Pictures, Pictures & More Pictures

Lil' Toshiba got out of the hospital on Thursday night and then went on a trip with Bryan to Pennsylvania for a Residency Interview. While the Trojan Horses appear to be gone, Lil' Toshiba now apparently has an Ethernet card with an attitude. It won't connect to the internet at all. I'm hoping my brother will take a look at it while we're in town for Christmas (hint hint!!!). I was able to download our pictures from my camera onto the laptop, transfer them to Bryan's jump drive and then put them on my work computer. Sigh. The things I do to keep this blog updated, all in the name of bragging on my sweet baby.... ;)

Like I said in my last post, we had a busy week last week! Our first post placement visit took place on Monday and ECI came on Tuesday. Wednesday was a day of rest! We had visits from our adoption buddies the Kahlers and from Gran Jan on Thursday & Friday and I failed to take any pictures!

We had a great time visiting with the Kahlers and pray their son Asa gets to come home from Kyrgyzstan soon. He and Caleb are from the same orphanage and will both be Texas boys. We cannot wait for them to grow up knowing one another and sharing a common beginning. Caleb and I had a great time with Gran Jan while Bryan was gone! Caleb got to spend lots of quality time with his Gran Jan playing and showing off all his new skills. I promise I will do a better job of taking pictures over Christmas!

Here's an update on Mr. Caleb over the past week or so!

Caleb with our Social Worker, Heather,

during our post placement visit.

So far Caleb does not seem to be a shy child...

Caleb's appetite has been great the past week!

He has now graduated from the Bumbo Chair to his high chair.

Sometimes while he's eating Caleb will try to grab

the spoon and "help" Mommy

At the suggestion of ECI, Caleb has been
playing on his new Boppy pillow!
The Boppy has been great with helping him sit up for
longer periods of time. This gives him the opportunity to really focus on
his toys. Here is Caleb doing his serious, focused face - an
expression we see fairly often!
It's been cold, then warm, then back to freezing cold again in T-Town.
I had the dog wearing a sweater despite her built-in fur coat.
Sadly the hood on the sweater kept getting stuck on her ponytail
and I'd find her standing still outside and very confused.
I don't want to leave out our rarely mentioned feline.
Here's Ginger enjoying some time under our Christmas tree.