Three Months!

Cale enjoying a seaside swing while mom picks some flowers

Wow, it is hard to believe that Caleb had his three month birthday yesterday! In some ways it feels like he's been part of the family forever and in other ways I can't believe he is no longer a newborn. I went in town for a girls night with Amy and Lydia last night and Alan stayed home with the boys. I called before coming home around 10 to see how things were going, and Alan said that Caleb had been peacefully sleeping for hours. They must have some sort of pact going because Alan seems to get the absolute easiest nights when he is on duty!

Don't worry about a thing

I noticed that Cale didn't look overly happy in the crib photo I posted last time, so I thought I'd put together a couple of clips of him smiling that I've collected over the past month. You'll see what I mean about him almost shooting out of the baby tub in the last clip! I hope this one makes Grandmama Linda as weepy as the last video did!

Bye-bye, Bassinet!

It has been another week full of firsts. First dinner party (with Harris and Amy), first cold (which he quickly recovered from), first night in a hotel (last night in Moncton before Alan played in Bouctouche), first time being babysat by his cousins Aly and Ava, first time in a swing, first bath in a big tub (he is now way too strong and after he almost shot himself right out of his baby tub, we decided it was time to move up to the big tub) and first time sleeping in his crib. As you can see, it will be quite awhile before he out grows the crib!

Happy (belated) Earth Day!

Caleb doing his part for the environment in cloth diapers

We have been having a great week in Fredericton. The show last night at the Playhouse was wonderful. David even gave a little shout out to Alan's new baby boy! But the real highlight of the week was the birth of Kathy and Roland's baby girl, Monica, born on April 20th. We were lucky enough to get to meet her on the day she was born. Caleb will have a life long friend in his new cousin.

Musical Festival

It's a busy week for Grandmama Linda with the music festival getting underway, but she still found time to give Cale his first lesson! We've been exposing him to lots of music and he seems to be taking it all in. He may not grow up to be a rock star (or a folk star for that matter), but I'm sure he'll at least have an appreciation for many different styles of music.

Family Photos

We are having a great time visiting in Fredericton this week. Alan has a big show on Thursday night with David Myles and the full band at the Playhouse. It is great that we have been able to come home so often. Everyone has noticed big changes in Caleb and I took lots of family photos to share.

Cousins Ava and Aly

A very pregnant Aunt Kathy and Uncle Roland

Aunt Angela

Greggy and Grandmama Linda

Grammy and Grampy J.

Adventures in Babysitting

Tonight Caleb was left in the loving hands of Lydia and Nick for his first ever babysitting experience while I enjoyed a wonderful night out watching David Myles play with Symphony Nova Scotia. Alan and Kyle joined David on stage for a few numbers and I think I am speaking for all 900+ people in attendance that it was an amazing show. The orchestral arrangements were truly beautiful and David kept everyone very entertained with his story-telling. I was able to enjoy the show even more when I got a text from Lydia saying 'Cale is as happy as a clam!'...I knew he wouldn't be too hard to handle but I was so happy to know that he also had a good night and I think Lydia and Nick would offer to watch him again anytime.

Getting to know Caleb

I've been playing around with the movie program on our new Mac and came up with this little clip of Caleb's first couple of days at home. Thanks, dad, for thinking of the perfect song....Enjoy!

Family comes to visit

We had a nice visit from Sarah and Godfrey last night. Caleb loved cuddling with Sarah at the end of the night. This is a somewhat rare pose for him as he is usually craning his neck out to make sure he doesn't miss anything going by. He is too tired for exercise in this pic. It is so nice to have family visit. We are looking forward to my folks coming tomorrow for the weekend, then we are headed to Fredericton for a week.

Look-alikes

While staring in amazement at our little boy this morning, as we sometimes do, I asked Alan which animal Caleb reminded him of. He immediately said the baby monkey we saw in South Africa's Kruger National Park pictured above. This monkey was probably the most adorable thing we'd ever seen before Caleb came along! Cale sometimes reminds me of a wide-eyed seal pup, especially when he is swaddled! I don't think he will need to be swaddled much longer, however. We have been keeping one arm unwrapped this past week so he can suck on his fingers and soothe himself to sleep, which means he is well on his way to becoming completely swaddle-free. This will make my dad very happy, since he would rather see Caleb flailing his arms around than being the least bit constrained!

All swaddled up for the night!

Seals hauled out on rocks in the Cove.

You are never too young to rock

Caleb learning some new licks from dad!

Growth spurts

Caleb is definitely getting bigger. He has outgrown all of his 0-3 month clothes and I don't think his cheeks could be any more round! He looks less like a baby and more like a little boy everyday. Especially when he wears his adorable alpaca sweater that Treva brought him from New Zealand!
Outside things are also growing quickly. The grass seems to have turned green over night and the buds on the trees are ready to burst. It was nice to hear so many birds singing during our afternoon hike through the forested area of the Duncans Cove Nature Reserve today.