2 Years Old

Since my blogging enthusiasm has died somewhat, Caleb misses out on having his babyhood being as well-documented as Zach's. Here's to good intentions for blogging more in the future. Now back to business...

Caleb turned 2! That's really crazy to me. He just seems like he's grown up so much lately. We just had a family party of opening presents and eating cake and ice cream so this post will mostly be a brag about Caleb kind of one.

Caleb is a character. He's very enthusiastic/dramatic and tends to be extremely happy and energetic until he thinks the world is about to end.  One of his great hard earned accomplishments of the last few months is that it is now possible to see that he has hair. Proof is below. Our little blonde 2 year old is yet to have a haircut.

 

Caleb has followed in Zach's footsteps and has carried on the animal obsession. While riding in the car both boys like to try to hold as many big hard animals on their laps as they can. Too bad willingly sharing animals is a yet to be acquired skill. Zach is always telling me that Caleb likes people (referring to people figurines), not animals. Below is a picture of Caleb being a moose.

It is not uncommon to see animals covering every surface.

Caleb's birthday also added to our animal collection.

Some more of the present unwrapping fun

Around Zach's birthday I asked Caleb what kind of cake he wanted and asked for an elephant cake. I was surprised that for the next 2 weeks he kept talking about the elephant cake he wanted. I made his cake the night before his birthday. When I picked him up on birthday to show him the finished product sitting in the refrigerator he got SO excited and got so upset when I wouldn't stand there holding him all day with the fridge open. I showed him a picture we took on my phone and he wanted to carry the phone around with him so he could keep looking on it. His reaction definitely made my heart happy.

More evidence that Caleb loves elephants...

- Caleb loves to narrate what is going on. He'll tell me what Zachary's doing, what's happening in a movie, that Daddy went to work whenever Derrick leaves the house, etc.
- He started talking really early and has really surprised me with how much he understands. He'll tell me when he needs a diaper change. He'll say hi to random strangers and has started asking me "what's that?" all the time. Another of his most used questions is "Where's Zach?" Caleb sure loves his brother.
- Caleb is still very attached to his "blankie" and "paci". When I take them away after he wakes up in the morning or from a nap he usually demands a sippie of chocolate strawberry milk to ease the separation. On Sunday Caleb saw me with a towel wrapped on my head after my shower. He wanted a "hat" like me. Ever since then he requests blankie hats whether we're in public or not.

 Caleb figured out that he can cross all his fingers at once and was pretty proud.

- Caleb loves to dress up, copy whatever Zach is doing, and is a very social kid. He is loving nursery.
- This boy has a great sense of humor. He is quick to laugh and loves to tease and joke. He'll do pretty much anything to get a laugh.

 

- Caleb is a very picky eater. Strangely some of the foods we can count on him to eat are grilled tilapia, split pea soup, and fresh broccoli. Go figure. He has been known on several occasions to demand ice cream at all hours of the day.
- He's getting pretty good at using a fork.

- Caleb is an extremely loving little guy. He loves cuddling and gets very concerned when he sees other kids upset.
- He loves Skypeing with Grandma and Grandpa and is pretty good at carrying on a phone conversation. Random story: the other day when Caleb found out I was talking to my mom on the phone he hurried over to the phone and roared as loudly as he could into the phone. He then spent the next while changing his mind and telling Grandma he was being a baby lion, no a puma, no a tiger!

Caleb is such a joy to have in our family. Love you Caleb!