Arizona Trip #1

Caleb and I journeyed to Arizona for a week during June. Emily and her kiddos were there. I learned that traveling with a kid who wants to be mobile for that long is NOT so fun, and that I need to do the drive during the evening, close to bed time!
We did lots of swimming and fun stuff, like a trip to Dairy Queen. Caleb loved playing with grandma, grandpa, and his cousins. Caleb rode his first horse. He was crying in the pic because we were putting the hat on him, he wasn't scared of the horse. He did great after he calmed down. His hair was way too much of a temptation for Rhett. It got pulled a few times!

Boys, boys, boys!

So today we pretty clearly saw that our new bundle of joy is a boy! I did really want to have a daughter, but I feel that the kiddos that are sent to me are sent for a reason, so I will happily be a mama to boys only. I know Caleb and him will be best friends and it will be fun. I still can't buy the cute hair bows and tutus I see, but it is ok! We have no names yet...at all. But we are excited and can't wait to meet our new guy!

Pics by Cortni

My friend and future sitter of Caleb and the baby, is an amateur photographer. She has a great camera and loves to snap shots of Caleb for practice. She made me some cds and I couldn't pick my favorite pic, so here are a few of my favorite shots. She captured so many of his common expressions. And that smile that melts my heart!

Coming soon, I will blog about our Arizona trip!

Our Spring

Wow!!!!!!!!! What a busy time we have had!!! This semester I took 15 credits in all. There was a lot of new things and busy things we had to do at work. We had to move in 3 weeks after finding out we had too! And then the whole new pregnancy thing thrown in the mix, and taking care of an infant too. It was a very hard time, but I have had great support and so much help! We have survived!

The new baby has been predicted to be a girl. We will find out for sure on July 1st. The same ultrasound doctor said Caleb was a boy at 12 weeks. I am at 15 weeks and have only gained 4 pounds, I gained 3 times that with Caleb. I think it is because it has been so busy and Caleb doesn't like to give me time to eat!! They did some special testing because I am such an old lady, and the numbers look good that the baby does not have Downs or other trisomys. So far, so good. I had an appointment and got to listen to the heartbeat today. Music to my ears. I really have not even had time to really think about being pregnant! I feel bad, because I did a whole blog the first time and I was pretty much a woman obsessed. This poor neglected baby!

Caleb just turned 9 months. He had his appointment Monday, and he was 24 pounds 2 ounces, and 30.5 inches long. So 90-95% for weight and over 97th% for height. He is babbling and talking like crazy. He started normal crawling after soldier crawling for awhile! He pulls to a stand and cruises all over while hanging onto all the furniture! He won't hold still! And then he gets mad when he falls, but he keeps going anyway! He learned to climb the stairs, climbed all 15 stairs in just minutes. I am so glad we have moved into a 1 story. He loves to grab paper or whatever he can hurry and get his hands on and eat it! He can get across the room in 1.5 seconds if he sees something new out that he wants! He is a maniac, always on the prowl for something to explore! He loves to play with older kids, there are a few he is around a lot! He loves smiling at EVERYONE. Any one who talks to him or smiles at him, he will give the biggest grin! I love watching him make people smile. OH, and he has his two bottom teeth, they haven't come in all the way yet, but the first started coming in about a month ago, and then the second came soon after.

I will post pics of the house later when it is done. Here are some on facebook from before we moved in...http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=177631&id=705611370&ref=pb

Needless to say, I was EXHAUSTED and I am so relieved to be out of work for the summer! I have gotten to finally meet up with friends I don't see often and just hang out with Caleb all day! Jhon and I got to go to the Cirque de Soleil: Mystere show this week for free because of his job hook up. He is working nights, so I see him a few minutes before he goes to work and on Sundays and Mondays. It is hard, but he has to take less than desirable shifts to be able to have Sundays off. I plan to go to Arizona to see Emily and her family, Aaron and his family, Matt, and my parents next week. Then Jhon and Solomon and I will go again in July because Nathan and his family will be in AZ also, so the whole family will be together for the first time since August '08. Besides that, we will be working on unpacking and making this house our home!

Baby #2

I am happy we can announce that we are expecting baby #2! I am 8 weeks along. Today I saw the heart beat and my HCG levels are great! I am taking bets on if it will be Jhon's 4th son or if we will finally get some pink in our lives!!!

Sacramento

So we flew to Sacramento for a 4 day trip to spend time with Jhon's sons. It was
a whole lot of fun. We took the boys to How to Tame a Dragon-there are pics below of Caleb at his first movie! They played at the arcade. We had a barbecue. Solomon
loved our breakfast everyday at the hotel. We did lots of other fun things
together, like going on walks to the state capital and going to the park.

Jhon and his 3 sons

It was the first time all 3 boys were together.

Caleb and Solomon in Sacramento

Caleb loves his big brother!