Time Flies

Here are some updates from the world of Caleb: He is walking! Holy cow. Overnight. This little booger is growing so much. Just some things he does and likes these days: he loves blueberries, I am talking would eat one of those enormous bags of frozen blueberries in one sitting, he has this habit of taking one sock off and leaving the other one (picture below), loves cheese, yogurt, banana, rice cakes (I know, Jerm says they are styrofoam, but my boy loves them), loves looking at himself in the mirror and smiling at his "friend," will put anything and everything his mouth, still loves his shoe, has 6 teeth, always has to have something in his mouth when he is on the move (Jerm attributes this to Beasley always having a ball in her mouth and Caleb is copying her), is testing the waters and throws his sippy cup on the floor while looking at you with a face that says, "I am about to do this and it is going to make you mad, but I am cute." He turns 1 in a stinkin month. Time flies. Ok, that's it for now on Caleb.

On to my sweet Valentine. So I have started student teaching this semester and am about to lose my mind. Along with HATING being away from Caleb for 9 hours a day, I am just too old for this crap. But, without my husband to love on me the way he does, I simply would not make it from day to day. I have known this man for 10 years and have never met anyone so kind- hearted, gentle, non-judgmental, forgiving and serving. I am humbled to serve alongside him in this lifetime and love him more than he knows. His heart for people is incredible. He lives on purpose and has truly taught me what it means to trust the Lord. Gosh, I love him. He rocks. Happy Valentines Day my love!!

Caleb loves looking out the window at the cars...

Caleb and I went to Auburn for the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP celebration. We went to the basketball game afterward to meet Aubie. I know he doesn't look too thrilled, but he was about to pass out! I was just thankful he wasn't screaming!

This is the best I could do for the 10 month pic. It is already time for his 11 month picture! Have I mentioned the fact that time flies?????!!!!!!

Caleb Rocks! War Eagle!

So, I have always realized that Caleb rocks, but as I look at what has happened in his first year of life, it just amazes me. Just a couple of things, his first Christmas was a white one, and we had a huge winter storm yesterday and actually had multiple inches of snow, AND…another drumroll please, Auburn not only WENT to the National Championship game, but WON the National Championship game. Am I dreaming? Someone pinch me. Did Oregon wear those socks on purpose? I am still in la la land. Caleb does not realize the significance of all that has happened in his life, but one day, I will explain that with his birth and first year of life, came some miracles!

Our winter "storm"

Caleb was not impressed at all with the cold white stuff

Beasley loved the cold white stuff

Caleb loves to stand on the couch (with someone making sure he doesn't fall of course) and beat on the window. This is what he did as Beas and I played in the cold white stuff.

He likes the view better from the inside the front door! Dressed in his Auburn attire awaiting the most exciting game in history. I am biased.

Just in case anyone was wondering if the shoe still exists. Yes, it does.

Our child is using this little lion to walk around the house. Soon, very soon, the lion will be no longer and we will be running around the house chasing this little guy. Love him so much.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Belated Christmas! Hoping everyone had the Christmas we had! Boy was Santa good! This post is probably just for me because I am so not good at writing this stuff down and am forcing myself to document what our little one is doing these days. He has 3 teeth and cutting 2 more. He is the happiest little child ever, loves to gives kisses (well, when he wants to), lets anyone rock him except for me, LOVES blueberries, banana, and really anything edible, weighs 21 lbs (I said he loves anything edible, didn't I?), is bouncing and standing on everything, walking along the furniture, sometimes crawls on his hands, but prefers to army crawl when he really wants to get somewhere, is saying mama and dada and has been for a while (he sooo knows what he is saying, at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it), is needing a new car seat because he is outgrowing his infant seat (more on that in a minute), has the sweetest laugh I have ever heard, still loves Beasley and opens his mouth wide open so she can give him kisses, does not like to be held at all, is into EVERYTHING, loves magazines, loves our end table and pulling anything and everything off of it, thinks he can do more than he actually can but tries anyways, and is starting to imitate sounds we make. Gosh, I know there is so much more, but that's what I can remember right now. Ok, so I really don't like getting on blogs that are about parenting/advice/should do/know hows, etc. because they make me feel unfit, but I just want to ask ya'll something. By ya'll, I am talking to the 3 people that read this. So, as I said before, it is time to buy Caleb his toddler car seat and a while back, I read my friend, Bridges, blog on the debate between rear vs. front facing seats for toddlers. Click here to see it for yourself. So, I have so been looking forward to the day Caleb turned 1, so I could turn him around, but that ain't happening. I didn't even know there was a debate, but now that I have read and seen that video, Caleb will be facing the traffic behind me until he is 12. What did ya'll do? I'd like to know. And, I know I am an awful parent, but below are the first professional pics we have had taken as a family since Caleb's newborns.

Santa

So, the basketball team here hosted some underprivileged kids last week and gave them an awesome Christmas. Basically, these kids were paired up with one of the guys and were able to give a list of anything they wanted. They got whatever was on their list. It was such a fun experience to watch these kids faces light up…kids that aren't accustomed to receiving a lot. They were getting Wiis, clothes, DSI's, you name it. So, all this to say, Santa was there! Little man really didn't have a whole lot to say to Santa. He just kind of stared at him. We got some decent pics. He looks terrified but really wasn't, just not very impressed. We are getting so excited to spend our first Christmas with this precious little man. We got a little taste of it last night with having our Christmas with Jermile's family. Caleb was absolutely the center of attention and ate it up. He got a fun riding/walking toy that sings. This thing sings if you look at it wrong. We just love that. Anyways, Caleb loved it and just wanted to bounce on it. Ugh. I could just eat him up. Couldn't you just bite those little cheeks all day long? No? Ok, maybe its just me.

Just some stories

The story of the shoe

So, do your kids, if you have them, have something they are attached to? Something that provides them comfort? A blankey? A lovey? A teddy bear? Well, our sweet child has (drum role please)……..a shoe. This is a magical shoe. It brings my child comfort and peace. Yes, we will have the child that takes a shoe with him wherever he goes. Please see pictures below.

The story of the picture

I think the pictures may just speak for themselves, but I will add some commentary when necessary.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Give kisses to the bear?"

Oh! You want me to pose? Ok.

"Oh, gosh, what's over here?"

"Ok, Caleb, mommy needs you just to look up at this and sit next to the bear"

"Ok, mommy, but this is silly"

"And I'm done. I want that camera."

The story of the tigers

Well, I don't have much to say on this one. All I can say is Cam Newton is eligible, and the Tigers (the Auburn Tigers) are headed to the SEC Championship game! War Eagle!

October Happenings

When I go this long without posting, I have about 200 pictures to choose from to post! Since our last posting, Caleb turned 7 months, little Beasley had her 7th birthday and basketball started up for Jermile. I have 38 days left of school but who is counting!?!? I will get to be at home with my little man for a month before starting back up in January! Which by the way, he is ALL OVER the place. We told ourselves that we were in for it when he started crawling and he started about 3 weeks ago. He is everywhere and into everything! Holy cow! Who needs exercise when you have a baby to chase around everywhere! Some recent pics...

We have found little bug in the craziest positions lately sleeping…he must be really tired!

Caleb and I drove to Commerce to meet my mom a few Friday's ago and he just sat in his little carrier while we ate lunch in a wind storm! An umbrella flew on top of a lady sitting outside while she was enjoying her lunch! Thanks Susu for driving so far just to spend a few hours with us! We also got some pretty adorable outfits too!

Happy Birthday little Beas! I can't believe she has been with us (well, me) for 7 years! Crazy! So, it was not under choice that Jermile gave Beas her birthday "cake"! I needed a pic while the whole time he is saying, "I can't believe I am holding up icecream with a candle in it for a dog." He didn't mean that though! Beas is our little girl and even though she is a little weird sometimes, we love her!

Birthday kisses for Beas…

We went Trick or Treating at Newspring with the cutest little tiger you have ever seen! Ok, can I just get a plug in here? AUBURN IS #1. Ok, that's all I wanted to say. And of course, I will end with this: Happy Halloween and WAR EAGLE!

Little Tiger!

Although we were a divided house a couple of weekends ago, we have a cute little tiger (we won't dare say which tiger that is, although Caleb would never go against his momma)! He is so sweet these days, so easy to please, eating his veggies like a grown up, is so active and is on the verge of crawling, he just scoots and rolls to get where he wants to go, is so loud (still) when he babbles, has 2 teeth, and is overall still a happy laid back little fella! The 6 month picture is perfect because he barely takes his thumb out of his mouth to eat! Below are some pics of our last couple of weekends at football games. FYI, we decided that wherever the game was would be what he would wear, so nobody better get mad that he is in Auburn attire! He is so good and fascinated by everything going on. Thank goodness he loves football because I don't think he could live in our house if he didn't!

He is wearing a Clemson shirt, I promise! This is his very first football game (at Clemson).

6mo. pic:

he doesn't like my sweet potatoes:

they love each other:

roly poly:

he loves his Johnny Jump up: