A little dip in the pool

Caleb had his first experience in the pool at Great Uncle Mike's and Great Aunt Janie's house.  It was a nice hot Texas day and the pool wasn't cold but wasn't Texas hot yet but he seemed to really like it.

Sitting on the side of the pool, smiling at Daddy and doesn't know what he is in for :)

 In the pool, I think he thought it was the bath and seemed to like it, didn't cry or anything!

Holding the ball in the pool, obviously not too interested in the ball. 

 Cousin Kelsea in the pool with Caleb!

 We put Caleb in the pool lounger and he was quite content....then we decided to make it look like he was in the pool by himself....

 Here he is in the pool "by himself" you can see Jared's leg if you look carefully since we really would never leave him in the pool or a float by himself.  Although we did show this to Jared's cousin Ryane and told her we just left him in the pool by himself and she believed us :)

We now have an appropriate bathing suit, swim shirt, hat and swim diaper for him to wear the next time he goes swimming which should be in a few weeks so more swimming pictures to come.   

Friends...

Caleb has lots of friends that are a few years older than him!  He also has a lot of friends that are very close to his age and some of them are yet to be born...coming in the next few months!

Here is a picture of one of his friends Brody holding him! He was also practicing for his baby sister that will be here any day.

Another one of his friends that he met this past week is baby Cameron. He was a few weeks early and compared to Caleb even baby Cam at three weeks is such a cute little peanut in comparison to our big baby!
Here are the pics of their first play date but there will be many more to share as baby Cam also lives in our neighborhood!  Congrats Colin and Danielle, he is adorable! I had to post all three pictures since they are too cute not too!!  Hard to believe they are only 6.5 weeks apart in age :)

Many more friend pics to come...

2 Months!

Caleb at 2 Months!!

Weight: 13 lbs and 5 oz (90th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (70th percentile) Head size 16 inches (70th percentile) The nurse practitioner who we saw instead of the Dr. due to the fact that he has been not sleeping as well the last two nights he might be getting ready for a growth spurt!
Eating/Nursing: Caleb is still a great eater and sleeper for that matter!  Since his one month appointment that pediatrician said we could stop waking him up at night so we have now let him sleep!  For the most part his schedule is that he eats every 2-3 hours during the day and then around 8 or 9 we put him down and he usually either wakes up around 11 and nurses or we give him a bottle so that his tummy is full enough to get him to sleep through the night.  Usually he starts to stir around 5 or 6 and then eats around 7 or 8 each morning.  Which is great that he is already sleeping through the night!  I am always hesitant to say this but it has been going on almost a month now so I think we are in a good routine at least for now, I know that things can change :)
Wake time: We are seeing more and more smiling and his personality taking shape during awake time.  He usually is awake for a good hour sometimes two after her eats.  During awake time he loves to play with his toys, lay on his play mat and look up at his cow that has a mirror on it, listen to his lamb that sings old McDonald.  He also loves his vibrating rocker seat and the two toys on that, he can smile and stare at them for quite some time and is starting to grab and reach for things as well.  He also loves his swing since there is a mirror above it and moving animals and staring at the ceiling fan in the living room since it is on a slow mode.  We also do tummy time which he doesn't love but will tolerate.  Reading books isn't always his favorite but we seem to always do that as he is getting tired so we need to put that into the earlier rotation and I think he would like it more. 
Napping: We don't have a wonderful schedule for this yet.  I almost feel some days like he is already ready for two long naps.  Some days he still is in the schedule of eating, playing and napping for an hour or so before he eats again but that usually doesn't happen in between each feeding during the day.  He often is awake for 3-4 hours and in that time can nap for about 15 minutes and then later on will take a longer nap.  When he starts to get fussy his favorite thing is to be held facing out and looking at what is going on while falling asleep. He loves to have something to focus on while falling asleep and hates to be held facing your chest. He also loves his mobile in his crib and I think that and his other little toy that clips on the side of the crib will really help him a lot when falling asleep.  We are going to test that out soon!
Night Sleep: For about the last month this has been pretty consistent with sleeping 8-9 hours at night.  He usually eats around 6 or 7 and then we give him a bath and start to wind down for the night.  He then usually falls asleep and sometimes wakes up at 9 or 10 to eat again.  If he doesn't then we usually wake him up just enough to give him a bottle so that he can make it through the night without needing to eat.  He then usually wakes up around 6-8am, he often starts making some noises about an hour or two before he actually wakes up.  We are very happy about this and hope it only continues to get better and more consistent as he gets older!
Skills:He is getting stronger and stronger and holds up his head like a champ!  He is reaching and grabbing for his toys when laying on his back and loves to play with them.  When we talk to him he really pays attention to our voices and likes to look at us.  He also will stick out his tongue at us when we do the same to him.  He is happiest when he has some sort of stimulation usually people keep him entertained the longest. 
Language: He is starting to communicate more and more. You can tell especially when talking to him that he is trying to communicate back and he will coo and talk back to you often.  He loves to play with his tongue and his mouth and try to imitate any movement that you make with your mouth from sticking his tongue out to trying to imitate kisses.  He is totally intrigued and you can see the wheels in his little brain spinning as he is trying to figure things out!
Fun Facts:  Caleb went on his first road trip this past month down to Houston.  He was a champ in the car and slept most of the way there with only one long crying stretch on the way back that the pacifier helped to calm. We have figured out that he loves to look around and watch what is going on and if we are in a new environment he will just watch what is going on for long stretches of time. This also wears him out and we get some good naps and nights sleep out of him after! 

We are having so much fun already with our little boy and it is so exciting to see how he changes on almost a daily basis although now I can really see why people say it goes by so fast as he already seems like he is so old :)

A few fun pictures of our little guy!!

Aunt Heather and Ram come to Visit!

Jared's sister Heather and her fiance Ram came to visit us in Texas!  Heather hadn't been down to visit us since we first moved to Texas so we were very excited for her to be here and for both of them to meet Caleb.

One of the first nights Aunt Heather helped with bath time...here is Aunt Heather and our little Froggie!

 Another picture of Aunt Heather and Caleb, the week she was visiting he really started smiling a lot more, which was so much fun to see for all of us!

 Another attempt at Caleb wearing some Michael Jordan gear to cheer on the Bulls but alas the Bulls could not beat Miami :( As we always say in Chicago there is always next year and now we have to say "Go Mavs"

 Big boy sitting up on the couch in his warm up outfit!

 Aunt Heather and Caleb taking a little nap together, lots of cuddle time was had by these two during the week she was here!

 Jared had to go out of town for work so we had to get a picture with all of us before he left!

 Brother and Sister pic with Caleb!

 Trying to get a picture of Libby and Caleb together...might need him to get better at sitting up on his own before this really works.

 Since it was Ram's first trip to Texas and Heather hadn't been here in awhile we needed to take them out to a few of our favorite restaurants.  Here are Ram, Heather and Caleb in front of Babe's Chicken Dinner house for some good fried chicken and the fixings.  They loved it as well as the building since it looks like an old barn but is really pretty much brand new!

 Heather and I at Babe's!

 Aunt Heather and a silly picture of Caleb :) He looks so big there!

 Another picture of Aunt Heather and Caleb taking a little nap together...very cute!

 Heather and Ram at Rudy's another much needed spot on the Texas tour.  Ram also realized that there is a Rudy's somewhat close to them in Colorado so they were very excited as there isn't much good BBQ in Colorado.

We had a wonderful visit with Heather and Ram and can't wait for them to come back and visit again!

Easter!

Someday I will catch up with actual time:)

Caleb's first holiday was Easter and with that of course he needed his first picture with the

 Easter bunny!

A great story about that one :) His Great Aunt Janie wanted to make sure he got his picture taken so she invited us over for their neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  Well it was a very hot day here in Texas and by the time we made it to the Easter egg hunt it was over :(  Good thing they are so well connected in their neighborhood. Years ago after renting an Easter bunny costume every year their neighbor actually bought the costume.  So Jared, Uncle Mike, Janie, Caleb and I were in the car already to go to the Easter egg hunt and when we found out it was over she quickly called her friend who owned the Easter bunny costume to figure out who the bunny was and where the costume was.  We then drove to the house and Aunt Janie got the costume to take back to their house.  All the way home uncle Mike said "I am not putting that on!" We all commented that it was too bad Sean wasn't home for Easter because it would be on in a heartbeat and then all decided that Kelsea would be the one to wear the bunny costume.  We walked in the door, told Kelsea and being the amazing sport she is she instantly put on the bunny costume! A few funny quotes from while the costume was on.

"Can you see me smiling?" - Kelsea with the bunny head on

"Your David Yurman bracelets are showing" - Janie to Kelsea

"Gross this bunny head is so sweaty" - Kelsea when she put it on

All in all we got some great pictures and had a great laugh the whole time. Thanks Aunt Janie for getting the costume and Cousin Kelsea for wearing it, you are the both the best and it makes Caleb's first time with the bunny so much more memorable.

The bunny in all hear glory...she had to be seated to hold Caleb as she could not see very well out of the bunny head :)

 Caleb and the Bunny!  He had a nice Easter outfit with yellow duckies on it from Grandma (my mom) and kinda blends in with the bunny suit.  After a little crying he did love it though and fell right to sleep since it was so warm and soft!

 Family pic with the Bunny!

 This is a keeper although you can't see quite how sweaty Kelsea is from having the bunny head on :)

Thanks again Kels, you really moved ahead in the 1st cousin once removed standings for Caleb..haha!  Yes that is a challenge to the rest of you!

 Here is a picture actually on Easter, Caleb and his first Easter basket and his "My 1st Easter" Bib from Grandma JoJo.  In his Easter basket something from all the girl Burke cousins, Cubs outfit from Shana, My 1st Oklahoma shirt from Kelsea and Dallas Stars onesies and a Rangers T-shirt from Ryane.

Jared's Birthday was the Tuesday after Easter and for the 2nd year in a row he was going to be in Houston because of work for it.  So we celebrated on Easter with gifts and Aunt Janie got his favorite an ice cream cake.  Happy Birthday to the best Dad and Husband ever!! Love you babe!

Caleb 1 Month

So I have seen a bunch of my friends do this on blogs and figured it would be a great habit to get into since I know I will type much more about Caleb than I would ever write in his baby book.  Just easier to type and I have terrible handwriting, great scrap booking handwriting but normal writing not so good.

Some of these categories will get a lot more exciting once he gets older but here we go for the big one month, crazy how time flies but how it also feels like Caleb has been in our lives forever!

Weight: He was 9.1 lbs when he was was born, at 2 weeks he was 9.7 lbs and at one month, really more like 5 weeks on how the Dr. appointment fell he weighed 11 lbs, our big growing boy!

Height: 22.3 inches also head size is 15.5 and at two weeks it was 15 and overall he is in the 80th-90th percentile overall.

Eating/Nursing: Nursing for now, Caleb is a wonderful eater and has been ever since he was born.  He loved to eat so much and was so strong that he hurt his momma pretty badly and we had to bottle feed him for a few weeks to give his mom some time to heal.  Since they he has been on a pretty consistent schedule of every three hours during the day and 4-5 at night.  After our 1 month doctor appointment he said we can let him sleep as much as he wants at night, so he has now gone up to a 6 hour stretch at night in between feedings which was awesome.  Hopefully that time will continue to grow as he does :)

Wake Time: Since about 2 weeks of age Caleb has been great with an eat, play, nap schedule.  During his wake time we read books, do tummy time, sing, he loves to look at the pictures on our back wall.  He also loves to look at the light and outside.  After one of his evening feedings we usually have bath time too, which he likes as long as he is in a good mood when we get started.  We try to also take a walk at least once a day if the weather is o.k. so he can have some outside time as well.

Napping:  During the day Caleb is on a pretty good schedule of eating, wake time and then napping for about 1-2 hours.  Sometimes he falls asleep really easily and sometimes he gets quite upset first.  Most of his naps are downstairs on his Boppy Lounger, he is pretty good at sleeping through noise especially the dog barking, kitchen noises etc.  We will start him napping in his crib in the next two weeks or so.  Also, we have determined that he loves sleeping in the swing a little too much and have stopped putting him in it during the day as he then doesn't sleep much at night if he has had too much swing sleeping time during the day!

Night Time Sleep: Around his 10/11pm feeding we start to put him straight to bed after he eats which usually goes pretty well if he has had enough awake time during the day.  He sleeps still in our room at night in the newborn napper in his pack n' play. 

Skills: Since birth he has been holding his head up which is quite amazing!  Since then he has gotten even stronger and holds up his head very well during tummy time.  Also during tummy time he is great at using his legs and often can move around a little bit during tummy time and sometimes uses his legs to push himself forward!  He also has great eye contact and even was told by the pediatrician he had some of the best eye contact at a month he has seen.  He still loves to look over your shoulder at shapes and bright lights but if you talk to him he will follow your voice as you talk and look around when he hears other voices. 

Language: He mainly is just making baby noises at this point with the occasional coo when we talk to him.  Most of the noise he makes is when he is crying :)  More to come on this topic as the months progress!

Fun Facts: Caleb is growing and changing every day it is so amazing.  When he goes to sleep you can watch him smile during his last phase of falling asleep it is very cute and usually the only smile we would see up until this past week.  During the week of April 28th Caleb started to show us his pretty smile every so often.  Even at times that wasn't because of gas or falling asleep.  We are excited to see how this progresses in the coming weeks and to see smiles more often!
Caleb's eyes were very dark blue when he was born and recently they have gotten even lighter blue so we are hoping they stay very blue, we shall see.  He had quite a bit of hair when he was born and seems to have lost some on top but kept most of his hair on the sides and in the back so far. 
Many of the comments we have received are about how adorable he is and how he never looked like a newborn.  Also, people have said how big his hands are and how long his toes are, which in looking at his daddy's baby book people said about him as well!
Clothing size, Caleb is already wearing 3 month clothes and only wore newborn clothes for about a week and a half!
Caleb loves to be swaddled and when he is starting to get tired if we wrap him up tight he calms down after a minute or two and always sleeps so much better and longer if he is wrapped up tight.

Libby checking out Caleb...she is very good with him but doesn't really understand what he is doing here yet and I think she keeps hoping he will leave and her life will go back to normal.  Sorry princess he is here to stay:)

 Some nice tummy time!

 When we don't swaddle him he loves to have his hands up by his face, usually not behind his head but thought this was too cute not to post!

 More tummy time!

 All wrapped up in one of his favorite blankets... 

 This one seems to be a common picture to my posts...haha!

Caleb testing out his chair...Libby watching what is going on from a distance...

 After tummy time a little time on his back checking out his toys...

 Copying Daddy's move...

 1 month picture and onesie to match!!

Stay tuned to watch me grow with monthly pics with my elephant chair!

2nd Week, Family and First Outing

My parents left on Thursday in the morning and about an hour and a half after they left Jared's Mom and Brother arrived!!

Grandma JoJo holding Caleb for the first time!!  Nice picture of him wide awake!

 Uncle Nate and Caleb!  As everyone said when Uncle Nate would hold Caleb it makes him look more like the size of a newborn, we love you Uncle Nate and Caleb is following in your footsteps!

 Daddy and Caleb...

 Caleb's first big outing besides going to the pediatrician was when we went over to Aunt Janie and Uncle Mike's house or to Caleb, Great Aunt Janie and Great Uncle Mike's house.  They had a few people over to meet Caleb for a little Mexican Fiesta.  Also, Jared's cousin Meagan was in town from Ohio as well as the Moore's who are some of the Seaman's good family friends.

Here is a family shot from the day, Caleb was wearing his onesie that said "Hello Ladies" it was quite a hit!

 Here is a picture with the Seaman's and the Moore's or all of each family that was there.  It was great to see them and have them all meet our little man!

 Here is a picture with all the Burke family that was there, lots more Burke family to meet but he was off to a great start this night!

  Caleb awake and happy in his bed in our room! 

  I just can't help but to take so many of these cute pictures while he is sleeping!