Esther's Baptism and Cute New Things

We had Esther baptized on July 19th. Our parents and Eric and Jennifer and Kathryn were all able to come celebrate with us.


Esther started taking her first crawling steps the day we had her baptized. She has progressed quickly since then.



Here are some cute new outfits courtesy of the grandmothers:




Over the past weekend, Caleb wanted to watch "The Incredibles" because he has read the book so many times and Jonathan told him that we had it to watch on TV...anyway, so he was watching it and then I went to check on him and this is what I found:


Here is a video of some funny sibling interaction:



And the best for last. What happens when Daddy plays with the kids too long:

Should I Just Title this June?

Here is Esther playing with some toys. I think this dress is really cute on her. Thanks, Aunt Jenn for sending it.

Caleb was taking a nap on the couch and we were trying to wake him up, unsuccessfully, of course. So we put Esther up to the task...

Esther likes lounging in the bean bag chair. She's also enjoying her Minnie Mouse doll that she got for Christmas.

Caleb went to spend a whole week with Grandpa and Grandma Waugh at their house. Here he is waiting for the plane with Grandpa.

Here he is toting his little suitcase through the Atlanta Airport.

They took Caleb to Stone Mountain and he loved riding the skylift way up high.

Caleb went for a ride on the riverboat. The captain let him drive the boat!

Grandpa and Grandma delivered Caleb home just in time for Father's Day. Here are the Dads opening their presents. The little ones wanted to help.

Esther's first time in the swimming pool!

We found out that Esther really gets a kick out of Blackjack. Here they are playing together:


Caleb has gotten really brave with the pool this year:

Wow I haven't posted in a long time

First things first, we started Esther on solid foods. She did okay with the rice cereal, but she has been chowing down on the newer stuff. So far, she LOVES squash, bananas, and green beans.
Here is her first time with the rice cereal. Listen to Caleb in the background saying "oatmeal" over and over. We told him that was what the rice cereal was like. Watch the video to the end and then look at the picture below it.

Caleb really wanted to taste some of Esther's "oatmeal."

Cute but messy.

Jonathan's grandmother made this dress.
It's gigantic on her right now, but hilariously cute.

Just chillin'

Blackjack decided to join them

Esther petting Blackjack.

Caleb trying out the new glider my parents got us
for our anniversary. Yes, he has chocolate on his face.
We were sharing a fudgesicle just prior to this.

Also, I took Esther to her 6 month appointment and she is still on the 75th percentile curve for height, but had dropped to 50th for weight. (Caleb did the same thing--tall and skinny.) She is 26.5 inches and 16 lbs. I think now that she is eating solid foods twice a day, she is really chunking up quickly though. Anyway, she got her 6 immunizations and she's fine and doing well. I took her to Sears for pictures too. They turned out really cute. I'll try to get around to posting a few one day soon. If I have time...

Sitting and Playing

Esther is starting to sit up a little bit. She can do really well if you support her just a little. But she can sit all alone for about 5-10 seconds. I can't believe how quickly she's growing!!
I think this is a really cute picture of Caleb. He's playing with the base of his Lightning McQueen lego car.

And here's a cute video of Caleb playing outside with Daddy. I was inside taking it through the window, so there's no sound. You can see when he notices that I'm filming him, and his reaction is funny.

Recent pictures and Easter

This picture of Esther is really cute:

And here's a little video of Esther giggling. Sorry we didn't get her face for most of it. Jonathan was trying to take the video and make her laugh at the same time, and we didn't realize you couldn't see her face. But you can hear her, and that's just about as good. :)


I left Caleb on the potty the other day and I didn't hear him calling for me to come help him. When I came back, he was trying to complete the job himself:

And finally, here is our attempt at some cute Easter pictures. Caleb wasn't being very cooperative of the group photos, as you can see.

Caleb Helping with the Laundry

Here is how "helpful" Caleb can be around the house:

A New Addition to our Family

We have a new member of our family! Meet Blackjack. He's a 4-year-old Miniature Pinscher/Beagle mix that we adopted from a local animal shelter. Caleb loves him! And so do we!

Today's Dose of Entertainment

First, a funny story. We were webcamming with Jonathan's parents the other evening, and Caleb was eating strawberries. Esther made a funny noise, and Jonathan's mom said "Did you just raspberry?" And Caleb responded very emphatically, "No, STRAWBERRIES!"

Now here are some cute and funny pictures and videos.

Caleb loves playing with his shotgun, and he pulled his orange hat out the other day to play with. Well, Daddy and Caleb were hanging out with Esther and when I came around the corner, I saw this:

Here are some more cute pictures of Esther:

Her first time enjoying the "jumper-saucer"

Aww

This is my new favorite picture of her

Here are some of Caleb and Esther together:

Bathtime!

Sibling love

I don't really have an explanation for the following video. I can only say I'm pretty sure we would never have done this to Caleb:

A few nights ago, Esther rolled over! Jonathan saw it first, and then she did it again for me, and then she did it again for the camera!




Yesterday was the first warm day we've had in a long time, so while Esther was napping, Caleb and I played outside for about 2 hours. We blew bubbles, played with sidewalk chalk, read books, and just had fun. I "taught" Caleb to play hopscotch. Here is his version:

Snow!!

I just sat down to post this, and I'm looking out the window to see our neighbor kids (high schoolers) having their dog pull them on a sled down the street. It was quite funny. But anyway, I came to post some pictures of Caleb playing in the snow just a little while ago. We didn't stay out very long because it was really cold out there...25 degrees, but windy and feels like 12. Brrr!

Not quite sure he wants to venture out...

Really not liking this...

Finally enjoying himself

We made a snowman!

Caleb insisted that the snowman needed hands and a hat.

Esther's Room and Other Things

I guess I forgot to mention that Esther's room is now complete. The walls are an ocean blue and the room is full of Noah's Ark animals. I think it looks really cute. Maybe I'll get around to taking some pictures of it one of these days.

Caleb is enjoying himself in his new "big boy bed" in his new room. He's also doing really well with the potty! Yay for that! He is even to the point now where most of the time he's telling us when he needs to go instead of us just taking him every couple of hours. It's so amazing to me how quickly he learned! He's also recently started wanting to watch Sesame Street every day. He knows what 9:30 looks like on the clock and knows that's when it comes on. Now I catch him singing the alphabet and counting all the time. He skips some letters, but the ones he says are all in the correct order. It's really cute. I'll have to try to video it. Of course, he never performs when I get the camera out.

I realized the other day that I only have 3 weeks left until I go back to work, which is very sad. I am excited to get back to work, but I'm sad that I will miss out on so much with Caleb and Esther.

Well, here are some cute new pictures:





And just as proof that Caleb did learn to say his new age: