I really can't believe how fast time goes by. Caleb turned 3 on the 9th and it seems like his baby-hood just flew by! I can hardly remember him as a tiny baby. Next thing I know he will be graduating from high school! But I'll have to get him out of diapers first...and that is another blog post all together!
He used to be my good eater. Now he has turned into his brother. His favorite thing to eat? Bologna sandwiches and chippies. Blah. He used to eat just about anything I put in front of him. Now he will say he wants something, I put it on the table, and he turns his nose up at it and says, "I want something else." It's totally annoying! He used to eat chicken nuggets like they were going out of style. Now he nibbles on the ends of them and says he's done. I guess I should've known the good eating wasn't going to last forever. At least he still eats tacos! That's his other favorite meal. I'll ask him what he wants for breakfast and he goes to the pantry and pulls out taco shells.
As far as sleeping goes, we haven't really tackled that issue yet. We (*I) still lay down with him to get him to go to sleep. Then at some point in the night he wanders into our room and sleeps with us. When Ethan was this age we had finely laid the smack down and made him go to sleep on his own. But, Ethan wasn't much of a fighter. Caleb on the other hand..... Maybe part of me doesn't want him to grow up. It's so cute to hear that tiny little voice say, "Lay with me in my bed" or to see him standing by my bed in the middle of the night holding his monkey and blanket. But it's totally annoying to fall asleep in his room and wake up and hour later and have to get everything ready for the next morning. Maybe I'll work on the sleep issue in the new year. :-)
It's so funny how polar opposite Caleb and Ethan are. I guess we all just expect them to act the same since they are brothers. Ethan is my social butterfly. Never meets a stranger...just like his Daddy. Caleb thinks everyone is going to get him and he must hide behind Mommy until proven otherwise. It takes a long time for him to warm up to people. But once he does, his little clown side comes out. He is my sweet little snuggle bug...that beats up his big brother. There's a lot of attitude in that little body but most people don't get to see the sweet side of my baby.
He is doing great at school. Still amazes me that he hasn't cried once. He marches right in every time and goes right to his table. He gets excited every morning that he has school. I really expected a lot of opposition to school. It probably helps that he has seen his brother go to school for the last few years.
I'm interested to see what the next year brings for little Caleb. Hopefully a little calmness. ;-) I love you Caleb-poo and am so lucky to get to be your Mommy!
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