No... No... No... No... The 2 year old.

It seems very obvious to us that we now have a two-year-old based solely on the monumental increase in usage of this word on a daily basis.  New word of the day, week, month?  ....Hopefully not for the entire year!!

Caleb has always been a very good eater, but lately he is not very interested in breakfast in particular, and many things we offer him are answered with a 'no' - sometimes a real no that he absolutely doesn't want, and sometimes just an initial response but if we don't rush him he will end up accepting and eating it.  Many would say we are lucky to only start dealing with food issues now after two years.  That is certainly true, but the 'no' word is permeating all areas of our daily lives.  Oh, the joys of a two year old...

On the other hand, as language is continuing to evolve and increase, there are so many cute, funny, and interesting things that we enjoy hearing come out of Caleb's mouth.  Here are a few:

Caleb has started saying his own name, sort of... "Ca-ba"  (pronounced que-ba).  It started mostly from talking about Caleb Elson :)

Me:  Caleb, do you remember how old you are now?
C:  Two!
Me:  Do you know how old mommy is?
C:  Old.

We were trying to get Caleb wound down for bed a few nights ago, and he was in the living room standing by his toys.  I told him to say goodnight to his toys so we could get in bed, and he walked over to Mack (a multi-car transporter from the Cars movies), leaned over towards the truck, and said 'Goodnight Mack', as if he were saying it to his friend.  So cute.

Several recent pictures of Mr. Caleb the 2-yr-old:

Caleb the Frenchman? (a chocolate mustache)

Enjoying his cupcake on Nana Gigi's birthday

Caleb's tailgate BBQ, placing the burgers on the tailgate of his truck :)

Caleb's first time painting with something other than water.  Mommy did help a little, but he actually did a really good job! 

Caleb is proud to show off this little car in his room now :)

The Dinner Cupcake:  Better known as a Stuffed Bell Pepper.  We had stuffed peppers for dinner and when I showed the small orange one to Caleb that I had made for him, I asked, "Do you know what this is?"  He replied "Yes, cupcake."  My first response was to tell him it was actually a bell pepper, but I quickly realized that he wasn't going to be happy to eat that, so I said "its like a dinner cupcake!"  He was thrilled, and ate all of the filling.  Meanwhile I'm thinking the entire time, 'he's never going to buy this...', but he did!  

Boy, have two years gone by quickly!!