spices

i'm very excited to start introducing caleb to some spices in his diet. so far we've tried cinnamon and garlic. it took him a while to warm up to the cinnamon, but the garlic he took to immediately (or else i just didn't put enough that he could actually taste it). it's yet another step in the process of getting him closer to eating "big people" food.

happy anniversary

today is the anniversary of a loss in my life. not a very big one, but a significant one. exactly one year ago today, my i lost my appendix. it was a crazy and scary time, made more so by the fact that i was 6 and a 1/2 months pregnant at the time. the day before, i thought i just had the flu and even went to the hospital to get re-hydrated. but the next morning it became obvious that something far more serious than the flu was going on.

the whole day in the hospital i was well cared for by nurses while doctors went nuts trying to figure out what was wrong with me. preterm labor? nope. kidney infection? no. infection in the uterus? thankfully not. in the end, i had an MRI which found my appendix to be "suspicious". so they removed it. the surgeon was wonderful and a labor & delivery nurse stayed with me the whole time monitoring caleb.


the amazing thing was, though, that i never really worried about caleb. i just knew that he was going to be ok and that i would get to meet him and hold him. i was just really thankful that that didn't come until august!

diapers are like chicken pox...

after you've been exposed to them for a time, you build up an immunity to them. at least, that's how it is with caleb and diapers. at first, fuzzy bunz with single liner, totally fine. then, we had to go the double liner route for nights. then it was double liner for naps and disposable for nights. now disposables won't cut it for nights so we're on to nighttime diapers. and i think we'll have to start doubling up on the fuzzy bunz liners during days, too... and not just at naptime. yikes! when will it end?

bobble-head

there's this thing caleb does that makes him look like a bobble head. it's so cute... he just wiggles his head back and forth... and if another person does it back at him, he'll keep going. in fact, while we were in kentucky, he and his uncle luke got into "dance wars" where they would do this back and forth and back and forth. apparently, caleb won. it's especially cute when he does this sitting on the floor or in his high chair (although not while eating) because then you can see his little tush wiggle, too.

masculine sounds

caleb makes a lot of boy sounds. he likes to growl and clear his throat and make these guttural laughs that sounds sort of like a frenchman. it's so funny and so boy and has made me think about how amazing it is that he's already showing boy attributes at 9 months. besides his sounds, he totally loves balls better than stuffed animals, and like lions and alligators better than sheep and kittens (although really, who can blame him?).

prom

so, Mommy Martini is hosting a prom-story carnival where we all get to share our prom stories with each other... i know, fun, right? so here goes...

in high school, i wasn't the dating sort. i was the "i'm going to go off to college and meet the man of my dreams" sort. there were guys i liked and who liked me but i was holding out for college and the man of my dreams (who, by the way, i did find, thank you very much!).

anyway, senior prom. it was the best. ever. and i didn't even go. there was this guy who i was friends with. not even really good friends, but friends. and he knew that i (and a couple of other wonderful, beautiful girls) were not going to prom that year. and he thought that was a shame. so, the night after prom we all got dressed up and went over to his house and his mom made us a 5-course meal. then we went downtown portland took a horse-drawn carriage ride around the city. it was amazing and so fun and so no pressure. and all those boys who felt bad about not asking me to prom felt even worse since i had more fun without them!

finally...

caleb can say "mama"! it's about time! we've been practicing every day since he was about 2 days old. and i must admit i was a little jealous that jackson says it. and then two days ago, coming from the back seat of car comes the sound i've been waiting so long to hear... "mmmmm-aaaaaa... mmmmm-aaaaaa" i almost had to pull over the car and give him a hug!