Well this is an update of the past few weeks so it may be a little long. Thanksgiving was good and Kaliber munched on some yummy family recipes that filled his tummy to the brim. Needless to say he had the mother of all blow outs that night! I'm talking up to his shoulder blades!
He's still a toothless wonder but I'm sure it's bound to happen...sooner or later...
He is moving all over the place and has mastered climbing stairs. A few weeks ago I had a momentarily memory lapse and unbuckled him out of the swing and THEN put his binky on the entertainment center. He took that opportunity to check his flying skills and fell out of the swing onto his head. It was not pretty or quiet for that matter. He cried for about 30 minutes in which during that time I really had myself convinced we should take him to the doctor. He finally calmed down which was a relief and he had a nice little bruise to show on his head. The next week he was standing behind Rem and started to fall and Rem went to catch him by the legs. That didn't work and he ended up doing a sort of summersault over Rem's arm and landed on his head. Rem says he's convinced that Kaliber was going to be a genius but after so many hard knocks on the hardwood floors, he's probably destined to be "average." Poor kid.
Rem is doing really well at the firm and they are pretty impressed with his work. He's in court A LOT and seems to be enjoying it.
I have picked up more hours at the gym and currently work M, T 1-9 and W, TH, F 1-6. It's hard and not fun at times but it does get me out and some time to be "me." Rem comes and gets Kale around 6 and has done a good job of figuring out how to take care of Kale and get him to bed on time etc. The supervisor at the gym has convinced me to become a certified trainer and start working at the gym full time to do that. It looks like I will go ahead and do that. I really enjoy working out and mentoring people on what's best for them. The big plus is I can still bring Kale and all my future kids with me! I miss teaching and such but right now it just doesn't seem like it's something I will go back to. If I had the choice, I still would probably choose to be a personal trainer.
Speaking of the gym, I had a nice little mishap the other day. I was leaving the gym and put Kale in his carseat. My keys fell on the ground and I bent down to get them. As I did this, Kale started crying and I came up real fast to see what the matter was. When I came up I hit my forehead on the bottom corner of the door! I hit it so hard it knocked me on the ground and I sat there and started to cry! I finally gathered my composure enough to get in the car and look at my head. There on my forehead was a nice little cut and a swollen bump! It's been a couple days now and the swelling has gone down but the cut is still there along with a nice bruise. Sigh...I don't think I'll ever grow out of being clumsy! LOL
Well, I said it would be long and it looks as though I carried through with my word. We are headed to NM for Christmas so hopefully I'll get some good pictures there to show you. Heck, maybe I'll even have a tooth to show you!
It's hard to believe that Kaliber is almost 10 months! Every day I look at him and think "holy moly, where has the time gone!" He's busy taking his first steps (with the walker of course) and talking to anyone and everyone (gibberish of course). His new favorite thing to do is wave hello
and good-bye to everyone. He even has said buh-buh (bye-bye) a couple times. Last Sunday he took one of his first wagon rides to the park with Grandma, Grandpa, and Mommy. He loves riding in the wagon while he screams to the world about how fun it is. We took him to a nice little park that has all sorts of good stuff to do. So, you would think that we would start him off on the baby slide to see how he handles it. Well, if Grandma Karen's around she's gonna start big and so she went to the tallest twisty slide possible. After the tall climb up the stairs, Kale and Grandma came screaming down the slide. I was lucky enough to catch his first reaction of the slide before realizing it was fun. They ended up sliding a few more times and each time he squealed with glee.
Kaliber loves to ride in the wagon!
Fast forward to this afternoon (Sunday). We had a good handful of people here to watch the game etc. I also had RaeAnn come over and visit with her two little girls. Among all the hub bub of people talking and what not, Kaliber found his way to the front door that was open. One new thing he's learned to do is open and shut doors. You can already probably tell that this isn't going to end well. Kale decided to shut the door and before I knew it, I heard Grandpa say "oh crap his fingers!" I ran over there just in time to see him start crying a terrible cry. His little fingers had gotten pinched under the hinge of the door!! Poor baby has a nice little open wound on his middle finger and his ring finger is swollen. He sucked it up like a big boy while my stomach is still churning from the sight and sound of him. Well, that brings ya'll up to speed on Kaliber. Rem is doing well and got a raise. I am still waiting to hear from the Rec Board if we are going to pursue this whole personal trainer thing. I hope everyone is doing well!
