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How Time Flies…

Caleb has been pretty busy since Thanksgiving. He traveled to Illinois to celebrate Thanksgiving with Great Grandma and Grandpa Lee. He returned home in time to celebrate with Grammy, Grampy, and all of his Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins on the Johnson side. The following weekend he partied with Hoyt IV at his 3rd birthday celebration. He was almost all packed for a week long vacation to Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois, but the trip was canceled because of bad weather. Caleb settled for a weekend get away to (drum roll please) Winston-Salem. He enjoyed swimming in the pool and lounging in the hot tub, but his favorite part of the weekend was the quick drive through the Tanglewood Lights. Two weekends ago he traveled back to Burlington to participate in the Boyd Wright Road Nativity as baby Jesus. It went well except for the fact he was almost hoofed to death by a pony. On Sunday, he accompanied Dad on the bells while we went Christmas Caroling at the local hospital.

Finally Christmas arrived and Caleb was ready for it. Every chance he got, he rolled over to the Christmas tree and started playing with the presents. When it was finally time to unwrap the presents, Caleb was not nearly as enthusiastic as he will be in the next couple of years, but his eyes were as big as saucers when he saw all the brightly colored petroleum derived (that’s plastic for those of you in Rio Linda) toys.

Now mom and dad are just wishing that all the festivities hadn’t messed around with his sleep schedule. <grin> We hope you enjoy the holiday album. Drop us a line, or post a comment!

My Hobbies

Well, dad finally decided at six months that I was old enough to do some of my own blogging. Ever since I first got my hands on a keyboard I have been dying to do some of my own entries. Today I am going to share some of my hobbies, a.k.a. how mom and I stay busy while dad is at work.

Dad gave me my first lesson in changing the oil the other day. I watched carefully as dad showed me the ins and outs of this piece of routine automobile maintenance. From this I learned that changing the oil must be a lot like changing a diaper. Once dad got underneath the car, it started peeing on him just like I do when he takes my diaper off. Even dad’s hands looked like he was changing a dirty diaper!

Mom has been reading from my picture Bible to me every day, so I decided to give the reading thing a try myself. What I don’t understand is why my parents sit around and just look at something that clearly tastes so delicious. My motto is, “A book in the mouth is worth two in the hand.” (I can’t get bookworms from that can I?)

Dad has been spending some time teaching me about the guitar. Mostly I strum while dad picks out some chords. I really like how it sounds, and I would like it better if my arms were long enough to strum and chord. Well, all I need is a few more months. I’m already almost as tall as Pastor Kratzer.

Finally, in my spare time I have been practicing a little male modeling. I know we all wonder sometimes if there is more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking… but I try not to think about that too much. I can’t afford to be distracted or I could get caught in the middle of a breakdance fight or a freak gasoline fight accident. This is my new look. I like to call it “blue felt.”

Until next time, keep on bloggin…

Praying… Flashback

Back by popular demand… a picture of Daddy and his son doing similar poses over 30 years apart Caleb seems to be a bit distracted, and also possibly a bit younger than dad was when he took his photo was snapped.