Smarter Than I Realize

Thinking about the video I posted yesterday, I tried something today. We always sing Caleb primary songs at night and occasionally at other times. I wondered if he knew the serious songs we sang to him as well as the fun ones. Here's what I did to find out:
Me (singing): Whenever I hear the song of a...
Caleb: bir (bird)
Me: Or look at the blue, blue...
Caleb: sky
Me: Whenever I feel the rain on my...
Caleb: face (while touching his cheeks)
Me: Or the wind as it rushes by. Whenever I touch a velvet...
Caleb: Woes (rose)
Me: Or walk by a lilac
Caleb: Twee (tree)
Me: I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world. Heavenly Father created for...
Caleb: Me
Yes, Caleb knew at least the end of every phrase! I couldn't believe it. These little people really do soak in everything.

Song and Story

Today before church I started singing head shoulders knees and toes to Caleb. While I was saying "knees and toes" over and over again, as the song goes, Caleb said "eyes". He knew what was coming. I started doing this and I'm so glad we caught it on camera because it is so cute (please ignore my half dried hair):

Here is a funny story about today: When we were walking out of church Caleb started fussing a bit in Derrick's arms. As I rummaged the diaper bag for the pacifier I asked Caleb, "Guess what Mommy has for you?" Caleb's response, "Candy." Wishful thinking bud.

Serious about Cake

We bought clearance Christmas cake mix and frosting in January and last night Derrick asked if I would make it. After the cake was out of the oven Caleb discovered it cooling on the table and he got very excited for it. When it was time to frost it Caleb climbed up on a chair to watch. First I touched the top of the cake to see if it was cool enough. Caleb imitated me and said, "pat, pat" while he patted the top of the cake seriously.
While I was taking off the frosting lid Caleb grabbed the butter knife I got out to frost the cake and said "cut". Luckily I stopped him just before he actually cut the cake (but he knows we do cut cake). I frosted the cake while Caleb played with the sprinkle packet it came with. Then as I was pouring the sprinkles over the cake Caleb was picking up the sprinkles that fell on the table and carefully placed them on top of the cake. It was adorable.
After that we enjoyed Christmas cake. Derrick took the rest to work with him today because we don't need at 13x9" pan of cake at our house. I'm limited in my exercise with this 33 week pregnant belly so cutting back on sweets is a need-to-do for me.

Farm/Park

After seeing this place on a friend's blog, and finding out it was free, I wanted to go. I had Saturday off of work because of President's Day weekend. The only bummer thing was that it had been raining for days. It was only lightly raining Saturday morning so we decided to go anyways. It was really cold but Caleb needed to get out of the house so bad!
We went to Emma Prusch Farm, which is a big open area with a park, picnic tables, a big barn, pens for animals and chickens roaming around. Caleb loved chasing them! It was nice because they never attacked and they would run away from Caleb but they weren't really scared of him so they never went too fast and Caleb could keep up pretty well.

In the barn we saw a sheep, goats and cows.

We were there for a little less than an hour but it was just what we needed after a week of being couped up.

We've Been Sick

A week and a half ago on Tuesday I started to get a sore throat, Wednesday I could hardly talk, Thursday I had a fever, Friday a runny nose started--fever gone but still no voice or energy. Saturday I felt better but still had a runny nose and sore throat. That day Derrick had a fever, cough and chest pains, Sunday Derrick still had a fever and bad chest pains--we went to urgent care to make sure Derrick didn't have pneumonia (he didn't) but we got some codine cough syrup subscribed. Monday and Tuesday Derrick stayed home from work because even though he didn't have a fever, he still felt awful. Wednesday Caleb gets the fever and a runny nose, Thursday the fever is gone by night time but as of right now he still has a Niagra Falls type of runny nose--I wipe, wipe, wipe all day long.

Did I mention for a week Derrick and I have gotten close to no sleep? Last night was the first time in over a week that we all slept through the night...yay! This is a time that makes me dread having a newborn again.

So, our Valentines Day consisted of sickness and a speghetti dinner with garlic bread and salad (which Derrick couldn't even enjoy because with this bug food sounds awful). However, I did get Derrick some nice shirts that he likes:

AND Derrick got me what I asked for which is a pattern I've wanted for almost a year now. I saw it on my favorite sewing blog and have wanted it since. Take a look here at the Schoolhouse Tunic (second topic on this post). So cute right? The pattern though is $15. $15 for a pattern?! My limit is about $7. I finally asked for it and I'm so excited to have it. I'm going make a shirt version of it since you can't really wear dresses while nursing a baby (and I'll make a dress of it in about a year when I can wear them again). I bought the fabric yesterday and can't wait to start on it. Won't this fabric look so cute with a dark brown undershirt? I'm so excited to have a cute new shirt to wear after the baby comes!

Gloves and Books

Just like Caleb loves putting on our shoes, he loves imitating us in other ways too. That includes putting on the gloves I wear to do the dishes. He cracks up when he sees this video because he thinks the word "yucky" is pretty much the funniest word there is.

Caleb loves reading. Every morning the first thing he asks for is "books." We picked up this book from the library and it has been a favorite.

Tie and Nursery

Since we have 1pm church this year we have to put Caleb down for his nap at 11 and wake him just in time to get to church. As I was putting his church shirt on before his nap I told him we were going to church today. He automatically put his hand to his neck and said, "tie, tie." I told him we would put it on after his nap. He kept saying, "tie, tie" until I put him down.
When I woke Caleb up I put him straight in the car and just brought his shoes and tie with me to put on in the car. As I was putting on his shoes he said "tie, tie" and pointed again to his neck. As soon as that tie was on, he didn't say another word about it. How cute that he knows ties go on for church!
Also for a nursery update: Caleb LOVES nursery with a passion. He wants to go to nursery the second we get to church and by the end of sacrament meeting he is begging to go to nursery. We don't even have to walk him in the room, he just runs in and is happy. When we come to pick him up, he runs away from us. It is too funny but we are so glad he loves it.

Musically Inclined

Today we got the new Friend magazine in the mail and it has a picture of a snowman on the front. The magazine was sitting on the kitchen table and Caleb climbs on a chair and sees it. First he says "Snowman" then he raises his hands in the air and says, "Tall, tall, tall". I couldn't believe it. Sure, we've sung him "Once There Was a Snowman" before but I couldn't believe that 1. Caleb made the connection and 2. he said the words. He is so smart!
Sticking with the music theme, here's Caleb playing his guitar. He got it as a gift from our neighbor for his first birthday but didn't have interest in it at that age. I pulled it out a few days ago and he has loved it. It is so cute when he sings along with his playing.