Casa de Helwig

Since I haven’t posted any…here are some pictures of baby boy #2 in my growing belly. No definite name yet. My head is cut off in 2 out of 3 of these because, well, it just needs to be.

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The big thing in our household over the last few days has been potty training Caleb. I will have to say he is doing very well. 1 accident a day for the past 3 days. I say that is not too bad. I do have a question for those more experienced in this area, how did you potty train your child? I did not find much information on the subject. Although he is doing well with the current bare bottom method, he can’t do this forever. Ideas?

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Since we stayed at home most of the weekend Caleb and I did a lot of cleaning. He loves to get a towel and clean everything with it. He actually asks to clean (”neen”). This also includes sweeping, scrubbing floors, vacuuming, whatever. He is not that bad either. His favorite it so clean the walls, something I don’t really every do.

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Caleb ran into the kitchen from his room really excited, so I followed him into his room to show so he could show me this spectacular building project he had been working on. Not bad for a little guy. He was pretty amazed.

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He still loves his reading. He really gets into it.

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And lastly, Caleb loves to have his picture taken. If he sees the camera, he blinks he eyes (this means, take my picture please). He was fascinated with the timer, so we took some together. Forgive my looks, things get worse at the end of the day.

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Have a great rest of the week.

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We have been reading a chapter out of the Bible to Caleb before he goes to bed every night. He really looks forwards to doing this every night (he asks for it). If he happens to find the Bible at other times during the day, he loves reading it to us. He can do this for more than 30 minutes. He loves to read the Bible (he even says Bible pretty well).

After settling into our new home, we have been able to get out more and play at the park (something I did a lot with Caleb in Midland since there was a park walking distance from where we lived). I worked on Monday, and since Chad was off he rode his bike (pulling Caleb along in the bike trailer) to the park at UTPB where they had a picnic lunch and played.

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With the help of Debi, we got our living room in order and decorated. Thanks Debi! We love it!

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Caleb loves to play in the ottoman’s in front of the loveseat. Yesterday he was eating cheeto’s in one of them. Don’t tell Chad I let him do this (don’t worry he only made a mess on himself).

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Chad is working hard and really enjoying it. The pregnancy is going well. I’m liking the cooler weather.

Hope the update wasn’t too blah. Enjoy your week!

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