Final Pics of Caleb in his Costume

At the kids Halloween party there was a great photographer there that took pictures of all the kids in their costumes. It helped that Caleb seemed to really get into character and was a total ham. Enjoy!

Happy Halloween

Caleb's Halloween Costume(s)

This year Caleb has been really excited about Halloween. He remembers last year and is looking forward to Trick-or-Treating, as well as his costume. However, it has been difficult to keep up with all the different things he's wanted to dress up as, since it changed about every 2 days. Here's a list of all the different things he's wanted to be:

• Handy Manny
• witch
• wizard
• mummy
• skeleton
• spider
• pumpkin
• Spiderman
• Batman
• a witch again
• mummy again
• skeleton again
• spider again

So what did he finally decide on?

He went with the mummy costume that has a chest that lights up. I'm not sure that a mummy ever had a power wheelchair before, but he probably could've used a walker with how much trouble he had chasing after people.

Here's Caleb doing his "scarey" face :)

A Fun Video

Here's a cute video of Caleb taken a few months ago. Hope it puts a smile on your face, like it does mine!

Don't forget to pause the music on the right to hear the video better.

A Mom Can Brag A Little, Can't She?

So, I don't know that I'll ever get to brag about Caleb hitting the winning home-run, scoring the winning goal in soccer, or breaking boards in karate. But this is what I get to brag about: My 4-year old can read!

He's doing so well with reading, and is even starting to sound out words he sees on signs and stuff.

Thanks for not judging me too harshly for being braggy :)

Caleb Swimming Some More

Caleb's been doing AWESOME in swimming lately. He's actually propelling himself forward in the water with his arms, and can go the entire width of the pool holding his breath!

My goal in him going back into swimming was just to give him water therapy. I never thought he'd ACTUALLY start swimming.

Caleb the Photographer

So, Caleb's been having tons of fun taking pictures with our camera, and I thought I would share just a few of the hundreds he's taken.

He likes to take pictures of his things...

His stuff with his fingers...

More fingers...

Some OH so flattering pictures of me...

And some close ups of different parts of his body...

Hope you enjoyed!

Does Bribery Work?

So, Caleb and I were at a birthday party yesterday and had tons of fun. He was kinda in a photo-phobic mood for most of the day. Near the end the birthday boy's aunt, Laura, let Caleb play with her camera. He had a blast taking pictures. He did a series of photos of feet/shoes, then hands, then clothing/fabric, and a few people in there, too. Laura then wanted to take a picture of Caleb and I together. In the below picture Caleb was yelling, "I don't want you to take a picture! I want to take pictures!"

Laura's response was, "OK, if you smile for the picture, then you can have my camera back." To which Caleb responded...

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CHEEEEEEEEESE!

Another Wonderful Telethon

Where has the time gone?! I have no good excuses for not posting... Time just flies when you're raising a 4-year old, working, being a wife, going to physical therapy sessions (Caleb's and mine), trying to raise lots of money for the MDA, etc., etc...

The Jerry Lewis Telethon this year was very successful. In San Diego over $650,000 was raised, and nationally over $60 million was raised! It's amazing and heart-warming to see how generous people can be during these tough economic times.

Caleb was a real trooper at "his TV show". We arrived around 8:15, and I was answering phones from 9-10. Caleb's Crew answered phones from 10-11, then about 11:15 we had two live interviews back-to-back. All the while Caleb was hanging out with different people, hamming it up both on-air and off.

Right around the time of our interviews we could tell his mood was going down hill FAST. So we took a break for lunch, and after some pizza and birthday cake he was back to being in a fabulous mood. So he went back on air where he helped the crew say, "Ring, ring, ring, ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching," he "tossed" a baseball, and just ran around in his walker. At one point he was about to walk out in the middle of someone else's shot, so I asked the director, "Do you want me to get him out of there?" He replied, "No way! He's the best thing for these camera guys to shoot!"

Here's Caleb hanging out with Palo, a fantastic Canine Companion for one of the other kids.

There were some clowns there, too. Check out Caleb's creative way to make a clown nose!

One of his on-air interviews.

Caleb Lifting His Head!!!

After 4 years of working at it, Caleb is finally able to lift his head! He calls it his "new trick." He started playing with it about a week ago (right after his birthday), and is just beginning to feel very comfortable with it.

This has been a milestone that we have been hoping and praying for a long time. We couldn't be more pleased with his tenacity at trying the seemingly impossible. We have learned that the only time to say "never" with this kid is in the phrase, "Never underestimate him!"