Loving the Holiday Season!

We had a blast at Thanksgiving! My sister and her husband John and my nephew Andrew got to come up from Greeville, SC for a whole week. A week seems like a long time, but it goes by WAY too fast. I love getting to see them and now it is so much fun watching the boys interact. Andrew is 2 1/2 now. I think he liked Caleb better when he couldn't move because now Caleb wants to play with the same toys as he does!! haha Wish we got to see them more.

Best picture we could get of everyone minus Ricky because he was hunting.

Every year I say that "it just doesn't feel like Christmas yet". Well, this year it does feel like Christmas for the first time in a long time. I don't know if its having a child now, or that fact that I'm not working full time give me more time to actually think about it. I am throughly enjoying slowly getting the decorations out, baking some goodies and burning yummy smelling candles! We finished decorating our Christmas tree yesterday, but I'm seriously thinking about removing all the ornaments from the bottom of the tree. Christmas bulbs look just like Caleb's favorite toy - a ball! Yes, so he yanks them off the tree, eats some glitter of the ornament and then throws it as hard as he can. Yikes!! Thinking I may just have to have a weird looking tree this year.


Caleb is walking everywhere. He has also learned how to stand up now without holding onto anything. He rarely crawls now, but he also has lots more injuries now. Caleb had his one year appointment on Tuesday and he had a bruise on each leg, a scratch across his face, two bruises on his forehead and a busted lip. I was just sure that they may call the authorities on me!! The doctor just laughed and said "you must have a little daredevil".

Caleb with some of his new birthday toys.

Caleb is a healthy little peanut! He weighs 20 pounds now and is 29 inches tall. He eats like a little piglet, but has decided that he doesn't like milk. He will only drink water, so we will keep trying the milk I guess. And his newest love is books...if anyone every gets bored please come over and read Caleb a book because he wears us out wanting us to read constantly!!

Caleb chasing me down with a book while I try and take his picture.

Reading, again.

We felt very blessed last Christmas to have Caleb here, but he slept through all Christmas parties!! haha We are SO looking forward to Christmas with Caleb this year. Yeah, he still doesn't have a clue what is going on, but he loves to visit with everyone, tear the wrapping paper and at least he'll be awake for pictures this year!!