Can't Believe

I can't believe Caleb is 6 months old tomorrow. The time has flown by and I know it will just keep getting faster and faster. I found myself thinking the other day that having Caleb was the best decision we had ever made...besides deciding to get married of course. What a blessing he is to our lives!

Caleb's First Santa Picture

Here it is!

Our first sick day

Well, Caleb has the Roseola virus and had to stay home from school today. He will probably be out of school for the rest of the week. I stayed home with him today just to make sure that he was ok. I think I handled the day pretty well...until tonight. Chris went to church for a little while tonight, so I was at home with Caleb alone again. I fed him (which is a big ordeal since he doesn't want to eat right now) and tried to put him to bed. He obviously did not want to go to bed though and screamed and cried for around 30 minutes. By the time Chris got home, I was in tears and at my wits end. It was so nice to be able to pass him off and get a break finally.

Since this is Caleb's first big illness (he has had colds, ear infections, etc....no big deal!), I have been a little nervous. Especially since it involves a fairly high fever. I know everything is going to be ok, but it is awful watching him knowing that he is uncomfortable and not being able to do a darn thing about it. I can't wait till he can talk and at least let me know what hurts so I can do something about it. I would do anything to make him feel better, but I just dont know what is the matter at this point.

I am praying that he will feel better tomorrow and that the fever will break. Until then, I'll be one stressed out mom. :)

Where did the dot go?

Ok, so I check the map on the left side of my blog pretty often to see where people are who are looking at my blog. There used to be a big dot around the Colorado area. It is not there anymore. Where did the dot go? I'm very confused.

We've Mastered Rolling

Well, just in the course of the day yesterday, Caleb mastered rolling over from his back to his stomach. He's a rolling fool now! You can barely lay him down and he's already rolled over. The problem is he doesn't like to be on his stomach at all. So in the middle of the night last night he rolled over twice....once at 2 a.m. and once at 4 a.m. And since he refuses to roll back over he just sat there and cried until I came and turned him back over. All I can say is he better decide to roll back over or learn how to sleep on his stomach pretty quick because things could really get out of hand if he keeps this up.

It is truly amazing how fast babies learn things. Once Caleb has done something new, it is like he has totally mastered it and is ready for the next new thing. It won't be long before my baby is getting around all by himself and getting into things. I can't wait till he can crawl or walk because it will open so many new forms of entertainment to him and new ways for us to play with him. My mom says she always was excited about each new step we took as babies and kids, and I am so excited about all of the new things that Caleb is doing and all of the new things that he will learn and experience in the future. He really gets more and more fun all of the time.

Never Thought It Would Happen to Me...

I just went down to play with Caleb after lunch, and while down there I finally saw him roll over from his back to his stomach. He has been doing it since last Friday night, but I just hadn't seen it yet.

The funny (or maybe not so funny) part of the story is that I was playing with him by holding him up in the air above my head. While doing this, he spit up all over my face. I could see it coming at me in slow motion but didn't have time to do anything about it. Then I just froze until someone ran over to take him from me. I probably should have had my mouth closed, but it struck me as so darn funny that I was cracking up. No, it didn't go in my mouth...that would have been gross and not so funny.

I had seen this kind of thing on tv before (America's Funniest Home Videos in the olden days) and didn't think I would think it was funny at all if that happened to me. I guess I was wrong. Though if it had gotten in my mouth, I definitely would not have thought it was funny.

Just another way that I have now been indoctrinated into parenting.

Rearranging Furniture

We are going to get rid of our coffee table in our living room, so Chris decided that it was the perfect time to rearrange our furniture. I am not big on change, but every time I have ever rearranged furniture I decide that I like the new way better. This time was no exception. With no coffee table and with the furniture moved, it looks like there is a lot more room in the living room. I love open spaces, so this makes me happy!

Since we stayed at Chris' brother's house (Hi Marcus & Amanda!!!) over Thanksgiving and saw how clean and un-cluttered their house is, we have been wanting to clean out our house and get rid of a bunch of stuff. We haven't had much time to work on it since Thanksgiving, but maybe during the Christmas holidays we can make some headway on it. I am looking forward to having things clutter-free!

This Year's Christmas Extravaganza!

Each year, I love to go to at least one cool Christmas show. In years past, we have gone to the Amy Grant Christmas concert, the Dallas Symphony's Christmas program, etc. Tonight I am going with my parents to the Radio City Hall Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes. I am very excited!

When I went to New York while I was in high school, we got to go to Radio City Hall and take a tour. It was very neat to see it all in person. At the end of the tour we got to meet a Rockette and take pictures with her. Pretty cool. So, when I saw the ads for this show months ago, I knew this was the show that I wanted to go to this year. I can't wait!