brother and can fart with the best of them already. He is a big time spit up, barf, poop, farter guy.... it cracks me up as I am always changing some article of clothing on someone in our house. Bibs and spit up rags have become new found friends as I never used them with Caeden.
4. As serious as Caleb is most of the time he gives smiles pretty consistently that just melt our hearts.

It has been a joy to watch how differently God has made our two boys, I love how creative our God is!!