caleb's first birthday party!

we celebrated caleb's first birthday on may 2. we were joined by lots of family and friends.

caleb getting ready for his party. i had fun with his hair, but tamed it down for the party.

appetizers and drinks.

the birthday boy and his daddy.

most of the kids who partied with us.

caleb was dedicated to the Lord at his party. pastor joey and grandpa roger tag-teamed the event. it was very special and primo and i look forward to teaching and raising caleb in the Lord.

caleb's first pinata experience!

all that was left of mickey after 12 kids attacked him.

cousin aaron and mickey.

we had another pinata that the older kids got to attack -- spiderman!

all that was left of spiderman (claire got to finish him off):

oh...there were a couple other body parts left too....

next up: cake! it took caleb a little while to realize what he needed to do with the cake. eventually he got the idea and ate away. my mom made cupcakes and my sister annie decorated them! they looked like they came from a bakery, they did such a good job. i put the animal picks in them. :) we had rosie's make the farm cake and they gave us a free cake just for caleb!

(mickey was making the rounds, making sure he visited everybody)

caleb's cousins enjoyed the cupcakes!

caleb and his great grandparents - grandpa roger and graner!

the ocampo family.

driving the tractor.

caleb loved the balloons!

caleb with his aunt annie.

caleb with grandpa barry.

it was a super fun party, but i know that only first birthdays will get this much attention!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, MY SWEET BABY!!

Christmas festivities!

we had a great and very fun first Christmas with caleb. it all started getting ready for the Christmas Eve service at church........

then after the service, we went to grandpa barry and grandma melissa's house for potato soup and zwiebach. great-grandpa roger and graner were there, along with uncle sam, aunt sue, tara, aaron, aunt annie, aunt katie, and the four kids.

then we went home and opened presents.....caleb didn't have any to open that night, but he had his stocking in the morning!

i made a yummy breakfast of chilaquiles, chorizo and eggs, and refried beans -- YUM.

then it was off to great-grandpa roger and graner's house to celebrate Christmas with the frantz family! caleb cried on the way there.....

doesn't it look like he took this picture of himself?

at the house...

he'd be happy with newspaper for Christmas...

with archer -- his first Christmas too!

after great-grandpa roger and graner's house, we went to grandpa barry and grandma melissa's house. caleb got a "stocking" there too...

caleb's big gift from grandpa and grandma was this awesome wagon! he and archer enjoyed sitting in it, although i never was able to get both of them to look at me.....

we promptly left for the beach after this braun family Christmas. we had a good weekend there, but i forgot my camera! we're looking forward to a great 2010 with our little boy! he seems so much older every day!!