THREE!!!!

yowzas... where did THREE years go?? how on earth is my little guy three years old?

wow. so. he's three. we have his well baby visit on tuesday so i'll have official stats then, but im guessing he's about 38.5" tall, and about 37lbs. we'll see!

he's talking up a storm and making sense. its crazy! he starts conversations and keeps them going. "hey hey, know what?" is something i hear ALL day :) and "sometimes me like _____, sometimes me no like ______. right now me like/no like ______." LOL

papa and nana got caleb a big kid bike (with training wheels, of course - for now...) for his birthday and he goes SUPER fast on it. to the point where im actually saying "whoa!! slow down!" and meaning it. he's a quick little dude. and he has to do everything himself. he's at that stage where he has to at least TRY to do everything himself - which makes the most mundane tasks take three times as long. but you can actually SEE him "getting it". the wheels are crankin. i usually only have to show or help him once, then he picks it up.

he has blossomed at his new preschool. its insane to see how much he's grown in 6 months. his vocabulary has skyrocketed. he says things like, "its my turn now. you have a turn when me done." now. and he does take turns! he cleans up after eating, and he puts his listening ears on - with sound effects and everything! he's getting to know the concept of "far far away" and "long long time" :) whenever we get in the car i hear "school/zoo/grannys is far far away." and when we go out to eat i hear "it taking a long long time for me to have dinner." (even if we havent ordered yet LOL)

he loves to share things with us too, which is beautiful to see. he had a red vine the other day and he went to each of us and shared one bite (just ONE bite!) with everyone *sigh* thats so awesome. :) and he loves to give hugs. i always say, "who is the best hugger in the whole wide world?" and he KNOWS its him. he really does give amazing hugs, and kisses too. i have to remind myself to be a giving with hugs as he is... i just dont think about it that often, but he always gets a few in... i just need to hand some out as well :)

this summer he's got back to back swim lessons with papa (my shift at work is too late to take him, so papa volunteered. it took a lot of arm twisting, im sure! LOL) so that'll be fun! 4 weeks in a pool? waa hoo!! we'll also be doing a lot of bike riding and trips to the aquarium, zoo and sea world - since we now have passes for all of them! it'll be never ending fun :) the fact that its all educational is just icing on the cake. just going to the aquarium he can identify angel fish, moon jellies, garabaldi, leopard sharks, lion fish, zebra sharks, black tipped reef sharks, groupers.... and a few more, but i cant think of them. how cool is that?! :)

its hard to believe that three years ago i was wondering when i would be able to go home from the hospital and start life with my new little boy - and here i am watching him on the video monitor playing with his woody doll, "you're my favorite deputy!" over and over and over. incredible.

incredible.