Yeah, so my upper-respiratory, I-thought-it-was-pneumonia thing didn't get any better, and I spent the last two days at home. (Which means I had to reschedule my bank visit for tomorrow.) And I feel pretty poopy ( Read more... )

Caleb is beginning to show his mother's tendencies. Last night when going through toys, he decided to give away at least a third of them, without any sign of regret or material attachment. Hurray! No packrat here ( Read more... )

Oxi has been returned to the pet store. His health has been failing pretty rapidly since Tuesday or Wednesday. He appeared to be dehydrated - thin and listless. His breathing has been very labored. Friday night I separated him from Dex and he spent the night in the portable cage Jen lent to us. He didn't eat anything, not even the treats. He ( Read more... )

So, it didn't go exactly as planned. When Caleb opened his book, he insisted he didn't need it. It took quite a bit of explaining to get him to where he understood why we gave it to him. Then he said, matter-of-factly, "I'd rather have a rabbit ( Read more... )

Today, five years ago, I gave birth to Caleb Jennings. KU was winning a game while I was in labor, and the next day was Superbowl Sunday. At least, that's what I remember. The factual data may differ. Matt has a much better memory of what actually happened than I do ( Read more... )

The kid is a bottomless pit of entertainment.

This evening at the McDonald's play area, we were getting ready to leave. I put Ainsley's supa-cute stripey hat on her, and a little girl said, "Oh, she looks so cute!" and Caleb replied, "She's my little sister. She's always cute."

Ah, the warmth of my little white buddy on my lap. Okay, so a while ago, Ainsley pulled the laptop off the table, and that bent the prongy-thing on the power supply (please keep that hush-hush, since it probably voids the warranty.) We bent it back and it worked fine until the other day. Now, you have to push the new one in really hard to get it ( Read more... )

Saturday we started a new session of classes at the Y. Caleb & Ainsley are both in swimming lessons. Ainsley has hers first, then Caleb's is right after. I got Caleb out of the childcare area and brought him to the dressing room, where we met Matt & Ainsley when they got out of the pool. Caleb saw Ainsley in her two-piece swimsuit and said, "Aw ( Read more... )

Wow, worn out! Big night. Caleb was most interested in looking into other peoples' houses and learning the names of their pets. Then explaining his costume, and introducing his sister. The candy was nice, too...but not as interesting as the conversation. We finally had to limit him to saying just "trick or treat" and "thank you" in order to ( Read more... )

More pictures to come!

This morning, before we headed out to Aimee's house:

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