Dirt + Water = MUD!!!!!

Caleb is proving to be ALL boy! He loves dirt and water, especially when they are mixed together!

Seth & Ezra

Caleb and mom spent the week of May 19th - 23rd in Moses Lake with Seth and Ezra. Kelly and Barry were on an At Home America cruise in Hawaii. The boys had a busy week! Ezra finished preschool and had his program. It's hard to believe that he will be off to Kindergarten in September! Seth's 7th birthday was on Thursday so we brought cupcakes to share with his classmates. Seth also had swimming lessons. He is trying to become a good swimmer so that he can go kayaking with his Uncle Kevin. Ezra has no interest in swimming at this point and is afraid that he will see an octopus if he were to go kayaking... even if they went in a lake!!! Caleb had a great time with his cousins. He played hard and slept well. He would call to Ezra if he was in the next room. "EHHH WAA!!!" Seth learned that if he put Caleb's green blanket on his lap then Caleb would come over and snuggle him. It was really sweet. Seth is very gentle with his baby cousin. We met Grammy at a park in South Hill on Friday evening and the boys went to Grammy and Poppy's until Kelly and Barry returned home on Sunday.

Great Grandpa & Teresa visit

Great Grandpa Rus and Teresa flew out from Michigan to visit for a week. They are already teaching him to play cribbage...

One Year Stats

Caleb's stats: (as of 5/5/08)

• 21 pounds
• 29 inches
• 8 teeth (his incisors all came in within the last week... ouch!)
• not quite walking... but close
• words - dog (his most consistent word), wow, cool, bubble (only heard this one once so far)
• signs - "all done"
• favorites- dancing, dogs, being tickled, eating chicken, his parents and his grandparents, slides, bubbles, big kids (well, they are fascinating!), clapping, playing outside, trucks, his cousins - Seth & Ezra, and his "girlfriends" Margaret and Caroline, his green blanket and his pacifier
• least favorites - being tired, falling on his face, vegetables, bananas
• best feature- his smile and big brown eyes

Facing forward...

Caleb is officially one year old and over 20 pounds (21 to be exact!) so now he gets to see the world as we see it in the car... looking forward. Yay!

A few more pictures...

More party pictures

Caleb's First Birthday

Caleb's birthday party was a blast! It was busy as we had a TON of kids here. We set up the sandbox, slide, playhouse and train set in the garage (out of the rain... just in case). We also had bubbles and sidewalk chalk for outside. Caleb had a great time and did fine with all the chaos and noise. In fact, he was a happy boy all day. He got trucks, clothes, matchbox cars, bubbles, and toys. Grandma Judy made his cake. It was chocolate with white frosting and clowns on top. Caleb ate a cupcake and though he wasn't TOO messy, had to change his outfit when done. The rain held off from 2-4... a huge blessing. Auntie JJ and Uncle Rick came down from Lynden and Uncle Barry, Auntie Kelly, Seth and Ezra came for the weekend too. Grammy and Poppy and Grandma and Grandpa were there also. And Caleb had LOTS of friends to play with and watch in fascination. It's hard to believe he is one year old already. What a cliche but it is true!

Canoe

Kevin and Aaron have been working on getting their wooden canoe ready for the water. It is beautiful!