Two fun things!

Last night, Gavi got the hiccups! It was the first time for either pregnancy that I felt them, and I can see why it would get annoying, but it was SO FUNNY! Of course, he was kind of pressed up against that nerve on my pelvic bone, so it got rather painful after a while. I was just sitting on the couch, hands on my belly, feeling my little boy hic and kick. Man, is God amazing!

And this morning, Caleb and I had gone to the store, and there was a fire truck out front. When we walked in, we talked about the wheels, the lights and the steps ~ the big three in all of his truck, train and tractor books. We finished pretty quickly, so when we left, the truck was still there. We walked around it, again marveling over the size of the wheels, etc, when a fireman poked his head out the window, waved down and Caleb, and said, “HI!”

Caleb was initially a little nervous, mainly because the guy was so far off the ground, I think, but he warmed and said hi back. The fireman hopped down out of the cab, asked Caleb if he wanted to sit in the truck. When the answer was a clear affirmative, he lifted him right up into the passenger seat! I was dying that I didn’t have a camera.

(Ugh! That reminds me that I forgot to take a camera with us to Bounce again last weekend!)

Then the fireman pointed out the fire trucks on Caleb’s shoes, and I told him that Caleb was IN LOVE with fire trucks. The fireman said he was in love with them too, but didn’t have the shoes to prove it. What a great guy! Anyway, he showed Caleb all the computer controls, buttons, etc, then asked if he wanted to see the back seat. It was really funny to see Caleb throw himself into this strangers’ arms and allow himself to be carried to another door of the fire truck.

In the back, which looked like a cockpit to me, Caleb asked if he could push a button. “Button?!” That’s what we go through at home every day, too ~ about everything from the microwave to the cd player. Luckily, he listened to me this time when I said, “No button.” But when the fireman lifted him down, he asked Caleb if he wanted to see what the button did. Caleb nodded, and the guy pushed the button. It wasn’t the big siren, but it was some sort of tremendously loud noise. By that time, the rest of the firemen were returning to the truck, and all of them said hi. My little guy was in his element!

We walked away from the truck – although it was more like I was dragging Caleb, who didn’t want to take his eyes off it. When they were leaving, they honked and every one of those guys leaned out the window and waved at Caleb. I tell you what, they couldn’t have done a better job making a fan out of Caleb (and his mom) if they had been working from a script!