Caleb,
I can't believe in just one short month you'll be a 1 year old. Time has gone by so fast and you continue to amaze us with your new skills and abilities.
You're crawling so fast these days and you'll get on all fours when you start crawling on anything other than carpet. You look like a little stink bug! You haven't taken any steps on your own yet and seem perfectly content with crawling. You started cruising along furniture though and when we hold your arms, you walk like no ones business.
You finally met your Great Grandpa Bleskey this month. After several months of trying to figure out when the best time to make the trip was, we finally got the perfect opportunity Memorial Day weekend. You loved meeting him and he was so thrilled to meet you and hold you. We look forward to our next trip to Northern California so we can spend more time with him. You used a straw for the first time while we were at Uncle Scott and Aunt Tiffany's house for a BBQ, but haven't done it since.
You're such a great eater and eat almost anything and everything we give you. You're eating on your own now, with your hands, and seem to have a never ending appetite. You don't like honeydew melon or celery sticks though. You act like I'm poisoning you when I try to get you to eat either one. Some of your favorite foods are avocado, watermelon, beans of any kind, peas, green beans and chicken. I
You're all about your pointer finger these days and pointing at everything. I discovered that you're ticklish on the bottoms of your feet and on your sides. You think it's so funny when we play "This little piggy" with your toes. You also started initiating "Peekaboo" this month and when we say, "Where's Caleb?" You'll do your best to cover your eyes (although sometimes you just cover your ears) with your hands and then when you pull your hands down we say "Peekaboo! There he is!" You think it's great and can play this game over and over again.
You're still as vocal as ever and started making funny noises with your tongue while talking. It's the greatest thing ever. We're pretty sure you've said "dog" a couple of times too.
You're getting extremely squirmy when we change your diaper and try to get your dressed; although you do help by pushing your arms through your sleeves and kicking your legs up to get your socks on. Oh, and you don't like wearing socks. Any opportunity you get, you pull them off. You think it's so funny when we sniff your feet and say, "Oh stinky!!"
Your dad and I got mountain bikes and a trailer for you to sit in while we ride. Our first outing was to Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet and we're thankful you won't remember that experience. We were feeling pretty ambitious and decided to do the whole 22.8 miles! You on the other hand, were over it after a few miles. We didn't realize until about half way through that you were bumping your head on the cooler we had behind your seat in the trailer. We felt awful and even after we moved the cooler, you didn't like the ride. It was pretty hot and there wasn't any shade on the rocky bike trail. Needless to say, we won't be doing that ride again. While we were in Northern California visiting grandpa, we went on a bike ride and you enjoyed it so much better. You even fell asleep towards the end of the ride. We look forward to more bike rides.... On smooth paths of course.... Without anything behind your seat for you to bump your head on ; )
One of your biggest milestones this month is finally falling asleep on your own without nursing or being rocked AND napping in your crib! Finally. You weren't napping well any more while I was holding you and it was just time to start getting you in your crib for naps. I wasn't ready for you to nap on your own, in your crib before. I wasn't ready to listen to you cry and fuss and have some hard days of no naps or little naps. Much to my surprise, you transitioned really well. You did cry and I let you, but would check on you every few minutes to reassure you that you were okay. After doing this once, maybe twice, you got the hang of it and have been napping so well in your crib. You go down for your first nap about 2 hours after waking up and then go down for your second nap about 3 hours after waking up from your first nap. At night we'll read you a book and then lay you down and you typically fall asleep within 10 minutes. It's been absolutely amazing. I have so enjoyed having time to myself and to get things done while you nap and spending some time with your dad in the evenings.
Caleb, you're growing up so very fast and while I wish time would slow down, I love watching you grow, learn, explore and mature. You make me so proud to be your mom. You're such a good baby and light up everyone's day when they're around you.
I love you turkey butt,
Momma
