Caleb's Birthday!

August 11th, 2007 ~ Can you believe it? My baby is 13! It doesn't seem possible. Thirteen years and one week ago, quite impatient for our first born's impending arrival, I remember saying to Scott, "There just isn't anything to do until he's finally born." I was so anticipating his birth, and since he was overdue I felt I had done every possible thing to prepare for his arrival... I couldn't think of anything else to do to fill the time until he was born. Well, we've certainly kept busy since then! Seth and Madelyn got up early to blow up and decorate balloons for Caleb. It was their idea to stick them to the dining room window. I decorated a few too, but not without popping a few in the process!

One of Caleb's requests for his birthday was breakfast in bed... with one caveat. He wanted all of us to eat breakfast in his room with him.... so we had kind of a breakfast picnic in his room!


Special gift... a cell phone! Not something we probably would have gotten him at this age if we were in the US, but here with the differences in our daily life (driver, etc.) it seems like it will be very helpful. Scott made sure Caleb understands that the phone is for local calls only... no calls to friends in Chicago with it!