Fabulous Things About Fourteen Months!

Mr. Helpful turned 14m this past week. Wow, time really flies. In honor of his 14m birthday and the fact that I've been blogging more about housing woes than about him lately I'm dedicating this post solely to my little guy.

14 Fun Facts about 14 Months:

1. Caleb has a blankie (from Nana and Poppy) and a stuffed elephant (from Vero y Cesar) that he just can't part with these days. Nana already bought us a backup blankie in case ours meets an unfortunate end. Yeah, he's my kid. Gotta love your blankie!
2. Caleb is a talking machine! He has said (at least once): red, thank you, help, Mom, Da Da, up, outside, uh oh and apple. Now, to the untrained ear these might sound like baby babble but we're 100% sure that's what he said. Really.
3. Caleb loves asparagus and green peas but won't touch mac n cheese or chicken nuggets. No explanation there.
4. Caleb loves playing outside. All we hear is outside, outside, outside. At 6am, 7pm, rain, heat - no matter. This boy loves his watering cans and dirt.
5. Caleb understands a ton! If you ask him to go get the book about babies or the dog book or the color book he can rifle though the basket and return with the correct one. How freaking cool is that?
6. Caleb is an artist at heart. He loves whacking his sippy on the floor until the milk comes out and then drawing lovely pictures in milk all over my floors. Especially when they've just been cleaned. Thanks kiddo!
7. Caleb loves his Da Da. We wait for Juan to come home in the afternoons while playing with the wooden blocks and listening to Cri Cri. We then bang on the window when we see Juan and run to the door to hug him.
8. Caleb is a fabulous dancer. He can shake his rear end like no other toddler I've seen. Watch out ladies!
9. Caleb's favorite (inside) toys are the Rudy's cup and old Tupperware. Why we buy anything else for him I don't know.
10. Caleb loves flowers and especially enjoys picking the blooms off and bringing them to me. Yeah, we're working on that one.
11. Caleb can throw a tantrum that would bring tears of joy to my grandmother's eyes. I'm not sure what the little boy equivalent of drama queen is but buddy we've got one here. You try and tell the kid no and see what happens.
12. Caleb loves bathtime and splashing. He really, really, really likes it when his Daddy lets him slide up and down in the tub. Once that's done he takes his toys (filled with water of course) and dumps them over the side onto the floor and innocently proclaims "uh oh"!
13. Caleb loves Chloe. We miss her a LOT and are looking forward to her coming home from her trip to the great northern wilderness. I hear they have snakes and armadillos up there!
14. Caleb is the best thing that we've ever done, our greatest joy and our truest love. We tell each other every day what a fantastic little boy we have and how so very lucky we are to be his parents. We love you Scooter!