Six month Caleb!

Caleb is still our happy, smiling, chill baby. He loves when people talk to him, especially Calista and Craig.

Calista and Craig love him right back.

Calista does this thing where she takes off her socks to let him play with her toes.

It's gross and adorable, all at once.
Craig loves to lay next to Caleb and give him kisses.

Again, adorable... and sometimes life-threatening.

Still the third child is still surviving. 

And sometimes, I see a glimpse of the future. I know they'll fight and get on each other's nerves, but I also know they will love each other.

It's a future that will have its ups and downs, but these three will always have each other.

Caleb will try and reach for anything he can, and if he succeeds in grabbing something, it immediately goes into his mouth.

Caleb currently has 2 teeth, which surprised us a little bit. We didn't realize he was teething because we all had colds and just assumed that's all it was until he grabbed Kyler's finger and bit it. Brand new baby teeth are sharp!

He loves to stick out his tongue to feel his teeth over and over.

Most of the time he spend on the floor is spent on his tummy.

Caleb can roll both ways, but seems to prefer to be on his tummy. Maybe that's because he's starting to turn like a clock and think about crawling.

My primary kids said he was doing push ups and swimming on the floor, and that's basically what it looks like. Soon he'll actually be able to go somewhere, I'm sure.


I'm hesitant to write this, but Caleb seems to be sleeping pretty well lately.

He often sleeps from 10:30 or 11 until 6:30 or 7, straight. Sometimes he wakes up once.

It isn't always easy getting him to stay asleep, with him waking up 15 minutes after I put him down all evening, but once he is actually asleep for the night, he's not doing too bad.

Getting a full night's sleep makes it easier for me to deal with the evening, so I'm not complaining too much.

We've had some chilly weather in the last few months, and so we've busted out the mittens, hats, and snowsuits.

Caleb doesn't mind them once they are on, though getting him all dressed up he's less pleased with.

Caleb has started to babble more, using some decent consonant sounds, like "ma," "ba," and "gug." I love listening to his voice, and can't wait until that "mama" actually means me!

We have pulled out the high chair again, finally, so Caleb gets to join us at the table for meals like a proper gentleman.

Soon he'll be eating our meals, too, but we haven't really done that yet.

While he isn't quite sitting up by himself yet, I'm sure Caleb will be soon. He kind of is in what I call the "Weebles wobble and they DO fall down" stage. If you sit him up, he'll stay for a moment or two, and the slowly tiiiiiip over until he's laying down again. Or he'll reach for his toes and end up folded in half, which starts to annoy him after a while.

There are relatively few things that annoy him, though. Caleb is a pretty easy going baby. Keep him well fed and he'll put up with almost anything I make him do.

It's rare for him to cry for very long. In fact, the other night, he was crying and I didn't know how to get him calm and I was starting to get concerned with how long he was crying... until I realized it was about 5 minutes. Total. I know, it's not long at all, but for Caleb, it was about 5 times longer than the longest he normally cries. I am so grateful for his demeanor and personality. He is such a joy to be around.

Happy half-year, baby boy!