Memorial Day weekend

We visited home Memorial Day weekend. Caleb had so much fun! As we were approaching my mom's house telling him we were going to see Nannie, his little face just brightened up and he started squealing "Nannie! Nannie!!". I knew right then bedtime would be late.

My mom took him to a cookout at BeBe's house while Jason and I did some shopping. I missed him but it was nice getting out for a while without strapping a little boy in a carseat. When we went to get him from the cookout, he was playing with the other little kids there. It is so fun to see him interacting with other kids. I think he is pretty outgoing and will talk to anyone. He must get that from his dad.

Right before we left, a little girl was carrying Caleb off the front porch down a couple of stairs and fell. I was about two steps away, just far enough not to be able to save him from hitting the ground. I heard his little head hit the sidewalk and he started wailing. I picked him up as fast as I could and I've never heard him cry like that. It made me sick. I know it must have hurt and I felt so bad for him. Of course, it didn't take long until he was smiling again and giving everyone hugs and kisses. I'm still trying to recover.

Caleb seemed sad that we were leaving Nannie's house but perked up once he realized we were also going to see Granny and Grandaddy. "Gr Gr!" he exclaimed when we told him. We went to church with Granny and Grandaddy and during the middle of service Caleb started playing with Ethan (a little boy same age as Caleb). He thought Ethan was pretty funny and started laughing very loudly at him. Those two are bound to get in a lot of trouble playing together here in a few years. During the prayers, Caleb would softly say "amen" at the end. I guess he wanted everyone to hear him the last time because after the closing prayer he shouted "AMEN AMEN!!". That's our boy.

Ever since then Caleb has been bowing his head, folding his hands and jibbering something and closing with an "Amen". Sometimes he will say mama or daddy, Amen. I guess he is praying for us. I'm posting one of his prayers for you to see.

I've been taking Caleb to the playroom at the gym while I workout. The teacher told me "he has a lot of character". Hmmm. Wonder what kind of trouble he was getting into.....