Just the normal every day life

David is back to school this week! Working 40 hrs and taking 2 classes should make for a fun semester :) He is taking Advanced NT Theology and Advanced Greek Grammar. He's pretty pumped about both of them and feels they will be very profitable for both life and dissertation work ;-)

Caleb and I are holding down the fort at home each day. Well, trying to anyway :) Seems like Caleb does something new about every day. He's *so* close to rolling from back to tummy. I think he would have done it yesterday but he was holding a big toy that kept him from landing on the tummy :) It would be SO nice if he could learn that skill so we don't have to get up in the night to roll him back onto his tummy once he's rolled over and can't go back to sleep on his back. Silly boy :) I'm sure if we left him long enough he'd go back to sleep, but the noise he makes keeps us awake so its faster to just get up and roll him back over so we can get back to sleep. Sleep is very important for me. :) Since getting up early in the mornings, I've come to really sleep well and love it :) I'm also enjoying my early morning Scripture memory walks. This has helped me immensely in memorizing and retaining what I learn. Wonder how I ever memorized without doing this before?

Here are a few pics of my little snuggle-muffin! LOVE him! :)

Loving on the monkey before mommy changes my diaper

"Finally something new to chew on!!"

"Who me? I was just holding it for you, mom!"

 He's learning how to reach for things, handle new toys, bang his head with larger toys that he insists on having, turn pages, chew on spatulas, spit up all over daddy's dress clothes, and all the other fun things that come with being an almost 5 month old! :)

"Why do you always interrupt my study time with that camera?"

Today was a glorious day for this book loving mama! While I was reading to Caleb he kept reaching for the book. I gave it to him and he must have spent 15 minutes figuring out how to turn the pages and look at the pictures. :) Clearly he has no idea what its all about, but board books will definitely be part of his daily play toys now and I hope he will learn to love learning from them at an early age.

Well, I hear the monkey stirring so I'm going to try to get a few more things done before he wakes up for good :)