Happy Birthday Caleb and the Top 10 Reasons Caleb Mitchell Adams Rocks!

Brand new Caleb-not a great pic but we are not home and I don't have access to my pics.

The new skateboard

The fabulous cake that Auntie Calley made for Caleb.

Saturday June 21, was Caleb's 10th birthday. He was born on Father's Day and was the only gift that Don got that year because I had been in the hospital and then on bedrest for a week before he was born. Don says that he does not even remember not getting any other gifts but I do. Caleb was a huge babby-ok huge for me and really long. He had the biggest feet of any baby ever born and when we saw his feet right after he was born I commented that those were the planks that had been stabbing me in the ribs for the previous few months. He was also a very loud baby and could really belt it out when he was not happy. I would have made this post sooner but we are out of town and actually were on the way to St. George to see Les Mis at Tuacahn on Saturday. Caleb chose to go to Texas Roadhouse for his birthday dinner. It was a long wait but worth it-except for the fact that all the boys except Cody filled up on cheese fries and rolls before there dinner came so they took their leftovers back to the hotel for a late night snack. We gave Caleb an Ipod case, an Ipod dock speaker thing and some clothes. He also got a digital camera and Bee Movie and National Treasure 2. All his aunts and uncles gave him giftcards or good old dinero so that he could purchase what he wanted. He immediately went to Walmart to get a skateboard and Connor thoughtfully brought his helmet and pads in the hopes that Caleb would get a skateboard for his birthday. We drove to Provo Sunday morning after a delightful night at the Hampton Inn and breakfast at Village Inn-they have super yummy crepes! Mawmaw made a great dinner for everyone and we sat around and talked till almost 9. Monday morning Cody went to his Summer Scholars camp and Connor and Caleb went to their football camp. Both camps last all week. And now without further ado

The Top 10 Reasons Why Caleb Mitchell Adams Rocks!

1. Caleb is very tenderhearted person. His love language is definitely words. It does not take much to hurt his feelings so we have to be extra careful when we say things to him.

2. Caleb is a peacemaker. Especially when others are not behaving Caleb tries extra hard to be good and helpful. He gets along really well with others and has lots of friends.

3. Caleb is our family Drama King. He is quite melodramatic and tends to have cows sometimes. He is also the dancer of the family and has good rhythm. You can find him quite often singing and dancing in front of the mirror using anything-toothbrush, spoon etc as a microphone. He wants to show us his new moves all of the time and of course has sound effects to go with them.

4. Caleb is our Fashion King too. He always wants to look good with his hair done and occasionally before I catch him douse himself in cologne. He likes to wear the layered look even in the summer when it is hot.

5. He goes through shoes the way others go through toilet paper. Mostly because his feet are always growing. He is currently in a men's size 8 and I cannot buy him shoes without him being there to approve (see #4)

6. Caleb is very smart. He has a very high reading level-one of the highest in his class and he also won his class Spelling Bee and was able to go the school Spelling Bee. He gets good grades and picks things up really easily. When he was younger he would ask really analytical questions and questions that you had to think about. He would usually figure out the answer by himself and then tell us just to confirm he was right.

7. Caleb does not like to be scared or watch scary things. He likes to sleep in mom's room on nights that Connor sleeps over at grandma's house.

8. Caleb must have a hollow leg because he can really chow down. We are amazed sometimes at the amount of food that he eats. He loves ice cream and especially Grandpa Don's milkshakes.

9. Caleb is very tall-as noted by his shoe size he will probably be 7 feet tall.

10. Caleb is a lefty like his dad. This did not make him happy though when he was playing baseball because most righthand pitchers tended to hit him with the ball.

**Bonus 11. When Caleb was 5, Don had the Lasic procedure on his eyes that did not go very well. Before that happened we had read the scripture story about Jesus making the mud and putting it in the blind man's eyes and then he could see. One day Caleb and Connor were talking and Caleb told Connor that he wished that Jesus would just come down and put mud in dad's eyes so then he could see. We were very impressed that he remembered the story and that he had such great faith in Jesus.

Happy Birthday Caleb! You Rock!! We Love You!