Look who is 3....AND A HALF!

A piece of my heart will forever belong to this blonde-haired, blue-eyed little boy.

Here are your favorite things:

1. Power Rangers! Oh my, you are Jayden, the red ranger, the leader.  Most evenings at our house, you fight the Nighlok (a.k.a Daddy) until he is all tuckered out! 

2. You are always asking "Why?"  You ask why after we answer your questions.  Just last weekend while driving to Little Rock, we all got tickled because Mommy started asking YOU a bunch of questions.  You weren't sure what to do when the tables were turned!

3. You love Daddy Day!  You are starting to get into learning the days of the week.  You know that Saturday is "Daddy Day" and it usually begins with a trip to the donut shop!

4. You love to talk!  You have an amazing vocabulary!  You told your Mawmaw one afternoon that you were just "exasperated".  

5. You love chocolate iced donuts with sprinkles and donut holes most!

6. You love Mother's Day Out!  You enjoy playing with your friends, and you love Mrs. Kelly! You know that Tuesdays and Thursday are school days!

You still love the great outdoors!  It has been so cold here lately, that we have had to go to the church gym and play ball and have races to get all of our energy out!

You love your big brother, but you also like to try and pick fights with him.  I try to warn you that in a few years, Caleb will really be able to fight back!  But you have such a tender heart when it comes to him.  You try to help Mommy take care of him, and you love to give him food!

You still love to work with tools.  You love to play golf.  You love hanging out with your grandparents!  You love going to Bible Hour during church on Sunday mornings.  You love to do your morning devotional with Mommy.  You always remind me of it at breakfast time.  You love crafting.  You love playdoh and paint.  You are still taking naps, but don't have to have one every day.  Some days, you have rest time in your room and movie time.  You are FULL of energy and busy all of the time.  You definitely have your moments, but I also see glimpses of a little boy maturing.  Don't get me wrong, you will always be my energetic one!  You wrote the letter "D" for the first time and did a great job!  You looked at Mommy's and I taught you a little saying "A stick and a humpty dump!"  Whatever works!

You are really into playing games. 

 Right now, your favorites are:

-Hi ho, Cherry-o!

-Count your Chickens!

-Don't Spill the Beans!

-Elefun!

But most of all, you love Power Rangers.  It is, hands down, your favorite thing to do.  

You can't wait for Daddy to get home from work.  You have to share him with your brother, but you usually don't mind that.  Daddy is reading you the Official Power Ranger Samurai Guide.  You got it last week and we read parts of it at least twice a day!

Your stats: 40 inches tall; 30 pounds

I leave you with a video from our GAP children's service on Sunday nights.  Teaching the young boys to be leaders in the church.  What a blessing.  I am so proud of you Dylan!

A Very Belated Valentine's Post!

My two little Valentines!

Checking out their treats!

Love that fake "cheese"!

He loves to say cheese, too!  

My hubby always does good!

Dylan picked out a special valentine for Mommy!  The boy and girl are playing freeze tag on the card.  Oh, how I love that boy!

Dylan enjoyed his FIRST Valentine's party at Mother's Day Out!  I was so excited when Mrs. Kelly sent me some pictures of their party.  He had a blast!

Their a mess!

I absolutely love the "new" take on Valentine's Day we have now.  I can't imagine spending it with a better group of boys!  I love cooking dinner for them, and giving them special treats.  It is such a treat for this Mommy to just spend time with them, because time goes by pretty fast these days! They were pretty pumped about the cupcakes! 

"Go, Go, Samurai Rangers!"

Dylan's favorite thing right now is Power Rangers Samurai!  His Daddy let him watch it one Saturday morning about a month ago, and that is ALL he talks about these days!  This Mommy is doing her best to embrace the fun, but keep us from watching too much and getting in trouble for fighting.  But, boys will be boys, right?!?

Dylan, 

You absolutely love Power Rangers.  Your friend, Cameron, let you borrow his costume and you have taken it on and off tons of times! You can use anything as your weapon.  You love "Todio", Antonio, the Gold Power Ranger, the most!  Your favorite phrases are "Go Go Samurai Rangers!",  "Rangers Together!", and "Sound the Ranger Alarm!"

I love hearing your "pretend" play.  You have such a great imagination and I am so thankful that you do.  I also love to hear your voice (especially when your "r" comes out as a "w").  You are growing up and I am enjoying watching you find your own joy in new things!

Saturday Morning Scene

On this cold Saturday morning, Daddy took Dylan to the donut shop.  Then they were going to build a dog house for Belle with Pop! So, we enjoyed some late morning snuggles on Mommy's bed.  You are really into your "be-bee" these days and love to find your belly button (under those rolls).  You will also find ours, too!  Pure. Joy. 

 

You are just getting SO BIG! 

February 2, 2013

Fifteen months is FAB!

Caleb, 

You have captured our hearts with your sweetness.  You make us laugh with your sassy-ness.  You make us tired with your newfound love for walking and busy-ness.  We love you to the moon and back, forever and always, no matter what!

I love your brother's sweet smile.  He is so proud of you and loves you so very much!  He is your biggest cheerleader, and your protector!

 You are getting so big, and you absolutely love to walk!

• Your new words include:
• "sue"- shoe
• "ock"- sock
• "gock ock"- rock rock
• "too-tee"- cookie
• "Pop"
• "pee-boo"- Peek a boo
• "ye-sah"- Jesus
• "Go, go, go"- Grow, grow, grow
• "Aww-mo"- Elmo
• "Bipe"- bite
• "Be-bee"- belly or belly button
• "Cheeee"- cheese (at any camera)
• "Gunk"- milk
• "hee-whoa"- hello (and you hold the phone behind your head)
• Walking is your main mode of transportation!  You almost run when you see food (Ha!) or when you are chasing Dylan!
• You love to play wrestle with Daddy and Dylan!  You even make an "Ahh" sound and get them with your sword! (See video below)
• You mimic every sound and word we say!
• You can make the fish face!
• You can say your Bible words.  I will say "God made" and you say "Meeeee" for Me and point to yourself! (See video below)
• When we sing "Read your Bible, pray everyday, and you'll grow, grow, grow" you will cover your eyes to pray, then raise your hands for growing and say "Go, go, go".  (See video below)
• You have started climbing everything! (the tv cabinet, oven, stools, lil red, etc.  You even try to hike up your leg and climb into the bathtub.  It is too funny!
• You are cutting some of your back teeth, yuck!
• We love to ask you questions because most of the time you shake your head no and say "uh-uh".  Very rarely do you answer yes.  Dylan gets really tickled when you do this!
• Your favorite toys are the ones you can move!  You love the mower and the popping walker.  
• You love to read!

Videos: I couldn't pick just one, so, bear with a proud mommy :)
1. Some of his first steps.
2. Family sword fighting night
3.  Daddy makes Caleb chuckle after bath time ( I LOVE THAT LAUGH!)
4. Walking with his mower and saying Bible words
5. Grow, grow, grow!

Feisty @ 14 months!

I am so amazed at how quickly this little boy is growing up!  He is such a joyous baby boy.  I can think of lots of ways to describe him, but my favorite STILL when anyone asks is that he is just the sweetest baby boy in the whole wide world!  

 Now, with that being said, you are really coming into your own.  You make many, many facial expressions that can quickly depict your wants/desires/needs.  You have also started fighting with your big brother.  Dylan starts much of it, but you are not a fan when your brother steals a toy, or comes over to play with what you are playing with at the time.  Oh, Caleb, I do believe you will win many a fights sweet boy.  Sometimes we call you bruiser at the ripe 'ole age of 14 months! 

You love to dance.  I was so excited that I caught these moves with the camera!  You love to twist, shake your hand, and boogie down!  You love any kind of music, and you also love when we sing!  You also have started singing yourself!  You even started your own version of "Jesus Loves Me" at Mawmaw's house the other day.  We can tell you hear that one in Bible class!

 You have taken your first steps, and you definitely CAN walk.  You just still prefer to crawl.  I think it is because it gets you places faster, and you have to keep up with your wild 3 year old brother!

New Words:

"bee-bee"-blankie

"pee-pee"-papi (our word for pacifier)

You have said both "Pop" and "Pawpaw" but most of the time you call them "Da-da" too, silly boy!

"dy-dee"-still your word for Dylan

Animal sounds:

"ahh-ahh-ahh" for monkey

"baa-baa" for sheep

"eww-eww" still for puppy

Sleep pattern:

Still 2 naps a day, and loving both of them.

Asleep around 7:30 and you sleep for 12 hours.  Blessed. 

Food loves:

grilled cheese, waffles, grapes, yogurt, and yogurt melts!  

Oh my, one of your favorite things to do right now is vacuum!  Dylan actually got the vacuum for Christmas from his Nana & Pawpaw.  He loves it, but we had no idea how much you would love it, too!  You toddle behind it and get really angry if you get off balance and fall, or if the vacuum falls to the ground.  I am thinking you may have inherited Mommy's "sometimes" lack for patience.  You also do not care to share the vacuum with your brother.  Mommy is constantly working on the "share" concept with both you and your big brother.

You enjoy playing with your kitchen, barn, and xylophone that you got for Christmas.  You also love sitting on Dylan's indoor trampoline while Dylan bounces you.  Today, you actually did your own jumping motion while hanging tight to the handle bars.  No feet of the ground yet, but I was proud of you!  You also still love those tiny little wind-up walking toys!

You can spot a ball a mile away and you start saying "baww" in your most Southern-drawl.  I love it!

You also love to read books.  You love books with flaps, books with real animals and babies!  You love your "1st" Bible that you got for Christmas.  We started reading the first story "God made Everything".  You spotted your Bible on your toy box the other day and said "bi-buh".  I love hearing you use that precious word.  

Caleb, here are some of your favorite books:

The top two are your bedtime stories right now.

Caleb, we love you to the moon and back, forever and always, no matter what!  We are enjoying your become your own little boy full of sweetness and joy!