The Happy Dance

That's what we've been doing around here this morning. Because after only two nights of Caleb re-learning how to sleep he has remembered! Only this time he's not waking up once and I'm NOT going in and nursing him. Caleb succesfully slept ALL THROUGH the night last night! Yes. Shocker! Wait. Really? Yes. We couldn't believe it either. In fact Dave and I kept waking up through the night even though Caleb wasn't making a peep. We heard him once around 3 and anxiously waited for his cries to escalate but they never did and sometime in those 3 minutes that passed I fell asleep. Dave so kindly woke me up to tell me that Caleb fell back asleep. I so kindly told him I would have figured that out when I woke up later and he didn't need to bother waking me up to let me know!
Anyways. We'll be having a sleep celebration tonight. It's been a 'sleep crazed' ten months of good nights, bad nights, and it feels like finally we're getting to that happy land of sleep that I have long since forgotten about and only dreamed about. hehe
We're so proud of you Caleb!

Sleepy Mondays

So we're sleep training. AGAIN. The teething fiasco is over and our little guy has forgotten how to sleep through the night again. Big surprise there! He'll get there. So we're on to round 2. Since Caleb has taken to standing in his crib and the crying bits are louder than his six month old cries...and last longer too...the first night was a wee bit rough. 45 minutes...with 3 check-ins from dad...and a second waking lasting only 20 minutes. But only two awakenings the first night. Hurray. Last night Caleb only woke up once for 20 minutes and only one check-in from dad. (Notice I'm not the one checking in. That's because I cave. Big time. Pick him up. Rock him. And of course. Nurse him!)

Casa de Fruta

Caleb had quite the adventure at Casa de Fruta. We went there with his playgroup. I never even realized all the 'kid friendly' things they had there. Train rides, carousal, playground, picnic tables, grass, and animals. So much fun stuff. Caleb loved it. He really enjoyed the train ride. It was so relaxing that he almost fell asleep in my arms. He giggled on the carousal. And of course what's a day without food?! We had a blast and can't wait to go back.
Holding hands with his bff for the drive.

Sharing food with miss. c

smiling for the camera

getting ready for the 'choo choo train'

i'm not sure who was more excited, us or the babes.

enjoying the sights on the ride

checking out the animals

about to ride on the carousal

Fun times with my little guy!

BFF

Caleb loves holding hands.

A new way to eat cheerios

This is Caleb mid cheerio bite. (after waking up at 5am. thank you kindly to those budding teeth)

10 Months!

Happy 10 Months Caleb! I can't believe you will be one year old in two months! Our little baby boy is becoming a toddler before our very eyes. You are crawling now all over the place. You are a little spastic in your crawl but love to sprint to your destination (sprinter in training like dad?) You laugh so much over all our goofy antics, especially when you're doing something you shouldn't be (we're in trouble!). You really are such a goof, blowing bubbles and making all kinds of silly sounds to grab our attention. We love it. You enjoy sitting at the dinner table and entertaining us with all your silly sounds. What a little ham. We love watching you grow and discover your world Caleb. You bring us so much joy!

And I almost forgot, you are getting your two top teeth in! You've been pretty fussy because of it this past week, but thanks to some wonder working teething tablets, you are able to sleep peacefully again-and so are we! Can't wait to see those pearly whites.

We love you Caleb Lincoln!

Flower Shopping

We got our flowers and we planted them! Caleb was a big help. He sat up loud and proud in the shopping cart and tried to grab every flower within reach.
colorful trunk of flowers
our lil' cutie

ta...da...
Caleb enjoying the view of the plants...