happy thanksgiving!

for caleb's first thanksgiving, we went over to grandpa and grandma braun's house to eat and enjoy the day. aunt annie was there along with uncle ed and aunt katie, claire, bauer, farmer, archer, and grandpa and graner frantz. it was nice and relaxing. caleb enjoyed eating carrots and potatoes very much. claire and annie -- silly like always. :)

couldn't resist

the chicago bears came to san francisco...

...and we were there! thursday, november 12, we enjoyed a trip up to san francisco for the day to see the bears play the 49ers. even though the bears didn't win, we had a great time as a family there. it was real cold, but we made sure we were bundled up tight!
primo and caleb getting pumped up for the game before we left.

caleb sportin' his jersey.

we made it!

up the escalator we go!

football stadiums are so cool.

a big bears fan and a little bears fan.

all of us with my mad self-portrait skills.

some of the bears coming out to warm up.

me and caleb snuggling.

a couple more of caleb enjoying his first nfl game.

fun times.

6 months.....two weeks later

so two weeks ago, on november 5th, our baby boy was 6 months old! here are his pictures from that day.

also, here are his growth stats: 18 lbs., 27 3/4 in. -- he's our growing big boy!

caleb does all sorts of cool things these days. he eats real food, peas being his current favorite. he can sit up on his own (most of the time). he babbles a TON, except lately it's been more of a grunt than babble. he can inch towards something if he REALLY wants it, but he has to really want it. otherwise, he'll just stay put and stare at it. some nights he sleeps all night without needing to be fed, some nights feeding him is the only thing that works to calm him down. he seems to be scared of water and anytime bath time comes around, he holds on tight to me. he knows how to pinch -- and it HURTS. no teeth yet, but i think he's teething. i can't think of anything else exciting at the moment...he's just an all around cool kid. :)