Busy Babies

This past week has been a week of "firsts" for our little ones. Libby learned how to pedal her tricycle all by herself on Sunday. She proudly cruised up and down the driveway for almost an hour - all on her own steam! She has been completely diaper free for two weeks now with no accidents - day or night! We're so proud of her! Libby spends her days asking for snacks and mothering Caleb. Her favorite game is to take something that Caleb is interested in and run with it so he crawls after her. She screams and runs away and he, of course, follows after her. This goes on until Caleb loses interest or until I have to divide and conquer them.

Caleb stood alone today for just a few seconds. He's well on his way to learning how to walk. He's also finally starting to figure out that one should put on the brakes when coming to the top of stairs instead of barreling full steam ahead over the edge. He knows that NO means STOP NOW, and he even said his first official word a few days ago. It was "bye-bye" and he waved at the same time. He has said it several times since then, but he does not like to perform on cue when Grandma is here. Oh well. :) He also sampled brownie batter for the first time, courtesy of Libby. Click here for more pictures.

On a side note, Static had a first this week also. He decided to rip a cat-sized hole in the screen and let himself out for a night time romp through the neighborhood. The fact that he let himself out is not new, but staying out all night is new. I noticed he was gone on Monday night when I was going to bed around 11 PM and he wasn't around to pester me. Nathan searched the house and then we headed outside to look for him. He was no where to be found, so we went to bed. Nathan checked for him around midnight. Then I woke up at 4 and went out looking for him again. I went back to bed and stared at the ceiling until I finally heard the little stinker's bell jingling on his collar at 4:49 AM. I went down and let him in and he slept the whole day. I wish I could have done that as well after staying up late looking for him and worrying about him all night instead of sleeping. Rotten cat.

Nathan and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary on Friday. Well, we didn't really celebrate, but we sort of observed it. Sort of. We both forgot to buy the other a card. Then we got Wendy's take out for dinner on Friday night. Caleb ruined dinner by crabbing for french fries and trying to tip over every one's drinks the whole time. Then on Saturday, we tried again and got TGI Friday's take out. Caleb was in bed for this one, but Libby was not, and she managed to spill Jack Daniel's sauce all over the coffee table and carpet. She also refused to eat her own dinner and begged for ours. Maybe we can have a QUIET dinner with no children around next year. I think I'm going to write babysitting on Mom & Dad's calendar for our sixth anniversary so they can't plan to leave the state again next year!