Can you believe he ever looked like this!? I can hardly remember those days!
I still can't believe he's 2! When I was pregnant I used to be able to imagine myself the mom of a baby, but I couldn't see myself as the mom of a little boy. I just didn't know what it would be like!
In recent weeks, Caleb's language has come to life. Before, he would say a word at a time, but now he really puts emotion into it and sometimes says full sentences. He has started saying "Yeaaaaaahhh!" or "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" when asked a question (instead of a simple "yes"). He says "bye-bye" to things all the time (cars, dogs, people) and waves his hand. There is always lots of commentary about eating and drinking: "Eat eat? Mum? Yum! Juice!? Cookie! Cereal!" etc. And when people sneeze, he says "Bess you!" Or if he or anyone gets hurt, he says "Are you alright? Are you okay?" When I play Trivia Crack on my phone, he insists on spinning the wheel every single time and says "Spin!" There's also lots of repeating everything he hears, so now we really have to watch what we're saying because he copies it. He likes nursery rhymes! He knows the words to Twinkle Twinkle, Row Row Row Your Boat, ABCs, Itsy Bitsy Spider, B-I-N-G-O.. and I think that's all that comes to mind right now. It's cute when he sings them.
Something new he's into lately is climbing. He hasn't been much of a climber until now and all of a sudden he got the concept. He climbs up on the back of the couches and up on chairs a lot. He climbs on the coffee table, and he goes up stairs too.. and of course, he climbs on top of people.. Lol.
On the food front, things could be better. He is so picky! He loves berries of all kinds. He loves pizza, fries, chicken nuggets, rice, and noodles. And that's most of the time. Sometimes he won't eat the foods that he does like. And some of the foods that he used to love, he doesn't like anymore. He's so unpredictable. He definitely has a texture problem. He can tell that he won't like something if the texture is weird as soon as he puts it in his mouth.
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Naps are going well. He takes 2-3 hours naps everyday. Sometimes he takes 3 1/2 hour naps. In September though, we took a trip to Hawaii and that was the only time he skipped naps and it actually went pretty well. He was definitely tired by the end of the day and knocked right out at bedtime.
However, bedtime has been a bit tricky. He cries when we try to leave him in his crib alone. My dad says he wakes up in the middle of night when he sleeps over at my parents' house. He's just spoiled, and I admit it's my fault because I like him to fall asleep with me.. and when Mike goes to work at night, I leave Caleb in our bed with me because I either fall asleep with him or I just don't wanna be alone in bed. Sometimes I do leave him in his crib and let him soothe himself down after several minutes of crying himself to sleep, but it's probably not consistent enough for him to get used to it.
Some of the things he likes: baking, coloring, playing cars, play-doh, ice cream, Mickey, Leap Frog, toy tools (mainly screwdrivers & screws), candy.. just to name a few.
Anyway, that's mainly it. I don't have many pictures from his birthday because we didn't throw him a birthday dinner party this year. We took him to see Disney on Ice though! It was amazing and so much fun!
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XOXO,
Tiare
