Some Of Caleb's Favorite Things!

Caleb has recently discovered Oreo's and he LOVES them. This is a picture of him after he ate one he gets a little messy but it's nothing you can't clean up.

I was cleaning my car out this past week and Caleb was helping me. He loves to dance now it's so funny how he does it so this is him dancing in my car.

Okay I really don't give him Dr. Pepper but we have some on our bottom shelf in our kitchen and he loves to pull everything off and play with it.

Ben likes to put his shorts on his head he thinks it's funny and I do have to admit it's cute.

Caleb with his cousin Kohlter

Now this is really cool to open the doors on our entertainment center and pull everything out and then climb in there.

How Cute Is He?

I have been horrible at updating my blog but honestly nothing to exciting has been going on in my life. We went to Memory Grove the other day and Caleb just posed himself like this and I think it's the cutest thing ever. He just turned 14 months this past week I can't believe how time flies. He says Mom, Dad, Uh-Oh, Puppy, Hi and I think that's about it. He crawls everywhere and walks along walls but has not taken any steps so far which is just fine with me. It has been so nice to be blessed so much that I am able to stay home with him he is the best thing ever.

The Past Month & Then Some

I guess I knew the day would come that Caleb would turn 1 but I guess I just didn't realize how fast it would come. Caleb turned 1 on the 15th of July and this was at his little party. We had a BBQ at our place with lots of family and friends. Caleb weighs 20 lbs 14 oz ( 20% ) and he is 28 3/4 inch's tall ( 20% ) and then his head is 18 3/4 inches ( 90% ) he must get his brains from me. Caleb is crawling everywhere and getting into everything. He has 1 tooth coming in and he is the happiest little guy ever. He went from being a baby to a little boy overnight it seems like but he is for sure the BEST thing that has ever happened to Ben and I we love him so much and are so grateful for him.

My Mom made his Birthday cake so this was him blowing out his candle.

Madison, Myself, and Shonda.

They are both pregnant and have the cutest little belly's they are only 2 weeks apart.

We had a water party for Caleb's birthday so my Mom did a Water theme cake and it was so hot outside that it kind of fell apart so we just decided that it was a water slide cake. Thanks Mom the kids and Caleb loved the cake. Caleb and I went back to Kansas for about 2 weeks to play with Quinci this was us at the Cheese Cake Factory eating yummy food.

A friend of mine from High School Rachel lives in Kansas right by Quinci and her and I were able to meet up in Heaven ( aka Panera Bread ) to catch up it was so good to see her we haven't seen each other since High School.

While I was in Kansas Qunici and I drove to Minnesota for a week to hang out with her grandparents and one of the days we went to Sudan MN and went to a Mine up there this was Caleb and I outside of the mine.

Getting ready to go down in the Mine.

Quinci, Morgan and I

This was Caleb on the drive up to Minnesota

Pugsley & Father's Day!!

So our LOVELY dog Pugsley decided that he would eat not 1 but 2 of Caleb's Binky's on Tuesday night. He has done this before but it's only ever been 1 and he usually throws it up. So this time he got 2 of them and he through one of them up but not the other one. I didn't really think anything of it and then on Wednesday night he started throwing up and it continued through the night. He was shaking and you could tell he didn't feel well. For any of you who have ever been around Pugsley you know he is naughty and barks all the time we had some people come over and he didn't even bark or anything so you could tell something was wrong so Thursday morning we called the Vet and Ben took him down and they did some X-Rays and found the Binky in his stomach in his small intestine. They told us that there was a small chance of that he could poop it out and sent us home with some medicine to help with that but they told us that if he didn't he would have to have surgery on Friday. Needless to say he didn't poop it out so he had to have surgery on Friday which I might add cost 1000 dollars. The above picture is the Binky nipple I wanted to keep it so I could blog about it and all of you could see what my special little dog Pugsley did it's a good thing we like him mostly Ben likes him.

This is the before and after picture.

Ben was helping me feed Caleb on Sunday morning while I made some German Pankcakes for Ben for Breakfast. We had a good Fathers day we went up to Ben's Aunt & Uncles house for dinner with the Johnson family it was great.

My German Pancakes I love these they are super easy to make
6 Eggs
1 Cup of Milk
1 Cup of Flour
Pinch of Salt .
Half a cube of Butter
You melt the butter in the oven at 350 mix everything together and then once your butter is melted you add the mixture into your 9x13 pan and bake for about 20 minutes or until light brown and then it's good with syrup or fresh fruit and whip cream.

A Little Bit Of Everything!!

So much has been going on with us the past month and I have not been very good about updating my blog. We moved out of out apartment at the end of April ( Hurray ) and we have been staying at my parents house and their computer is a little old so I have not been able to figure out how to use it but I did so now you get a post of everything for the past month. Well we moved into our house today and are very excited to get settled and unpack everything I will try and take some pictures of it tomorrow. I have been working on the painting with the help of my friend Madison and we are getting there but it's not quite done but will be this week. I am looking forward to that I can't say that painting and ripping down wall paper is my favorite thing but it will defiantly be worth it in the end when everything is done we are loving the house and the neighborhood and our new ward has been great. Here are a few pictures of the past month.

Ben and I have been watching my brother Jeff's kids during the day while my sister-in-law has gone back to work and the other day I had the 3 younger kids napping ( HURRAY ) anyway so I asked Kohlter if he wanted to bake some brownies and I let him lick the spatula which is the best part of the whole thing I think.

My cousin Austin went on his mission and so Ben and I went up to Idaho for his fair well any my cousin Heather's Dad lives up there and they have some calf's up there that they are bottle feeding and I thought it would be fun to go and help them and take Caleb. We had so much fun doing it that when my brother Jeff got up there the next morning we all went out so his kids could see them too. I can't say I would ever want to be a farmer but it was fun to help out.

This was Caleb and I out at the Farm.

This one was trying to escape is was funny.

At the beginning of the Month we had to opportunity of going and seeing Wicked with my entire family and it was the best thing I have ever seen I would have more pictures from this but I got yelled at by the lady for having my camera well I do have more but I can't figure out how to get them to flip so they are the right direction on my parents computer.

Moving On Up!!

Ben and I are going to be moving into a HOUSE in Bountiful. This past weekend we moved out of our apartment and are staying with my parents for the month of May while we finish up a couple of things on the house. We are painting and putting carpet in one of the rooms. Although we were very sad to leave our ward which we loved we are excited for what the future hold for us with being in a house. We have been wanting to move for a while now because we have not been happy with our apartment and when this house became available we couldn't pass it up. It has a huge fenced backyard for darling little Pugsley ( our dog ) to run around in and it's in a neighborhood which will be great for Caleb as he is getting older. I will post some pictures as soon as I find my camera of the before and after. And the best part is that we are living across the street from my brother Clint and more importantly Tanya.

A Little Of Everything!!

We have had a very full week. Ben's cousin Quinci and her husband Shawn have been staying with us from Kansas we had so much fun with them we mostly ate a lot of food but it was great. My pictures are kind of everything from the past week Easter and Shawn & Quinci. The picture above was from last night at our Easter party at my brother Clint's house. My sister-in-law Tanya got Nylons to have the kids put over their heads to play tag with it was great and highly entertaining at the same time. Thanks for a fun party Tanya.

My brother Jeff and nephew Phin.

This is my nephew Briggs he took the Nylon thing to a whole different level.

Kohlter what a fun kid he is.

I told Ben I was going to post this one.

Ben's Mom put together a fun Easter bag for Caleb with some little toys and money for him and he was very interested in the eggs lately everything he gets goes right into his mouth.

We went to Rodizio Grill with Qunici and Shawn while they where here and as always it was fabulous that place is amazing.

Caleb, Shawn, and Quinci. Yes they have a Caleb as well that was a little confusing this week trying to keep them straight but he is a darling little boy and it was so much fun to get to spend time with them and see Caleb's little personality.

Caleb and Daddy at dinner.

This is Quinci, Myself, Casie and Breann. These are Ben's cousins and when we get together we have so much fun. We met up last Monday at Cafe Rio for dinner and it was so much fun. The boys where good to take the kids home so Quinci and I could go have some girl time and we laughed a little to hard. Casie sang some Salt and Pepper from back in the day and it was hilarious I don't think I have laughed that hard in a long time. Thanks for the laugh Casie.