Caleb is ONE (cont.)

Although it was really hard to figure out what in the world we would get for our 3rd boy who was turning one. We found a few things to give to the little man.

It took forever to open this present

And really it was not all that exciting. A bubble blower

Caleb is not so much into transformers but that bag is cool and was in our basement. It also served as a great prop for peek-a-book

A wooden xylophone

What a fun day

Caleb's one!!!

Our sweet Caleb turned one yesterday. He is an amazing blessing to our family. He has the sweetest personality. He loves to give hugs. He knows what he wants and will do anything to get it. He loves and adores his brothers (except when they are sitting on my lap). He talks a little. He can take several steps but shows no real signs on wanting to walk. He eats anything we give him. He loves his fuzzy blanket (that used to be Nana's). He rarely cries. He is obsessed with stairs and toilets (he loves to play in the water). He is truely a gift and I am so blessed to have him.

He started out life at 8lbs 11oz. Since that time he has gained 14 pounds and weighed in today at 22lbs 10 oz (50%) he is 30inches tall (50%) and his head is 47cm (75%).

We celebrated his birthday yesterday on his actual day. Here are some pictures from the big cake!!

Our sweet family of five

That looks so good

Oh I can touch it?

Maybe this belongs on Opi and Jake's face

Oh, now I see what I am suppose to do. This stuff is really good.

Better lick my lips to get some more

Jake liked it too

Did I do a good enough job getting it all in?

Alabama

Somehow I was super lucky this winter and got to go to Alabama with Caleb, Mom and Dad. The best part was the time I got to spend with my baby sister and her husband. It was also super fun to be able to spend lots of time with just Caleb. I would love to be able to spend a few days with each of the kids one on one. i think that at some point we will have to do that. We did a lot of haning out and chilling. We did go to a super cool restaurant to celebrate meg's birthday. We sat at a bar that overlooked the kitchen. It was so cool to see how everything flows so smoothly in a professional kitchen.


Caleb had a blast being the center of attention. He was pretty obsessed with the pool. here is he trying to figure out a way to get down.




It was a great time away and I was so thankful for a little break.

Horse back riding

While I was in Alabama, Karen took the boys horseback riding. It seems like that had a ton of fun from what I can pull out of them. Ben tells me he will be taking lessons this summer (they start in April he says). Anyway, here are a few pictures from their experience.

Chairs

The boys made some super cute chairs a few weeks ago. They were being super creative with the blocks.

(really Jake does wear clothes around the house at times, we are TRYING to potty train him)

Sports class

Jacob is taking a Coach Dave Sports starters class at the Troy community center. He loves it!

Jake goes into EVERYTHING with 100% It was very cute today to watch him listen with everything he has and try so hard to follow the instructions perfectly.

A little Hockey (learning to sweep the floor)

And some bad-mitten. He tells me that he hid the birdie and it went way, way up in the sky.

So Ben took this same class when he was Jake's age. Ben was completely scared by it. It is fun for me to watch and see the difference between Ben and Jacob. Jake is Mr. Athlete and Ben is much more into the academics. I love them both so much and am so completely blessed the God entrusted them to me to care for.

Something's missing

Ben has had a wiggly tooth for awhile now. Last night it finally fell out. I think it scared him when it fell out because he just calmly said "my tooth fell out". We were at mom and dad's and he was eating a Mellon. Dad then proceeded to pull out all of our old teeth that fell out and quickly had to make up a story as to why he had them. Anyway it was a fun moment.

Look how cute he looks tootheless.



Ben was hoping that the tooth fairy would bring him 400.00 so that he could get This. The tooth fairy was generous but not nearly that generous :)

STICHES

The first injury of "summer" has occured. (I realize it is no where near summer but we were at the park)

The boys spent the afternoon down at the school playing on the playgounds. I told them that we could go to "all" the parks. At the last one Ben missed his step and fell from the highest location at all of Wass (of course). So I was stranded at the park with 3 kids, a stroller, and a bike. Really it was not that bad but it seemed as though I would never get home. In an effort to get Ben to not Freak out I completely downplayed the large amounts of blood that were running from his chin. Fortunately Josh was home so I called him and he met us part of the way making the walk home much easier.

When we got home this is what we found on the chin.



After much consultation over email with Karen and Linda is was determined that stitches were in order. For some reason I was talked into taking Caleb with Ben and I to the clinic. Now if you know Ben at all you may know that he is a bit of a scardy cat. The mere thought of having us cut his toenails sends him into hysterics. I was very nervous about what the prospect of stitches would do to him. Overall he was very brave. It only took a little coaxing and the promise of a "treat" to get him to lay down and let the stiches happen.
And here are the three beautiful stiches that he received.
And look at the cool star wars band aids we picked up. He will get to sport a new Star Wars guys on his chin everyday for 7 days.

First visit to the park of the year

It was a beautiful sunny warm (40) today. The boys and I have a major case of spring fever. I am trying to guard us because really, it is only March, we could have two more months of snowy days. Anyway, I took them down to the school to play on the playground. They had a blast and could have stayed all day long.

Jake deciding if he should jump down the steps or walk down them normally.

A picture of me and Caleb taken by Ben. (He did well however it would have been better if he would have zoomed in)

Smiley boy.

Mom this is great. I want to stay forever.

Look how fun!!! I am sure he will be running up and down the playground by this summer.

Peek-a-boo where is Ben