Milestones: (this time only a few weeks old :) ) Caleb Stands!

He actually started taking steps now (with help :) ).

Caleb's new fascinations: Caleb's fascinated by really random things (trees, buttons, dump trucks, water bottles, dump trucks, badges, etc). Every now and then, he's fascinated by something new. For the past week, it's been light switches.

He can actually switch them on and off now too! He seems to enjoy the old-fashioned light switches better than the other ones that you just push. Aparently, those aren't as funny :P

In other Caleb news...he's been learnng to share & he loves it! He loves to hand over his toy and watch other people enjoy it (and he's got lots of fun new toys :) ). The other day, he ketp sharing his toy with me while I ate dinner. I got tired of having to pick up the toy, play with it, and hand it back so I tried to just eat and not grab the toy. Caleb started making more and more noise, offering me his toy repeatedly. Since I didn't take it, he threw it at my plate of food. Now I have to teach him about how force sharing is bad :P

overdue post of randomness...

It's been a while since I posted (minus the vacation posts, which were basically pics :) ). So these milestones really occured a while back, and I'm probably forgetting a bunch of them.

Milestones: Hello tooth #5! Caleb now has 5 teeth popping out of his little gums. I don't remember if i mentioned his 3rd or 4th tooth. Hopefully I did :) He now has 2 bottoms and 3 on top (2 middle, one more on his right).
Milestones: Caleb has added a few words to his vocabulary. Most recently, he added "bye bye!" It's really more of a "buh-buh," but I think he means bye bye :) He also says "da da" a lot!
Milestones: Caleb is very good with his fingers now! He's mastered eating cheerios (which is unfortunate b/c he used to be so funny when he ate!) and he points at things that he wants now. Acutally he points all the time. We like to do the E.T. Phone home thing :) [I'll post a pic of this later]. He also explores a lot more with his fingers and his hands. He follows the textures and the colors on his toys or whatever has his attention at the moment. He still eats everything though after he's done exploring it with his hand :P

Since clieu requested it, I posted a video of Caleb eating cheerios. I really wish I filmed him doign so earlier b/c he was really funny before when it was new. He'd make all sorts of funny faces trying to place the cheerios perfectly on his gum. He'd also struggle getting it into his mouth. He used to pick up the cheerios, make a fist, and then stick his fist in his mouth. After a while, he'd take it out and see that the cheerio (now mushy) was still in his fist. *sigh* They grow up so fast! :P


Since I got to posting videos, there are quite a few others. I'm kind of on a posting roll (and I haven't put up any in a while), so I'll probably continue to put more new ones and add them to caleb's website when I'm less busy/more motivated.

Here's some links in the meantime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z32OYv6btH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfnGU0Spl9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImvdWnivubA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB3JTnUj9cg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lfHmzC_2bs

OK, back to work. I miss Caleb...

Aloha!

We're back from Hawaii! We had soooo much fun traveling with Caleb!

He was super happy (and super well behaved) on the plane! In fact, Caleb is usually pretty shy when meeting people he's not used to in places he's not used to - he's not usually his super-happy self unless it's just a few people over at our place. But on the plane, he was very outgoing - laughing, talking, and trying to look at/get the attention of the others on the plane. He also ate well and slept well on the plane.

Caleb also adjusts amazingly well to jetlag. He adjusted to hawaiian time right away and adjusted back to cally time instantly. It was SUCH a relief. I thought I'd be getting up at 3:30 with him everyday...but he actually slept till 7am or later every day that we were there!

Caleb loved the hotel we stayed at on Maui. They had swans, ducks, penguins, parrots, and other birds that he loved looking at (plus of course, his favorite - trees!). He also loved looking at the waterfalls, playing in the pool, and looking at the beach. Caleb could stare and stare at the ocean with delight, but being in the ocean was another story ;) He just kind of looked blankly at the water around him the way he does a new person he's not used to. Oh well, maybe next time he'll be better aquainted with Mr. Pacific.
He was also super happy on our hike in Oahu...that is, until he fell asleep :) In usual Caleb style, he was talkative, smiley, and kickey in the begining of the hike hwen things aren't that interesting, and right before we get to the exciting look out point, he falls asleep! This time the wind at the top of diamond head woke him up though so he did get to enjoy the scenery and he stayed up on the way down. Phew!

I must say, the best part of going on vacation is getting to hang out with my boys all day :) Anyway, here's the rest of our pics from hawaii: