We survived Death Valley!

We went camping this past weekend with Jordan's family. It was for his Aunt Twila's 50th. We actually stayed in Panamint Springs which is just outside Death Valley. It was about 15-20 degrees cooler and was actually pretty cold in the mornings and night. It was a lot of fun. We got there Friday night so we just sat around the fire and ate hot dogs and smores. On Saturday, we drove to Dante's View which is really spectacular. It looks over badwater; which is the lowest place in the southern hemisphere. Then we drove down to badwater and walked around. On our way back we got date shakes which were especially yummy since we were so hot! Death Valley is huge, so it was a lot of driving that day.  We celebrated Twila's birthday that night and ate a lot of good food :) Sunday, we got up and ate breakfast and packed everything up and everyone went their separate ways. Jordan and I decided to go on this really cool hike that was really close to where we camped. It was really pretty and green for the dessert! The hike dead ended at a beautiful waterfall and Jordan took a little swim :) It was a really fun time, I'm so glad that we did that together!

Dante's View

looking back at our car

our little family hike

the rock at the top left is cool

Mama's Boys

These two are huge mama's boys and I can't pretend like I don't adore it.

This is Caleb's New Thing

Whenever I change his diaper this happens before he gets a new one on.. every single time.

And this is just cute of him.

Merry Christmas!!!

We got our tree yesterday and decorated it. 

Here is Caleb in his daddy's cute jammies from when he was a baby. 

I will add more from our camera later. This is just from my iphone. I got some really cute ones of Jordan and Caleb :)

We lost some of our Christmas decorations too. Some of them being our ornaments and Jordan's stocking from when he was younger and Ralph's stocking..yes, we are those weird people that have stockings and ornaments for their dogs haha. I'm so bummed! So I'm off to Joann's today to get fabric to make all of us new stockings. Wish me luck.. sewing can be very frustrating for me! 

Sleeping Jumper

So I was cleaning up our room today and Caleb was in his jumper in the living room. I could hear him jumping and giggling and talking to himself and then I noticed it was a little too quiet... I peeked into the living room to find this...

I mean... what baby falls asleep in their jumper? hahah. I love it. He is too precious.

Caleb is on solids! I've pretty much given him everything.. vegetables, fruit, meat, grains. He's doing really well on it, the only food he's not too crazy over is green vegetables.  So I've been mixing fruit in with them and he eats them right up! I can't believe how big he is getting! It's crazy that he is going to be 7 months old in only 10 days! 

Since being on solids, Caleb stopped sleeping through the night. He was sleeping 10-12 hours. AMAZING right? Now he gets up 2-3 times a night wanting to nurse. Any one have any advice? Certain foods to give him before bed or something that will keep him from waking up hungry? He's gone through phases like this before when he's growing so that could be it, but I'm wondering if it could be just what I'm feeding him and all of that. Anyways, any advice is welcomed :)

He's also sitting up on his own for very long periods of time. Before, he would sit up for a minute or two and then topple over. Last week, he decided he was ready to be extra big and do it for long stretches of time. It's so big boy-ish! The funniest is when he's crying really hard and sitting straight up. Jordan and I can't help but laugh a little, it's just so funny and cute.

20 pounds of Chub

I took Caleb to get a shot today and weighed him while we were there. He is now 20 pounds and 1 ounce. The last time he was weighed was a little over a month ago and he was 18 pounds 7 ounces. HUGE. :)

Caleb is almost 5 1/2 months old and he's changing and growing so much every day. 

• He is wanting to crawl. He is rolling over with much more ease now and is starting to move his way across the floor.. not really crawling, but he definitely wants to be able to do it.

• He discovered how to suck on his fingers. He usually sucks on his pointer and middle finger, but occasionally will suck on his thump or his middle and ring fingers. 

• He started to actually jump in his jumper. 

• He smiles and laughs ALL the time and at the most random things. He started having a different laugh sometimes too.. it's when he can't stop laughing. Usually his laugh is really low, but this laugh is a little more high pitch. 

• He knows his name and will respond to it. 

• He's started to look interested whenever I'm eating or drinking something. We will start him on foods at 6 months. 

• He LOVES his daddy. He recognized Jordan pretty early on, but now, whenever he hears Jordan's voice he looks around and smiles when he sees Jordan. It's really sweet.

• He has big boy hair! His hair texture changed. 

I can't think of anything else new. Caleb is the sweetest baby in the world and I could not be happier to have him in my life. He is the most wonderful and precious part of my life and I can't imagine loving him more, yet I do every single day. 

Here is a picture of Caleb today after we got home from the doctor.