Caleb...

There are times when Caleb is just.... Caleb. There really are no words. He's a wonderful mix of boyish energy, class clown, and total klutz, and when my dad is around he's all of those wrapped into one three year old. He's a total gong show. He LOVES my dad, and when they are around each other no one else exists in Caleb's world. Caleb is just giddy and he and my dad play together the entire time.

OK - so today... My dad comes over to our house after school so that Morgan and Katherine can play together. Caleb immediately takes my dad upstairs and they play GeoTrax. They finally make their way downstairs to the living room to play baseball (yea, don't even ask, but yes, they are playing baseball in the house.... LOL). For some reason, they abandoned the bat and decided to play catch.

Caleb is loving every second of the time with my dad. He's running around, laughing, throwing the ball as hard and wild as his little three year old arm will allow, and for some reason throwing himself on the ground with every catch and throw. It was so insane, at one point my dad asked how many pair of jeans he went through this winter...

Anyway, my dad threw the ball to him and Caleb made some exaggerated run/dive move toward the ball and tripped backwards over Katherine's balance beam (which also sits in the living room) and cracks his head so hard on the fireplace hearth I'm *shocked* he didn't lose consciousness. He had a good cry, and has a 4 inch long raised bump on the back of his head. It's horrible.

OK -- so about 30 minutes later my dad has to leave and on the way out the door, he and Caleb are still throwing the ball around. For some reason, Caleb decides that it's a great idea to throw the ball up the stairs and then tackle it on the way down. Yea, I know... such a great idea! LOL. Well, he trips trying to pounce on the ball and bangs his mouth on the step. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but blood was everywhere. Literally everywhere. I thought he knocked out a tooth or 5... After we got the bleeding stopped, we realized that his teeth just punctured his upper lip on the inside, but man... two major head injuries in a matter of a few minutes. UUUUUGH!

He's such a boy! I can only imagine what the chaos will be like when Andrew gets a little older.