Caleb's 2!

Happy Birthday to my big little boy! We had his party on Sunday and he had lots of fun. I made a dirt cake in a dump truck which he was more interested in pushing around than eating I think. It was miraculous that it didn't end up on the floor! (Until a few hours later when, trying to get it out of my mom's crammed full-a-stuff fridge, I yanked it a little to hard and the back of the dump truck poured crushed Oreos all own my shirt.... awesome.)

Other than that, it was a fun day. He got some Thomas stuff, a Mr. Potato Head, some clothes, tons of stuff to do bubbles (which he goes crazy for), a Handy Manny car, a lawn mower, a stuffed Buzz Lightyear, a couple books, some giftcards, money, and more. Talk about a spoiled kid. I'm already having a rummage sale in a couple weeks just to clear out some stuff! How they accumulate so may toys, I have no idea. It's unreal. His favorite toys are anything with wheels (especially trucks with some sort of trailer to hook up). And balls of any kind - footballs, baseballs, basketballs, even golf. He's definitely his father's son.

At his 2 year checkup today he weighed 37 pounds and was 37 and 3/4 inches tall. (Just for comparison, I think Gabe weighs 38 pounds and is 43 1/2 in. tall.) They can pretty much wear the same size shirts but Caleb needs shorter pants (3T - while Gabe is wearing 5T). Josh gets so confused doing laundry as to whose is what.

Anyways, Caleb is such a sweetie. He's so much fun to watch Gabe chase around. Tonight he was just sweating from running like crazy with Gabe. Oh, and another funny thing I have to mention - he loves buttons. Like - if he sees one on someone's shirt, he screams "Button!!!" and chases you down and tries to eat it. He even sometimes does this little cookie monster growl like, "Mmmm, num, num, num..." and shakes his head as he's attacking your buttons. It's both very cute and very odd.

So, that's my summary of Caleb at 2 years old! (I left out the temper tantrums and the "Nnnnnno!!" as he throws something, but we'll try to forget that...) Here's some pics!