Not a Baby Anymore

Caleb turned 1 yesterday. I can't believe a year has gone by already. Yesterday was a little bittersweet for me. We have decided not to have anymore children so yesterday marked the end of babies in our house. As much as I love the fact that Caleb can crawl and get around, the fact that he is so happy and friendly, the fact that he has a great belly laugh and loves his sister whole heartedly, I was a little saddened to think that we don't have a "baby" anymore. Don't get me wrong, I don't miss the sleepless nights or making and washing tons of bottles, but I do miss being able to sit and hold a sleeping newborn. Caleb has changed so much over the past year. He is making his opinion known even though he only says a couple of words. He definitely lets us know when he is not happy about something (mainly when meals are over). He no longer gets a bottle or eats baby food. We will take away the paci in a few months too. He seems to be growing up so fast. I don't remember Angie growing this fast. I am very ready for him to walk though. He just doesn't seem to be interested in it at all. He pulls up and furniture walks but crawling is just fastest for him.

We had his party early so that it would be away from the Christmas get togethers. We had a small celebration last night for just the 4 of us and that was really nice. We had dinner at Jim N' Nicks and then had a small cake. It was intimate and very nice.

Well, that's about all, I just wanted to reflect on the last year in our lives. It seems hard to believe that last year when we attended our Christmas Eve service, we had a 3 day old and this year we will have a 1 year old. My how things change...

Merry Christmas, we love you all!!!