Caleb is now learning how to stand on his own. Here is a progression of pictures going from squatting to standing and standing and standing some more! It is so much fun to see him pull up on a piece of furniture and then just let go. Will we always be this proud of him? His other new thing is to crawl around with something hanging out of his mouth. Today it was a bird...I sorta felt like he was a dog with his lunch!
Tonight after dinner, I took Caleb outside to play. He made his way to this muddy spot and I just decided to let him enjoy the mud! He was so filthy, but so happy.
We borrowed this "walker" from some friends of ours and within a few hours Caleb had figured out how to walk behind it! This is now his favorite thing to do. We walk up and down the hallway and up and down the blacktop. Click on this link to see a video of him walking with the hippo.
Courtney and Caleb, Linnea and Gwen, Ali and Elsa
We had a hard time getting these three to cooperate! Caleb would start to crawl away, then Elsa would fall behind him and then Gwen would fall behind Elsa! So here they are, all doing their own thing.
I have been trying to get a picture of Caleb's two teeth becasue his other top tooth is starting to come in. Here is the best shot of his teeth right now.
I added this other picture from when Caleb was a month old. It is just so crazy to me how different he looks. Is that even the same baby? His hair color has changed so much. We go to the doctor on Friday so we will find out just how big he is.
Our car has been in the shop for over a week now, so we have resorted to public transportation, our bikes and borrowing getting ride from Uncle Dave! Anyway, yesterday I had to take Caleb to get some blood work done, so we took the bus there. (Caleb's first time on the CTA.) I think he enjoyed himself. But the sad thing was that when they pricked him they did not find the vein, so the technician was digging all around trying to get a vein. He finally took it out and then had to prick him in the other arm. Caleb was such a trooper, he cried, but not too bad. My poor little patient, I hope he doesn't end up having as much trouble giving blood as me.
We got to hang out with the Johnsons on Monday night. We were able to snap this picture of the kids before Caleb went to bed. This was my first time seeing Gwen awake and Erik hadn't seen her since she was born!
Happy 1st Father's Day, Erik! Caleb and I love you so much. Thank you for being such an amazing husband and father.
Here is Linnea and her dad, G.P.
This is Linnea's immediate family...so cute.
This is her dog, Eli.
Jeff, Scott and Hannah all helping Caleb eat ice cream for dessert.
Here we are with Chuck and Jane.
The food at the wedding was "make your own" shish-ka-bobs. This is our table loading up our grill!
We were so hot after the wedding we did a dip in the lake!
This is our friend Hannah...she loves Caleb so much!
I would have never guessed Caleb would enjoy crawling around in the rocks so much! Although, every once in a while he would try to shove one in his mouth just to make sure they weren't tasty. (He's getting better about not automatically putting everything straight into the mouth).
Believe it or not, that's bird poop on his arm! Good aim, huh?! Caleb looks disgusted, too. 
This is a bench right by the tether ball at camp where Colby, Caleb and I spent a good 10 minutes playing "Peek-A-Boo". Colby was sitting on one side of it and Caleb and I on the other, Caleb would hide and then pop back up. We tried to get a picture of him peeking through the gap in the wood, but it wouldn't turn out. He is really into "Peek-A-Boo" lately. In the car, he would pull his blanket over his face over and over again.
"islander." 
