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-Micah was singing "Old Mc Donald" one day. Terry and I joined him and we sang, "...and on that farm he had a... DADDY! E-I-E-I-O. With a ... "

We waited for Micah to fill in the blank and tell us what he thought a Daddy on a farm would say.

His answer: "With a frAAAck, frAAAck here. And a frAAAck, frAAAck there."

-He was saying his prayers in bed the other day when he begin talking about how he'd gotten in to trouble earlier that afternoon. "Jesus: jump...table. Bad. Trouble." After we kissed him goodnight and closed the door, Terry started cracking up. He said Micah was repenting of his sins!

- I think super heros must be built in to boys' DNA just like guns. Micah loves Spiderman, Batman, Superman, etc. I found these pjs at Walmart that have a little velcro cape that sticks to the back. He LOVES them. Runs around the house in them singing his version of the Batman theme song. Check out that six pack!

-Caleb is still grimacing. I think that, coupled with his double chin, is what makes him still look old -mannish. Here's some goofy face pictures.

-If you sing to Caleb while holding him in front of you so he can get a good look at you, he'll start to move his mouth around, mimicking yours. It's like he's trying to sing but nothing will come out.

-It's quite unfortunate that Caleb has an aversion to loud sounds. Lots of babies can sleep through loud noises. Not Caleb. He's not bothered by extreme temperatures, bright lights, or being jostled. But he's extremely bothered by loud noises. And I say that's unfortunate because... well, because he has an older brother named Micah who loves, absolutely loves, to run at Caleb from across the room and land in his face with a ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAR or a scream. It makes Caleb cry or at the very least, he'll jerk his arms up like this and make one of those "bitter beer" faces like you see above. Poor, cute kid.

-I think Caleb and Micah are so different. It's funny, when I look around at other siblings I don't expect them to all be alike. But for some reason I expected Caleb to be just a different version of Micah. In most ways, though, he's completely different. He likes to be held differently, sleeps differently, his little body even looks different in the same clothes that Micah used to wear. While I usually called Micah things like, "Mr. Man, Micah Bear, and Monkey" Caleb gets names like, "Sugar Plum, Little One, and Moon Doggie." When I was pregnant with Caleb I shared with some of you that I thought he was going to be a bit more gentle, a bit more introverted than Micah. I think that's true so far. He's more of a momma's boy too. Which is nice, I must admit!

-It killed me that I spent all day with Olivia last weekend and didn't get one picture of her with the boys. It's so unlike me to not have a camera in my hand at all times. I guess I'm falling down on the job. Em and I were at Lindsey's new CUTE house yesterday and we got great pics of her with the kids. Em said it best- we just want regular pictures of our children with all the special people in their lives. Liv- I guess that means we need another day trip ASAP!