So close...

Hello!

It's been a while since we've updated you on our lives - sorry about that. Things have been going very well for the Hampton's. Caleb got over his bad cold and ear infection and is still growing fast. He had his 6 month shots a week and a half ago. He measured in at 29 inches long and the Doctor said he is "off the charts" for his length right now. We are so thankful for a healthy little boy who likes to eat!

Speaking of eating, he's chowin' on "solids" now. They call 'em solids, but it's more like he's eating smoothies - fruit and vegetable smoothies.:) He's eaten everything we've presented him with so far except for green beans. He makes the most hilarious, innocent "that's-disgusting-face" whenever he takes a bite of them. We'll work on that, and hopefully he'll get around to 'eating his greens.'

The most fun part about the parenthood for us right now is watching Caleb almost crawl. He gets up on his knees and hands, and just starts rocking. It's as if in his mind he is moving, but his body isn't - just rocking. He pulls himself around and if it's too far to pull himself, he just rolls to whatever it is he's after.

We've been working on "mamamamama" and "dadadadada" with him. It is so cool to see the concentration at such an early age. He moves his mouth as if he's trying to sound out the word. We are convinced that when Joye walked into the room tonight he said "mama!" He's never made that sound out of his mouth before and he makes the motions with his mouth all the time when he sees Joye, but this time there was actually noise with it. We know it was probably just a random noise, but we're claiming that as his first word - at least Joye is!:)

Well, here are some pictures for you to enjoy. We hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for stopping by to check in on us. We think about those we don't get to see often!

Love you all,
JJC

P.S. Go Packers!!!

Bath time!

He's become fond of the little froggy.