Signing Skills

Caleb is doing so well with his signs! Here is a little video of him demonstrating his skills.

Fever and random thoughts

On Tuesday Caleb woke up from his nap with a fever of 102.2. He didn't have any symptoms of a cold so I figured it was an ear infection. I took him to the doctor yesterday and yep, I was right, it's another ear infection. So he's on another round of antibiotics... AGAIN. His doctor said she thinks this one will clear up faster than the last one. How she knows that, I have no clue. His fever has been a tough one to break. He has been consistently between 101-102.2 for two days. Sometimes the Ty.lenol will bring it down but sometimes it makes no difference at all. Anyway, he's taking a nap now and he didn't feel warm when I put him in his crib. Hopefully he's on the road to feeling better.

Ready for some randomness? Here goes... The weather here has been crazy lately. On Monday and Tuesday we had triple digit heat, yesterday was beautiful and today it's kind of cold! I'm not ready for the heat. I do not look forward to the days of 110* or higher. I'm kind of in a funk. I want to go on vacation somewhere. Too bad vacations cost mega moola, which we don't have. I feel like I never blog anymore and when I do I don't have much time so I get through it really quickly so it's super uninteresting. Caleb just woke up from his nap and he doesn't feel warm. Maybe the fever is finally gone. He doesn't like it when I'm on the computer so he bangs his little fingers on the keys. He discovered that he likes to shove his finger up his nose. He gave himself a bloody nose the other day. It really hurts when he shoves his finger up my nose. I don't like it. He likes to bark like a dog. He hears Lilo do it so much maybe he thinks he's a dog too. If you ask him "what does a dog say?" he will say "woof!" almost every time. He thinks it's super fun to jump on the couch and tries to get away with it all the time. He's going to fall off the couch one day and hit his head on the table and need stitches and I'm going to have a heart attack when that happens. I love him so much that I smother him in kisses every day. He likes it when I kiss him on the cheek really hard. Weird, like his dad. John likes that too. Weirdos. I love my weirdos. Okay, Caleb has had enough of my being on the computer so until next time, adios.

Bye-Bye Boom-Boom

Caleb said bye-bye to boom-boom. he fell asleep one night without asking for it and hasn't asked for it since so i guess he weaned himself. it was pretty easy. i didn't even have any discomfort so it's not like he was getting much anway. it's true what they say about breastfeeding burning calories. i've gained 6 pounds since we went from breastfeeding twice a day to now. my appetite is still huge and i want to eat everything in sight that's bad for me. forget salads. hah! i have no desire for a salad. oh well. i like chocolate chip cookies much better anyway.

so.... we've been "trying" for another baby since dec/jan. am i nuts for wanting to try again after all of the heartache and anguish from TTC last time? and let's not forget all of the drama during my pregnancy. and last but not least, Caleb's horrific birth? thank God I was knocked out because if I had been awake and known that my baby wasn't breathing I WOULD HAVE DIED RIGHT THERE. yet something tells me that next time things will be fine. God is in control, not me. i got my period today. i knew it was coming and i wasn't sad to see it but it still sucked. John worries about me getting sad again. i don't think i will get to that point again because i have Caleb now. how could i ever be sad when i get to be HIS mommy? yes, i would love to be pregnant again and i would love to have a brother or sister for Caleb but if it doesn't happen then that's the way it will have to be (yeah, that's what i say now, right?). one day we'll have another baby. one day.

Happy Easter 2009!

California Adventure

We used our 2fer tickets on Saturday and went to Disney's California Adventure. It was really, really fun. I enjoyed Disneyland but California Adventure was much more age appropriate for Caleb and there were NO LINES!! We got to see and do everything that we wanted to and it was stress-free. Disneyland was a little stressful because we had to find ways to keep Caleb entertained while we waited in line forever. It's not easy to contain a one year old! Anyway, it really was very enjoyable. The Aladdin Show was AWESOME and Caleb sat still and watched the entire time with his eyes as wide as saucers.

Here we are in "Hollywood". It looked like a real street but it was just a backdrop.
Caleb practiced his climbing skills (like he needs more practice!). Climbing is his favorite thing to do. That, and screaming....

"C" is for Caleb!!

I don't know this Disney character's name but Caleb liked him. I think it's Koda or something?

John and Caleb pretending to be the size of bugs under this sprinkler thingy. The Bugs Life area was really cool.

Phasing out Boom-Boom

We are slowly phasing out breastfeeding and we're down to just once a day now. It is always at night at around 8:00pm. I'm surprised that Caleb has done so well with cutting out our morning session. He doesn't ask for it at all during the day but every once in a while he nuzzles up to my boobs and seems to reminise about the days when he could have them whenever he wanted. My goal was to breastfeed for a year and we've made it to 13 months and counting. I'm fine with continuing to do it once a day for as long as he wants to, but I don't think that will be for too much longer. I think that he's only nursing for the comfort and closeness of it and not for the milk. My milk supply is practically nothing now. I'm sure that he's only getting a tiny sip of breast milk from me these days but even a sip is beneficial, I guess. I will be sad when he stops nursing completely but also a little relieved to have my boobs back. Caleb loves boom-boom. He does the "boom-boom dance" when I ask him if he wants it (he says "yeah, yeah" and bounces up and down). I've tried many times to get a good video of it but of course he does it better when I don't have the video camera on hand. Here is tonight's "dance"... I had to get it on the blog before we say goodbye to boom-boom forever.