Month 15 - December 25

The past month with Caleb has been SO fun! We had Thanksgiving and Christmas in this last month and a ton of excitement in between. Oh how we love this time of year and are so sad to have the two big holidays of the year over. There is nothing big to look forward to in the month of January.

Caleb's 9th and 10th teeth came through without us knowing. They were the big one year molars and we think he is working on the other two big molars now or at least we blame his sudden change of temperament or is that being 15 months and mobile? Caleb is tall enough to reach the door handles (and can even open the pantry door). Guess it is time to toddler proof the next level.

Sadly, this year we did not get a chance to hike miles through the snow to chop down our own tree but Lowe's specials were just right for us.

Caleb got his 1st real haircut (not from Mimi). We drove our 88 year old neighbor to the barber and decided to go ahead and get a free haircut while we were there. But, his hair grows so fast and could use another cut now.

A big accomplishment this month is that Caleb is now able to get on his tractor by himself.

Finally, we were able to take a little Field trip to West Dallas to visit Julie's old school, faculty, and precious students. One of Julie's dear friends, Catherine, from college has been working with Campus Crusade all over the world since we graduated. She now lives in Dallas with her husband and not only is teaching at West Dallas Community School but is teaching Julie's old students who are now in 4th grade!! So Fun!

Caleb still loves playing with awkward toys, including one of Mommy's Christmas presents, no not the syrup.

A sweet friend of Julie's from college, Jenny and her adorable daughter Bekah, were in town. Here are a few precious pictures of these two beautiful girls.

Caleb was able to be a part of Julie's 9th grade girls Christmas Party. They just adore Caleb and are all GREAT babysitters. Let me know if you ever need someone!

We made Gingerbread Houses with our Community for part of our Christmas Party. There was not a lot of making but definitely more eating.

Caleb is able to point to some of his body parts. The list includes: belly, button, hair, nose, tongue, mouth, head, foot, shoes, hat. Here is a picture after bath time where we get to see their tongues.

Caleb was able to really be part of a white elephant gift exchange that we had for Craig's work party. We baked a cake, bought a "cake saw", took some pictures of Caleb enjoying the cake, developed the pictures, wrapped up the half eaten cake, and there we go... a great White Elephant Present. (At least it was not a toilet this time!)

Julie's sister, brother-in-law, and their 3 kids came in town for a quick visit. Below is some loving from one cousin to another and Three Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.

Caleb loves holding objects (any object) to his ears, he calls phones Dada, and has pretend conversations with who knows who (not using any real words).

We go to the pediatrician next week and are excited to see how much this big boy weighs and how tall he is.