Ch...Ch...Changes..and Caleb Updates!

Well our big boy is just two months away from turning 2!! And that's sooo exciting. This past month he has done way more changing and has learned SOO much more than even in previous months! I will get more into that later though...

But right now, the changes!

So my office moved from downtown Dayton to outside downtown Dayton in a really cool building located in Tech Town! We used to pay for parking, and we paid between 75-85 dollars a month (depending on if I was late with the payment). But then once we moved, no more parking fees! The new building is very modern and quite fun! I love my new cubicle, and it just feels like a new and clean slate for our office. (I have some pictures below - not the best, but came from my phone).

Our new building

The ceiling from the entryway

Entering our office

Enjoying my new office! 

Part of my cubicle - I love the orange stripe! It's so fun!

Another fun change for me is I was recently given the project manager position of a project I have worked on for 10 years! This is going to give me a chance to really show what I can do and hopefully helps me learn how to be an effective, efficient, and good manager and leader!

So all in - very excited about the new changes from this past month! But, changes didn't just happen in my work life. Mister Caleb is also changing rapidly!

He is definitely a little boy and no longer a baby (though, he will always be my baby)! I don't know how this happened or what changed, except that Caleb will now lay down in his bed and go to sleep on his own and sleep THROUGH THE NIGHT! :) YAY!! This Momma is so happy! It's really quite sweet...not sure how it all started, but he drinks water before going to bed, and we say our prayers and rock maybe a couple of minutes in the rocking chair to settle down (he's not asleep), and then he shows me he wants to go into his bed. I lay him down, put his blanket on him, and give him his bed-time penguin (this is very recent too), and there is no crying! He just goes to sleep! And he sleeps the whole night! Oh my gosh! It's so wonderful! And it's really quite precious to see him hug and love his little penguin as he goes to sleep. See - changes can be really good!! :)

Also - this little guy is talking SO MUCH more! He is talking in sentences! He repeats a lot of what we say now (gotta make sure we are careful and don't say anything we don't want him to repeat). And he has just added so much more vocabulary this month. It just spiked up majorly!

I won't be able to get it all down here, but some of my favorites are;

• "hereyougo" - Here you go! I guess I say that a lot! ;) So once he gets something from me or I have fixed something for him, he says "hereyougo" 
• "It's a wewo sign!" - He says that when he sees a yellow sign. He knows the color yellow and knows what signs are! 
• Actually...in general, when he points to something he always starts with "it's a (word)" 
• When I ask him something, he usually will say Yes! He can say no and has said it a few times, but when I ask him to do something and he doesn't want to do it or gets mad, it is usually a whine instead of a "no." 
• He knows a lot more animals now - "elefun" for elephant, "mahkey" is monkey, "pingen" is penguin, "birdie" is birdie, "doggie" is doggie, "kitcat" is kittie cat, etc. He is really annuciating words a lot better! 
• He now tries to call people more by their names. G-Pa is "B-Pa," but then I recently discovered that he calls Grandma the same thing. So both of them right now are "B-Pa." 
• He recently saw a photo of Jen and said "An Jen" for aunt Jen! 
• He has gotten better about asking for what he wants to eat. He will ask for "Ba-Kah" (sound of a chicken), "Bagen" for bacon, "pech" for a toddler pouch that has veggies and fruits, "go-gur" for yogurt, "See-Rul" for cereal, etc. 
• He knows the colors yellow, purple, pink, and sometimes red and green. 
• He is getting better at singing the ABCs. If you point to a letter, he knows many of them just by pointing to them. The book I made with photos of things that start with the letters, we go through and I say "A is for..." and then point to the picture, and he gets at least 22 of the 26 items! It's hard to say Xylophone for X. LOL! 
• He sometimes knows how to count 1 through 6. He definitely knows the number 1 2 and 3 when he sees them. He sometimes knows the others (4 through 6). It's good he knows 2 since he is turning 2 very soon! 
• If Mommy is doing stuff and he wants me to pay attention to him, he always says "All done!" as he points to my computer, phone or whatever I am doing.
• He says "kiss" now when we give him kisses or when he sees Mommy and Daddy kiss! So sweet! 

Again - this is just some of the things. I couldn't possibly remember everything because he always seems to learn something new that takes us off guard! ;) 

Caleb also had his first Easter Egg hunt this month at church! He was really excited about the steps! He kept going up and down the steps. And he learned on those steps how to step up and step down without holding the railing! Such a big boy! But when it was time to hunt for eggs, he didn't want to go. LOL! That was until he saw all the pretty eggs on the ground. Then he had fun! But once we were done with that, he had to go back to the steps. 

Easter Egg hunt! 

Caleb's loot!

This month we are celebrating Easter, G-Pa's birthday, and hopefully enjoying some more of this wonderful spring weather! And then at the end of April, our very first vacation (with the three of us) to Virginia Beach and to see Aunt Jen and Uncle Wes! So exciting! Looking forward to many memories! 

But until then...I leave you with Caleb laughing! He has the best laugh! :)