Melmo and Cracka!

Kaleb has become obsessed with Elmo and Cookie Monster. We got a Sesame Street DVD at a consignment sale not knowing how it would change our lives. He wants to watch it every day and runs around the house saying "Kracka!" and "Melmo". I think he calls him cracka b/c I interchange animal cracker and animal cookie alot.

Lately he has not been wanting to drink his milk and only wants juice, which we give him in a different sippy cup (one w/ elmo on it). So, last week I gave him milk in his Elmo sippy cup and he has been downing his milk every since- Who knew it was the cup? Also, Kaleb does not like to brush his teeth so we got him an electric Elmo and Cookie Monster toothbrush and he wants to brush his teeth all the time now!! Melmo, Mommy loves you!

SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY

My day started out with a nice breakfast in bed, served by my little man and big man...although little man is a bit of an indian giver...he tried to eat my whole waffle! Kaleb looooves strawberries, so we thought it would be fun to spend the day at the strawberry patch...

he ate 20+ strawberries...he was in strawberry heaven...that is until we stopped at the store on the way home to get some vanilla ice cream and he threw up strawberries in the isle

He loves tractors in his books so when he saw this real one he was thrilled...he has now added tractor to his vocabulary..

My day ended with a nice relaxing steak dinner grilled and eaten on the back deck...ahh, what a perfect day! Thanks Jason and Kaleb!

Easter recap

On Easter day we ate lunch with friends and the kids had an easter egg hunt. I think Kaleb ended up w/ about 4 eggs. He was no match for Abby and Baylor!

The next weekend we went to Knoxville and had another egg hunt. Kaleb faired better and even made a little money (the eggs had quarters in them). He had fun w/ Nylah and Granddad and Grandma!

Chillin out after the egg hunt

Nylah is lucky enough to have a bounce house all to herself. The kids had fun bouncing in it, and I think us parents did too!

Blackmail!

Now I have great blackmail footage for when Kaleb is a teenager. He loooves shoes. He always wants to put his shoes on when he first wakes up and he is always trying on my shoes...but his favorites are these orange heels that he picks out almost every time. Sorry it's sideways, I don't know how to change it.

Kaleb had his 18 month doctors appointment today. He is exactly 41%tile in height and weight, so I guess he's pretty proportional, except for his head (75th %tile). The first thing the doctor asked was, "Is he driving you crazy?"...."Yes"..."Well good, he's normal then"

Yes, the terrible twos are beginning. He's definately becoming opinionated. Today I was holding him while he was playing with a toy. I was occasionally kissing him on the forhead gently. After about 3 kisses, he looked at me and said "No"...okay, so I stopped...hmmm, he doesnt want my kisses!!!

So, really it's not terrible, yet...we'll see how things go in Greece when we're all jet lagged... 2 more weeks!

Do you have your ducks in a row?

I know, I know , I have been really bad at blogging lately...but we have still been taking pictures. Here is a typical bath time for Kaleb. He lines up all his ducks ever so precisely (definately a Jason trait) and the proceeds to talk to them, sometimes as a drum major and sometimes sweetly as below. His vocabulary is expanding daily and he says duck! duck!

Farewell Christie and Brett!!

As most of you know, my sister Chrisite and her husband Brett just left for Tanzania, Africa to be missionaries for the next 7-10 years...Boooohooo! We will miss them greatly, but look forward to "Skype"ing them often. We met them at the airport to say good-bye.

Kaleb loooves to be elevated 9 feet off the earth by uncle Brett! One last time at the airport. I doubt the next time we see them, he will be able to lift Kaleb up with one hand.

Ahh, how sweet! We miss you Uncle Brett and Aunt Christie!!!

CARS, ROCKS, DIRT AND DOGS...

"These are a few of my favorite things" I know its been quite a while since I've updated our blog but we've been quite busy since the weather has been nicer. We've also been lucky to be spending a lot of the last two months with family on both sides. Above Kaleb is diving into the lake near our house after throwing many rocks into it. Why not take a dip after a hard days work.

When we were in VA visiting my parents in February it was 60 degrees when we arrived. Two days later there was 8 inches of snow!! We improvised on our clothing since we did not expect the cold weather. Go ahead, laugh...I was wearing my sisters hat, my dads sweater, my pants and my mother's boots...Kaleb liked the snow as long as I was holding him...He had his first plane ride on this trip. He did well and I'm hoping he will do just as well on our trip to Greece in May.

Look at this man work! We have spent many unexpectedly warm days at the park lately.

So, this was a slab of ice from Kaleb's swimming pool. He spent a long time skating on it. He had a blast.

Kaleb has been on a shoe kick...He loves them so much that it is the first thing he thinks about when he wakes up in the morning. He will run to his closet and ask me to put on his shoes. Since he has on his footie pajamas, only a few will actually fit. His frog wellies work perfectly b/c they are a little big for his feet.