God has so far given us 6 wonderful years with our sweet Cale. We have seen him grow and learn so much in those short years. Short, yet it feels like forever ago when he first came, and I don't know what we did before we had him. His smile brings joy to our hearts and to many others, so I'm told. He has a loving soul, a crazy giggle that you can't help but love, and a spunky personality. His eyes are big and bright and blue and take in all the world has. He is smart, sensitive and a full of emotion. He is my Cale Owen.
My sweet son, just minutes old. You can see his birthmark on the side of his nose. At first, all the doctors and nurses kept trying to clean it off, until they realized it was stuck on there. My first thought was that he would hate it when he got older, but that is not the case. Now it is lighter and part of him so natural. Shortly after Cale was born, his Grandpa Daymond passed away. I will never forget, at his funeral with my 10 day old son, this kind old man comes up to me and says, "Do you know your baby has a tick on his head?" I, as nicely and quickly as I could, explained it was his birthmark.
He was such a good snuggler! He fell asleep so easily on your chest and would stay there as long as he could. It was a wonderful feeling of closeness and love and comfort. How could you put him down to sleep in his bed if he slept so cozy like this????
Happy first birthday to Cale!! We were at Red Robin, and we started a tradition for the next 4 years. Of course, this year, Mr. Opinionated wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese instead. We'll try again for number 7.
He is 22 months old here, already showing his spunk and goofy side! Playing with 2 binks at once? Must be time for them to go bye-bye soon! He was cracking himself up, by the way.
It was about here when he started really experimenting with humor. I also have pictures of him wearing daddy's shoes and laughing so hard. He was already trying to make us laugh too!
What a great memory this party is!! Happy 4th birthday little man! We were at Deanna Rose and it rained and rained and rained. I was 6 months pregnant, giant and emotional, but this kid, well it is obvious, he is having the time of his life! A little rain was not going to bring him down!
Anther picture of Cowboy Cale, Age 4!! He's been a cowboy for a couple of years by this point, and he has just received his first pony!! I say first, because I hope he somehow will have another horse someday. He is a cowboy at heart, which is a difficult task since he has grown up in the city! Thanks to Papa Pappy for starting him watching old westerns at the young age of 2 and Uncle Jimmie for having all the horses and Charlie the pony, he learned early how to wear boots, tight jeans and a hat. Gene Autry, if you are reading this, Cale would still like to invite you to his birthday party.
Do you feel the love?!?! Well, although this picture doesn't do their love justice, he ADORES his sister. You can read more about that here. This is Cale at age 5 (and Jenna at age 1 as you can see).
I will leave you with this final picture of my little man, in Florida this March, almost 6 years old and doing his professional model pose. How can you NOT think he is absolutely adorable!?!?!
To my little man, I am so proud of the person you are becoming. You are loved and treasured so so so much. I love you a million, plus infinity!!
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Very cute, precious shout out to the kiddo.
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