Solid Foods

Caleb is now almost 7 months old and we have been introducing "solid" foods for the last month or so. So far he is partial to the yellow vegetables, although the green beans and pees evoke a comical reaction. Comical for the observer anyway. His bib reads "If you think I am cute you should see my Dad!"

Ant Saturday

A couple Saturday's ago we woke up to a serious ant parade. As many of you know (due to my complaining) there are several bug issues with our apartment here in Signal Hill. Usually we (actually Jared) takes out the trash every night so we don't even tempt the ants to make a visit. This particular Friday night Jared went to a Dodgers game and got back home late, so needless to say we had some visitors. Jared faithfully worked very hard for 4+ hours to rid our apartment of the "bodies".

Easter

We had a very relaxing Easter hanging out with family. Caleb was a little too relaxed:

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas last year celebrating with family and friends. Here is a pic of Caleb opening his presents:

Thanksgiving

Caleb's first thanksgiving. At G&G Herbert's house there are traditions. These traditions include aspic salad (don't ask) and football. Unfortunately Caleb and I didn't play this year but the important part to note about the game was that once again Jared's team lost for the 3rd straight year. Here is a pic of Caleb hanging out with his Great Grandpa and Grandma and his Great Uncle sporting his "bald is beautiful" onesie:

Caleb's visitors - Week 4 & 6

Here are Mark and Sara McAvoy...we will affectionately call them the "McAvoy's" and my parents.

Family Visit - Caleb's first week of Life

Jared's grandparents "G&G Cookie" came to visit Caleb as well as Aunt Becki and of course Gramma and Grandpa.

Welcome to Existence

So this is how it all started. One Saturday night, a week before my due date a desperate Kimmie asked her buddy Rachel for the "DDR" after all it worked for her. Earlier in the day we had dinner at Lucille's with our good friends Adam and Sarah...we will affectionately call them them the "Anderson's". Poor Sarah only got a couple hours of sleep before she was awakened with a call to come to the delivery room. Yes I am wearing Jared's sporty shorts none of mine fit me at the time.
I will spare you the 21 hours of detail and just show you the end result:

Everyone else is doing it...

So here I am, starting my first blog. Why? Because everyone else is doing it? Partly, but also because I thought it would be a great opportunity to "journal" while I am currently a "stay at home mama". I also can't help to look in the future and imagine Caleb being able to look back and see pictures of himself when he was a baby. He will be able to get a glimpse of what our life was like before he can remember by looking back in the archives....and that is pretty cool. Also when I mentioned it to my buddy Rachel she said, "I would love it if you started a blog". Unfortunately I don't know how to do that highlight thing when someone else has a blog. That's all for now I can't wait to figure out how all this works.