Too Cool to be (Almost) Two

Here Caleb looks just too cool to be (almost) two.

Last night he woke up around 2:30am and kept pointing towards the downstairs. When asked what he wanted, he sleepily cried..."sandwich!"...I'm a little fuzzy about what happened after that exactly since I rolled over and promptly fell back asleep since I was sure I wasn't going downstairs to give this hungry toddler a sandwich in the middle of the night.

When I woke up at 5:30, he was alseep on his own toddler mattress and Daddy was passed out next to him on the single mattress. (Both of which are on the floor since we haven't managed to get a bed in Caleb's bedroom yet ever since we diassembled the crib.) Perhaps this is a precurser of Caleb wanting to sleep in his own bed? I think that when that day comes, I'll be very sad to lose that wiggly, arm throwing, leg kicking, but extremely cuddly sleep buddy...

Monchichi Memories

Anybody else remember Monchichis??? I saw Caleb playing with my monchichi (circa late 1970s) last night and it brought back sooo many memories! Mine's very ragged and worn down so I came into work this morning and decided to try and google 'monchichi' on ebay....now I know what the ebay addiction is all about. There were so many monchichis to choose from!

I immediately messaged my cousin in HK (Claire) but since shipping is so high, we bemoaned the fact that my parents had just left to go back to Vancouver and therefore can't pick me up a sweet monchichi for memories sake!

I think that if I were to ever collect anything, I'd start with monchichis...

Getting Close to Christmas....

It's getting close to Christmas! Daddy loves this time of year so the lights are already up and our tree (fake) is up and waiting for adornments. We had the neighbor run out yesterday to take our Christmas Card photo (which I won't post just yet since it'll be on ya'lls cards) after some failed attempts to do it on our own.


Christmas sure does creep up fast after Thanksgiving. Now we have Earnest's birthday (he's decided to switch from Jay back to Earnest (or E) if it's not confusing enough already) next Tuesday, then Caleb's birthday the Tuesday after that and then Christmas the Tuesday after that....whew! It's going to be a busy month!!
By the way, he broke that salt shaker as soon as the photos were done....which was ok since I broke the matching pepper shaker the other day getting something else down off a shelf where they were living between holidays....

Caleb Shopping

Caleb loves to be in charge of the shopping basket when we go to the store. Once it gets too heavy, he'll start taking things out of the basket and handing them to you....which results in him having 2 items in the basket and me balancing the rest in my arms while we shuffle to the checkout. I guess this means it'll save on our grocery bill since he won't let me buy anything too heavy?

Birthday Pics

Nicki threw this birthday party for me 2 weekends ago (and I forgot my camera!!) but here are some pics that Heather took. Nicki made a ton of food including lettuce wraps, vegetable chow mein, and these giant shish-ka-bobs which were pretty much steaks on a stick. It's too bad I don't have a photo with me and Nicki during that night!!

Thanksgiving Brunch with Heather & Brandon

Heather and Brandon invited us over to his mom's house for their annual thanksgiving brunch on the Sunday before Thanksgiving....unfortunately, Jay couldn't make it this year since he had to work. Little Zachary looks to be about as big as Caleb in that picture and he's only 9 weeks old!!! Brandon took Caleb out to see the horses in the pasture next to the house and Caleb got to pet a horsie!!

Mommy & Daddy

This pic was taken on my birthday right before we went out to dinner (without Caleb) for the first time! Our neighbors (Tammy & Tony) came over to babysit for us and we went to Tony's oyster bar so that I could eat my half peck of steamed oysters and king crab legs. It was a good 29th...

This is a video of Caleb dancing to the new Alicia Keyes song....but because of the way I was holding the camera, you can't hear the music!!

Caleb Giggles & Bottle Notes

Just a pic of Caleb giggling...he's been such a sweetie lately....he gives high fives, kisses and he'll throw anything you give him into the garbage. On Thanksgiving, we threw all his bottles into the trash since I was just tired of the bottle and it was embarrassing to bring those bottles to people's houses when we went to visit. He's adjusted remarkably well (further re-affirming that it was me that was holding him back all this time) and while milk consumption was down drastically for the first 2 days, he has since picked up right where he's started and with the nuby sipping cup, he drinks down the milk much faster and falls asleep much faster which is a good thing.

Hair Cut

Caleb got a haircut this weekend and it's so cute. He was so good sitting in that chair....the only thing he didn't like was when they were edging up the front...

Caleb in Toon's Truck

While we were out and about we stopped at the car wash so that Jay could wash Toon's car and Caleb climbed right on into the drivers seat, put the seat belt on, grabbed his 'cook-out' drink and just started chillin'. (Seemed especially appropriate that he was wearing his camo sweats) :)

Potty

I have a short story to share....we bought Caleb a potty this weekend and just wanted him to be familiar with it prior to the potty training process which will hopefully embark around his 2nd birthday. Well, ever since we put it together and put it in the bathroom (since it doubles as a step) he's been particularily interested in sitting on it. Since it's still premature for the process to begin, I just let him sit on it with diapers for as long as he wants to.

The other night, I prepared him for his bath and then left him on his own so that I could run downstairs to get something. When I came up, he was standing next to the potty and he pointed and said "pee pee!". I said...yes, that's where you go pee-pee....but then to my surprise, I opened up the potty and there was indeed pee in there! (For all those non-parents reading, I'm sure that this may not be the most exciting post for you)

I was so amazed that he knew what to do and was able to point it out to me! Alas, we have not had a repeat performance yet but I'm hoping that it's a good sign that he at least knows what the potty is for. Wish us luck! Hopefully the carpet cleaning costs of potty training won't be too great. :P

btw, we thought against taking a picture of this event since it really is just a little gross and wierd to take pics of kids on potties? Maybe this will change later... ;)

Bath Time with Caleb

One of our favourite rituals is bathtime with Caleb. There's something so special with watching him play in the water and when he sees the soap make suds he yells out "Bubbles!".

And he still has his 'boo-boo' on his forehead. When we put a bandaid on it (in our futile hopes of him not picking or itching at it) he keeps pointing to the bandaid and says "owie! boo-boo!". And that smile he's making....he was actually crying for Daddy and when I said "where's your teeth?" he just couldn't resist showing them to me even though he was still 'mad'.

Couldn't Resist...More Costume Pics

Just couldn't resist posting more pics....Caleb and Jay also came by my office to show off his costume to my co-workers...