What a weekend!

Whew! What a weekend Mr. Cal has had! It is hard work being a baby (and being so cute all at the same time!). He is working on cutting a tooth right now (notice the drool in the pictures) and he has had quite the runny nose to prove it! Cal has become SUPER talkative lately, and the above picture is pretty typical for what he does all the time! Just chatting away, carrying on a conversation with any/everyone! Not sure what he's saying, but he's adamant about it!

On Friday, Cal and I went to Durham Academy to the book fair to buy a couple of new books, so you know he had to look nice to meet everyone! I LOVE this outfit: linen pants from Baby Gap and a turquoise polo shirt also from Baby Gap. He is wearing the cutest shoes from Old Navy-- they look just like little boat shoes. He has a pair of Sperry Topsiders, but he is able to take them off immediately and for some reason, these shoes from Old Navy stay on him. He is having a big time playing away with his toys!

Also on the weekend agenda for Cal was trying super hard to crawl! Here, he has rolled all the way into the closet and he is trying to crawl himself out. He gets SO close and then collapses on the floor super frustrated. It is so cute to watch him. I just want to do it for him!

And, just another look at the awesome drool that we have going on :) Gotta love a teething baby! (at least he's a happy teether!)

Eddie's sister, Carrie, came for the weekend to hang out with Cal. It's nice having her just in DC so she can come down often to visit with him.

(we skyped with Eddie's other sister, Tricia...we had a late night wine party after Cal went to bed and had a little dance party for Tricia!)

I had the Junior League "Home Roam" on Saturday, so I was gone working that most of the day. I know Eddie was thankful to have his sister there to help him with the little guy.

After such an action-packed weekend, Cal was tuckered out tonight! He didn't put up a fight at all... There is nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby!And the last picture just cracks me up... The sun shines directly in Cal's nursery windows during all nap times and then tonight, it was still bright in there. Because of the shape of the windows, we can not hang blackout shades (we have tried numerous times!). Instead, I got crafty and strategically placed burp clothes over most of the cracks to cover up where the sun shines through-- does this not look like white trash at its finest??

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Big Boy Carseat!

It was time.... Cal's long legs were continuously kicking the back of the seat! My parents bought Jackson, their other grandson, a new car seat when he out grew his infant one, so they did the same for Cal today. We went to Bye Bye Baby and picked out Cal's new seat! He LOVES it-- he can sit up and look around! The girl in the store kept telling us that since he was right at 20 pounds, we were okay to face him to the front of the car (!!). I thought you had to wait until he was a year AND over 20 pounds, but she kept insisting otherwise. She said his legs were too long to face the back of the car and we needed to face him to the front. Whether or not she was correct, Cal is facing the back of the car and is happy as can be!

When did you turn your baby around? Was the lady in the store right?