Caleb's First NC State Fair

Isn't it crazy to think that this time last year, Jay & I were at the state fair while I was 7 1/2 months pregnant? I was still working in NYC and I had flown specifically to eat at the NC State Fair.

This year we got to give Caleb his first state fair experience. We had bought ride tickets but by the time we ate and walked around to find the kiddie rides, he was fast asleep. There's a picture of him holding a big green straw and that was the biggest hit of the day. He held that straw pretty much the whole time we were there until he fell asleep.

He had his first taste of: smoked turkey legs, grilled corn on the cobb and cinnamon sugar funnel cake. We're pretty sure that the best part of the fair for Caleb was the eating. That boy LOVES to eat.

We did manage to go on one ride.....we rode the merry-go-round but he started getting a very concerned look on his face when the ride started moving. Alas, I did manage to pawn our many extra tickets to my boss for an extra discounted price.

This year we did not eat the fried candy bars.....but we did see a vender that sold deep fried apple pie and other unusual fried items.....last year, the deep fried candy bars and deep fried oreos were a big culinary eye opener to a Canadian like me.

Look Ma! All Grown Up!

Doesn't Caleb look like such a little man in this picture? You can't tell, but he's got two little teeth on the bottom and his hair is starting to curl up.

He's got the sweetest face. He's now able to indicate to us what he wants without having to cry. He grunts and somehow gets his point across. Florice (at Daycare) says that he's been the best baby all last week! He doesn't cry and he's into doing his own thing. He likes to push toy cars along the ground and he crawls all over the room with it. And sometimes, he isn't even using a toy car.....if it looks like it can be pushed around, he pushes it.....so there are many times we catch him 'driving' the remote control, cell phone, shoes.....it's funny.

He's also started to giggle at us for no apparent reason. There are moments where we'll be doing chores or doing something really boring like watching TV and he'll start cracking up like we're hilarious. It in turn makes us laugh and that makes him laugh so it's pretty funny cycle.

He doesn't seem to weigh much more (since I've only got a cheap bathroom scale and I can't really tell until he's gained over a pound) but he's changing everyday.

And his new favourite food.....is.......Cheerios! He loves that stuff. He could sit in his high chair and eat for an hour if we let him. I normally try to sneak in some apple sauce or someother canned baby food in there when he's not looking. He's also getting really good at eating table food. Yesterday, he had waffles with some pan fried bologna and he gobbled it up.

Caleb as a lil' ol' Cow...

Check out the link below for bigger pictures of Caleb in his cow costume for Halloween....since his Godfather was complaining that he didn't see any pictures of his lil' cow on the blog....

We figure that Mommy gets 2 years of halloween costume choices until he gets old enough to decide for himself what he wants to be. This may be cruel and unusual punishment....but it could have been worse....the costume could have had udders!

I'm arming myself with ammo so that I'll have full munitions against his teenage angst.

Isn't he ADORABLE????!!!!


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Caleb & Gabriela

Isn't this sweet? This is Caleb and Gabriela at Gavin's 3rd birthday party....I caught them feeding each other in a quiet tucked away corner in Nicki & Luis' house.

Things will hopefully slow down now that it's past the October 15th deadline.....which hopefully will translate into more posts!

Kitsilano Blue Demons....10 year reunion....(already!)

There's nothing like a high school reunion to remind you of all the akward years of growing up. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend the Kitsilano Grad '96 10 year high school reunion (Go Blue Demons!).....I would have really liked to see everybody and relive high school if only for one night.

Just reading the guest list brings back so many memories. There really isn't another period in your life where you have so many memories than those years where you're trying to figure everything out. Or maybe, it's only me. Maybe everybody else had everything figured out all along? Geez. Then I must have really stood out as the geeky awkward one. I sure did feel like one. I don't ever remember feeling as self-concious as I did when I was in Kits. It's also funny how there are different moments that flash into my memory about different people. I'll spare you all the details but there are certainly moments in high school that I dwell on for reasons unknown even to myself.

It's funny how we're now supposedly grown up but I really do feel like the same person I was when I was 16...we just now have more responsibilities. Mortgage, job, husband, kid....

What would you have done differently if you were to relive your high school years all over again?

Until October 15th is Done...

For all those who aren't in the tax world...it's busy season for us until October 15th so here's a quick blog and then I'm back to work...

The doctors still say that he's slightly underweight but we're resigning ourselves to know that he's never going to be a chubster....