Caleb's birthday was actually one week ago today, but we finally had his little kid birthday party that he was so excited about. I did not want to even attempt to have a party while Josh was gone, but we did have some of the relatives over for just cake and ice cream on Caleb's actual birthday, so that was good. He had picked out the cake at Broulim's when my mom was here visiting and I had Josh's mom pick it up on June 6th right before they came over. It had motorcycles on it, which I think Caleb just wanted the toy motorcycles.
Then today we had his little neighborhood party. I didn't want to try and plan any fancy games like I did for Gabe's party because A) I don't think the kids even cared and B) I was mostly watching the party from the lawn chair outside. So we just had a casual outdoor party in our backyard where we set up a sprinkler, had the sand box open (which then became a pool with the sprinkler running!), and had the kids playing in the playhouse and stuff. We also did some water balloon games and a pinata in the garage. I didn't make a cake, I just had some cupcakes instead. It was kind of a Spiderman theme so I attempted to make spiderwebs on the cupcakes. For presents he got a kite, some nerf guns, legos, a Spiderman wrist gun thing that shoots water, and more. I think it was a pretty fun day for the kids. It wasn't so fun for Josh when he had to clean up the mess, but that's the joy of having a party! :)
I also had a doctor's appointment yesterday that I was going to report on. We had a 3D ultrasound which was kind of cool. I still think it's hard to really see anything. I am constantly like, "What the heck is that?" and she'll be like, "Oh. that's her face with her arm next to it!" and I'm like, "Wow, it could have been her butt and I would not have known the difference..." haha - no just kidding. I didn't confuse her head and her butt, but sometimes I really have no idea. My cervix still looks about the same as it was last week so I am just thinking at this point I am ready to start taking it easy, but getting out of bed more. Of course my doctor would not approve, but unless she can come nanny for me I am pretty much done asking her opinion. That sounds mean of me, but I can't take it anymore! I'm not saying I am going to take Zoe for walks or anything, but I am going to load the dishwasher and get up to make the boys a sandwhich during the day and basically be a mom, but a lazy mom who still lets her kids watch a lot of tv. Maybe by week 34 I will actually start leaving the house with them again. Oh, and also, I tipped the scaled at 150 this week at my doctors appointment! Woohoo! I also took a tape measure around my waist at the biggest part, right around my belly button, and it was about 39 inches. Wow. Just for fun, I also squeezed myself into the same outfit I wore at 25 weeks and took a picture to show the difference. I would say I am definitely bigger.
Now here are Caleb's 4 year stats!
Height: 43 inches
Weight: 48 pounds
Shoe size: 11 or 12, depending on shoe
Clothing size: 5T
Favorite food: "Cucumbers." (I just asked him and that's what he said. Weird.) I would say he likes peanut butter and Jelly sandwhiches and spaghetti his favorite drink is most definitely hot chocolate. It's the first thing he asks for in the morning and the last thing he wants before bed. We've had to limit his intake after 7:00 though or he wets the bed occasionally!
Strengths in his personality: He can be so fun and so entertaining. Like the other day, I posted this on facebook, he was watching the Backyardigans and trying to sing along but it was obvious he didn't know the words so he was just kind of mumble-singing and when I looked at him and laughed, he replied, "I was singing that in Spanish." He just says things that crack me up. He also still loves to snuggle with me in his bed every night as we read stories and go to sleep and he sneaks into our room usually around the break of dawn and goes back to sleep in our bed. He is a very rough and tough little boy, which also brings me to the....
Weaknesses in his personality: He can be a scary little bruiser! When Gabe gets him mad (which Gabe does on purpose) Caleb doesn't waste any time just responding with punches. We are trying to constantly put him on time-out or something when he punches but he's just definitely got a quick temper. Usually if he gets super mad he just runs up to his room crying and slams the door and the best thing to do is to just leave him there. He'll be back in 5 minutes, happy as can be.
Favorite toys: Transformers, nerf guns, cars, and of course, video games. He has become quite the Wii and iPod addict with all the cool games. I have to wrestle my iPod away from him a lot and when I do finally get it the battery is close to dead. I should have never let him see the Ap Store cause now he always asks, "Can we download a new game???" Luckily we only do the free ones.
So that is my little (not really little...) Caleb Joshua Rhodes!
Here are some pictures of the birthday party!
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