Fun Times in Dayton with Papa & Nana

Swimming at Papa and Nana's hotel.  Caleb really enjoyed getting into the water.  He learned to blow bubbles!

The pool was pretty cold, so Caleb warmed up a bit by dipping his toes in the hot tub.

Caleb loves "reading" his opposite book.  He has been so good at "memorizing" books lately, so he gets to read to us sometimes.

More Family Pictures

Train ride at the Gaylord Hotel.

Poppi had a walking stick just Caleb's size!  He loved it!

Uncle Stephen and Anna Kate.

Four Generation picture!

Family Pictures

Botanical Gardens & Park

We went to Virginia the day after Christmas again this year to see Poppi & Lyn (Caleb & Anna Kate's great-grandparents); however this year, my parents came with us, Uncle Stephen flew out to meet us, and Aunt Katie & Uncle Bryant drove in from New Jersey.  It was so good to have all of us together-it has been 2 years since we were ALL together!  We made the most of our time and tried to do things everyday.  The above picture is of us at the Botanical Gardens to see the trains.

 This was us last year-wow, how things have changed!

Daddy/Daughter time!

Papa and Caleb playing trains.

Fun times at the park.

Rocket time!

More Random Fun

The living room tent!  Caleb was getting antsy, so Daddy helped build a tent to play in!

Anna Kate and Penny wanted to join in too!

These are the pieces to Caleb's Christmas Day kitchen gift!  We decided to build it a day before Christmas Eve, in case we needed anything from the store.  We are getting smarter these days.  But, this kitchen had a gazillion pieces!  It was nuts!

Caleb was peeking under the wrapping Christmas morning to see what was in there.

Then he ripped the paper up over the kitchen.

And..........here it is!  Caleb LOVED his kitchen and is still loving it!

Papa and Nana came Christmas Day to drive with us to Virginia the day after.  Their gift to Caleb was a rocket!  It is an air rocket, to where he jumps on the pump and the rocket goes flying!  He loves the jumping part!

Random Fun

This is Caleb's new thing-getting on stools.  He wants to be taller to see what we see.  Lugging a chair up from downstairs to the upstairs, to our bathroom, no less, was not part of the deal though :)

Caleb has been praying for snow ever since he saw his Papa with a snowball on skype, so our good friends and neighbors, Nate and Ashley, gave us some "instant snow" in a can.  It was a hit!!  We added water and watched it form into snow.  So cool!  Its not sticky enough to make a snowman, so we are still praying for snow, but Caleb had a great time!

Anna Kate is eating cheerios now!  It is so fun to watch her grasp things with her little fingers.

This is Caleb's gingerbread house!  We went to a "gingerbread house making party" which was such a cool idea and this was our creation.  All we, Jarred and I, did was put the icing on and help form the house structure-Caleb did the rest!