| From Cleb eighteen-nineteen months |
Well, Caleb is PRECIOUS!! Let me describe the current moment in time. Jakob is away to the park with Grandma. So Caleb has a rare moment of free reign of the house and toys. He's gone into Jakob's room, found all of Jakob's favorite army toys and is working on burying them under the loose corner of our living room carpet. He lifts up the carpet and while making all sorts of cute little boy noises he maneuvers them under and over the carpet in true military style, with complete precision (right?;) Now he's caught my eye and was on his way toward me until he tripped, which is true Caleb style!;) Poor little guy is never without a bump and bruise right smack in the middle of his forehead.
So now I have a mountain under my carpet that I will need to dig out. But I don't mind. I absolutely LOVE to watch Caleb play. I love to witness with my eyes and ears all that's going through his toddler mind. Crash! Boom! Bang! clap clap clap, AAA! That's the most common AAA! He actually isn't saying any clear words yet. But we're starting to understand his attempts.
Caleb is also a little snuggler. He doesn't necessarily like to be held. But he loves soft blankets. His favorite lately has been my fleece robe. Unfortunately it is big and pink, and I still use it. So I haven't turned it over to the little guy yet. But it is not uncommon to see Caleb walking around with something soft and cuddly. He also loves his white blanket that has a satin side and a soft downy side to it. Thanks Patricia for that one when Jakob was born. It's Caleb's snugly.
No more teeth yet. I check often to see if I've missed any. But, nope! Only four little teeth trying to work overtime. It's so nice not having to buy baby food!!! And I've stopped the Pedia Sure drinks too. He's growing just fine now that he's eating more. He eats more then Jakob!
I gave Caleb his first hair cut. It was a constant mess of tangles. So I finally trimmed up the back. Now it's just a short mess of tangles;)
Caleb's our little tough guy. He has always been a wrestler. Most of the time he doesn't have a problem wrestling with Lady Bug. As long as it's not just as he's waking up from a nap.
As I am writing this I am reminded to mention that Caleb is more and more mischievous these days. He especially loves to throw things in the garbage or any random box that might be lying around. Leif dumped the garbage can that sits my my bedside, only to find several items that belong in the diaper bag that sits next to the diaper changing station. Lovely. Sure glad I didn't loose them...
Shelves. Shelves are for emptying, right??
One of the harder differences between Caleb and Jakob are their requirements for sleep. Jakob takes after me and requires a lot of sleep. He still takes a two hour nap almost every day. Caleb, he'll only sleep for two hours in the day. Jakob stopped taking two naps a day when he went to preschool. Caleb will only take one. So I miss all of that baby nap time. Luckily though, he'll take a nap. I just plan naps so we all take one together. I know, I shouldn't complain...
One more cute Caleb Fetish is shoes. Caleb loves trying on shoes. The shoe pile by the door is one of his common play places.
I love this stage. They are still so cute and cuddly!! We Love our Caleb!!!
