On the left, Caleb was 6 months, and now he is 18 months! Wow!
When I take a look at the photos above, and see how much he has changed, I am in disbelief. My baby really has turned into a little boy! He is such a joy to us and we really can't believe how fast he is growing up and learning so many new things! The selfish momma in me wants him to stay little, but I am also quite proud of him. He impresses me on a weekly basis! And even though he is a strong-willed child and can sometimes try my patience, I heard several people say that God made him strong-willed for a reason. That his strong will is only going to help him grow into an independent, secure, confident young man, and that he won't give into peer pressure as much either. Right now, he is exhibiting his will because he is trying to be more independent and I applaud that in him. And that will be an advantage to him someday as he figures out what God wants him to do as well. I believe his strong will and his name go hand in hand. His first name means faithful to God, and you need strong will to be a faithful servant of Christ, especially in this world! So if I am raising a very strong-willed boy, then so be it!
So as with other posts, here are some new words or modifications on words that he is saying now:
- He has said "pa pee" for puppy. But now he is going more towards saying "da" for dog!
- "Shoo" (it used to be sooo, but now he is adding in the "sh")
- "Ha" for hat now that it is colder out.
- He will make a grrr sound when he sees a bear or a lion now
- "sah" is for sock now when we put on socks. And he gets excited about socks because he knows it means we are going outside.
- He actually says "Soooo Cold" when I say it's time to get his jacket on! haha!
- He will say "Bock Bock" when he sees a chicken or when we given him chicken
- "Balloo" for balloon
- Kookee for cookie! He loves cookies (even if he doesn't know the ones we give him are good for him)
- "me sen" for medicine. I hate that he knows this word, but with teething or when he has gotten sick, he hears me say it and will repeat it.
- "Hai" for hair. He loves to twirl my hair. It is definitely a comfort for him!
- "BaiBai" for bacon. This boy LOVES bacon!
- "Tatoes" for potatoes! I heard him say it once as we don't feed him a lot of potatoes, but he has said it.
- He will make chirpy noises when he sees birds. He can say "Bir" for bird too. But he mostly like to make the noises they make.
- He growls now when he sees a lion or a bear! hehe!
- "Cuck" for truck
- "tuttle" - is for turtle
- "za" for pizza! LOL!
- In his alphabet book, he sees the letter O now and says "O!" :) Very exciting!
We have also been doing more and more prayers at night with him. I say it's time to say our prayers, and he has learned how to put his hands in a praying form. He usually is quiet while I say our prayers and knows when I say "Amen," that we are done. I also try to say a prayer in the morning when we are driving him to Miss Jane's. Just want him to learn he can always talk to Jesus and start developing that relationship. We sing a lot of songs about Jesus, so he knows His name for sure. And his favorite song still happens to be Jesus Loves Me! :)
This past month, Caleb was able to go trick or treating with his grandparents! They had a ball!! Todd and I were away for a long weekend for our anniversary, but Caleb had lots of fun being a dalmatian!
Seriously - the cutest boy ever!
Trick-or-treating with G-Pa!
Such a sweetheart!
Todd and I went to Indianapolis and stayed downtown! It was lovely, and we did A LOT of walking. We also went to Turkey Run State Park and did a lot of rock climbing and hiking! We saw a lot of different sites and enjoyed time with each other that we haven't had in quite some time! It was definitely a special time!
Downtown Indianapolis
Turkey Run State Park with Todd
The two lovebirds on our hike!
Celebrating 7 Years at Ruth's Chris
We also celebrated Todd's 36th birthday and I did the best I have ever done on a cake decorating! I keep getting better! :)
I look forward to Thanksgiving as we have much to be thankful for! With the past year being so hard, I look forward to a very low key, no drama time! I pray it stays that way too! :) But in all seriousness, we have much to be thankful for! I know I am grateful for my husband, and I am grateful for his recovery! He has made a lot of great strides over the past few months since his last surgery.I am grateful for the world's cutest and sweetest boy because he helped us both through this past year of heartache. His joy was so infectious that it helped us! I am grateful for my loving and supportive family (my parents and sister and brother-in-love)! I am grateful for the prayer warriors who stood with us during this past year. I am grateful for my closest friends! I am grateful for a job that has been more than understanding this past year! I am grateful that even though this past year was rough on us, I am still getting some great opportunities in my company.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones, and that you enjoy this upcoming Christmas season remembering the reason we celebrate! May God Bless you all!
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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