9 years ago today caleb was born!
he was born a week early in a hospital in chesapeake, virginia. kira was nearly six and cam just turned two.
kira would be off to school for a few hours each day. the boys were home with me while chris went to work and finished his masters. we lived on the east coast for barely a year while our family lived on the west coast. we weren't used to the cold weather. we lived in a tiny apartment with one car. our days were lonnnnnng. we passed the time with lots of playing and Toy Story and baking. the internet wasn't quite big yet and we didn't have a digital camera, i remember calling my sister in law lots and sending lots of photos to family via snail mail! to say that these days were the toughest of my life to date isn't an exaggeration!
this image above is a perfect description of a long day. :)
and now that they are all grown up, i miss those long virginia days!
elsie was looking through all these photos with me and was wondering why she wasn't in any of the pics :) seems i cannot quite escape the playing with a toddler stages of my life, oh well. wouldn't trade it for the world! :)
more old school, via scrapbooking talk here today :) crazy to see the evolution of my style :)
Happy Birthday, Caleb!!! Johnny and I miss you guys! Jamie, those pictures are just so so so adorable. I will definitely be sharing these with Johnny!
Posted by: Kim | February 08, 2010 at 02:45 PM
happy birthday caleb! they grow up SUPER fast. absolutely LOVE the photo of the three of them sleeping.
Posted by: keri | February 08, 2010 at 04:15 PM
awww my ava will be 9 in July. 2001 is a good year! these pix are soooooo super sweet! i remember sending out LOTS of pix snail mail to my parents! I miss my film camera some days too! I just did a post recently of lots of savannah's film pix scanned in. I have to get some of my faves of ava scanned next!
happy 9th birthday to your beautiful boY! they grow up way toooooo fast! least you still have els to cuddle with! tara
Posted by: tara pollard pakosta | February 08, 2010 at 04:31 PM
Happy Birthday to Caleb! We love you! We adore you! We send you the biggest hugs & birthday blessings!
xoxoxoxxoxo
Posted by: Rachael | February 08, 2010 at 08:47 PM
happy birthday caleb!! my keira celebrated her first bday yesterday...you two are february buddies!
love the flashback pictures...especially the one of the 3 babes sleeping...love the chubby bubbies!!
Posted by: jamie k | February 08, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Aaawwww! I remember then when....!
Posted by: Trish Hackett | February 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM
i can't believe i missed this! happy bday caleb! such a big boy!
Posted by: auts | February 16, 2010 at 12:24 PM