Weekend at Grandpa and Grandma's

This past weekend we went up to Grandpa and Grandma Erickson's house to spend some time with the Grandparents. We arrived Friday, went to Mall of America on Saturday, and then came back on Sunday. Isaac enjoyed riding the rides at Mall of America and going out to the farm on Sunday morning. We all had a good weekend and had lots of fun. Grandpa and Grandma got to see Caleb crawling around all over the place as well (they hadn't seen that yet). Below are some pictures from the weekend. Grandma Mary with her grandsons Isaac with daddy riding a car ride that turns the corner really fast. He really enjoyed this along with the rollercoaster and the train rides. Grandpa Leif with Caleb while Isaac and daddy were riding the rides. Caleb loves his new ball. The boys looking cool in their new sunglasses. Check out the next post as well. I did them both on the same night. They are pictures of Caleb from his 9-month photos.

Caleb's 9 Month Photos

This past Thursday we went to get Caleb's 9-month pictures taken. He is technically 10-months now, but we have had sickness in our house for the past 3-4 weeks and are just now getting healthy. Below are a few of the pictures that were taken.

Check out those teeth

Am I wearing anything?

Nice hat and tie!

We did get a few pictures of Isaac as well. Below is one of Isaac.

Some more videos

The other night Zach & the boys were playing in the living room while I made supper and this was too funny not to video. Who knew...Caleb loves to headbang!

This is a video I shot a couple of months ago. Zach was playing basketball and I was trying to get the boys to bed. After changing Isaac and Caleb, I left them both in Isaac's room while I made Caleb's bottle. This is what I heard from the kitchen!

For those reading this post on facebook you will have to go to our blog to see these videos. zachandregina.blogspot.com.

A new milestone...crawling

Caleb started crawling on my birthday, February 24. He turned 9 months on the 23rd and decided to take off the next day. We knew this was coming as he has been moving backward for a couple of weeks now. It is absolutely amazing to see your child crawl for the first time and even better when it's on your birthday! I remember the day Isaac started crawling and how proud I was at that moment. Tears well up and I realize that my baby is one step closer to not being a baby.

Here are a couple of pictures of the places Caleb has found himself since he started moving backward and now every direction. Each of these places required mommy to rescue him and thus mommy chose to make him suffer through a photo. :)

Before knowing how to go forward, Caleb literally "backed himself into a corner".

And under Isaac's rocking chair.

Here he was going forward...he saw a ball behind the rocking chair and instead of taking the easier, longer road...he chose the shorter, much narrower and harder path...he ended up needing rescued!


He LOVES Isaac's puzzle pieces and when one is under the chair Caleb feels the necessity to go in after it. He knew how to go foward here but chose to back himself in.

Here is a video of Caleb crawling. It looks like he is going after the ball but indeed it is a dirty diaper. It was the only way I could get him to crawl after something so I could get it on video. I did stop the video before he tried to eat the diaper...I am not that bad of a mom!