Good Morning Gang. Lots of pages to catch up on. So much to say, but I'll try to keep a lot of it to myself.
DTD: Ok. We're even. See? I'm easy to get along with. Don't believe the rest of this crowd.
Betsy: Long time no see. Have fun at Disney.
Twinkadoodle: I'll take incessant blather for $400
Cy: It looks like you might have passed the trick question part of the initiation process. Goog luck on the personal interview and talent competition. Can you twirl a baton?
Monica: Love the pics of your kids! Too cute!!!
to everybody else. It's a busy day here. Caleb is 13!!!!!!! TWO teenagers in the house now. How did I get old enough to have teenagers? I'm only 26.
I can't complain though, cuz he's a great kid. I never have to tell him to do his homework, gets good grades, will babysit his little brothers in a pinch, does his chores without TOO much reminding, and he is funny in a smartypants kinda way. He's the quietest of all my kiddos, but he's such a deep thinker. When he was little, he would sit quietly while we would all be jabbering around and then come up with the most profound questions. He has always amazed me with his thought process.
AND, to top it all off, everybody says he's the spitting image of me. (poor kid)
AND when I was pregnant with him, I used to tell his lil in-utero self NOT to be born in January b/c we had too many January bday's in the family, plus purple is my favorite color and when I'm old and get a mother's ring, I want a purple stone in there. So he waited until February 1st at 8:05 a.m. Wasn't that so sweet of him?
AND when he was born, there were complications and they called in a neonatologist to attend the delivery. He came out purple and not breathing, meconium stained, cord wrapped around his neck, no heartbeat, floppy, lifeless. I remember watching that doctor and nurse working on him furiously for several minutes and the room was silent. Lemme tell you, there wasn't a dry eye in the room when he finally decided to take his first breath and SHRIEKED his arrival into the world. Of course, I was worried about any long term ramifications from all those complications, but he is A-OK in every way.
Did I ramble enough? I always get reflective on my kids bday's. Sorry. Ok, enough bragging on my first born male. Of course he's not perfect, but gosh he's close.
Getting ready to leave on Sunday!!! 
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What a sweet story about your lil man. How can he be 13 if you're only 12? 
