Christmas in the Burg

Cal had a wonderful first Christmas!  We think so anyway since he hasn't been saying much.  Andy, Cal, and I headed to Brownsburg on Christmas Eve.  We went to mass at St. Malachy (so crowded!) but little Cal stayed at home with Uncle Josh.  We were there by around 3:25 for the 4 o'clock mass and it was already packed!  I'm not sure Cal could have lasted the whole time - we were packed in like sardines.  It was a lovely mass, though.  We headed home and had a family dinner - lobster tail was on the menu this year.  Quite tasty.  Then, we all stayed up watching It's a Wonderful Life and headed to bed to wait for Santa.  Christmas morning we opened our gifts after chowing down on some yummy sweet rolls courtesy of Andy - lots of nice things!  Andy and I are excited to try out our new toaster oven from mom and dad.  Cal loved the wagon from Grams and PawPaw even if he didn't express that as clearly as might have been polite!  After the unwrapping, we ate some appetizers.  I made some buffalo chicken dip - pretty good.  Uncle Josh made some crazy bacon-wrapped stuffed jalapeno thingies that were pretty darn good.  I wasn't sure about the cayenne pepper and cocktail weinies inside of them but they exceeded my expectations.

One Month Doctor Visit

Today, Cal had his one month visit with Dr. Bhargava.  She said that Calvin looks great.  She was impressed by how well he was holding up his head and looking around.  Calvin was flirting with all the nurses while we were there - everyone had to stop by to say hello.  Nurse Trish took great care of him and Cal forgave her for the three shots she had to give him today.  He cried for a minute or two but calmed right down and slept for most of the rest of the day.  The highlight of our visit was Cal's weigh-in.  Not because of his weight (8 pounds 9 ounces) but because Cal decided that having his diaper off was just too much temptation and he decided to decorate the scale and the wall with a wee shower.  Finally, Cal is now 21 and 1/2 inches long.  He goes back in two weeks for a weight check, then has another appointment when he is 4 months old.  We'll keep you updated.  I'm including a picture of Cal's souvenirs for the day - two really cute bandaids.

Holiday Happenings

This was a jam packed weekend.  We started on Saturday with a gathering for my mom's side of the family.  The assorted aunts, uncles, and cousins gathered at Blake's house in Crawfordsville.  There was, of course, way too much food.  And lots of fun was had by all.  Cal enjoyed meeting some new relatives and seeing some again.  Here is Cal hanging out with PawPaw at Blake's house.

On Saturday, we had another gathering, this time for dad's side of the family.  We went to Aunt Ruth and Uncle Jack's house.  Cal was excited for yet more new faces and a few old ones, too.  He got a cool new guitar from Uncle Greg and Aunt Kim but was too sleepy to open it so mom had to help.  Here he is meeting Aunt Ruth and getting ready to tear into that wrapping paper!

Finally, Saturday was also the day that our little guy turned two months old.  It is hard to believe!  He is growing and changing so much every day.