Birthday Boy...

To my sweet and spunky 4 year old...
I cannot believe that 4 years ago today I held you in my arms for the first time and you became a part of our family. Today you are the joy in in my days, the laughter in my afternoons, the sweet kiss just when I need it, and the soft "love you Mama" for no apparent reason at all. It melts my heart. I need it, and I needed you and the Lord knew.




You are growing into such a sweet little boy, and you are curious, inquisitive, adventurous, and tough! You love to tell jokes that you make up and we always laugh because you are sooooo cute! You love to read books and especially love Bible Stories and you hang on every word of each story. You still love to dress up and pretend to be someone or something else-I love it and love your BIG imagination. You are content to play alone and do a great job of making up games, but you and your sister have a ball playing together and when she is gone to school you ask me when we are leaving to pick her up many times throughout the day. You are into sports! Do you have a choice? You love to play with balls-footballs, basketballs, baseballs and golfballs, and you enjoy riding your tricycle in circles chasing your sister. You are left-handed but use both hands when playing sports-just like your mama. You know your alphabet and can count to 20. You are learning to write your name. You love to play on my computer and try to play games on my phone as well. I am always surprised at how well you do with both of these activities. We have started Preschool at home two mornings a week and you seem to love it! You asked me last week if you could just call me mom and not teacher-too cute! I love it too and cannot wait to spend more time with you playing, creating and watching you learn all kinds of new things. Love you sweet Caleb! Happy Birthday!

Love,

Momma
Did I mention that you insist on wearing your hat backwards whenever you have one on-funny kid!

Oh No...the BIG 4-0!

Today is my husbands birthday and so far the day is not going completely as planned...dead battery in his car this morning, a furnace that is going haywire in one of our rental properties. On the bright side...we woke up to a beautiful dusting of snow and it is a glorious day because he was born today and we choose to celebrate! 40 years of life and 40 years of God's blessings! I love you!!x0x0 Heres to 40 more exciting years......

I wrote him a list of 40 blessings and plan to give it to him later today. I have no recent pictures because I still do not have a camera but I have to post something in honor of his big day. {All photos on our trip to CA in August 2009-Santa Barbara}

You at 3.....

interested in tools and building projects. Carefully studies the directions on putting things together and says "Step 1 build a car, step 1 build a choo choo train, step 1 build a hawicopter" Watches the men closely that have done work on the homes we are fixing.

in love with your big sister...just prayed today at lunch for Jesus to bring home "his Halle" soon so they could play. They really do play together and most of the time are best of friends. You really are missing her now that she is in school 5full days a week.

loves cars and all that goes along with them...especially Lightning McQueen and Mater.

loves to read books and some of his favorites right now are Daniel and the Lion's Den, Lift the Flap Bible-especially the stories that include animals. Brown bear, Brown Bear what do you see? and Polar bear, Polar Bear what do you hear? Watch out for Mater, Pajama Time.

Is "ALL BOY" and full speed ahead at all times.

Is inconsistent lately with his afternoon napping. Some days he will still take a 3 hour nap and others he just talks and lays in his crib for 2 hours. Will be moving to a toddler bed soon! (I am in the process of painting it)

Seems to always have a terrific smile on his face...but does not hide his emotions and if he is upset he will definitely let you know. You have a great disposition!

Still enamored with trains and we have been doing lots of setting up and taking down of your train tracks lately.

Favorite animal is the elephant and you have been playing with any toy related to that for months. You and Halle and I always play like we are elephants around the house and march to the Jungle Book elephant song.

Loves to pray anytime of the day and always starts with Thank You Lord Jesus for....and then you list all that you are concerned about or thankful for. PRECIOUS!

Mommy is still your favorite person and that is just fine with me!

You are quite tall and thin now....with size 8ish feet EXTRA WIDE and wearing 3T clothes for about the last 6 months. You are very healthy and have not had one trip to the doctor or hospital in your little life other than for your well-child checkups.

Caleb, you are a wonderful blessing and the sweetest little person! It is fun watching you change and grow and develop into a little boy....although I wish it could slow up just a bit...it is happening so fast.

Oh Happy Days....

Well the birthdays and craziness of March have come and gone and I cannot believe that it is already April. We were so blessed to have lots to thank the Lord for this birthday...our life, our health, our salvation through Jesus, a wonderful family that made our day so special. My parents planned a surprise party for the night of my b-day to celebrate Halle and my birthdays, however, a blizzard blew in that morning and noone was able to make the drive. I thought it was wierd that noone really called me that afternoon to wish me a happy day and so Brent asked if I had talked with my parents and I said "no" so I decided to call them and then they spilled news that they had planned it all but it was going to happen the following night just so I would not feel unloved and forgotten. Well, it was a great night the following day! Dad cooked-love it when he makes time for that-he is the best cook! Jamaican Jerk Chicken with Salad, cornbread and a wonderful cake for me with fresh fruit, and Halle's favorite-Cheesecake! The little table was set for the kids to have their own spot and they thought that was extra special. Mom had the place decorated with much thoughtfulness and care. It was very memorable, and everyone told funny or mean stories about ME! Just ask Jake about his bout with Gas-X and Nurse Holly, or Grandma and her late night phone calls to check up on her 17 year old granddaughter, or Dad which of our discussions about "my future" he loved to participate in, or Sandy if she will ever wear a red mop again to wish me a happy birthday, or Ruby if she liked playing tricks on me or being my nursing instructor and telling me to Shutup! and do my work.....anyway you get the idea.




The morning of Halle's birthday I made her pancakes and cut them into hearts and number six's as that is her very favorite breakfast and then we opened presents and went to church. In this package is the movie High School Musical and we have watched it at least 6 times since the 29th of March! Oh My! Just ask me to sing a song or share a dance move from it-no really do not! Caleb can even sing the words...





Then I had to share pictures from our trip last week to California. I have more that I need to upload but thought I would share from our first days in San Diego. The kids had a great time watching the seals sunning on the beach, wearing sandals, shorts, sunglasses and running around with the ocean behind them. It was beautiful as always and amazing to see the ocean. I never grow tired of watching its beauty and rhythm as it rolls in and hits the rocks and the sand.











More to share and more pictures to come-but I must get some sleep tonight....