Yates Foursome

after haircut front

Originally uploaded by Christy Y

Caleb had his very first haircut on Wednesday, June, 13, 2007. He is 17 months old. I set him up in front of the TV, put in a Boz the Bear DVD, and cut his hair with the clippers. He did great. He did fuss and wiggle some, but not too bad. I was done in less than 20 minutes. Love those clippers; they are so easy and fast. The only problem with them is they are kinda loud which is a bit scary. I just put a #5 attachment on and buzzed all over Caleb’s head. It worked great and now he looks like a real big little boy; so cute. PS His bit lip seems to be healing pretty well; it’s been a week now.

Caleb’s bit lip fussy

Originally uploaded by Christy Y

Well, Mom had a little bit of a scare this evening. I was just outside the back door feeding Cisco when I heard screaming and crying coming from inside. As I went in to find the source I called out “What’s wrong?” Micah told me Caleb got sick but when I got to him I found him sitting up on the family room floor bleeding from his mouth. It scared me pretty bad for a second. I grabbed him up and snatched an ice pack from the freezer and a clean kitchen towel and put it to his mouth to stop the bleeding. Once I dabbed it a bit I saw that it was his lip that was cut and realized it was probably not too serious. He didn’t like the towel & ice pack pressed on his lip, but preferred to suck his thumb. The lip wasn’t bleeding much anymore, so I just held him & let him suck his thumb for a few minutes and he calmed down real fast. All of that was probably less than 5 minutes. I did call the doctor just to check and after asking me where the cut was and how big it was and whether it was still bleeding, he said he would just leave it alone (I.e. it doesn’t need stitches) and it would probably heal pretty fast. I actually took this picture after he had eaten dinner and gotten cleaned up. At this point he seemed to be fussing at the camera being so close to him and me not letting him reach for it, not his lip bothering him. He doesn’t seemed bothered by it at all anymore. I just hope it heals quickly and cleanly; it looks like it could leave a scar to me but maybe since he’s so young it won’t.

Caleb loves swim class

Originally uploaded by Christy Y

Here’s Caleb and Mom at the Baby & Me swim class at Daland Swim School. Caleb loves the water. He often points and wans to go swim when we are there for Micah’s swim lessons too. In Caleb’s swim class we start by getting their faces wet by pouring water from a mini watering can over their heads. Then we get their ears wet by holding them sideways with one ear in the water and swirling around in a circle. Then we go the other way and get the other ear wet. This is Caleb’s favorite part; he likes the spinning. Then we practice back floats. Caleb’s teacher said he did the best back float she had ever seen. He is so relaxed and usually still sucking his thumb. Then we play catch with some balls for a little bit. Then it’s time to go under the water. Caleb doesn’t mind. After that we get to play with rubber duckies while we practice climbing out at the wall and “jumping” (from sitting onthe edge) back in. If there’s still time they get to stand and walk on a giant foam fish to practice balance and then jump in to their parent again. Finally we say a big goodbye to all our swim buddies.

Caleb covered in bubbles

Originally uploaded by Christy Y

I got this great shot of Caleb in his first bubble bath. He loves the water. He says “Cheese” for pictures now, often without even being asked to. It’s so cute! Caleb loves the water and bubbles, so this is perfect for him.