Only the Good

*all pictures taken by Danica Nelson Photography
I feel like lately we've had so many posts about the things going wrong with Caleb that we are in desperate need to have a post all about things going well for the kid.

About three weeks ago, Caleb started saying his first words. A little bit of a late bloomer, Caleb all of a sudden started saying five words at once. One day he walked over to Charlie, pointed to him, and said "Baby." Except that he says it with this hick accent so that it sounds like bebe. It's pretty cute. He also says, buhbye, uh-oh, all done, all gone, hi, ball, book, mimi (I like to think this is his way of saying mama, but it might just be blabber) and dada. Along with a lot of his own language, which must make perfect sense to him since he uses the same "words" all the time.

Caleb is full on running these days. It's so cute to see him toddle after his ball (his favorite). He loves to play fetch, which makes him more and more like a little puppy, but it's his game, not mine :)

One of his other favorite things to do it play hide-n-go seek. He started doing this last week at the hospital. He would hide behind the machines and I would come around and surprise him. We play this for about 30 minutes each day and he is always shocked to find me, even though I hide on the stairs 100% of the time.

Caleb also LOVES to read books. We brought down his book shelf into his playroom so that he could play with them more. While this has cause endless hours of putting books away, it has also brought many smiles. I'll come into the room and he'll be sitting there, surrounded by books, holding one of them (usually upside down haha) and blabbering to himself. It's so cute to see him "reading."

Mostly though, he loves to play. His favorite playground equiptment is the slide and his favorite toy is a ball, which he'll kick for you if you ask him. He's out of control when it comes to dancing (I'll have to post a video sometime, it's crazy funny) and he will jump on command. He loves to point out other "babies" who are usually two to three years older than him. He's starting to go down stairs properly and is pretty proud of himself when he can pull it off.

All in all, he's a rather normal toddler. He makes us laugh and we can hardly stop ourselves from giving in to his rather insessent demands, which usually revolve around oreos. He may not look like me, but he sure is my son!