Officially two and a half

Ask Caleb how old he is these days and and he'll tell you - two and a half. Ask his name and he'll tell you 'Caleb Austin Jeffries'. He'll tell you that he is not two and his name is not only Caleb.

I feel like he is no longer a toddler, and is now a little boy. I no longer wince with each step he takes down a set of stairs without holding onto the railing. I know he can do it. His memory amazes me. He'll recall events in great detail that happened months ago. I love that in his mind, everything that happened in the past happened 'yesterday'. He doesn't quite have the concept of last week, last month, or three days ago, it all happened 'yesterday'.  He speaks clearly and uses long sentences. Most of the time he is dead on with his words, but sometimes he makes hilarious mistakes - like calling the door knob a 'door noggin', a beer a 'beard',  or adamantly telling me that the words to Twinkle Twinkle are not 'up above the world so high' but are in fact 'abababa world so high'.  

I captured a little video of Caleb while he was giving me a concert the other night. He is very aware of the camera, so he's not acting as naturally as I had hoped, but I still thought it captured his speaking and singing skills quite well and it's been awhile since I've shared a video, so here it is! The song of choice is 'Hot Tamales and They're Red Hot' an old Robert Johnson song that he heard me singing once.