5 Months Old

Cael has been one busy little bee these days!
He loves...
~the sounds of his daddy's voice
~to look and listen to books
~chewing on anything he can get his little hands on
~when we let him kick around with just his diaper on
~to be upright looking around at what is going on around him
~enjoys hearing all kinds of different noises and acts very curious
~loves to take only CAT NAPS (this is maybe not mommy's favorite thing in the whole world but I guess it works for him.)
~enjoys kicking and sleeping in his crib (been successfully sleeping there for about 2 months...yah..success)
~loves to watch the kitties. He is mostly fascinated with their tails!

It seems like around his "month" birthday, we begin to take note of all of the new things he has been learning. This is what he has been up to over the past few weeks. We are excited to see what Month 5 has in store!!

We have started trying green beans and sweet potatoes. So far so good!
Happy St. Patty's day! (a few days late) :)


Rolling over! Yep he got in this position all by himself! It literally happened over night! One sunday afternoon he rolled from his back to his belly but pushed off of me for help. We knew it was only a matter of time before he would do it on his own. Sure enough on the following Tuesday, I walked out of the room and turned around and saw him roll!!! It was so exciting! :)


Last sunday we decided to take our first walk with Cael in his stroller. Most Sundays, these days, have been filled with lots of church activities. However this past Sunday when we got home from church we did not have one obligation the rest of the day. We almost didn't know what to do with ourselves. It was cloudy but very humid so we decided to take him to a bike path in town and go for a walk as a family. It was so refreshing to be out walking and getting fresh air. Oh how I long for warmer temps and being outside!


As we headed back to our car it started to spit rain. It was really mild so we weren't too bothered by it all and Cael loved it! He was making squeals and noises the whole time we were walking in it! We had to take a family picture of our first adventure!

New Tricks--4 Months

SOUNDS!!! This has been kind of the Monkey See, Monkey Do experience! We do this often to him and he finally caught on!

WALKER!! We knew that Cael had such strong legs. He didn't sit very well in a bumbo seat, that we borrowed because he wants to stand! So we decided to put those strong little legs to work in the walker! In a month or so he is going to be driving that thing like a bumper car all over the house, I just know it!

BITING!!! There has been lots of gnawing on things! I believe this is the first signs of cutting teeth! I don't feel any teeth poking through just yet but he is definitely showing signs that it will be soon!


CEREAL!!! We started cereal around his 4 month birthday. He has done so well adapting to the spoon. We hope to try some tasty baby food soon!


ROLLING!! I think that this whole rolling to one side thing happened over night!! One day he was laying on the floor while I was in the kitchen and when I came into the room he was doing this!! Then he proceeded to do this every time he would lay on his back. He is SOO close to rolling all by himself. You can tell he is really trying hard to figure it all out!


You have to take family pictures any way you can get them, right!? We love our little family.

Exactly One Year Ago...

I rolled over and had to use the bathroom at around 5:00am. It was one of those times when I didn't really want to roll out of bed. I had lots of emotions rolling through my head. All kinds of "What ifs" were just running rampant in my head! Today was the day we were scheduled to be at the clinic for a blood test. We have been anticipating this moment for so long. Was this 3rd time going to be different? How would we react if it was the same negative result we have heard before? Where do we go from here? But wait..what if it is positive? What if this time IS different? What if this is for real?

For some reason this time around I decided to take a pregnancy test before we went to get the blood test results. So early that morning when I was using the restroom I decided to use a pregnancy test. However after I "took care of business", I went back to bed. I was just about sick and in some ways I didn't WANT to know what the results were. I felt safe and secure with the unknown at that moment. I knew that the results on that test were going to change everything!! Of course my pessimistic heart was thinking through how I would handle the negative results that waited for me in the bathroom. Pete heard me get up that morning and come back to bed. Neither one of us fell back to sleep. We both just laid there in silence. After about 2 hours, he said "Are you going to go look at it?" Um...no...I mean..yes...I mean..no...um. So after a little bit of mustering up strength and taking lots of deep breaths I walked into the bathroom and found this...

I seriously couldn't believe my eyes. I said NOTHING! I was speechless. I carried it back to bed and handed it to Pete. No words were spoken but lots of tears were shed. Really?!?! Is this for real? Is this happening? This is not a dream right?

So we got ready that morning with very little words spoken. We both were in a state of shock and disbelief. We still wanted to hear the doctor tell us that the blood test of was positive before we proceed with this great feeling. So we went to my appointment that was 10:00am that morning. Then we decided to drive and sit in a Lowe's parking lot to wait for the doctor to call. We knew we didn't want to be driving down the interstate when the phone rang from the doctor (because we did that before and it was really bad.) So this time we decided to just sit and wait...and WAIT...and WAIT...and WAIT some more. We ended up sitting there for 3 long hours!! Finally at a little bit after 1pm my phone rang. My heart sank. A deep breath proceeded by a very long S I G H!! The news we have waited to hear from so long. The news that we have never EVER heard!

Exactly one year ago today...our lives changed..in a matter of minutes...FOREVER!
Thank you LORD JESUS for this MIRACLE!