Crazy Hat Day

Yesterday was crazy hat day at school. I had found this elephant hat for him to wear on the big day. Everyday since I showed him the hat he asked "Is it crazy hat day today?" His teacher said he wore it all day. He has always been a fan of the elephant. Today was the third day with big boy underwear, with only one accident. Yeah!! Not only are we very proud, but daycare cost goes down once potty trained! Of course once we finally are completely out of diapers, we will be starting over with the baby. Oh well. Once the kids are out of diapers and daycare, Greg and I will experience a nice raise. Something to look forward to. More good news, we finally found a house we like and will hopefully be closing on it the end of July! Now we just have to pack up everything; I am not looking forward that.

Yea!! Caleb has now gone poo poo on the potty twice in the last 3 days. Today was his second day at school staying dry with big boy underwear on. I think we are finally getting this potty business down! Tonight Caleb announced he needed to go pee pee on the potty, so I told him "Good job." He replied "no, don't say good job mommy, I haven't gone potty yet." I guess it keeps him humble. For Father's day, Caleb helped me make daddy a cake. We especially liked licking the bowl afterward. Caleb didn't quite understand the whole Father's day concept though. He wished everyone, female or male, Happy Father's day at church. I hope all the Dad's out there had a wonderful Father's Day.

Exciting news, we finally had a decent offer on our house and are almost through the option period. Pray we make it all the way through closing, July 21st. But instead of looking for a house like we should have this weekend, we went out of town for a sort of family reunion. I'm glad we did, it was fun catching up with extended family. Caleb really enjoyed playing with his various cousins and of course swimming. It wouldn't be normal if we didn't have multiple plans over a single weekend. We had to make it back Sunday afternoon for Caleb's best friend, Lucas's birthday party. Caleb and Luke have been best buds at daycare for the last 2 years. I am sad Caleb will be losing his friends with this move, but I know he will make more great friends. Today was crazy hair day at school so Greg helped Caleb perfect his hairdo. When I picked him up, he dragged me over to where snow cones were being handed out for a nice cold treat before heading home. They have so much fun at school! Caleb is very perceptive though because on the way home he said "That's my school mommy, but I'm going to a new school. It's far, far away." At least he didn't sound disappointed. While tucking him in to bed tonight, we asked Caleb if he was ready for a big boy bed and if his old bed could go to the baby. Caleb became very concerned, "this is my bed, and this is my elephant, my puppy, and my blanket." I think he is going to be in for a rude awakening when the baby comes. Poor Caleb.

Crazy Weekend!

Grandma came in for the weekend to help me with Caleb while Greg was away. We had a very busy weekend. I had to work Saturday morning, but then Grandma and Caleb met me in Keller to look at some houses with our realtor. We found some potential homes, but it was a long, hot afternoon. Caleb was very helpful, giving a very strong opinion on which houses he liked and disliked. It seems if they had a playset in the yard or animals, the house was a success. I was looking forward to return home and rest, but unfortunately a two hour showing was scheduled just before we were to get home. So we detoured to the mall to let Caleb play at the indoor play area, and so I could get some clothes that would fit my growing waist. I took Grandma out to dinner for being such a great help, then we finally made it home. Needless to say we were exhausted. While I was tucking Caleb in, which is usually a drawn out ordeal, he gave me one hug and kisses then said "I don't want to talk Mommy, I'm going to sleep." Grandma and I shared a good laugh over that comment. After a messy breakfast at IHOP today, we headed to Kohls. Caleb decided it would be fun to run in and out of the clothes to hide from us when he tripped and bumped his head on the base of one of the clothes stands. I was never so scared when he pulled his hand away from his head and it was covered in blood. We ran to clean it up and inspect the wound further and luckily found it was just a small puncture wound. It probably could have used one staple, but he had already stopped crying and the ER would have been more traumatic, so we chose to just let it be. Boys! He will be the death of me. I am glad Greg is coming home today.

Big Boy Caleb

Daddy left us yesterday to go camping and isn't coming back until Sunday. Luckily I have been feeling a little better recently. Caleb and I are getting lots of bonding time this week. He has been a little more cooperative the last few days which helps. Though we still have our moments. I am not the one usually taking him to school in the morning since I started my new job, so we had to get up extra early to accomodate Caleb's normal morning routine. We were only at little late getting on the road. I realized on the way to school how much I have missed our morning conversations. He started out with " the Sun isn't letting me see Mommy". Then continued with various questions about certain signs and houses. As we passed the large Dragon at a nearby park, he said "Hi Dragon, have a nice day!" I loved it! We are still working on the whole potty training bit. He seems to do much better with it at school than at home. When I picked him up from school, he said "I go potty like a big boy yesterday at school (though he meant today)! , I hold my peepee down like a big boy!" (That is always important or we have a big mess. ) I was very excited for him, though he doesn't usually have a problem with peeing, it's pooping on the potty which seems to be the bigger issue. But he likes to receive praises for his successes, and stickers. So I just go along singing his praises.

Fun at the Pool

My friend Sarah invited Caleb and I to join her and her 2 girls at the pool on Saturday. Since I have been feeling better during the day, I thought that would be great entertainment for Caleb. He was very excited when I told him we were going swimming, but I waited til the morning of since you never know what might happen. He lit up with a big smile and said "swimming is today?", just to be sure he heard me right. The water was very cold, so it took him a while to try the slides at the pool. Once I gave him a "little push" down the slide, he didn't want to stop. Over and over he went down both slides. Later he, Teresa, and Addison enjoyed playing with the buckets they brought. When it was time to go, as I feared, Caleb had a complete meltdown. He kicked and screamed at the idea of leaving. Fortunately it only lasted a few minutes this time. Greg and I are having a tough time trying to handle Caleb's tantrums. He recently has become very rude in his demands, and answers most of our requests with an angry "NO". "Time out" does not phase him anymore, and pretty much any thing we try just causes a bigger fit. I feel guilty though because I'm sure some of his actions are to gain attention since I have been so absentee recently. Sunday we had lunch with Aunt Gin and Uncle Justin, which also became an ordeal. Caleb was showing off and enjoying the attention from them, but then he threw another fit over not getting to play with his playdough when lunch was served. Greg had to take him outside he was being so loud. That only helped for a few minutes before he continued with his loud demands. I think it wouldn't be as bad if he didn't talk so loud and clear. Especially when that clear conversation includes "I haven't finished pooping yet Mommy." Which has happened in public on more than one occasion when we ask him to join us back at the table. I now try to only go to places where noone knows us, haha! We enjoyed the rest of Sunday at Aunt Shae Shae and Joby's. Caleb and Dakota splashed around in their kiddy pool for a while. Poor Dakota wasn't so thrilled to get splashed by Caleb so often though. Boys!

Hi Everyone!

I am still alive, though some days I wonder. The nausea is still with me on my 12th week of pregnancy, I can just hope it starts to diminish by the 16th as it did with Caleb. The evenings are the worst for me, hence no blogging or further communication with the outside world. So I thought I would try writing a little earlier in the day. I wanted to try to catch up everyone on Caleb's past month. Occasionally I would have the energy to take some pictures, or have Greg take pics to eventually share. I'll start out saying Caleb was really an American Idol fan this season. He asked for it almost every night. I recorded the shows so we could watch it together, and we would argue over which songs we liked. Before the show started he would run and get his "microphone" to sing along and dance during each song. Greg and Caleb were in his cousin's wedding the beginning of May, I stayed behind so Greg's Aunt was good enough to take some pictures. They said Caleb did a great job as ring bearer and loved wearing his new tux. Greg said he had to feed Caleb raisins throughout the ceremony to keep him quiet. Whatever works right. I was very proud of him. He is a great fan of weddings now.

We had another wedding to attend 2 weekends ago for one of my good friends. I actually did ok on that journey. Caleb was very excited about another wedding, but I was worried he thought he was going to be in this wedding too. I explained we were just going to watch, and he said "no I am IN the wedding." He did well though, and didn't run up the isle like I was fearing.We had a wonderful time, especially Caleb who was enjoying all the attention. He was on the dance floor most of the night with all the pretty girls. We made sure to stay in a hotel with a heated pool that weekend so Caleb can enjoy a swim. He was sooo excited, he even told the hotel staff he was going swimming on the way in. This past weekend we found the energy to make it to the Aquarium. We had never been before, it was pretty amazing. Caleb loved seeing all the different creatures. But our favorite was the sharks! We had lunch at Dicks Last Resort afterward since Greg's never been. For those of you who haven't been, the waiters and waitresses are rude to you purposely. It really is amusing, and they really aren't that bad. It was nice to finally get a good family outing again.

Yesterday was my birthday. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling great. Big surprise huh! I told Caleb it was my birthday, he then insisted on coming to my birthday party and wanted to have cake, ice cream and candy. He also wanted to help me "blow out the fire on the cake." I didn't want to disappoint him, so Greg bought some balloons along with the cake and after nap we had our "party." Caleb helped me blow out the candles, and enjoyed playing with the balloons. But after a while he looked around and said "is the party over?" I guess our party can't compete with his usual gigs.