Hampton Bios: November 2008

Whew, the last month has been full of "stuff." We went to Pittsburgh for 5 days leaving Caleb with to be well taken care of by amazing familia. It was a long time to be away from our little man, but we had a great time and we know Caleb had a great time as well. Then, we had a normal weekend followed by two weekends where Johnny was gone leading an event for NNU and his annual fall retreat for the youth ministry. So, needless to say, it is nice to be on this side of that "stuff" and we are really looking forward to a mellow week and a long weekend eating more food than we should. Mmmm...mm. Can't wait.

Our family is doing well. Tomorrow marks 8 years for us! It is hard to believe that 8 years ago we said, "I do." It is crazy how fast time goes by. It has been a beautiful 8 years.

Then, on Thursday we are going over to some family's house to feast for Thanksgiving. Coincidentally, Thursday is also when Caleb will be 17 months old. You know what this means don't you? Only 7 more months until we can stop counting months!!!! Seriously though, as each day goes by we become more and more thankful for an amazing son. He is so fun, so funny, and just continues to amaze us. I know, I know, we're biased, but that's okay, every parent has that right don't they? He is just one smart little dude. He picks up on things so fast. His vocabulary expands daily now and it is so fun to watch him and help him connect things cognitively and physically. He keeps us on our toes. I'd be lying if I said he was the best behaved little boy out there. He's a handful. He's super active, into everything, and wants to know what's going on when it's going on where it's going on and why it's going on. People tell me that's just "boy-ness." His new words are "apple" (appie), "please" (me - with his hand on his chest), "cow" (cow), "socks" (ocks) and his best new "trick" is that he closes his lips really tight, blows through them making a buzzing noise with his lips, lifts his arm in the air and then drops it. What is he doing? He's making the sound an elephant makes! It's pretty cool.

So, lots of fun these days in our home. We hope that your home and life is filled with lots of fun and love especially this week! Thanks for checking in on us and we'll try and do better about updating our blog more often.

Peace,

JJC