A Letter to Caleb

My sweet boy,
    You are getting so big and I can't believe you are already ONE!  You are a busy little boy, always on the move, but I love every minute of spending my days with you.  You make me happy, make me smile, make me laugh.  You're just the cutest thing.  I love you so much and can't wait to spend the next year watching you grow and learn new things.

You're daddy and I are so proud of the sweet and kind little boy you are growing up to be.  You smile at almost everyone, and you love to make people laugh.  You share your toys and food and anything else someone asks for.  You are so good at obeying daddy and me, even though sometimes it's hard to do.  You have made our life so much better, and we can't imagine it without you.

I love you Caleb,
     Mama

A birthday in pictures

We started the birthday festivities on Tuesday night, by giving Caleb his presents because we knew we were going to be busy on Wednesday.



"Reading" his first birthday card.



Playing with his "push and ride" toy.



This farm wasn't actually a birthday present, but a sweet family at church was getting rid of some toys and thought of Caleb. It has become his new favorite toy. He plays with it every day. And he received it on Wednesday night at church, which was his birthday, so I guess technically, it was a birthday gift.


And now on to the big party. We had a cookout at the pool, which was alot of fun.



The boys taking a swim.



Cute Simon cooling off in the kiddie pool.



Caleb in his birthday hat, which stayed on his head for approximately 30 seconds.



Caleb's cute cake. He went straight for the goldfish first. I'm not sure he realized that the rest was edible.



But he eventually figured it out and dove right in.



We hope you had a wonderful first birthday Caleb!! We love you.

Caleb's Birthday!!

Caleb had a great 1st birthday!!  I haven't had a chance to upload any pictures yet, but it will happen before I go to bed tonight.  But for now, I'll just tell you about his birthday.

His actually birthday was June 23, so last Wednesday, and he had his doctors appointment (is it mean of me to schedule that on his actual birthday??) and then church that night.  Everything was good at the doctors office.  He's still growing well, and getting bigger and bigger.  He got his first sucker after his appointment and it took him a few minutes to figure out what he was supposed to do with it, but as soon as it hit his mouth he caught on pretty quickly.

We gave him his presents Tuesday night since we had church on Wednesday night, and he loved them all.  One of his favorites is a VeggieTales book that plays music (over and over and over and over ...which may have been a mistake).

We got his new carseat and he now gets to face forward, such a big boy.  He loves it, particularly since he can see the DVD player in the van.  He likes being about to see me and Charles too.

He is so close to walking, I feel like it will happen any day.  He has taken his first few steps, and will take 3 or 4 steps before losing his balance or just sitting down, but he's not officially a "walker" yet.

I can't believe it's already been a year and he's getting so big!!

On Saturday we had the big party, but I'll post about that later tonight, along with some pictures.