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Jason bought Caleb some "Cars" Valentine's cards to give away at school. They came with little rub-on tattoos. I let Caleb sample one and put "Mater" on his hand. He thought it was really cool until he tried to take it off and it was "stuck". He said "it's a mess! it's a mess!" as he tried to pinch the tattoo off his skin. After realizing it wasn't coming off, he decided he wanted "race car" on

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I took Caleb for ice cream after school today. My favorite place for ice cream is a place called Sheridans. They have the most wonderful Snickers concrete that I really didn't need. They also give free kids cones to kids under 3. I got our ice cream and started helping Caleb with his ice cream cone. It was the first time he has ever had one. I tried to get him to wear a bib but he promptly

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Poor Caleb.....While we were running yesterday, we heard a very loud motor coming our way. "What's that?" Caleb asked. "I think it's a motorcycle," I responded. Wrong. It was an oil dripping, air polluting, noise machine headed toward us (don't worry...we were on the sidewalk). I stopped for a minute, thinking the car would pass on by and we wouldn't have to breathe the fumes or hear the blast of

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We had such a fun time in the park today with our friends Jan, Caleb, Emily, Ellie, and Ensley. I'm so mad at myself for not taking pictures. It was a beautiful day and it was so fun to just play. Caleb had a great time running around at the playground while we played football, which, apparently I'm no good at. Oh well. We went home after church to change and grab some lunch and the whole

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Jason was make a left turn at a green light and traffic in the lane he was entering was backed up so far that the tail of the car was blocking the intersection. At first he didn't realize he was going to have to stop because the turn lane to the right of us was flowing just fine. I calmly said "whoa, Jason, you gotta stop". Ok, maybe I said it more like "WHOA JASON!! STOP!". Caleb yelled out

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I started a new job today and I LOVE it!! The only thing I don't love is taking Caleb to daycare. He didn't want to go, either and it broke my heart. Of course, when I went to pick him up he was having a wonderful time and didn't want to leave. Ms. Janna and Ms. Carrol are his teachers. Ms. Carrol is also his Sunday school teacher but he doesn't know her very well yet because she is there at

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Jason: No, Caleb, your apple does not go in my drink!Caleb: It's swimmin'Jason: What?Caleb: It's takin' a bath.I introduced Caleb to play-doh tonight so Jason could watch the superbowl without hearing "Cars! Wanna watch Cars!" a million times. The play-doh came in a big bucket complete with little tools and shapes. We played a while with the play-doh and Caleb had a good time with it but

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Caleb: "I poop fish, mama."Me: "No Caleb, you just dropped your goldfish cracker in the potty."Caleb: "I pee pee fish, mama."Me: "No Caleb, you just dropped your goldfish cracker in the potty."Caleb: "I pee pee snacks?"

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I wonder....Why are "mothers day out" days so short and cold, wintry days in doors with a toddler last so long?If the people at Costco bought my "I need to find his mom and give him back" story when Caleb threw a tantrum.What is the fascination with leaves and why does Caleb have to mulch every one he sees.Why will Caleb readily drink his bath water but won't touch a sippy cup with cold, icy

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Reasons why Caleb doesn't make the best running partner:1. He wants to go "that way...that way!!". Unfortunately, "that way" is not the way home and I'm usually not wanting to run the extra mile.2. I'm pushing 30+ pounds plus my extra 10 pounds. Oh, and those extra 30 pounds sometimes starts bucking when we don't go "that way!".3. He waits until I'm huffing and puffing to start a

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Jason put Caleb to bed last night and around midnight heard Caleb saying "Gross!....Gross!". Jason heard him on the monitor and went to check on him. Caleb held his finger up and said "gross!". Jason finally realized he had a booger on his finger, wiped it off, and Caleb went back to sleep.

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Ok...I think I've caught December up. I'll be working on November next....someday Caleb will appreciate this, won't he??

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Caleb went running with me on the track at the gym today and he ran 1/4 mile. Well, ok, he ran/walked 1/4 mile...but mostly ran. I will have a running buddy someday!! We also played basketball together at the gym. I won 2-0. I think I'm going to share some of my New Years resolutions on this blog. Maybe that will motivate me to actually follow through with them. So here it goes....1.

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I’m so frustrated with myself for neglecting this blog for so long. I just seem to get so busy for a few days which turns into a few weeks and then all of a sudden a month or two (or three) passes. By that time, the thought of catching up seems so intimidating and overwhelming that I just put it off another day. So here I am on an early Sunday morning with Jason and Caleb still asleep and I’m

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Merry Christmas!! Santa came last night!!! Now I realize that it isn’t Dec 25, but we had a deal with Santa. We would get ready for him to come early so that Caleb could open his presents at home and we wouldn’t have to worry with finding extra space in the car on the way back from middle TN. We put the tree up before Thanksgiving, all of our presents are wrapped, and I managed to get the

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We went to see Santa at Wolfchase Mall today. Caleb ran straight to him, jumping and skipping the whole way, so excited to see "Santin!!!". And then.....didn't want to sit in his lap. Santa gave him a candy cane and I talked him into giving Santa "knocks". He did and finally decided to sit in Santa's lap. We got a pretty good picture....a better one with our camera than the one we paid for.

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I was taking Caleb home from "school" today and he asked to see the "aights, momma, aights....that way....i wanna go that way (pointing straight at the intersection)". He wanted to see some Christmas lights and decided he wanted to go a different way home. Since when does he decide which way we go? I guess since today. I went "that way" and we saw some lights. It's so fun to see him get

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We took Caleb to see the Singing Christmas Tree at Bellevue today. We sat on the end of the aisle just in case we needed to make a quick exit. The play was awesome and Caleb loved it. I just kept looking at him wondering what he was thinking. He started out sitting in my lap to watch the show, but when the music and dancing started, he wanted up on his feet. He inched his way out into the

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Caleb had a Christmas party at mothers day out today. All of the kids brought in a wrapped book and then they exchanged them. I found out real fast that I won't be telling Caleb what is inside a wrapped gift. I let him take the wrapped book to his teacher and he was so excited to hand it to her he couldn't hardly stand it. He shouted "it's a book!! it's a book!!".

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Caleb counted to 20 tonight. I didn't know he even knew there were numbers past 10. I was shocked. He needed a little bit of help with a couple of numbers, but he pretty much counted to 20. My little genius.After church today we went to eat at Dairy Queen with the Joneses. They are such sweet people! Caleb sat at a table with Ellie and Ensley and ate his chicken strips, fries, and his daddy's

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This morning when I went to get Caleb up, the first thing he said to me was "Mama, I want to change clothes." O-K. It seems like just yesterday he was learning to talk and then just 3-4 word sentences, but now I can have a conversation with him. Of course, how clearly he talks and puts sentences together has a lot to do with how rested he is. I'm the same way, though. It's really apparent

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I think Caleb really enjoyed his second birthday. His latest Sesame Street episode featured someone having a birthday party and they talked about birthdays. What great timing! Thanks, again, Sesame Street. That show sure has been a blessing to me in so many ways! Nannie and Bebe came Friday and Granny and Granddaddy came today. I really, really needed Caleb to get a good nap and I was just

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I can't believe it. He is officially 2. No more "almost 2". He's really 2. Next thing you know he will be 5, then 12, then 18, then....I don't even want to think about it!! I mean I won't go past 30, yet he will continue to get older and I will wonder where the time has gone. I want to enjoy every minute of it...and remember all the funny things he says and does. Even though I loved my job

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I just dropped Caleb off at Mothers Day Out and we were met at the door by a very excited, sweet little blond boy that squealed "that's Caleb!" to the teacher. "Oooh," she said "I wasn't sure which one you were talking about". Apparently he had been asking her where Caleb was and was so excited to see him. It's was so sweet to see another kid excited to see my child (by the way, his name is Aaron

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While Caleb was at mother's day out Monday, I made an appointment to get his picture taken next week. It shouldn't surprise me that when I went to pick him up, I was met with "he fell while we were going to the playground and skinned both knees". Ok, note to self, no shorts for the pictures. Who did I think I was kidding thinking this would be his only injury before the photography session next

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