out of the mouth of Caleb

I have been posting a lot lately about my troubles potty training Caleb.  So I thought I would post some cute things about him too :)  Here are some of the cute things he has been saying.  First you have to imagine it in his voice and substitute all your "l" sounds for "y" sounds.

As we were leaving Questacon after saying good-bye to a friend he said to me "I had fun playing silly with Lily!"

This morning when he woke up he asked for his koala who did not make it to bed with him last night.  He found him in the playroom and said "I missed you last night koala!"

One afternoon we were reading the Easter story.  On the back of the book is a picture of Jesus talking to a group of people.  He pointed to Jesus and said "Murray, Sam.  .  " to which I said "Caleb, Jesus is not a Wiggle."

Every time Elias spits up he says "Mommy, Yias spillded!"

He also adds "ed" to most words now and says "fellded, saided" and speaks some toddler ebonics.  When he was telling Brian who he played with that day "Ben be there, Peter be there, Elias be there, Mommy be  there, and I be there too."  My favorite is when he expresses when he does not want something he says "no, please!" (instead of no thank you, I love it!)

We have a deal that when he sleeps during naptime he can watch the Wiggles during lunch.  So when I walk in the room after he sleeps he says "I took a whole nap, watch Wiggles now!"

Thanks to Brian he loves to point out when he farts or if he thinks anyone else has.  This happened once while we were at a nice afternoon tea with ladies from the church,  Thank goodness they did not understand him!

Whenever you ask what he wants to eat he will think and then say "ummm.  .  .  french fries, chicken, sauce".

Randomly during the day he will say "Yaaaay Maryland,  Boo Duke!"

He is such a goofy little boy!  

a long overdue update

Wow, it has been a long time since I have blogged.  So this will be more of a hodgepodge blog.

First, today is 9/11.  So you might be wondering what Canberra is doing to remember that day.  There is a ceremony in a park today hosted by the American embassy.  There was also a flag ceremony at the embassy a couple weeks ago, there is a flag for each person that was lost around the perimeter of the embassy.  Brian is going to help set up for the ceremony today and then attend it.  I decided not to go, I am afraid Caleb might get loud or Elias might get hungry or not want to go to sleep.  So I think it is better that the boys stay home as to not ruin the somber mood of the ceremony.

Last week Brian was away.  It was my first week with the boys on my own all day.  I was very nervous.  Elias does not sleep very well during the day and Caleb is very attached to Brian.  But in all it went well.  Most of you who follow the blog are also my friend on facebook, so you saw my updates each day, so I won't go into detail with it.

Elias is finally starting to improve.  I think he is coming out of his reflux.  It is funny how similar he and Caleb are!  Caleb started coming out his reflux at 3.5 months and Elias is just about 4 months.  He is not screaming nearly as much as he used to when going to sleep.  He is also putting himself to sleep during his daytime naps now.  He will sleep in his crib anywhere from 40 minutes to 2 hours at a time during the day.  I normally have to hold him at least once if he has only taken a short nap in his crib.  But it is so much nicer than having to hold him for every daytime nap.  He finished the last of his medicine yesterday morning.  We have another refill but I am hoping he won't need it.  He will also start rice cereal this week, yum!  He is growing so fast!

My silly boys, Caleb 2 1/2     Elias 16 weeks

Although it seems Elias and Caleb are very similar I can already see how their personalities are so different!  Caleb has always been very physical.  He started being independent at 8 weeks, wanting to be on the floor playing.  He rolled over at 11 weeks.  He was also very demanding.  If he wanted/wants something you know about it right away and he will bother you about it until he gets it.  Elias is so much calmer.  During tummy time he does not try to roll over or work on lifting his head.  He will lay there, talk to himself or suck on his fingers until you turn him over.  He is also pretty content to do whatever.  He is happy to be held or in his bouncer or on the floor.  The only time he makes a fuss is when he is hungry or overtired.  Luckily they are similar in that Caleb was a very happy baby and so is Elias, Caleb was also very talkative and Elias seems to be that way as well.

I think this picture shows their personalities well.  Caleb is a complete goofball and Elias is just sweet!

I have some ideas for some new blogs.  I will try to update more often!