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August 29, 2005
A good weekend
I have an awesome husband! Really I do. I'm so thankful for him, how he sacrifices every day for us, in work, at home, at church, and in the small and big things. We got to go out for our anniversary on Saturday night and had a blast. We haven't been out in a while and our friends the Okies babysat for us, which we were so thankful for. We stopped in at Barnes and Noble to find a baby book for our little girl and got a really cute one. It doesn't have much to fill in, which is good, because I don't think I could keep up with a lot to fill out.
Then we went to see March of the Penguins. It was great. Its a documentary on the emperor penguin and how they mate. The baby penguins literally looked like stuffed animals, they were so cute. The extremes these animals go to to bear children make pregnancy look SO easy. The fathers don't eat for 4 months, as they care for the egg and newborn baby. Then the mothers come back and the fathers make the long trek back to where there is food. If you get the chance to see it, do! There's so many great lessons of love and sacrifice in their story.
After the movie we went back to Barnes and Noble to look around and get a little snack. We ended up looking at the cards and got to laughing our heads off at some of them. We haven't laughed like that together in so long, it was great. I couldn't help noticing my pregnant belly jiggling away as I laughed, which at times made me laugh harder. Its really sticking out there these days!
So here's to 6 wonderful, and at times difficult, years of marriage and one year of parenthood with the man I love. Here's Bob doing one of his many Caleb jobs, drying him off after bath time. The shots a little blurry, but still cute!
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August 24, 2005
He said "mama"
Caleb has been saying different sounds for a long time. For a while he went through a phase where he'd cry and cry "ma ma ma ma ma ma." Some wanted to tell me he was crying for me, but I didn't buy it.
So Bob has been asking him "where's mama?" or "point to mama Caleb" and he's kind of getting into it. Last night it was time for bed and Caleb was sitting in the middle of the floor. Bob was turning off the cd player and said something like "go get mama, Caleb" or "where's mama?". Anyway, he looks at me across the room, points his cute little chubby finger and says "mama!" with a huge smile on his face. Yippee, it made my little heart go pitter patter, my baby knows me! He said it, he really said it!
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August 15, 2005
"Growing like a weed"
We had a great weekend with family and friends celebrating Caleb's birthday (check out Bob's blog for lots of fun pictures). Wow, my little boy is a year old already! Time has really gone by quickly.
We went to the doctor this morning and he weighs 23 pounds 4.5 ounces (50-75%) and is 33 inches tall (over 100%)! He's literally way off of the charts on height. The nurse measured him twice because he grew 3.25 inches in 3 months. I knew he was tall, but man that's a lot of growing going on. His doctor is great and had all kinds of good advice for switching him to milk and exclaimed "my he's growing like a weed". Gotta love it.
He did alright with his shots, well he screamed, but that's to be expected. They want him back in 3 months and it hit me, wow I could be coming back with 2 kids instead of just one! I'm a little more than 3 months from my due date. So either I'll be enormous when I take him for his 15 month check-up or I'll have my little girl with me.
Here's a picture of Caleb enjoying his birthday present from us. Some parents want to keep their kids from walking as along as possible, but not us. I want him to be walking really well by the time this little girl comes! He better not take after me, as I didn't walk till I was 20 months. So hopefully this walker will help him on his way. He already does really well with it.
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August 09, 2005
Auntie Sarah
Saying goodbye is always a hard thing, but it was especially hard this past weekend. Well I guess its not goodbye, but just a parting for a couple of years. Sarah B left Monday morning for Hartford to go to school. I will and already do miss her greatly.
Its so rare to have a friend for so long and go through so many things together. She's been my best friend since college and I'm so thankful. We lived together after college and then she was in our wedding. We worked several years together at Esperanza Del Barrio, going through some great and interesting times there. When I got really sick later on, she still came to pray with and encourage me. We wanted to have her present when Caleb was born, but she was out of town. But as soon as she was back she came to see her little "nephew" when he was a week old. We've celebrated lots of birthdays together and I can laugh with her like with no one else. We can be wacky or serious and just be completely ourselves together. She's been such a constant and loving friend.
I'm closer to Jesus because of her. The times we've met to pray together through the years are so special to me. Its amazing how often we were both struggling with similar things or one of us would be feeling weak when the other was strong and able to be the encourager. She recently called Bob and I her second family, and that is really how we feel too.
So she's off to grad school and there is a hollow feeling inside me as I already miss my dear friend. We of course will remain in touch and remain good friends, but its still hard to have her gone. I will deeply miss her. Though I'm excited for new opportunities for her too.
More photos below
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August 05, 2005
Into everything, literally
Here's the proof that Caleb is really into it all. Of course after I took these pictures he got reprimanded for sitting in the drawer. Poor kid. But he does love to play with these two drawers, emptying and filling, its so cute. He also loves playing baby hand soccer with the empty water jugs. Its great finding things that he likes to do in the kitchen so I can get things done in there too.
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August 04, 2005
Creating new spaces
We have a great size dining room, but hardly use it on a daily basis, except to walk through to get to another room. So I've been thinking of making a reading/nursing corner in it, and a play area on the other side. Bob's dad has fixed up a little table and chairs for Caleb and is bringing them for his birthday. This table and chairs is really special because I grew up playing with them and so did my mom! So they will go in the play area next to our ikea shelves and on the other side of the room will be my new little sitting area. Here are some before pictures for each side of the room.
I am getting a cool chair from Sarah Barker for my corner and we are planning on ordering some artwork from Katie to put in it as well. I also want to get a little rug for my corner and maybe a bigger area rug for Caleb's play area. I love creating new spaces in my house, so I think I'll have a good time with this.
By the way, I love my husband. He got me the coolest flowers the other day! I just love spider mums, they look so cool and last forever. I was literally singing how much I love them this morning so I thought I'd share their beauty this morning.
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