Caleb & crying it out :(

Caleb is still waking up several times a night so we decided to cry it out for his middle of the night waking. The first night he cried for an hour and then whimpered for another 45 minutes. I felt so bad :( the next night it was only a half an hour of crying then back to sleep. I hope he gets better sleep from this because I feel so bad doing it. John keeps reminding it's for the best but we shall see. Otherwise Caleb is a super happy baby that wants to be onto everything and laughts often. He is trying to hard to crawl and wants to pull up on me to stand all the time. He is so sweet and cute! 

Juliet at ski school

We took Juliet skiing for the first time and it was really fun. We rented a house with the Zenkewicz's, the diamonds & the Keith's and signed the kids up for ski school. Juliet made it till about noon at Ski school before we were called b/c she was "done". She would eat the lunch they served so that was part of the problem (hungry girl!) but her instructor said she did good and john and I got to ski together for the first time in a while. Caleb didn't get to join the fun but had a great weekend with the grandparents :)

Caleb 6 month appointment & skiing

Caleb is 16 lbs & 1 oz. and 26 1/4 inches! The doctor is giving him blood tests for allergies. We went skiing this weekend with Juliet while Caleb stayed with barb. She did good in ski school till she realized she missed me and broken down around noon and we had to come get her out of ski school. The instructor said she did good but I think she was tired and she would not eat any of the food at ski school! I don't blame her, scarey chicken nuggets! 

Happy six months & three and half years Caleb and Juliet

Caleb is doing much better now how we have put them on special formula for allergies. His skin has also cleared up from the eczema. I did dairy free for about 4 weeks total which helped a lot also. Now Caleb only gets up once at night and he starting to sleep in his crib! He does still get up at 5 AM a lot of mornings and is ready to play... sleepy mom. He likes to sit up most the time and is starting to get up a little bit on all fours and rock back and forth. He also loves to stand with the support of mommy and daddy. But most of all he loves to smile at people and watch them smile back :) 

Juliet is doing great also she loves imaginary play makes to play Pirates and princesses. The only TV show she wants to watch now is Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Her vocabulary is amazing and she picks up phrases all the time that make me laugh. As I said before she's pretty much done with her nap so now she goes to bed around seven and gets up at seven so it's nice to have them on a similar schedule. Juliet is still great with her little brother and get some lots of hugs and kisses. 

Snow snow everywhere

We just got hit with 24 inches of snow and have been house bound for the past two days. We are trying not to go stir crazy!!! Juliet has put on fashions shows for me and I have listened to "let it go" from the movie Frozen about 100 times. Caleb has been much easier during the days but night are still hard since he gets up between 3-5am and will cry for almost two hours before going back to sleep. It's exhausting and I don't get more than 5-6 hours of sleep each nigh b/c he still wakes often. He also still won't sleep in his crib but is in the rock and play in his room. Hopefully we all get sleep soon!!!

My first tooth

Caleb got his first bottom tooth and another on is coming through! Go Caleb!

Waving and trying to make new sounds

Caleb has been waving at us lately when we weave it him it's so cute! He now sits up most the time this is his favorite position to be upright and watching us. Caleb's favorite person is still Juliet and he also likes quest the cat a lot :) in fact he is very gentle with the cat and pets them softly unlike Juliet who often pulled his hair. Juliet is still so sweet with Caleb and helps out a lot she is now not taking a nap most days but it's kind of nice cause she's in bed now at 7:30. Caleb has started to make new sounds and I swear he can say hi! He's also got the hang of eating solids and he eats one fruit and one vegetable a day. Below he has some prunes on his face :)