One of the reasons...

...why I love being Kaleb's mom.
He is so full of life, and is usually such a happy-go-lucky kid. He keeps me laughing practically all day with the crazy things he does. Especially with the little things that make him laugh like it's the funniest thing he's ever discovered...i.e. taking all the magnetic letters off the fridge and throwing them on the floor, putting toys in his dump truck and dumping them out onto himself. He has quite the amusing conversations with his stuffed cow (Phil) and duck (Howard) because he with be holding one of them and laughing like they were at a comedy show. So much more gets this kid laughing. I am grateful he is a happy kid.
Have you ever tried to not laugh when a kid is full out gut laughing? It's especially funny when you can't figure out what they are laughing at anyway.
This is one such example. Kaleb loves bath time and finds great joy in splashing as much of the water on the floor as possible. This isn't a good video of Kaleb, it's not meant to be, what's great, is listening to him laugh. I believe he was finding humor in his toys bobbing up and down. He just generally thinks the bath is a funny place though, so you never know.
I came in with the camera after he had been full out laughing for at least 5 minutes or more, this is what I caught at the end...



Kaleb had his 12 month check-up last Friday. Poor guy had to get 4 shots. I opted out of a fifth one because I decided it wasn't necessary to torment Kaleb anymore all for a chickenpox vaccine (besides other reasons). Kaleb is doing so well and is right dead average for his age in everything. He is 21 LB and 29 1/4 inches tall.
Our only problem is getting him to drink milk. The weird kid doesn't like milk, whether it be in a sippy cup, glass, or bottle. The doctor has told me on two different visits that we need to get him to drink milk, he needs more calcium. What is one to do? You can't force a 1 year old to drink, or eat something they don't want to (trust me, I've tried). In the meantime we'll try a few other tactics, although he'll only occasionally eat yogurt. Tried calcium fortified OJ even, he thought it was okay, but even then he would only take a few swallows before begging for water. Kaleb loves water as I have mentioned - whether it be water he's sitting and playing in, or being able to drink it. Water is his preferred choice of beverage and he can drink a lot in one sitting.
A huge congrats to Jake's sister Hailey and hubby Cameron - they welcomed their baby boy into this world last Thursday. A good sized kid weighing in at 9 lbs 8 oz. and 20 inches long. I realized Kaleb was almost just as long - but only 7 lbs 11 oz - ha ha ha.

He is so cute and amazingly adorable in his pictures which I'm sure hardly do him justice. I can't wait to meet the little guy. I can't wait for his cousin to get here either :-) I hope we can always live close enough to get the kids together often.