First Birthday

I don't feel like posting a bunch of pictures but here are a few.

Here is Caleb's smash cake before it became his

 He loved eating cake.  Notice both hands are full (he isn't showing a particular handeness at this time).  I would say he has eaten about half. 

 He's sharing with Daddy

 Going to town, eating, eating and still eating until...

 We took the cake away.  This is all that was left when we said, no more.  It is a bit decieving b/c there is  white plate under the cake.  There isn't much left. 

Max wanted some cake also.  This is where you can find Max after every meal.  It really is the perfect height for him.

Fall is in the air

Can you believe Caleb is almost 1 year old? I can't.  Time has started flying.

Oh so a quick warning before you see any photos, Caleb is sporting a Harry Potter look.  Not it's not his Halloween costume (Chris wants him to be Yoda, we already have a tiger outfit so we will see).  Caleb was at day care playing with a toy, which evidently the battery cover fell off leaving an exposed edge.  Caleb stood up and scraped his  head.   They say it didn't bleed but clearly the first layer of skin was removed.  Okay thats all I will say about that.

On saturday I went to Costco and brought home a bunch of meat and stuff.  Which always takes a while to put away since you have to break it down and date everything.  So Caleb crawled into the box and started playing.  Adorable

I love Fall clothing.  I finally get to dress Caleb in sweater vests again.  I love a good sweater vest.  When Caleb got home from church, post lunch (a must if you want a happy baby and not a grouchy terror) he tried to pull out my quizzes from my work bag but I told him no and he listened.  So very exciting to interact and see what all he understands.  Well of course he had to grab something from the bag so he grabbed my calculator (yes it is an old one).

Scene of the crime

Putting the lid on the table.  He seems to enjoy stacking things and putting things on the table.

Attacking mommy.  

Later that day we played outside, while glancing at the Blue Angles flying over head.  Couldn't see a whole lot because apparently they were turning around and getting back into formation above our house.  The noise was awesome and the few views we did get were spectacular.  Can't wait for Caleb to enjoy it.

He was going to town with these sticks.  

The boys playing with sticks.

I thought this was a good picture for perspective.  Caleb is still not out of range of the tale but one day he will be free of the tail to the face.  Currently he sees it coming and starts blinking more rapidly than normal.  He doesn't appear to be bothered by it (most days).

I love the action shot.  And yes he often walks with something in his hands, usually something large.

Caleb is showing so much more personality these days.  It is so much fun, and at times annoying.  He is a strong willed child, which is putting it nicely.  This can be difficult since I"m a working mom who only gets to see him for two hours in the evenings which is usually his fussiest of times.  I try to treasure my Saturdays and not fill them up too much. But some times I just get bored, and well so does Caleb.  Sundays are always a blur, so much happening and nap time comes a few hours late.  Yep if you know anything about babies, they like routine, so a few hours late is a big deal.  But we love going to church and seeing all of our friends and being involved.  So it is what it is.  And you know, he gets over it and is happy as a clam the next day.  Actually he is happy as a clam on sundays as long as he is around other people.  Such a social little guy. Okay so that was a bit of a tangent to get to my earlier point of I really have to treasure my moments with Caleb as he is growing up so very very fast.

His one year birthday is right around the corner and I still have no theme.  I should get on that, as I should also be fixing a test, creating a worksheet, finish grading quizzes, decide what to do about the not so fabulous grades and record them, oh and I'm finishing laundry, cleaning the kitchen and ignoring the dust/leaves that is accumulating around my floor.  So much to do and so little desire to do it all.  Yes that list is all stuff that needs to happen tonight.  Oh well, I had a fun weekend.

Check out the raised eyebrow (he gets that from his dad).

Check out the raised eyebrow (he gets that from his dad)

Playing with Aunt Tonya in the Tupperware cabinet

Family photo (and I have no idea what is going on with my hair)

In an earlier post I mentioned that Caleb broke our camera.  To be more specific he broke the view screen.  His new favorite thing is to throw balls, or anything round.  He lifts them over his head and then throws it.  Well he threw a hard plastic ball directly on top of the camera busting the screen.  This week he has been so adorable that i picked up the camera and started snapping like crazy in hopes of getting one good shot.  So here is what we did on Wednesday afternoon, Sunday morning and on Sunday afternoon.

Helping mommy sweep the leaves off the back deck (we have a tree that goes through the back deck and it started shedding leaves in July, maybe June, oh and he picked up the broom and started playing with it.  He did not like it when I tried to take it away)

Playing with the swiffer sweeper don't know why he loves this thing but he follows me around every time I pull it out (while Max runs away).

Action shot.  What a great helper one day

Such a sweet smily baby (don't hate on me because you can still see the supplies from breakfast in the back ground, we had pumpkin pancakes.  Hooray for fall)

They are playing together.  I can't believe I caught it on film.  So the story is a bit more like Caleb was walking around with the toy and Max decided he wanted it so he took it, but Caleb has a firm grip so it took a bit of tugging before Max got it.

Here's an action shot before Max took the toy.  I love that Caleb hunches his shoulders when he is excited and trying to "run" somewhere. In case you are curious what Max is doing he is sticking cleaning out he highchair of any remnants of food.  It is so helpful to have a large dog around, notice his head is just the right height for the high chair.  

Another action shot.  It makes me smile

Another new fascination, placing items on top of tables, shelves, cabinets.  Then he retrieves them later (assuming he can reach that high again, and yes my house is a disaster.  Caleb was playing with the empty creamer bottle and dropped where he was no longer interested in it and I didn't see it until after I got all snap happy with the camera)

This is how Caleb stands up.  He is pretty fast at it now, but Chris was pointing out how funny it would be if adults stood up like this.  

Look at that grin as he runs past me.