Catch-Up

Hello world.

It's been awhile.

We're recovering from the nasty cold that is making its tour of our neighborhood. Caleb caught it first and passed it on to both Luke and me. Thankfully, Caleb was on the road to recovery before I was in the worst of it.

When I'm sick I tend to notice (and help others notice) gross-ness more than usual. So it's probably a very good thing that I avoided posting to the blog while we were sick. Although the suction bulb is pretty impressive.... Like I said, it's a good thing I didn't post anything.

But I'm sure there are several fans waiting for an update on Caleb. Caleb has started to mimic us more often--clapping, stretching, playing peek-a-boo. We also played a rousing game of hide and seek around the kitchen island yesterday. He's also started shouting. I'm not sure who he learned that from. Fishlips are really cute on an 8-month-old. Caleb climbs the full set of stairs when he gets tired of playing with the basement toys.

On Valentine's Day, Luke and I were able to find a babysitter and go to the Valentine's Gala that several people from our church organized. I had a blast! We got to dress up, we laughed with friends, and we even left with a certificate for free babysitting. It was a wonderful way to spend Valentine's Day!

My parents visited on Monday, bringing dinner, homemade noodles (which we used for chicken noodle soup on Tuesday), doubly good chocolate cake, hugs, and grandparent hands itching to play with their grandson.

While we were sick I read several Dean Koontz books. If you haven't started reading his books, don't. If you've read one, you've read them all. I suppose they served their purpose of making me rest instead of doing stuff around the house. I'm sure there are better ways to rest.

I also rediscovered Library Thing. I'm really not sure what it's purpose is, except for people like me who read books and then can't remember if they've read them or not, or who can't remember titles of books they read.

After this random post, maybe I'll redeem myself with a picture from our game of hide and seek: