bye bye digger, bye bye other digger ...

... Bye bye dump truck, bye bye man.  I love you.  Those were the words Caleb said as we walked back into the house before nap time today.  We are having some concrete work done at the house (widening drive way, adding a patio under the deck and fixing a side walk).  Caleb has loved watching these guys work, not so sure the guys have liked having a constant audience as it has been a slow process.  They brought with them a bobcat(or at least that is what I think it is) to dig up and move the dirt however a few large roots proved too much and the guys had to bring in a backhoe which arrived a bit late.

checking out the bobcat (now that it is empty and won't move)

Caleb is going through a scared phase.  When we first went outside he was terrified of the bob cat and had to be held while it was on.  He calls the bob cat a digger, and he kept saying "digger gonna get me".  But later he changed this phrase to "digger not gonna get me cause I not dirt, digger only dig up dirt".

Notice the slightly terrified but amazed face

He also was afraid of the dump truck.  Here is how that conversation went:

C: dump truck gonna get me
M: no he is not.  Dump trucks are nice.
C:  no he not

a minute or so later

M:   what do you think of the cool digger
C:  He is cool, and dump truck is awesome too

a minute later

C: I not going to fight the dump truck
M: did you say you were going to fight the dump truck?
C:  no I not going to fight dump truck, I going to fight you.
M:  oh, no thank you. Fighting is bad.  Who taught you about fighting?
C: fighting not bad

He makes me laugh so much and I have no idea where he learned about fighting.  Although I am beginning to wonder what he thinks fighting is because if I had to guess I would say it involves either eating something or biting something.

I know that there are innate differences in boys and girls because I am positive my friends with sweet little girls would not have been so enamored with watching the digger today. Nor would they want to fight the dump truck.

I hope they are still at it when he wakes up from his nap. Or even better the concrete mixer might be here by then.  

This was just before nap time.  What a great spot to watch them work.  I must admit I was in complete awe also. Shortly after this picture the backhoe started pivoting and piling up the dirt in front of the bobcat.

birthday, baptism and my new toy

We have been dealing with a bit of sickness in our house so there has not been anything pleasant to blog about.  During that time a few big events happened, I turned 30, valentine's day, and Micah got baptized.  Sadly all of these events were over shadowed by sickness but I do have a few fun photos to share.

For my birthday I got a new camera.  Yay!  I have been wanting one and did not think that I would actually get one until maybe next Christmas when I begged for it. 

My sweet parents came over for dinner on my birthday.  So here are some candid shots of us during dinner.

G-daddy being silly

Caleb looking sweet and suspicious as if he is about to get into trouble

Memaw not wanting her picture to be taken

Max chillin on the couch

  As a result of our sickness we have spent a lot of time at home.  We are rediscovering our toys and trying to keep our sanity, not always easy.  Oh and I forgot a sweet friend was cleaning out her attic and gave us some big boy toys.

The Big Big Fire Engine.  Our new favorite toy.

Hanging out, not posed.  I'm telling you we have spent a lot of time at home.

So I have really been enjoying playing with my new camera.  I have no idea how to use it and I'm positive I have much to learn but it has been fun to snap pictures anyway.  Finally my very bright house does not look dark.

The boys spending some time together

 For Micah's baptism I got the family matching ties from apple and ivy.  The boys had matching ties for Caleb's baptism and I would have simply ordered a larger tie for Caleb to wear and let Micah wear Caleb's old one but sadly they no longer have that fabric.  However I was very pleased with the Tech colors.  Go Jackets!  The ties are perfect for some tailgating come football season.  I don't have any pictures from the church but hopefully I will get some soon.

And here come the many faces of Caleb:

"Cheese"

"I wanna see it"

"I'm 2 years old and I like to destroy things, Agghhh"

I got a matching necklace for me

some sweet brother time

Micah is 7 months old now.   I can hardly believe it.

And he started crawling.  I did not touch him from the previous photo to this one, he got there all on his own.  Don't worry he didn't fall off.

The boys rolling around together on the floor.

Caleb is tickling Micah.  C is pretty rough when he tickles but M always belly laughs when he does it.  Makes it hard to correct the behavior.

Hanging out together just before bed time.  Micah is about to fall asleep in my arms.  Caleb got jealous and climbed in my lap to join us.

 Chris was the really sick one at the baptism so sadly I have no pictures of him. :(  I'm going to have the boys wear their ties again for Easter so hopefully I can get a family picture.

Check out my crawler.  He's not efficient yet but he can cross a room.

Eye on the prize

 

sweet boy.

 We have spent some time finger painting. It is kind of funny because Caleb does not like to be messy.  You will notice he only has the tips of a few fingers covered in paint.  He will start to paint on the table then declare "messy, mommy clean up".  I think this is hilarious because I am not the cleanest person I know and I don't really mind a mess (well for a little while).

notice the concentration face with the tongue sticking out

Clean me up mommy

This is us about to head out the door to go play with trains at our favorite place, the train store.  Max is hoping he can come with us and C looks like such a big boy with his hands in his pockets.

Max and Micah

Max and Micah haven't been interacting too much until recently.  I finally started feeding Micah solids, which is going significantly better now that I am dropping the rice cereal all together and just going for the good stuff.  Yesterday I was feeding Micah some sweet potatoes and his face was all messy.  I looked away for a bit (I think I had a new favorite tv show on) and when I looked back his face was clean.  Micah is pretty active but he does not have the coordination to wipe his own mouth, so something was a miss here.  Then I realized Max had licked his face clean.  So I recreated the scene and took some pictures for you guys. 

Sorry about the glaring sun. When Micah is happy his mouth is always wide open, you can tell he is loving the attention from his older brother.

Max is sitting next to the high chair, notice he starts with his hand

Max might be standing here, but still on all fours, and Max is getting closer

 

notice that half of  his face is clean

Warning: If you aren't a dog person this picture will probably gross you out.

There are so many funny captions possible for this picture.

My week recapped - no it is not that interesting

It seems I only remember to take pictures in the morning, thus the ever present pajamas.  I promise Micah does have other clothes

He's Moving! Okay not really but he so wants to (Micah that is).  The boy is cranky because he can't crawl yet.  Last I mentioned it he was sporting the seal (up on his hands) and the fish out of water (hands behind him  and legs flailing) and now he is up on all fours rocking.   I don't want my little baby to grow up but I am ready for this crankiness to pass.

Check out the action pose, this is mid spin.

Lets see what else has happened this week.  I loaded up the van with a good friend and her two girls and we headed down to the zoo.  So much fun to have everyone in one vehicle and enjoy the ride down there.  And we chose the perfect day to be there, beautiful weather and practically empty.

Caleb with his good friend Mary Stewart

Caleb is so funny, he loves animals but gets scared when they are bigger than he expects.  The next day he kept saying "elephant is big big big".

The elephant was showing off for us

 One of my old co-workers is going to have a baby soon so a few of the teachers threw her a baby shower.  It was so fun to see all the ladies again (a few of my co-workers were male but they never come to showers).  I miss seeing those ladies everyday but I don't miss the stresses of teaching or the crazy balance of loving on your kids (biological and students).  But I do miss the kids, more on that another day.

He has a surprisingly long reach

I visited a new preschool and revisited one I like.  I have until today to make my decision as to where I want to send Caleb next year.  I started looking not sure if I was committed to sending Caleb to preschool but after looking I realized I think both he and I will get a lot out of preschool.  I am only looking at two days a week and evidently that is not a popular choice in my area.  Most of the people are interested in sending their 2 year old to preschool three days a week.  I am just not ready for that.

He really focused on trying to rock the lion statue.  He seemed to think that he could make it move.

We had dinner with some wonderful friends.  Oh how it nourishes your soul to hang out with good friends.

Handsome, just like Daddy.

Honesty corner: I am still attempting to catch up on laundry.  Caleb's clothes got washed but that was only because he keeps peeing through his diaper at night and three mornings in a row his sheets were wet, that is more sheets than we have for his bed.  Thus laundry.

another action shot

My kitchen is still a mess and I am hoping that no one needs to come in my house today and that I wave a magic wand and it will be clean by tomorrow night when some friends come over for dinner.  Yes I am spending my free time blogging instead of cleaning.  So now I'll go fix that.

I forgot to mention his bottom teeth finally busted through the gums.  And in case you didn't know my fingers are double jointed, not broken.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Aquarium

On Saturday we made a last minute decision to go to the Aquarium.  For Christmas I received a membership along with a guest pass and since the boys are both so young they are free.  Woo Hoo.  One of my fun stay at home mom friends and I had talked about going down there together but I wanted to get a feel for the place (where to park, best way in, which areas are super crowded, where is a good place to nurse, etc) before I went with the boys by myself.  So if you ever want to go to the Aquarium let me know we would love to go with some friends. 

We had so much fun and we made it home in time for nap, well at least for Caleb's nap. Micah decided only to sleep while in the car that day, oh well.  Caleb loved seeing all the fishes and kept running from one place to the next exclaiming, "see more fishies!!".  He was however afraid of the large mean looking fish in the tunnel.  I know that is not the official name but you understand where I'm refereeing too. Other highlights were the penguins, sting rays, sharks, and frogs. 

Caleb is enthralled looking at the sharks with his favorite person, Uncle Ry Ry

Such a big boy.

The boys checking out some sea creature you could touch (I don't remember what it was)

Looking a little shy

You can see the mean fish in the background, he's the big one.

Not sure if he is checking out the fish or the scuba divers

Here we are, Micah had finally fallen asleep

Eating lunch, notice how empty the table is near Micah.  This is because he is super grabby these days and everything goes in his mouth.  So who do you think Micah looks like?  Yesterday I was with some teacher friends and they said me.  That made me smile but I'm still not sure, some days I think he looks just like Chris. 

The whole family, why am I tilting my chin like that?  Sadly this is the only picture I have of all 4 of us.

These picture make me long for a nice camera instead of my basic point and shoot, which just doesn't capture light very well.  Oh well, maybe one day.