mama's first knitting project -- finished!!

for my first stab at knitting, i made a beanie-type hat for caleb. i had A LOT of help from my friend wendy (who is the one who taught me how to knit). she's a great teacher. well, i finished the hat this morning! here is my little cutie wearing it! doesn't he look absolutely precious?? :)

hopefully many more projects to come!!!

playing with the laundry basket

eight months!

WOW! caleb is already eight months! where has the time gone? here are his monthly pictures. stats to come next month, after his nine month doctor appointment. he is a big boy though! he's growing very nicely.

welcome 2010!

we are all looking forward to the year 2010 in our house (caleb is, but he doesn't know it)! many new adventures are coming our way, which we will be happily blogging about when they happen. :) we praise God for a wonderful 2009, the year in which we were blessed with our sweet caleb.

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!!

this just in....

caleb has his first tooth!! it may take a while to get a picture of it...he is very uncooperative when it comes to looking in his mouth. but he has one!! it's so cute.... :)

caleb's first Christmas tree

he's bigger than it! maybe it will get bigger each year as he gets bigger...we'll see. :) he was very intrigued with me putting it together and loved looking at it after i turned on the lights.

first football practice

getting to know the football

caleb's bottle

sometimes he will hold it...

sometimes he refuses and throws his hands out...

7 months

caleb has been in his 7th month for a week now! this past week has been a trying week for us. caleb has GOT to be teething big time. there are many signs that point to it, but no teeth yet to prove it! drooling, loose stools, swollen gums, fussy-fussy-fussiness. i didn't weigh him or measure his length this month. but i have the usual pictures! i think i'm going to need to figure something else out because he just isn't cooperating as well for these pictures these days.......