"Snack? Please?" "COLD." "Sicko." (plus "silly eyes!")

Yes, these are all comments Caleb made as he ripped open the popsicle box and we tried to tell him what these strange things were.

"Snack?"
"OK, but it's a cold snack."
"Cold?"
"Yes, it's cold. It's a cold snack. It's called a popsicle. Say 'pop.'"
"Pop."
"Say 'sicle.'"
"Sicko."
"Say 'popsicle.'"
"COLD! COLD SICKO! SNACK?"
"Yeah, Caleb, it's a cold snack. It's a popsicle."

Some days, we feel like we are making some progress. Other days we just have deja vu. A LOT.
Repetition is key!
P.S. If any of you haven't seen Caleb's "silly eyes," look at the second to last picture. When he's tired, and especially when he's sitting down to eat for some reason, he likes to roll his eyes. Instant crackup.

Hallie's growing up so fast!

So, remember how Caleb seemed to be really slow at everything before he started walking?

This girl is the opposite!  She is already able to sit up by herself for a few minutes... and we predict she'll be crawling before we leave Utah!  *(by the way, she'll be six months old then).

Plus her hair is getting long enough to make a cute little ponytail off the top of her head... and then look what happens afterwards!

Mikey Likes It!

... and so does Caleb.  I guess he couldn't wait five more minutes for mama to finish his breakfast up.  Instead, he tried pouring his own bowl of cereal, but was thwarted due to the bag being rolled up.

In response to being frustrated in his attempts, once he did have cereal in his bowl, he spilled it four times all over the house.  Every time by accident, but we are still stepping and sitting on little tidbits of Life cereal as we speak.

Tomato hat

If a container has one open side, it is a hat.

At least, in Caleb's world it could be a hat.  And sometimes he insists that we put it on his head anyway, despite our protests.

So to our dismay, our son was a box head one evening.

To our amusement, it was pretty entertaining, so we took some pictures for you to see.

Enjoy!

Baking Brownies

Caleb and I had lots of fun baking brownies together tonight! He loved turning on the mixer and helping put the ingredients in. He couldn't wait for them to come out of the oven...He kept checking them for me.

Pajama Party

We hung out with some friends last night and Caleb had tons of fun hanging out with his friend Kade. They stayed up until about 1 am together and were still going strong!

screaming in unison

Caleb posing

Future makeup artist

Caleb got into my makeup yesterday and this is what we found. It looks like a pretty good black eye we think...  He walked around saying "eyes, eyes" for a bit after I washed it off.

cuddling daddy

Hallie was having a sweet moment with Nathan yesterday so we had to snap a photo.

Hallie's 4 month checkup

Hallie had her appointment today and for the most part it went well. She weighed in at 14lbs 4 oz which is right at the 60th percentile. The nurse had a little struggle measuring her head and had to do it like 10 times... no joke, and that made Hallie a little upset. With how much she struggled with the head measurer it made me question if she could plot the chart correctly... The doctor was impressed with her head holding skills and said she is doing great in every other aspect. He recommended we start solids in about a month so he can talk to us about how it's going at our next appointment before we move since we don't know when we will get to the doctor after getting settled in. Shots were horrible as always, but she got over them quickly and went right to sleep. Caleb was a little terrified to be in the office because it is 100% confirmed that he remembers he had shots there last time. It will be interesting to take him to his 24 month checkup in a few weeks. Here is a cute picture of Hallie sitting in the Bumbo in the last few days. This is one of her favorite places to chill. She just sits and watches everything we do and loves it.

A new hiding spot

Caleb has learned how to open and get into the dryer. I am not sure if I like this new place of hiding out, but it is quite funny to be looking for him and find him in there. The bad part is he likes to climb in there when there are fresh dried clothes in there...it must feel like a warm nest or something. Thankfully this was a load of his bedding and Pj's so if they got dirty again it was from the one who wears them.

He gets so excited when I get close to him. He flings the door open and makes a silly face at me. Honestly...it's pretty cute I think.

Pics from today

Caleb trying to 

cars, boots, and milk...a few of his favorite things

I realized I haven't done any posts just about Caleb lately, so here goes one. Caleb is still loving his milk... he also loves his boots and wears them around the house about 99% of the time. We will get home from church and take off his shoes and 5 mins later he has his boots on. he loves them!

He does the funniest things these days...like wearing his boots with shorts...

He is getting so smart! He was bringing all his cars to the table for lunch one day and I heard him say, "ok. cars, lunch, lets eat" obviously very slowly because that many words in a row is still pretty rare, but I thouhgt it was awesome! You can also see in this photo he has figured out how to fix the problem of only having two hands to carry cars with... he now uses his chin to carry that one extra car!

Here are all his cars about ready for lunch. It took only an extra 10 mins, but don't worry every car was over wtih him at lunch.

curls

My new shorter hair, done curly. I don't wear it curly often anymore, but I thought it was a good picture of it when I did have it that way...well except the fact that I have no makeup on!

A new toy

We bought Hallie a walker a few weeks ago and it has been a big hit. She loves standing in it and scooting herself around. It amazes us that she can do this because Caleb couldn't move in his walker until after he started walking on his own. I put her in this in the bathroom while I take a shower and she moves from one side of the bathroom to the other in no time! This was definitely a good purchase!

Caleb also enjoys the walker...he likes to zoom Hallie around the kitchen in it... she isn't so fond of this yet though. We have also found Caleb in the walker himself and walking around...he can get in, but not out.