Caleb loves to smile at people, and loves when someone talks just to him.
Especially Calista, who is somewhat obsessed with him. She insists that Caleb sit in his bouncy chair right next to her chair whenever she's eating, and gets distracted easily by him. Oh well, at least she loves him.
He is still surviving being the youngest. Like I mentioned, Calista is obsessed with Caleb.
Most of the time, this manifests itself by her laying with him, holding him, reading to him, and so on.
Taking selfies with him...
But sometimes she does things he doesn't appreciate, like putting earmuffs on him or constantly touching him.
Still, we're usually pretty happy with how Calista treats Caleb.
Which totally sounds like I'm setting up Craig, doesn't it? Craig actually isn't too bad.
Pokes at Caleb a bit, but usually semi-gently. And Craig is getting better, too.
They sleep well together, too.
I'm not sure how he'll do when Caleb is capable of stealing his toys, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Caleb sucks on his hands, a lot. Drools a bit, too.
Sometimes it's kind of gross, but in a cute way, of course. Because this boy is cute. I mean, adorable. (Craig says Caleb isn't cute, he's adorable.)
Tummy time is pretty successful these days, but what is most successful is floor time on his back.
Caleb can roll onto his side whenever he wants, usually when he's trying to look at something, and even sometimes manages to roll onto his tummy, where he is stuck.
Feeding is still going great, which means Caleb is still growing and gaining weight, up to 15 pounds now. He still wakes up once or twice a night to eat, but usually not more than that, so I don't complain too much.
I tried to stop swaddling him, because he is starting to roll over a bit, and then he kept waking up from naps and putting him to bed took 2 hours. The day I started swaddling him again, he took a 3-hour afternoon nap and went to bed the first attempt. I suppose Caleb isn't ready to give up the swaddle quite yet.
Grammie and Grandpa May and Aunt Loradona came to visit for his blessing (post forthcoming), and we've been enjoyed the end of summer/beginning of fall, so he gets dragged around everywhere.
Good thing Caleb likes the baby carrier!
Caleb got his first real experience in a pool this last month, on Craig's birthday. He screamed when he first touched the water, but he got used to it. He spent the entire time in my arms or Kyler's, eyes wide open, not smiling, but not crying, either.
And then he fell asleep wrapped in his towel while I was changing his diaper in the dressing room when we were done. Looking around in shock for over an hour will exhaust you, it seems.
Just in the last little while, Caleb has started actually trying to play with (translation: eat) toys.
He's not always great at getting them to his mouth, but when he succeeds, he is pretty happy about it.
Of course, this meas the playmat has actually started to be fun!
Yay toys!
And, lastly, one last new favorite thing (of mine and Caleb's!): cooing. Squealing. Make noises. He loves to make sounds. I love to hear him make sounds. It's a great relationship. Oh, what's that? You want proof he's adorable while he makes these sounds? Ask and ye shall receive:
About a week ago, Craig, my favorite middle child, turned 3. He says he's BIG now, remember?
He was a little sleepy when he woke up, and was fine opening presents,
But not as enthusiastic as he might be fully awake.
What that meant is Calista got to help him open presents.
She didn't mind.
And, while I'm writing this, I'm trying to decide what his favorite presents were... and I think he loves them all. So, success everybody!
Although the bugs do mean I find them in interesting places sometimes...
After opening presents and eating breakfast, we headed to the Lego Store to pick out more presents.
And to play, obviously.
Then we headed to a wave pool. I was a little anxious how Craig would do, since he doesn't always love baths and he hasn't had swim lessons (he's registered for some starting next month).
But he loved it! And, bonus, this was also Caleb's first time in a pool. He cried when he first touched the water, but he got used to it. He spent the entire time in my arms or Kyler's, eyes wide open, not smiling, but not crying, either. And then he fell asleep wrapped in his towel while I was changing his diaper in the dressing room when we were done.
Calista also loved it. We kept trying to convince her to go check out the kid's area, but she wanted to stay in the big pool, so we did. She only swallowed half the pool or so. It's a problem to smile too big in a wave pool.
But, as I mentioned with Caleb, the pool was exhausting.
After heading home to nap, we then got to play with more of Craig's birthday presents.
Including putting together the Legos he had picked out at the Lego store. Pretty fun.
And finally, it was time for dinner and the cake.
Craig had been talking for weeks about eating carrot cake. A green carrot cake.
So, I obliged. I'm not sure he liked the pecans in it, though. Oh well. Someday I'll learn.
And someday Kyler will learn not to light the candle until we are 100% ready to go.
Kid is pretty good at blowing out the candles, though, right?
Happy birthday, Craig! I hope you got what you wished for!
Kyler and Jeanette got married on the 25th of August 2007, after knowing each other for four years and being each other's rebound date. It's a healthy relationship.
