Party of Five: 10.08

Well the time has come, my baby is no longer a baby, he has entered into the world of being a toddler.

My dad & stepmom came down for the weekend to join in the festivities, it started by Caleb's first trip to the Texas State Fair. Friday we headed over to Fair Park to go to the fair, we had a lot of fun, so much fun that Caleb took a nap for quite a awhile and didn't wake up until we were getting in the car. There was lots of fried food - this year's winner was chicken fried bacon, i'm glad to say that we didn't try it! James did have some fried cheesecake and something elese but I don't remember what it was now. :) Then Saturday we had Caleb's mini birthday party, we had two of our couple friends come over for some cake and then opening presents. Our little friends have the cutest little girl, McKayla (she's 3 months and you'll be hearing about her more and more...her and Caleb are going to get married one day. :) ) First off, Caleb was not interested in his birthday cake, Albertson's gave us a cake just for him and cameras were ready and he just sat there when i put the cake in front of him. He put his finger in the frosting and then just wanted mom. I put his hand in the cake and tried to give him some but it was a complete no go. I was disappointed - no pictures of him with cake everywhere for his baby book. After the rest of us had our cake, it was time for presents. I should first tell you that Caleb already got two birthday presents, a drum set and a power wheels atv that goes 2mph and only forwards! So, we all sit down to open his presents and he just wants to ride his atv, i keep pulling him back to his presents but he isn't interested. So, I ended up opening most of his presents for him, I hope he gets it down by Christmas (we'll have to practice some more). He was so funny, I would have sitting in my lap opening a present and he would just see it and then try to run back to his atv....then I had this great idea I'll let him open up another present that i knew was a bag of 100 balls and then he'll stay seated. Well, he did stay seated but then only wanted his ball. When it was all over Caleb had a great birthday, he got a drum/percussion set which he loves but its so loud sometimes, his atv, a tent for his 100 balls, a Romo jersey, and some toys.

Now that Caleb has turned one I guess he thinks that he needed to grow up a bit more and has started talking and jabbering more. His new favorite word is ball, everything is ball. Seriously, this kid has some athletic abilities, he'll spend forever playing catch with you and he'll throw it hard over his head with both hands. He hasn't quite got walking down yet but he is very close. He'll stand up on his own from sitting without any help and can balance there for a little bit. He's also taken a few steps, I think he can take about 5 steps before he'll fall down or fall into someone's arm. He's getting so big! :)