8.05.2009

the progression...

before caleb was born, a friend gave me a stuffed animal so that i could take monthly pictures of caleb with it to see his growth progression...here are the first three months and a bonus from early on...
nine days old...
one month...
two months...
three months...
he's definitely gotten longer!! he's giving that frog a run for his money!!

8.03.2009

hungry girl cookies

we love chocolate chip cookies in our family. since most of us are doing the biggest loser challenge, we wanted to find a very low-fat, low-cal way to make them. i'm a big fan of hungry girl so we searched her website for a chocolate chip cookie recipe. we found one and made them and they were pretty good (nothing close to nestle tollhouse, the best ever, but good, nonetheless).
here are some of the ingredients in hg's cookies which differ from other cookies.



here is the final product.

try them!

natalie's wedding

on saturday, we took the trek down to the l.a. area again for my friend natalie's wedding! it was beautiful and caleb was so good! here are some pictures from the day.

the happy couple
family portrait
trying to get out of his seat
me, curtis, natalie, amanda, and stacey
their centerpieces
their cake (i didn't get to taste it, but it sure is cute!)
it's so fun to see friends get married and start life with the one they love.
congratulations natalie and curtis! many blessings to you both!

8.02.2009

i want one of these...

i think caleb would absolutely love being able to jump and bounce around in one of these. i just need to figure out a door frame for my doorways with no doors...
or

everybody needs a kidco baby food grinder.......

thanks mom! :) looking forward to using it!

7.30.2009

this past week...

i can't believe it's been a week already and i haven't posted! it's hard to find the time, especially when i don't have internet at the moment at my house - hopefully that will all be fixed sometime next week! so here is caleb's week in pictures, with a few comments in between...
caleb loves looking at his hands.
these two pictures were taken last thursday at the church office where grandma works and i work on the church's website (and they also have super fast internet that i like to use sometimes). :)
on friday, caleb giggled/laughed for the first time! (as far as i know, anyways!) he's laughed a couple more times since then - it's so fun to hear! :) this picture is right after he laughed. i think i captured the moment well.
i don't have any pictures of him on saturday, but he got to spend all afternoon with grandpa and grandma, and then we went to uncle ed and aunt katie's house for dinner!
sunday was a fun-filled day. aunt annie came back from her super long trip across the u.s. and my parents were going to go see her and help her put up some ceiling fans. farmer was tagging along, so i asked if caleb and i could come too.
this first picture is from the ride up. farmer wanted caleb to listen to veggie tales, so here he is with huge headphones on him. listening to a veggie tales movie takes a lot of concentration, i guess. :)
next we got to aunt annie's house and grandpa got to work putting up the fans. here is a picture of a job well done, and then some extra bonus pictures we took because caleb and farmer are irresistible!
aunt annie found some adorable work gloves for farmer on her trip. here he is posing with them.
after we left aunt annie's and made the one hour trip home, we dropped farmer off at his house where they were having a bbq. we stayed a while and i took a picture of caleb in archer's bumbo. i love these things! i'm going to get one for caleb soon. i hope he loves it as much as i do!
on monday, caleb got to spend the morning at grandma's while i went to aerobics. I LOVE AEROBICS! i never thought i would, but i look forward going to it every monday and friday. the women who go are wonderful and i'm loving getting to know them all better and spending time with them. no pictures from today. :(
on tuesday, caleb was 12 weeks! what a big boy. :) primo and i go swimming at my uncle sam and aunt sue's house on tuesday mornings and this tuesday we took caleb with us (not in the pool; just to hangout). i took a couple of pictures of him chillin' in his carseat. i took one later while he was sleeping, just to have a 12 week picture.
on wednesday, we went down to hollywood with aunt katie and archer. archer had an appointment down there and caleb and i went along for the ride. here are archer and caleb hanging out.
when we got home from our little outing, we went to grandma's house where aunt annie, claire, bauer, and farmer were. we had a delicious chicken salad dinner and of course took more pictures! aunt annie and caleb both had on all green so we had to take a picture of that! there are some other bonus pictures too.
it was a great week! we got to see all the people we love the most!
hopefully we'll get to post again before next thursday. if not, look forward to a long post again! :)

7.23.2009

randomness

he looks a little scared in this one...

the slicked-back look
he loves his bear friends in his pack and play!

11 weeks already!

playmat sleeping...

caleb loves going to sleep on his playmat. he finds quite interesting positions when he does.

half on, half off




booty up

i need your opinion!

so my mom and i are finally starting caleb's quilt - 2 1/2 months after his arrival. :) we cut all the pieces, but now we're deciding how to piece it together! please comment and let me know if you like 1, 2, or 3. i'm not going to say yet which one i like best - i want unbiased opinions! :)

first, here are the fabrics we're using...
now here are your choices!
number 1:
number 2:
number 3:
i'm so excited that we're finally starting it - maybe it will get done before he's 3 months old! probably 4...maybe even 5. :)