He loves to give hugs and kisses, but isn't really a big cuddler unless he's not feeling well.
Little man talks a lot, some of which we can actually understand.
His favorite words to say are, "Come on!" when he wants us to go somewhere, "Again!" when we've just finished reading him a book or singing him a song, and "Stop it!" when we do anything he doesn't like. Caleb is also learning to say please and thank you, but he doesn't always do it quite right. The other day he asked me for milk, and when I gave it to him, he said, "'ank oo. Oor 'elcum." (Thank you, you're welcome.) The boy stole my line!
Caleb loves his siblings, fiercely.
He'll watch for Calista's bus to come home, and as soon as he sees it, he'll start running down the street to the corner to meet her.
Sometimes I'm a little worried he'll run too fast and go into the road, so I stay close behind him.
He also loves being outside.
Doesn't matter if it's snowy
Or sunny.
As long as he's allowed to play, he's happy.
I seriously love this age. Like his siblings before him, currently Caleb will eat just about anything,
Even rubber duck. Just kidding!
though now that he's mostly out of the high chair, he can get a little distracted at meal time and then not eat much at all.
I'm sure he'll get picky soon, but for now I'm loving it.
Loves Dinosaur Train and KidsTV123, and just about any videos or games his brother and sister are watching or playing. Sometimes gets a little upset when we turn it off
(and says, "Hey! Stop it!" in response.)
Naps and sleeps fantastically!
Yes, folks, I feel like I have mostly made it. My children usually sleep through the night!
Caleb is starting to figure out letters, shapes, and numbers, but gets them mixed up sometimes.
He's also reading to himself frequently, and sometimes points to letters and says the ABCs, though usually not correctly or in order. Ha.
He's constantly learning new things, and it's so fun to watch him discover.
Like, he discovered his belly button and would constantly pull up his shirt to see and poke it. So cute!
Being the youngest child, he has learned how to play by himself really well, but of course, also loves when I play with him.
And he does get some time of just me and him, when Craig and Calista are both at school. Sometimes that means he tags along with whatever errands I need to do. Caleb is my grocery shopping buddy, which he likes mostly because the bakery has free cookies for children.
Everything isn't always perfect. Sometimes we have days like this:
He didn't want me to take his pajamas off in the morning.
But I'm usually able to recognize that there are far more good moments than bad, and even the bad moments I'll remember with something akin to fondness someday. Because I'm awfully fond of this little boy!
My baby is officially two! Probably not so much a baby anymore!
Because Caleb is still pretty young, our birthday celebrations were low key. But fun! And his siblings loved preparing for it. Craig was the instigator behind putting up the birthday banners, and had a timeline for wrapping presents, too, including the "robot" made of megabloks that Craig made for Caleb. Calista picked out the cake flavor - chocolate - and drew a picture. On Caleb's actual birthday, Calista wore an outfit she said was, "good for a party!" and Craig woke up chanting, "Caleb is two, Caleb is two! Do you know why I woke up? Because I remembered Caleb is two!"
Since his birthday was on a regular Monday this year, Caleb got to do exciting things like... drop off Craig at preschool! Go grocery shopping! Have a nap! But once everyone got home, then the real celebrations began.
We had pizza for dinner, which is one of Caleb's favorite things. When he saw it, he started pointing at it and saying, "Pizza!" repeatedly, hoping that some would make its way to his plate. It did.
After dinner was time for presents, and wow!, was that a success. Not only was Caleb quick to figure out the unwrapping, but he absolutely adored everything he was given.
As did Calista and Craig, truth be told.
We had to pull them all away from the magnetic blocks and duplos to go play at the park together,
and Caleb wouldn't let spinosaurus go, so he came with.
The park was a lot of fun. Easy little paths I'd like to go back and have Calista (and maybe Craig) practice riding their bikes on, and a fantastic playground for many different ages that the kids could've stayed for much longer at...
however, various showers made it a necessity for us to go home before we got blown away.
Plus, at home, there was cake! A triple layer chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting,
which I made the day prior to Caleb's birthday and had in the fridge, ready to go.
When I opened the fridge after putting Caleb down for a nap, however, I found the cake looking like this:
I know I'll laugh about this someday (maybe even tomorrow), but in the moment I was mad. And all the more upset when the only other person in the house (that wasn't asleep and can actually open the fridge) wouldn't tell me the truth about what happened for a while. Oh well.
Despite the finger holes, we still had a candle to light, a song to sing, and a cake to eat!
And to top it all off, in celebration of Caleb's birthday, we headed to the science center as a family later in the week. They have recently opened an exhibit on dinosaurs, so naturally, we headed there, first. Caleb (and the other two) were fascinated.
He kept running around, pointing and putting his hands excitedly in the air. It was adorable.
Not carry-on baggage anymore!
Happy Birthday to my not-baby boy! I love you so much!
Kyler and Jeanette got married on the 25th of August 2007, after knowing each other for four years and being each other's rebound date. It's a healthy relationship.
