This weekend I was thrilled to become an Auntie again! Since little Jackson Yale Orr arrived three weeks early nobody was expecting him this weekend. All other family members were out of the state and Dan was working 12 hour shifts, sooooo big brother Caleb and I got some serious bonding time in while proud parents Ben and Lindsay went to the hospital to have Jackson. It was SUCH a fun weekend for both Bebub and I that I thought I would post some highlights from our adventures:
1. When I made some quick lane changes on the freeway to get onto the 5 freeway Caleb says, "Auntie Elizabeth are you trying to win the race?". And then every time we would drive through a construction zone he would yell out in a panicked voice, "Watch out! Don't crash into those cones!". Caleb is quite the backseat driver sometimes.
2. It is fun to hear other people's influence on Caleb's life through the things he says. On a few occasions (as we drove down the freeway and went for a walk) Caleb exclaimed, "Look at all those BEAUTIFUL flowers!!! Aren't those flowers beautiful Auntie Elizabeth?" That was totally my Dad's influence. When Caleb shared his new knowledge on the difference between boys and girls and how they go pee Caleb says, "Boys shake and girls wipe, but sometimes boys wipe too when they go poo". That was Ben's influence. SOOOOO funny!
3. Caleb has great one-liners. When visiting the hospital to see Lindsay, Ben, and Jackson the nurse and Caleb had a little conversation that went like this:
Nurse: "What is your name?"
Caleb: "Caleb Matthew Orr"
Nurse: "That is quite a name! Who named you?"
Caleb: "Jesus"
Nurse: "Ha Ha . . . that's a good answer!"
4. One of my most fun chores was shopping in Target with Caleb. He is so entertaining as he comments on everything that passes by. In the ladies clothes isle he helped me pick out a new shirt to wear and insisted that he try it on first. Too bad I don't have a picture of that one! When we first got to Target it was 8:15am on Saturday morning and needless to say there were very few people there. It took him awhile to realize it but he finally stopped talking suddenly and exclaimed, "Where are all the people?" I think he got a little creeped out that it seemed we were all alone in this huge store.
5. Caleb can finally say my whole name correctly!!! I was actually a little sad about this because I am always entertained by the nicknames kids give me because my name is so difficult to pronounce. Caleb, I will always be your "Auntie BF"!
6. Other ways we filled our time: taking a walk with Caleb's gigantic and very strong dog Genie, going to Chuck-E-Cheese, reading books, swinging on the swing, making and eating skinny pancakes, wrestling on the floor, looking at all of Auntie Ray Ray's Facebook pictures online, going to pick up Grandma Gray at the airport, eating HOT chocolate and HOTcakes at the Carriage House with Grandma Gray (Caleb thought it was cool that the word hot was in two parts of his meal.), taking a bath (Caleb thinks shampoo is of the devil.), seeing baby Jackson for the first time, and hanging out with Auntie Kristen and Uncle Sam.
After our long weekend together I explained to Caleb that Grandma Gray was coming in a few hours and then I would go back to live at my own house. His reply was, "and then I am going to MISS you!". Ahhhhh. . .I love those moments!
Thanks for a fabulous weekend Bebub! Let's do it again! And major props to Ben and Lindsay on raising a wonderful boy and giving birth to a second! May you continue to have such beautiful, vivacious, talkative, and loving children!
(. . .and now I need to go clean up all the fruit gummies, fish snack crumbs, and Chuck-E-Cheese tokens in my car. . . ha ha Caleb is as messy as his Auntie and I don't have the excuse of being two!)
