Zerbets, Sleep Smiles and Body Slams...

This weekend, I took Caleb to get his pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids, which for me, is the creme de la creme of child photographers. (Please don't introduce me to anyone more creme - Wal-Mart photography is already ruined for me. Don't take these guys away, too!)

We got there right when they opened at 9:30, and there were already ten people ahead of us. So we signed up for the first available time, which was two hours and fifteen minutes later. So after doing a little shopping ~ we were at Babies 'r' Us, after all! ~ we went for a ride to try to put Caleb to sleep, and once he was out, I went back to the parking lot and just sat to wait. It gave me the unique opportunity to just watch him in broad daylight while he slept. I'm not sure that anything I've experienced to this point as a parent could really compare with that time. To be able to watch him at rest was amazing and beautiful. And he smiles all the time! Which tells me that his sleep must be pleasant, which warms his mom's heart!

When we finally had the pictures taken, he was still sleepy from his nap, and a little cranky. But they did an amazing job ~ not only was he cute for the pics, he was SUPERCUTE! The photographer actually entered his last picture in a contest. (I think it's just for the people that work there, but it's still good for a proud mom to hear.) It was a great experience, and the shots turned out amazing.

That afternoon, Jonny was working and at his Christmas party, so Caleb Z and I had a whole afternoon at home alone. I think I mentioned about the jungle gym I become when he needs a climbing toy, but has has this one other adorable habit. While Jonathan or I are laying on the floor, he'll yank up our shirt and do zerbets on our tummies! I'll just start howling with laughter, so he'll do it a few more times, and then just when you're in the middle of a giant belly laugh, he'll launch his whole body on top of said belly and do a full body slam. I suppose we'd better stop it before he gets big enough to REALLY hurt us, but right now it's so sweet how he'll zerbet, zerbet, zerbet, BODY SLAM, zerbet, zerbet, BODY SLAM, zerbet...

By the way, now that I've used the word zerbet about a trillion times, let me say that it's the raspberry that he blows on your skin. I could be spelling it wrong, but it's not the kind of thing that's in my dictionary.

On Sunday, we went to see Kevin and Christina - but more importantly, their KITTIES! Caleb chased them around obsessively, and Kevin really tried to get Pico to stand still so Caleb could pet him. But when the kitty was still, Caleb got shy. It's like he was only interested in the chase! It made me giggle. Miss Christina looks like she's ready to have her little girl at any moment! But that little missy better hold off for a bit, since Kevin and Christina haven't decided on a name yet! We think they'll know when they see her.

Oh, and we got to see Auntie Alisa at church on Sunday! We just walked in, and there she was! We had expected to miss her since she goes to a later service usually, so it was a lovely surprise. I adore surprises like that! They make me ever so happy!