Like Father Like Son?

When Caleb was born, we couldn't tell who he looked like.

Just the other day we finally started seeing some similarities. John's mother sent me some photos of him as a baby. What do you think?

Here is John at 6 months (I think):




























And here is Caleb at 2 months:

Adjustments

The last 7 weeks have been a whirlwind. It feels like Caleb has been with us forever, but I can't believe that he is already 7 weeks old. We've had many ups and downs and are not fully adjusted yet. A friend told me that the first 6 months are pretty tough, but it gets much better after that.

A lot has happened since Caleb was born. The 2 major things are 1-my little sister got married (yesterday), and 2-our car died (the one with better gas mileage). Now we are busy spending our free time looking for a car.

John has been working late a lot, and has been working many weekends. He is leaving from work today to go to the Outer banks to scout out a kayaking trip in May. He won't be back until Wed evening. I love Annelise and Caleb, but sometimes I think I am going crazy. It is so hard to take care of them all day all by myself. I know why so many women prefer to put the kids in daycare. But, when they are good, it is GREAT!

On a happier note, Caleb started smiling last week. Here are some recent photos of Caleb the Giant. He is already 12 pounds and growing out of some of his 0-3 month clothes. Annelise didn't start growing out of them until she was about 4 months old...

Stopping to Smell the Flowers

Annelise loves flowers and wants to smell anything that is or has a flower on it, including fake flowers and flowers in books. She likes to smell leaves too because they are also considered flowers.

First she picks a flower.

Then she smells the flower.

Then she shows off her moustache.

New photos

Here are some recent photos of Caleb and the family. He is changing so much. He is now over 10 pounds. I can't believe how big he is. I am enjoying the occasional nap with him. I didn't cuddle very much with Annelise and now wish that I had a little more. I don't want Caleb to get too comfortable with it because he still needs to sleep in his own bed at night and for most naps. I am still trying to get into a routine with the kiddos and am looking forward to the time when everything starts falling into place (if that time ever comes.)

John's parents visited for Easter and we had a really nice time and got some great pictures. I will put most of them in the photo album on the right. Here are a few good ones though.