Caleb...six months old...

I know I write this all the time, but HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE???  Our little man is already 6 months old, half a year, 182.5 days...he is SO big...sitting up by himself, working on getting into the crawling stance when he is on his belly.  At his six month appointment he weighed 17 pounds 1 ounce and was 27 inches long.  He is outgrowing 9 month clothes mostly because of his length, although he does have some pretty pudgy little thighs (which is in stark contrast to his sister who is 2 and a half and can still wear 18 month pants)!  He has just started going to daycare full time and has adjusted really well...I think Hannah likes having him there and quite often he will visit her room during the day.  Caleb gurgles and squeals and screams the highest pitched scream you have ever heard.  He still loves watching his sister and Ike doing whatever it is they are doing.  He's a wonderful sleeper and I haven't yet known him to skip a meal :).  He's working on getting some teeth and with that anything and everything goes straight in the mouth.  He loves walks and singing songs and being held :)...who could resist that?

I am committed to putting up my photo studio to share some semi-professional pictures of our 6 month old little man...I'll post them when I get them done!

Here they are...a little late, but they turned out wonderfully...you would never know he has been fighting double ear infections for almost a month...he's a trooper and SO happy!

Ooops...sorry, Sis!!  I didn't mean it!

That's OK, I love you little man!

Some more firsts...

Spending a Saturday afternoon wrenchin' with dad...check out the determination on both their faces...we WILL figure this out!  

Caleb's second date with his new girlfriend.  Their first date was to Logan's, however, they both slept the whole time.  He's only four months older...they get too big too quick!!

Our new device for having a partially non-fussy meal...the Ritz cracker.  Thank you, Mr. Ritz!!  You've provided so many minutes of peace for us!

Here's Hannah with her first Ritz cracker...May, 2009...again, check out the size difference.  

After enjoying some buttery sweetness Caleb, for the first time, sucked his thumb...his LEFT just like his sister.  Not sure if it will be something he will stick with, but he enjoyed it this morning!

Can I please get a pillow??

Tonight at dinner, after Mr. Caleb has some pumpkin for the first time and LOVED it...it's the first food he has willingly opened his mouth back up for...

Anyway...after being sick with ear infections and getting shots earlier in the week, he has been very tired and he felt the urge to take a little nap.  He has never fallen asleep like this before, but what was so funny about it is that he was resting his head on the little toy attached to the bumbo tray that rotates around, so every few seconds his head would bob down and the toy would rotate further down.  After giggling for a few minutes I did move him to a more comfortable location so he could nap comfortably!!

Happy Birthday, dear Daddy!!

Tuesday was Craig's 35th birthday...as his younger brother affectionately teased he is now half way to 70...we went over the weekend to Das Essenhaus to share in a lovely meal there and then Tuesday I decided to do a shellfish themed meal...some of Craig's favorites that I have never made, but thought it would make it a special birthday Tuesday.  We had some mussels, clams, and lobster tails.  I even made a banana cream pie (one of his favs)...it was all so tasty and something that I will make again for sure!

Hannah is able to sing Happy Birthday and does so quite well, although when the camera is rolling she will not cooperate.  She sang a few bars for daddy, though, before she blew out his candles for him...and stuck her fingers in the whip cream :)