2 Month Old Caleb

Mr. Caleb Mark is 10 weeks old today!  What a joy he is to our family!  He’s a pretty good baby, other than when he’s hungry or tired.  He seems to go from a whimper to a full-on scream with breath holding in 6 seconds flat.  But, he’s easily appeased by some food or being cuddled with a blanket and his binky.

The kids are crazy about him.  Especially Adam.  At first I saw Adam in him a lot, but when I went through baby pictures of both Adam and Abby, I decided that although he definitely looks like a Gardner, he has his own little look about him.  I’m pretty sure he’ll have blue eyes like Adam though.

His 2 month accomplishments include smiling!  He just barely started to smile and coo a little in the past few days.  His pediatrician said the average time for first smiles and coos is 6 weeks, but with being 4 weeks premature, he’s still right on target.

His stats are:

Weight: 9 lbs. 15 oz. (25th percentile)
Height: 21.5 inches (7th percentile)

I love looking back and comparing the sizes of my other babies.  At 2 months, Abby was 9 lbs. 6 oz. and 21.5 inches and Adam was a whopping 11 lbs. 14 oz. and 23 inches!!

Although he’s only in the 25th percentile for his weight, compared to his short stature, he’s starting to look FAT!  It’s mostly in his cheeks and neck.

And here are just a whole bunch of random pictures of our cute little dude.

Nana (my mom) and Caleb

Deep in thought

I usually nap him on his tummy because he sleeps SO much better!

Smiling at Big Brother!

“Help me Mommy!”

Life is cah-ray-zee with 3 little kids but I love it despite my grumblings!  I blame that on the sleep deprivation.

Adam’s Tumbling Show

Adam has been taking a tumbling class for the past 9 months and absolutely loves it!  He had his very first performance last week and was so excited for us to watch.  My mom also came and he was just brimming with pride the whole evening!

SO excited to get a medal!

His poor teacher tried so hard to teach them a routine and well, you can’t really expect much from 3-5 year olds!

Fun with Papa

I tend to think my kids have a really awesome grandpa.  Their Papa loves them to death and they think he is just the coolest guy around (except for Daddy of course)!

After Caleb’s blessing on Sunday, we were out back watching some of the planes fly over head for the air show at Hill Air Force Base that is just a few miles from our house.

My Dad started swinging them in their little plastic chairs and they were squealing with delight!

We hung out at their house on Memorial Day and here’s a picture of Adam, Abby, and Harrison playing with Papa.  Harrison is almost 1 and he thinks my kids are so funny.  Adam, especially loves to get him to laugh and blow raspberries with his finger on his lips.

I hope they always know how lucky they are to have a grandpa as fun and loving as their Papa!  Now if he were just in town more often….

Caleb’s Blessing Day

Caleb was blessed in our ward by his Daddy on Sunday, May 27th.  It was a beautiful spring day and he was surrounded by many loving family members.

He wore a tiny white knit jumper and looked so cute and fresh from heaven.

My Handsome Boy!

He has lost virtually all his hair on top.  He totally looks like an old man!


Our family of FIVE!

After the blessing, we crammed everyone into our little townhouse for some goodies.

There was the obligatory, “Pass the Baby”.  Here Caleb is snuggling with his Aunt Annie.

Cousin Samantha is the only girl with 3 brothers and she is just a sweet little mommy in the making.

Nana, Uncle Tom, and Papa

I couldn’t resist posting a picture of this little dude, Cousin Harrison.  I can’t get enough of those chubby cheeks!  (and chunky thighs, and rubber band-looking wrists!)

Gardner Family

Nutty Gardner Family

Shurtleff Family

I feel so blessed to have brought little Caleb into such wonderful families.  He sure is loved by all of them!