Fun with Poppy!

I am so blessed to be able to leave Kaleb with Gammie and Poppy while Kevin and I are at work. If there was any doubt that he would be well cared for or played with, they are definitely washed away by these pics! I called Mom yesterday on my way home and could hardly hear her over the coos from Kaleb and baby talk from Poppy. You could tell -even over the phone- that they were having a blast! I am actually not sure who was having more fun--Kaleb or Poppy!




Kaleb -who is of course the smartest 2 month old EVER-- has learned some tricks!
One of his favorite things to do is stand up! If he is sitting and you grab his hands--he's going to pull himself up. If you try to keep him from standing up and just pull him up to a sitting position--he screams! He some times stands up so much in one day that his little legs will be shaking!




His other favorite past time is blowing spit bubbles! He's actually gotten pretty good!

I cannot wait to see what other "tricks" he has in store for us!!

Big Boy!!

Well, as most of you know, Kaleb is a little piggy!! At last weigh in (last week) he weighed a whopping 13.6 lbs. He is growing soooooo fast! So fast, in fact, that his usual milk feedings just aren't cutting it! So, we have begun a little cereal! He LOVES it!

I just cannot believe that he is already eating (well sort of) from a spoon! And boy does he have an attitude! You almost cannot shovel it fast enough into his mouth. And trust me, he lets you know if you are not going fast enough! He is such a piggy that you can barely even burp him anymore. Everytime I stop feeding him to burp (which usually is only once) he screams at the top of his lungs! This is no cry-it's a scream. High pitched, mouth wide open, neck stretched, legs out straight, SCREAM!! It's really too cute! A little annoying at 5 am--but still cute!!

Our House!!

Ok, so I know that this post is a long time coming, but we've been pretty busy! We still don't have internet, so I am trying to get things posted from work!! Anyhow, here's our new house!!

This is us signing our lives away! If you've never bought a home--it's Ridiculous!! There were soooo many papers to sign and most of them said the exact same things.
I thought this looked pretty cool--our house coming down the dirt road!

This is our house in it's final resting place!

Kaleb enjoyed being outside while they set up the house!

He also had a good time playing with Poppy!

This is my FAVORITE part of the house! My BIG bathtub! It's AMAZING!

The second best room in the house! My closet (which has turned into OUR closet)

This is our kitchen from the living room!

And more kitchen!

Our view from the kitchen/dining room windows! So much better than someone else's house, backyard or a street!!! Yay for the country.

Then there's the view from the front. Not as nice ;) Just kidding! It's really great being so close to Mom and Dad--yet still in a separate house!!!

So, this is it. Our new house! There are, of course, more rooms--but I won't bore you with the pics of emptiness! We have actually finally moved in and are almost unpacked! I will get pics of that up as soon as the house is clean!! (If that point in time ever exists!!)

Happy 2 Months!!

First--pretend as though I am writing this on Wednesday night and not Thursday morning...

Kaleb is 2 months old!! We had our 2 month checkup today! I am happy to report that Kaleb is VERY healthy. He weighs a whopping 12 lbs 7 oz--which puts him the 75th percentile--and is 24 in long--which puts him in the 90th percentile!! Needless to say, Kevin was very proud!! But, along with measurements, the 2 month checkup means shots...:( Kaleb, although he screamed the worst scream I've ever heard, took them like a champ. About one minute of screaming, then sound asleep!

So what have we learned in our first two months?

*sleep is highly over rated
*Daddy's are good with smiles, bad with screams
*work is highly over rated (do we really need two incomes?)
*Even better than seeing your baby smile for the first time is seeing your husbands face when he smiles at his for the first time!
*ALWAYS approach the diaper "side peek" with caution
*Sometimes, you just have to let them cry
*Things that used to be such high priorities, just aren't anymore. (showering, brushing your teeth, eating...)

I promise to get better at blogging soon. I know that I have been slacking! Between going back to work and getting our house and being at Mom's with her SLOW connection, it just hasn't been working...I will get better!!

Smiles!

Kaleb is so much more aware of his surroundings these days! He has started smiling more now, and it is very obviously not related to gas! (although he does a lot of that too!) We have our two month check up next week, so we'll have the doctor's measurements, but by our scale our little man is a whopping 11.5 lbs!

Here are some cute pics from today!




He is smiling so good in this one--I had it rotated when I uploaded it--why is it not rotated anymore?

On another front, we signed the papers on our house Saturday and it will be delivered tomorrow!! Stay tuned for pictures!!

What a STRONG little man!

I finally caught a good picture of Kaleb holding his head up! He's such a big STRONG boy!!

Ava Grace

Well, she has arrived. Our friends Sam and Kinsey Johnson welcomed the beautiful Ava Grace into our world at 8:04 Sunday night. She weighed 7 lbs and was 19 in. What a GREAT Mother's Day gift!

She is the spitting image of her father!!

I knew that Kaleb was going to look big next to her, but I never dreamed just how big he would look! While he wasn't ever quite as small as her, he was close--just a short 6 weeks ago! Even now, without Ava next to him, he looks so big! He is no longer my little curled up newborn. Man how time does fly!

Kaleb was very excited to meet his new friend and future bride! He even went prepared with a conversation starter!

While they may not actually get married, they will always be friends. What a sweet keepsake this will be! They already look like the perfect match...they can nap together forever!!

On the Kaleb front...not only is he growing so much in size (we are wearing a good bit of 3 month clothing--at 6 weeks), but also in intelligence and and skills! He is getting VERY good at holding up his head. In fact, it is pretty rare that we have to hold it while holding him upright. He is working very hard on keeping his head up while laying on his tummy...and if the tv is in front of him he does a really good job! He is getting really strong with his legs and is already putting some good strength behind his pushing--I think he is going to give Joey a run for his money on the diapering--I am going to have to quickly master Rachel's technique! He is becoming more and more alert everyday and has started cooing more and more! Those of you who haven't seen him in a while will be amazed at the difference! I cannot believe how fast this is all happening!