On December 15 he said his first word! I was feeding him at the dinner table when the cat jumped up on the table (a bad habit she never outgrew) and he looked at her, pointed and said "Jaaaade!!!!!" I was shocked! I asked Matt if he heard him just say Jade and he heard it too! After I got over being shocked I got pretty ticked that his first word was the cat's name! Not momma or dada. Oh well. I am constantly saying "Jade, no!" "Jade! Get out of the tree!" All day long, not thinking he would actually pick up on it. Oops, ha!
His new thing is to crawl over to me when I'm sitting on the floor and climb into my lap to sit and play! He will occasionally turn around and stand up to hug me. Talk about a melting heart!!
He still isn't a fan of fruit. We're trying to hide it in other food now, like in his rice cereal or oatmeal. Well he figured that one out. Yesterday he looked up at me with an open mouth full of food and I said "swallow your food, Caleb" and he put his hand under his bib, brought it up to his mouth and then put the bib down with all of the food from his mouth on it. Then he smiled like he was thinking "all gone!" At least he spit it out on his bib and not at me or on his high chair tray? Silly boy!
When he starts crawling to an area where he shouldn't be we make a loud sound similar to a blow horn. He instantly stops in his tracks, looks at us with a startled look and turns around. So he doesn't yet know the meaning of "no" but he sure does understand what the loud "air horn" sound means! Hey, as long as it's working... haha
Every day gets more and more fun with him! Not a day goes by where Matt and I don't tell each other how blessed we are to have Caleb. Such a sweet little boy we have!
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