Monday, October 26, 2009

15 Months

Happy Halloween!!
Check out our cute, little pirate. He even says "arrgh". I don't think he was even aware he had a costume on. On Friday night, we went to the "trick or treat" event on Main Street in downtown Safety Harbor. We enjoyed watching all the kids in their costumes. He wasn't afraid of anything. On Halloween, Caleb would squeal whenever the doorbell rang. He loved giving out candy. We had to curtail it once he started throwing it at the kids. Typical Caleb. :) Here are some pics of him. Since he goes at a speed of 100 mph, it's more challenging to get a really good shot of him. This is the only picture of him with the hat on.





Nana was able to join us for trick or treating on Main Street.


Here's Caleb in his skeleton jammies. So cute. They even glow in the dark. He's getting his groove on here. Caleb has got to be the youngest kid I know who can snap their fingers. He's snapping right here. My dad (aka Papa) taught him how. Amazing!

Sweetness!

Here he is in his goblin jammies. Nevermind the bedhead. It looks like he's trying to match his expression to the goblin's!

My dear friend, Teresa, was in Orlando on vacation a few weeks ago. We were able to visit with her and her daughter, Isabel, for a few hours. Caleb and Isabel played on the "beach". We went on a bike ride (Caleb's first one). He loved it!


We rode the bike to the pony rides. When Caleb saw the horses it was like watching him have a religious experience. He lit up and squealed with delight. Here he is looking at the miniature Shetland ponies. Just his size.

He was so amazed!

He got to sit on a pony with Isabel. He's too young to ride one, but sitting on one was thrill enough for him. Just look at his face! It's such a gift to see things through his eyes. I can't wait to take him to the zoo once things cool off here.

It was really hard to get a picture of Caleb at the pumpkin patch. We had to go a couple of times to get a picture that wasn't of him running away. He thought this pumpkin was so funny because it had bumps all over it. Doesn't he look like such a big boy here? Dude, you're only 15 months! Slow down!

This is obviously another pumpkin patch. At least I got a few good ones here.

When Byron is at work or away with soccer, Caleb loves to carry around this picture of Byron and Cameron. The look of love on his face when he looks at his dad and his brother is just too much. He can't say "Cameron" yet. Every time I tell him "say Cameron" he says "DaDa". He does know who Cameron is but for some reason, he calls him Da-Da. I know it must be confusing to have a brother who looks just like your father.

He finally got to wear some fall clothes for the two days we had cool weather. Caleb weighs 24.4 lbs. and is 34 1/2 inches tall. He's stayed at 24 lbs for a while now. It's kinda nice that he doesn't grow out of his clothes too fast. He runs around so much that he's lost his belly. I guess I should stop calling him "Buddha" soon. He's had so many nicknames. Grandpa Charles and Uncle Eric call him Chunky or Little C, Nana calls him Boo-Boo, and Byron and Cameron used to call him Bubbles Frankenstein. Don't ask. :P

He still likes the swings.


And here is the handsome crew of men! We had a nice family dinner with Byron's dad and two of his brothers, Eric & Vurne. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

Monday, October 12, 2009

14 Months

I thought you might enjoy seeing some pics of Caleb in action. Here are some shots from his Gymboree class!
This is one of my faves. He loves going under the parachute!
He loves to get his groove on. Too cute!

Yay! Bubbles!!

Jumping with his friend, Connor.

Riding the ricking horse with Gerald.



Mommy's little climber.

This bucket of balls was supposed to be for all the kids, but Caleb climbed in and claimed it for himself. Guess he thought he was a Chuck E. Cheese.

My handsome little man looks so grown up here. Love wakin up to this!
Caleb's vocabulary just grows and grows. He tries to mimic a lot of what we say, especially if you clear your throat or say "mmm". Some of his new words are shoes, teeth, trees, plane, ducks, up, down, open, close, stop, go...he likes to say yum-yum for food and loves to say vroom-vroom when he sees a car, truck or motorcycle. He can even say thank you and I love you. I taught him the sign language sign for "more". He uses it and says "more" when he wants more food. Love it. He's a very active boy, but luckily takes good naps. Thank you, Lord!
Caleb's favorite things to do: dance, read, cuddle with his blanket and ba-ba on the floor. I am so lucky that I get to laugh and dance so much every day!

He still enjoys a good book, especially with his Papa! He is such a detemined little boy-very much a leader. He LOVES to laugh and make other people laugh. I'm so curious to see what he will do with his gifts and talents.

Caleb had his first trip to Chuck E. Cheese last week. He liked it for a little bit, but not for very long. He gets bored with the toddler stuff and doesn't understand why he can't do the big boy stuff. I think we'll have to wait a while before he can really enjoy it there.

He liked to the Spongebob video game. At least he doesn't know the difference if I put a token in or not. :)
True to his nature, he just loved looking at himself in a mirror. Hmm. I wonder who he gets that from?

Next pics will be Halloween pics! I can't wait!!