Love those eyes....

My baby's big blue eyes are one of my favorite features about him. I just love them!!! Once again it's been too long since my last post and my friend Jeny B emailed me to remind me of that and to check to make sure we are all alive. Thanks B, we are all ok. Lets see.........well Caleb is doing a few new things. He can now stand all by himself but he doesn't seem too interested in taking any steps on his own yet. He will walk with us if we hold his hand but nothing on his own yet. I'm sure it won't be long though. He did the cutest thing yesterday when I dropped him off at daycare that just melted my heart. He blew me a kiss goodbye. I think that is up there with one of my top 3 favorite things that he's done. The other 2 being the first time he smiled at me and when he first said mama. What great moments. I have been trying to get him to give kisses and hugs but he just doesn't quite get that but everyday when I leave him at daycare I blow him a kiss goodbye and I know Josh has been working on that with him also but it was just so cool to see him finally pick it up and do it. He did it again this morning so hopefully it will now be a daily ritual. Fun!!!

Little man has been sick with a stomach bug for the past 5 days but seems to be much better today so hopefully that will be coming to an end. He started having diarrhea at daycare towards the end of the week last week and friday it was really bad. Friday night his little rump looked so awful and he was obviously in a lot of pain as he was screaming out of control and I couldn't calm him down. I called the clinic and they gave me a couple ideas to try throughout the night and then see how he was doing the next day. Well saturday was a day of terrible weather and we had family pictures scheduled that I had scheduled over 3 months ago and they were in Prior Lake (over and hour from our house). We debated on canceling due to the weather and Caleb not feeling well but decided we would go and then stop on the way home to take Caleb to urgent care. Pictures went fine and he stated getting crabby just when it was time to leave and at that point I realized he hadn't really had anything to drink all day and he hadn't peed so it was a for sure that we were taking him in. When we got to urgent care they were closed due to bad weather so we had to turn around and drive back in the direction we had just come from to go to the ER. Luckily we ended up there as I think he was on his way to dehydration and they gave him IV fluids and checked some bloodwork and sent us on our way. The ride home was long and slow but we made it and our little man is finally starting to feel better just in time for his birthday tomorrow. Oh does is suck when they are sick.

I am still having a hard time with the fact that my baby is going to be a year old already. I just can't believe how fast this past year has zipped right on by but it's been a year full of some of the best moments ever. It was exactly one year ago today and just about this same time of day I was just finishing up at my doctors appointment and they had decided to start the inducing process. I went to the hospital at about 2:00 that afternoon to start the process and it wasn't much longer than 4 hours later I was in labor and our little guy was born at 1:36 in the morning. What a joyous day to remember.

I love you buddy!!!!

Mom