We were totally amazed at how different Caleb looked with a hair cut - what do you think? He looks older to us and more like a big, little boy. He's pretty cute though and we're learning that he knows it! He's becoming quite the little flirt with the ladies and is learning to pose for the camera.
After the hair cut we got ready for Caleb's big birthday party. We invited friends and family and had a really good turn out. Thanks to all of you who showed up - there were about 30 people here who celebrated with us - and thanks to all of you who called or sent Caleb love through a card. As you may or may not know, Joye shares her birthday now with Caleb. So this year we celebrated Joye's birthday on her actual day and Caleb's the next day.
The party was a lot of fun. There were a lot of kids here roughly around the same age so they had a lot of fun together. We all hung out and played in the back yard and snacked on some food. We set Caleb up in his chair outside and had cake out there. As you can see from the pictures, he liked to wear the cake more than he liked to eat it. Actually, we're not sure if he ever took a bite - he wasn't quite sure what to think about it, but he had fun wearing it and he also helped some of the other kids wear it!
Caleb went straight to the tub for a quick rinse and we had fun trying to keep Caleb from eating the crumbs that fell of of him in the tub.
After cake and ice cream we all went over to the pool to cool off - and it was needed because it has been really hot here the past few days. It was fun playing around in the pool with everyone.
It's just hard to believe our little man is a year old now. He walked the farthest we've seen him walk today and is getting more confident with ever step he takes. He actually squatted down to pick up a toy and then stood back up without holding on to anything. Woohoo! Hey, you have to celebrate each milestone, right? That's what we do anyway.
We're pretty sure his most recent achievement is learning and saying the word "duck." It sounds more like "Duh," but he knows what a duck is from his toys in the bathtub. He seems to pick things up pretty fast as well. He got a cool little race car toy for his birthday (Thanks Wolfs!) that he loves. I spent some time playing with it with him (okay, so I was playing with it by myself and then I let Caleb play too:)) trying to teach him how it worked. He just kind of sat back and observed. A little while later Joye and I left the room and then came back to find him curiously trying to figure it out putting the cars on the track and pushing the button he needed to push - it was pretty cool to see his little mind at work.
Well, this has become quite the novel so we'll quit for now. Thanks to all of you for your love and support of our family. We really appreciate and love each of you.
Enjoy these pictures and have a great week!
Peace,
JJC
Business in the front. A Party in the back.
The sucker trick works pretty well - for the record!
What is happening daddy?!
You can do whatever you want, just give me that sucker!
Woah lady, what are you about to do?!
Waiting so patiently.
Nice "product."
One of many "interesting" faces Johnny will be sure to receive over the years.
Party time.
I don't know what to think about this.
Okay, I'll have fun wearing it.
Andi shouldn't have looked away.
Right after this picture he grabbed her hair and left a present in it.
Caleb and Cousin Spencer Kipp having a moment.
We wish all the cousins could have been there, but here are some of them.
They all played a game where they would get as close to Caleb as they could and then try to escape his hand trying to touch their face or clothes. Simple things amuse simple minds. Hey, we were all entertained!
This is his "Okay, I've had enough" face.
