Friday, August 27, 2010

Caleb's Birthday!

It all started with a cake.


Lauren helped me decorate the cute doggy cake for Caleb's little birthday cook out. She's so good!
It was a lot of fun, and I must say, I think it turned out really cute!


Lauren made a special personalized cake just for Caleb...


And he showed his appreciation!
Happy Birthday my little one year old!
Posted by Picasa

Friday, August 13, 2010

Laughing is Contagious!

While at Battleship Cove, we took lots of videos, but I don't wanna put them all up here at once, so here's what I think is the best one. Justin started pointing at things and laughing at them...and things just snowballed from there!

Up to this point...

We've been SO busy the past few weeks (months?). Shalon came to visit for a few weeks with her two boys and we WORKED so hard to get some things cleaned up her at the house. She has mad organization skills and boy...we were exhausted! We're still catching up!

Apart from the work, there were some smiles. :-)


So, starting from the top left, we'll go clock wise:

1) On his 11-month birthday, Caleb and Daddy enjoyed lots of ice cream!
2) Caleb sometimes likes to sleep with us in the morning. This particular morning (top right) he decided to use me as a recliner. :-)
3) Happy face after a satisfying nap.
4) Eating mashed potatoes! love it
5)When I came back from Arkansas, we went to a "free" ice cream fair at a public park (liars!); how we actually expected it to be free, I don't know. So we bought Caleb a balloon and it popped, so we went home. It was fun just to be together as a family again.


Same deal:
1+2) Flower Justin brought home for me on our anniversary; we went kayaking to celebrate! We went later in the day and because of possible inclement weather, we got both kayaks for $10 bucks! It turned out to be beautiful! I did get beached out in the middle of the lake and my paddle was all tangled up in the roots of the overturned trees...but no fear! Justin came to my rescue. My hero!
3) Caleb's a bit wary of the big bullets at Battleship Cove. Fun times with cousins!
4) Justin with Caleb and cousin A. They got to be such good friends; I was sad to see them go!
5) Caleb disgruntled face

things we didn't get pictures of:
1) Caleb taking his diaper off, eating his poo, throwing his poo, and Daddy frantically calling for back up.




Oh, but we did get a good picture of professional Justin to send off with his applications. As an update, we have our first interivew (I guess it's really just his, huh?) in about 2 weeks! We're hoping for more!

Friday, July 16, 2010

Left. Left. Left-Right-Left. (Thanks, Justin)

That's the new rhythm Caleb is marching to!

Yup, he's walking so much now, it's adorable! He still seems to prefer crawling over walking, but he loves it even more if we walk with him. I haven't been able to catch a video...he's camera shy, I tell you! But I love seeing him get so big and grow up; he's not a baby really anymore! He'll be a year in a month! CRAZY!

Funny thing is, we use the binky as motivation for walking too (remember how we used it for crawling?) lol I guess he LOVES that thing!

I think walking ranks up there in the top 5 favorite developments...it's so cool! What are some of your favorite developments?

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Fun times in June!

It has been a busy month!! I am back in town and am busy getting unpacked and reorganized and of coursem updating pictures and blogs!


This is just before I left: Caleb's first popsickle! He loved it, as you can see! yay fir red mouths!


I had my birthday a few days before I left: Justin made me a soccer ball cake: such awesome resourcefulness (check the exact shapes and all) and great skill (just check out the piping...really?! c'mon!). It was a great surprise and even with how busy he is, he takes time and effort to always make me feel special and loved!


And WOW! How about that family reunion in Branson, MO?! So MUCH fun and food and laughs...Caleb really enjoyed meeting his other two cousins and spending lots of time with all 3 of them! Grandma and Grandpa certainly enjoyed getting some additional time with him too. I loved seeing my family and I was sad to say goodbye: next time I'll just have to make sure Justin can come with me!

As a side note, I took lots of videos: I'm working on making a collage, so stay tuned!
[Update: I can't figure out how to get videos on here directly from my camera yet...so in the meantime, check it out on Facebook.]
Posted by Picasa