Health, a great blessing

I just want to say how important health is to me. I've been a little sick the past few days (with a cold!!) and I almost didn't go to church yesterday because I wasn't feeling 100%. But then, I remembered how hard it was when I had no choice BUT to stay home from church because I was so sick. I decided to go. It was long, I didn't feel the greatest, Caleb got really cranky and was cranky all night because of it...but I'm glad i went.

I still don't feel the greatest today, but I'm so glad to be getting better. It helps make everything easier. I'm so happy to change a diaper because on Saturday, I could hardly pick up Caleb to get him to the changing table! I must admit, I'm a little nervous for whenever baby #2 gets put in the oven: will I be too sick to be a Mommy? But, until that happens, I'm going to enjoy each day for what it has to offer, and most of all...

I am so grateful for health and strength!

What about you? What do you treasure because of some time in your life when you didn't have it?

Guess what....More Christmas! :-)

So, here are some more pictures of that fun holiday. I've got more recent ones to upload, but these were just sitting as a draft, and I figured I'd get them up for all to see. These are some fun gifts...


This is baby Caleb wearing the Utes bib Uncle Spencer gave him. :)

And THIS is the Santa outfit Grandma and Grandpa Hart gave him. It's meant to be a hand-me-down outfit for all our kids...so much fun!

Drum roll please: this is the rocker we wanted to give him...and here it is! I was a little worried at first because he didn't seem to like to sit in it for very long, but he's starting to really like it. and an unadvertised advantage is the effect of the vibration: it makes him very regular! lol. But really, if he hasn't pooed and won't sleep because of it, we'll put him in his rocker, turn on the vibrator, which sits right below his bum, and within 10-15 mins, he's relieved! haha

Christmas: Installment 3

It's CHRISTMAS DAY!! yay! We slept in and I made some breakfast and then we started the fun stuff! We had to make sure Caleb was awake and we went through all his presents first...


This is the onesie Shalon gave Caleb at the beginning of December, so he got enjoy it all month long! It says, "All Mommy wants for Christmas is a silent night." He actually gave me that gift about a week before Christmas! So grateful. He sleeps through the night almost every night of the week! I love it! He is also wearing a hat that came with his stocking that Grandma and Grandpa Hart gave him. It says "Baby's first Christmas 2009."

Here's a close up of him. I forgot to tell y'all about his 4 month stats:
height: 27 in. (98%tile);
weight: 16 lbs 14 oz. (84%tile)
He's so big, and so healthy! We love him!!


Here's one of me and my baby Christmas morning. :-) Look at his foot. haha

Here is all three members of our little family. We are helping Caleb open his gift from Uncle Spencer: a Utah Ute onesie and bib with shoes. very cute, very nice!!

Christmas: Installment 2

More celebrations before the actual day...


When he first met her, Caleb wasn't sure of what to make of his Aunt Trisha, but they're good friends now!

We made cookies, a tradition I insisted on continuin in our little family. Well, Justin took the cake with his cookie-deocrating skills! This is his awesome santa clause...he even used piped icing!

Our great cookie collection. We delivered them to the people Justin home teaches.

Christmas: Installment 1

Here is the first installment of our Christmas celebration! It's actually good that Picasa only lets me do about 4 pictures per post, because doing all of them would take forever to narrate and you might get overwhelmed! haha...


Okay, this picture deserves a background story. There is a jolly neighbor here who dresses up as Santa Clause and comes and visits all the little children. Sweet. He said he'd call before he came. Well, on this particular night, Justin had loaned his camera to a sister in the ward, and she'd had it for like a week, but we thought, okay, we'll get it on Sunday. I'd been giving him a hard time all day (s) saying, "If only we had a camera!" Well, Justin comes in the house from outside and says, "Guess who I saw walking down the street?" I looked at him and said, "He has to come back! He can't come now! We don't have a camera! He's just going to have to come back!!" I didn't want Santa to come and not have a camera for our little baby!

Anyway, there ensued a mad scramble all over the house for any sort of camera. Including an old film camera with film sitting in the fridge to use. Then there was a digital that had no batteries; a digital that had no card; a digital whose screen was going out. Through it all, we finally got one to work-- and here ya go! Baby Caleb with Santa! He had no reaction whatsoever...just another person to hold him. But it was a fun story!

Caleb's nonchalance towards Santa.

This is another attempt to get a reaction from Caleb with Santa. But he just sat there. This was at the Hebert's candy mansion...for free! I went with my friend Jenny and her daughter M.

I just liked this ornament. It was also at the Hebert's Candy Mansion. Very awesome place: it has a chocolatopoly! haha