Lets start with Thanksgiving ...

So I finally remembered to bring my camera in with me while the babies sleep so I can load some pictures. This is Matt's Grandparents and drove into town for the occation. Rachel made the treck also, it was so good to see them.

And and special thanks to John (Dad) for doing the dishes after, Rachel was also a great help. This year was unique because Megan, Brianna and I all brought some of our families dishes to the Johnson thanksgiving. It added a fun touch to tast some new reciepies! Thanks ladies!

Thanksgiving was fun, seeing family and being together. We all took turns going down stairs and playing with the kids, I just caught Matt with camera.

And Last but not least of some exciting news. Emily was born on Thurs. night! Anna is a big sister! She was 8lbs. and 20 inches long. They came home from the hospital this morning (Tues) and are doing great! Anna now has something other then Elmo to obses about, now its baby...baby...baby...baby...
While Emily and Parents were at the hospital, Anna came and slept over at our house. Kaleb had his first sleep over! He thought it was so fun (and frustrating to share) to show Anna all of his toys. He was so amazed when she was still at our house in the morning. This pic was taken minutes after they woke up.

So yes, It has been crazy, and busy, but lots of fun too!

I also took some pics of Kaleb and the christmas tree, but when I went to download them I realized it had gifts under it that were not wraped, so I will have to post them after they have opened their gifts ;)

This is Kalebs new favorite pass time with papous (Grandpa), it is flying like an airplane all around the house. Kaleb will run to my dad, over and over and over again, asking (in his own way) to do it again.

It is so fun to see them together!

Hope you have enjoyed the pics. :)

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times

This is the part about being grown up, you have to be responsible for everything you do.

Heavenly Father really does know what he is doing.

I just read a story on one of my friends blogs that reminded me of how much Heavenly Father really does love us. The shortened version of the story is that we are like silver being refined in the fire and heavenly father is the refiner. To make silver perfect, you have to hold it in the hottest part of the fire and watch it carefully. The only way to know when all the imperfections are out is by seeing your reflection in it. So it is with heavenly Father, he will be by our side, until it is time to pull us out of the fire, then will we see heavenly father in our countenance.
My mind is also turned to Joseph Smith and a lesson that I had in institute, I remember learning that with every great blessing that was given to Joseph Smith, there was also a trial that came with it. For example, when Joseph Smith received the blessing of eternal families, he also received the commandment of taking more than one wife, witch brought lots more persecution from those who did not understand. I can testify, that is how Heavenly Father works, he gives us the greatest blessings along with the greatest trials.
I feel so blessed, with a great husband and father of my son. My son is also a great blessing in my life. I have a great supportive family that will do anything for me, if need be. I am blessed with a home and jobs to provide for out needs. And to whom much is given, much is expected.
I know alot of this does not make sense to most, but to those who understand, thank you for your love and support. There are just so many things up in the air, and things out of my control, that I feel all I can do is be patient and pray to my father in heaven that we will know what to do when the time comes.

Now onto lighter and brighter things. Erica, my boss, is having her daughter tonight! So it will be an exciting next couple of weeks. I am so excited to meet Emily, their new addition to their family, and hope that she has a safe arrival.

Thanks for listening.

Filled with the Christmas Spirit!

I am converted! (I know this post is better late then never) I went shopping in the wee hours of the morning on black Friday. I thought it was a blast. My mom and I make a pretty good tag team. The part that I am the most excited for is the fact that I got most of my Christmas shopping DONE in one morning. Because I actually had presents to put under the tree, that motivated me to put up the Christmas decorations the next day, and before the weekend was over, Most of the presents were wrapped under the tree, AMAZING! (Thanks Carolyn for your help!)I am usually one to drag my feet and get the tree up a few weeks before Christmas just to turn around and take it down again.
But more importantly, with the stress of "WHAT TO GET?" everyone for Christmas GONE, I have been able to sit back and really enjoy this joyful time of year. My Relief Society had a fantastic Christmas enrichment activity on Dec 2 that really touched me. Ever since then I have been joyfully listening the local Christmas song station on the radio. I have been getting excited right along with Kaleb over how beautiful all the Christmas lights are, we even went to the Cactus garden and saw their beautiful lights for family home evening last night! Tiffany and Jackson joined us, it was a blast! with everything ready to go, I really can feel the spirit of giving in the air, and I love it!
Although my life is still just as crazy, I am so grateful for all of the blessings in my life! In nine more days (or less) the family I work for is going to invite a little baby girl into this world! I think that is just going to add to the specialness of the season, I am so excited!
Christmas is coming so fast! I am excited because we get to spend Christmas with my family this year. There is something truly special about being together with family, when everyone is there! And this year we will ALL have spouses there to share the event with also. So we have officially doubled from four girls to eight, plus mom and dad :) Wow, what a great time of year!
Marry Christmas to All! And remember to think about Christ, he is the one that gave the ultimate gift! Thanks for reading.

What is up?

I know it has been a while since I have updated, I have gotten sucked into the facebook world, and find myself with less time to do anything else.
My Sisters Wedding
Stacy and AJ's wedding was wonderful. We dodged the rain, Stacy looked fabulous,the decorations were beautiful, and the food was yummy. They have been happily married for two weeks now and are in their new apartment. I am excited to see them at Christmas! For pictures of her wedding check out the mandeles blog.
Kaleb is One
My baby is also officially one year old and walking! If he is standing he will walk, but if he is on the ground he still crawls. He also has 6 teeth as of this weekend! He is really starting to enjoy playing with other children and cannot get enough of being outside. He eats everything we put in front of him (except salsa), and especially loves steamed broccoli and banana's (not together ;). He is on whole milk and has been off the bottle for a month now. His fascination for this week is anything that goes together he does over and over (opening and closing doors, cupboards, Tupperware, pens, books, etc) when outside he likes to explore bushes, flowers, and especially rocks and dirt. But he never fails to listen for planes overhead, especially at Yaya's house (grandma Mandeles). Kaleb has never been a long napper and is now down to one 1 1/2 hour nap a day, which is keeping me on my toes. he had such a special spirit and loves to give hugs to those who love him.
What is Matt up to?
Matt is keeping busy. He is in the ninth inning of his applications for his masters program. We have finally decided to apply to three schools, University of Utah in SLC, Denver CO, and Seattle WA. His portfolio is done and thanks to family is under revision. So all he has left is letters of recommendation, which he is getting today ;) We pray everyday that he will get into at least one of the schools so he can continue his education. Although it has been nice having him home in the evenings, I know it will be better in the long run.
Playing
Among all these exciting things we have still found some time to play. Last weekend, Kaleb and I went quad running outside of boulder city for the day with Yaya and papous (my parents) My parents have a razor that Kaleb and I with Yaya rode in, Kaleb decided it would be a good time to take a nap :0 It was a blast!
Twilight
Matt also reluctantly agreed to see Twilight with me and my parents on Friday. I loved it! They followed the book as close as they could. I loved Bella's character, but was not too happy with Edward, he came off more cocky in the movie then in the book. the sceanery was beautiful! The only thing that would have made the experiance better was if all the teenage girls would keep their excitment to themselves, they laughed at not funny parts and wooped with excitment at the romantic parts, it made the movie feel a little cheezy.
Family
I feel so lucky to have such a great family! With Stacy's wedding we got to see everyone again. And this weekend, matt's brother and family came in town to visit so we got together and celebrated the November birthdays. And the holidays have just begun! It is fun just visiting and catching up. But even better is listening as the children play together. i just hope and pray the Matt and I will always have the means to visit with family often when we move away. That will definatly be something that I will greatly miss, having family close.

Thanks for reading, I hope I have not bore you to death. Hope all is well with you!

PS Sorry for the loud obnoxious music, it appeared with the slide show of kalebs birthday party, and i am not sure how to got there or how to get it off, so i hope it leaves when it is not on the front page anymore ;) if anyone knows how, let me know, Thanks!

Making Progress

Fun Times

Kaleb's Birthday Party

For all the planning and preparation it takes to put something like this together, it went by quick. But kaleb is deffinatly worth it! We ate, then right after had cupcakes and sang happy birthday, then we opened presents. after most people went home and Kaleb played on the park equipment. Then we cleaned up and went home, it was quite the whirl wind, but tons of fun seeing friends and family! Thanks for making his day special!

Another Eventful Weekend

For those of you wondering about my friend and her baby, He passed away when he was about a week old. I am not sure about the details because matt got a text telling us that, but we have not been able to get ahold of them yet, I believe they are away laying him to rest and should be back by the end of the week.
We celebrated Kaleb's birthday this weekend. Thank you to all those who came and celebrated with us, it was a success! More about this later and pictures to come!

Touched to Tears

We had a very special weekend!
It started on Friday night when we went over to our new neighbors house for dinner ,Mike and Julia. It was delicious food and great company. Though they do not have any children of their own, they were so understanding and loving with Kaleb. I think they got a little taste into the world of parenthood and how much of a mess children can make. We had them over a couple of weeks ago. They are amazing people, very friendly. We are excited to get to know them better.
Then on Saturday, there was a bridal shower for Stacy. There was a great turn out and great food. We played a fun game of name the song, artist and movie of love songs that I selected. There were moments during this that I was touched by the love I have for my baby sister! She not only is my only younger sister but she is also a really good friend, i feel blessed to be sealed to her through the blessings of the temple. And I am so excited for her as she takes steps into having a family of her own, starting with AJ.
After the shower we headed home to get ready for the temple. Thanks to my mother in law, Kaleb had fun at Grandma's house while we headed off to the temple. That afternoon Stacy received her endowments from the Las Vegas temple. What made this event so special, is it was the first time that my entire family was in the temple together. I was prepared for a flood of tears much like at Eleesha's endowment, but only a few came. In the celestial room, I felt such a flood of peace and comfort. there was not a sense the anyone was missing, we were complete as a family. there are no words to describe how peaceful it was, I can only imagine how it will feel when we reunite after this life. I love my family so much, and I feel so blessed that we have all lived worthy, so we can come together in the temple.
After the temple we headed to Macaroni Grill for Amber and Eleesha's Birthday. Yes, Saturday was their 27th birthday! It was so fun to sit and talk and laugh and eat in celebration of that special day. I hope that both of them know that they both hold a special place in my heart, and are such examples to me. I am also so excited that Amber is going to give Kaleb a cousin, she looks so cute with here little belly that is just starting to pop out. Amber is going to be a great mother! And Thanks Dad for the wonderful meal, you can never go wrong with Italian food ;)
Sunday was another kind of touching experience. We have some friends, that Matt has known since high school. she delivered her baby this last Thurs. But before he was born they knew that he would have lots of health problems and there was a chance that he might not even survive birth. He was born five weeks early and only 28 minutes after she got to the hospital. Keagan was born with irregular limbs, holes is his lungs, high blood pressure, a couple of hernia's and many more health issues. There is a name for what he has, but I don't remember the term.He was a little over 3 lbs and 12 inches long! He was instantly taken to the NI CU and is on life support. The part the touched me the most was Keagan's mother and fathers attitude towards the whole thing.
On Sunday, we went to the hospital to see how they were doing. When we walked into their hospital room, I felt the spirit instantly. There were lots of friends and family and they were talking and laughing like it was a family reunion. Danny was so excited to show us pictures and explain everything about his newborn son. But most of all, I saw no fear at all in the couple of hours that we were there, I only saw and felt hope coming from these new parents. When some of the guests left, they were excited to take Matt and I into the NI CU to see their little angle. I just could not help but think, If I was in that situation, I would have been sad that I could not hold my son and many more things like that, But these parents have such a testimony of life after death, that they know that if Keagan passes away, they will raise him in the next life. They also count each day that Keagan lives and improves in small ways as blessings, and that is where they found their comfort, knowing that either way, thanks to Jesus Christ, everything will be OK.
What great examples they are! So we are praying for Keagan and the Lainharts, but just as they know, I know everything will work out in the Lords way.

Sorry no pics, my camera got left with Kaleb all day, I will see if I can get some pics of Keagan, he is so cute with so much black hair. What an Angle!

Don't Blink or You'll Miss it

I am so excited! Last night, Kaleb finally practiced walking with Matt and I. He took about 6 steps in a row!! I even got it on video. Although when you watch it don't blink or you will miss it. We did not have a third person to video and it takes two hands to practice walking with Kaleb, so i set up the camera the best I could, so it isn't wonderful footage, but you will get the idea, just don't blink ;) My little man is growning up!

P.S. sorry it is sideways

General Conference

I love Gernal Confrence Weekends! Not only do we get a break from our responsibilities at church for a week, but we get to hear God's cousel from his servants! These men and women are such examples to me, and they speak so powerfully, it has to come from Heavenly Father. On Sat. Matt and I went to my parents empty house and watched it with just the three of us. We brought some toys for Kaleb, and he did great overall. On Sunday we headed over to Matt's parents house, we also brought some extra toys to entertain Kaleb, for the most part he did well. It sure is different from before Kaleb was around, and I am sure it is only going to get more complicated, but it is worth every second, and I have the benifit of it coming in the mail in a few weeks, so I can read the parts that I missed. It is such a blessing to hear the leaders of Christ Church teach us and remind us of his Gospel!

New Moves

Kaleb is camera shy and stops doing whatever he is doing when ever I pull it out, this makes it difficult to get any condid shots. So in my attempt to video his new dance move, I set up the camera on him and diverted his attention to me, while I was also juggling the phone, so there is alot of things going on in the back ground sounds, but in this video you can see his new dance move. Kaleb LOVES to dance, he now has three dance moves, shaking his head no, waving his hands, and his newest, bouncing up and down, it is cute, you just have to love this baby! ;)

Baby Talk

One of the blessings of me being able to take Kaleb with me too work, is that he gets to socialize with another child on an almost daily basis. Sometimes when I am watching these two, I feel like I am watching "Look Who's Talking", because they will jaber on and on, but I feel like I am the one left out of the conversation :). I have always tried to get it on video so I can share it with the world, but have never been successful until this week. I had just put Anna in her room for her nap, but Kaleb was not quite ready for his, so he was hanging out with me, when they started a conversation using the baby monitor. I only got the end of the conversation because he noticed the camera. He has become camera shy, which is what has made it hard to catch on video. To hear Anna's side of the conversation, you have to listen carfully or you can see the lights on the monitor light up. Enjoy!

Baby Steps

Once again, Kaleb has reached some more mile stones in his life. Last week, he took his first steps!!! I was in the kitchen with him against my legs facing away from me. Then all of a sudden he took the step and a half that it took to reach the cabinets. I have a feeling that just like his rolling over and crawling, he wont take anymore steps for another month or so, then he will just take off. He is such a tease :) He wont even practice with Matt and I, he becomes gumby whenever we encourage him to walk. Another mile stone that he has accomplished that I am relieved he did is, He got tooth #3. Yup, the first one on the top. So hopefully this will help with his fussyness for at least a little while, that would be fantastic ;) Another mile stone that he is still trying to tackle is, he is going down to one nap a day, which has not helped with the fussyness factor. But at the same time, it means an eariler bed time for him, and more time with just Matt and I in the evenings. Now if we could just get his nap up to 2 hours long instead of 1 hour and 15 min. that would be even better :) Watching Kaleb learn and grow is such a miracle, it is such a blessing to have him in my life. Heavenly Father sure knew what he was doing when he created his plan about families.

Airplanes at the airport

This weekend we took a family trip with just the three of us to the airport to watch the airplanes land and take off. When Kaleb was watching his eyes got really big with amazment, it was very rewarding to watch him. While I was there, I also decided to practice my photography. It was very challenging because, in the dark the shutter has to be open for so long to even get anything, because I do not have a tripod, most of the images were blurry like this:

Which is cool in and of itself, but not a very effective photograph.

But I did get a couple good ones, with a little help from photoshop.

I thought this one was really cool. It was not changed at all, it is an airplane going by :)

And of course, my happy little man, with be cut out of the picture because, I had been cleaning all day, had no makeup on and it was windy so my hair was a mess and did not feel like getting my picture taken. But kaleb always seems to be so photogenic :)

It was fun watching the airplanes and it was a beautiful night in Vegas, and we will probably do it again!

Pictures Pictures and More Pictures

Thanks to Carolyn I now have a book to help me learn about Photography, so i decided to practice on Matt's and mine wedding rings. I also finally sat down with Matt and learned the basics of Photo shop and the above is what i came up with. These pictures are a few of the couple hundred that i have taken in the last week. I am having lots of fun learning about Photography and fixing them up the photo shop :)

Daddy's Shoes

I went to Childrens Orchard and found some shoes that look just like Matt's Basket ball shoes and they just happen to be the perfect size for Kaleb, so I had to get them, and here are some pics of them.

Fun Fun Fun

It is the same old stuff, work work work, play play play.

The first set of pictures in the kids playing with homemade playdoh that did not thicken like it was supposed to and yes Kaleb has one of Anna's shirts on for the event. Then there are the classic spaghetti pictures. Towards the end is hanging out, outside in front of Anna's house, enjoying the cooler weather!

All Kinds of Good Stuff

I would like to wish Stacy a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! She turns 21 today! I would also like to anounce that my sister Amber is expecting her first child! She is due in early May. It will be so exciting for Kaleb to have a cousin on the Mandeles side. I am so excited for Amber and McKade, they will make great parents!

Exciting News!

My youngest sister Stacy got engaged this weekend! They plan to marry in the temple in early January. She really has found a great guy! His name is AJ and he is from Truth or Consequences New Mexico(yes, this is really a place, it is not to far from Elephant Bute :). He has 7 sisters (I think) and one younger brother, and he is right in the middle. He returned from his mission in July. Stacy was friends with him before he left, wrote him while he was gone, and is now back in Reno going to school. He is a mechanical engineering major.
I am so excited for Stacy, being engaged is an exciting time of life. She is the last of my sisters to marry, so we will all be in the temple together! Love you Stacy!

10 Months Old

My baby turned 10 months old today! He has grown!

• He can crawl (the traditional way now!)
• he did his fist sign (more)
• he says mom and dad (occasionally)
• he plays independently
• he likes to flip through books
• he puts his fingers all over everything and everyone (especially slimy stuff)
• he now takes a pacifier (long story, but I am not thrilled)
• he can push toys while standing
• he still loves to spin in circles and smile at himself in the mirror
• he can walk with the assistance of one hand
• his favorite game is to be chased around the house by grandpa (yes, he runs, with assistance of course)
• He still has only two bottom teeth
• he sometimes likes water over formula
• he loves anything with buttons and lights up
• he dances to music by shaking his head no and/or waving his arms

I Love Kaleb so much and feel so blessed to have him as my son!

Great Weekend

We did not have the chance to leave town for labor day,but we still managed to have lots of fun. (sorry no pictures because I forgot to take any, we were just having too much fun) It started with the missionaries coming over for dinner on Friday night. On Saturday we slept in, got some things done around the house, then went shopping, and bought Kaleb some much needed age appropriate toys, matt claims I had more fun in the toy isle then Kaleb. On Sunday we went to church, then headed to my parents house for dinner (Frito Pie ... yum) games, and home made ice cream (yum ...yum). Then on Monday we had breakfast with Matt's parents and enjoyed the nice weather. then we headed to the mall to buy Matt some new sunglasses, since his are broken. And we switched cell phone services to T-mobile. Then we came home and visited with Mike and Megan for a while. Then we headed to the park for a BBQ with Mark and Carolyn, afterwards we went to our house and watched a movie. Overall this weekend was filled with fun, family and Friends, thanks to all who made this weekend great!

Breaking Dawn

I finished Breaking Dawn Last night, and for those of you who haven't read the twilight series and would like to sit down and read a good fiction novel, read it, it is fantastic. As with all the other books I have mixed feelings about finishing the book. It feels good to not constantly have the urge to pick up the book even when I have other things I need to be doing. But at the same time, I am sad that the really good movie in my head is over and I have to get back to reality. While reading these books I can really forget everything else and get lost in Bella's thoughts. I feel like Stephanie Mayer does a great job at making the characters feel real, they have strengths and weaknesses just like real people. As a writer, I think this would be a great challenge, to include enough detail about the characters but not bog down the plot. I still think it is amazing how Stephanie can write about "burning" for page after page and I am still captivated and went to know more. The other thing I love about her books, is just like most love stories, you can guess how the book is going to end, but what Stephanie does is gives the reader something more than just a typical ending, so you get the best of both worlds, it is a happy ending, but you also end up with more plot then you asked for.
I also have to say that I started reading the first chapter of her next book (from her website), and I am so excited. i was curious what Edwards story would be like and when she finishes her next book, I get to find out!
So now it is back to normal, reading books just a little at a time. I still can't believe that I read 750 pages in a little over a week! But when I am reading, it doesn't feel like I am, it feels like I am watching a movie, except I get to envision the characters with the guidelines of the words.
All I can say, is wow, Breaking Dawn is a book you can't set down!
Okay I am finished talking about that :) Thanks for reading. Let me know what you think.

News!

I am so excited, Megan, my sister-in-law, best friend from high school, whom I have known for ever ten years is expecting! They have had a rocky road in this area so it is an extra special miracle for them. She is about 12 weeks along and is due in early March. I feel as if Heavenly Father is blessing alot of couples with this great blessing. It is going to be really fun in the next while being able to welcome such sweet spirits into the world. My other sister in law Brianna is also expecting a little boy (who she has affectinatly nicknames WALL-E) she is due in January, so in 2009 there will be 2 spirits welcomed into the Johnson Family. There is also 2 other wonderful women who are also expecting that have not told everyone in their families yet, so I can't mention names, but you know who you are, Congrats! on your wonderful news! Pregnancy can be such a wonderful time of life! The whole experiance of parenthood is so amazing! What a great blessing! Congrats to all who are celebrating in this exciting season in their life!

Distracted

Ok . . . So i have to confess that the reason I havn't been blogging as much is because I have been reading the last book in the twilight series "breaking Dawn" I feel like that has been all that I do this last week. The good news is, I am almost finished only 200 more pages to go, at the rate I am going, i should be done by Monday. It is just so good!

Happy Birthday Dad!

I want to wish my father a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I thought it was only apropiate to put a family picture because that is what my father has always put first, family. As a little girl I remember always knowing that I could always call my dad and he would always make time to talk to me no matter how big or small and no matter what he is doing. Another favorite thing about my dad is he is always so loving, I look forward to every time I walk in the door He always gives me a big, genuine, hug, and tells me that he loves me. I have never doubted that my dad loves me forever and for always. Another characterisitic I love about my dad, is he is so full of life and when you get him laughing, you can't help but join in. Some of my favoirite memories of my dad are when he was being goofy and silly around the house making all of cry because we are laughing so hard. And as I have become an adult, I have seen a soft side to my dad come out, He has been so supportive. I also love the way he loves Kaleb. Kaleb just lights up when my dad comes into the room. Kaleb loves playing with Grandpa, especially when he chases Kaleb around the house tickling him. Grandpa is Kaleb's budy. I Love you so much Dad! Thanks for all you do for my little family! Happy Birthday!

Family Camping Trip

The weekend of August 9th we went to Tropic Resavore Camping for 5 days and 4 nights. It was tons of fun with lots of good food and company. We went ATV riding and attempted to do paint balling. We played some games and relaxed. We did get sprinkled on and rained on a little bit, but because the boys figured out how to hang the tarp we enjoyed it in the dry. It was definatly a fun adventure and we look forward to going next summer.

Jared and Eleesha's Wedding Pics

Sorry this took so long . . . Here are my sisters wedding pictures

We are so excited to welcome Jared into our family. They were sealed in the Las Vegas Temple for time and all eternity on July 12th 2008. It was a wonderful day!

I'm Back

It has been so long because, Matt and I don't have the internet at our house so, I do all my bloging at work while the babies nap. Well last week I had most of the week off work and then I went camping so, unless I went to the public library or mooched off someone i couldn't blog. I had tons of things to do anyway.

So before all the time off, Kaleb and I were playing waiting for Anna to wake up and this is what we were doing. I thought it was so funny I had to get it on Video.
One day last week, I put Kaleb down for a nap and ran to get some things done. He woke up before I was done with the dishes so I decided he could help me by just sitting on the side playing with things in the kitchen (since this is even better then toys) I turned to put a dish in the dishwasher and when I turned back around this is what I saw.

We had fun staying at home, Although we did miss Anna.

More to come...

Reminder

Friday Night is GAP Night, anyone in the stonegate ward is invited to come, and invite others from our ward, so we can get to know you better. 6pm at the church, bring food for potluck, and toys for the kids. games and plastic ware will be provided. Please come it will be fun!

Just Thinking

I have been out of school for over two years now, and I have been thinking a lot about what I want to do outside of being a mom for the rest of my life. I am not one that has been blessed with lots of talents, but I do strive to develop the ones I have and discover new ones. My newest interest is photography, but I am not really sure how to go about moving forward without spending any money. (being my husband is still working on his education) I am just such a hands on person that I don't learn very well from reading something. Maybe Photography will just have to wait until a later time in my life.
Another point of interest is, I would love to develop toys for babies and toddlers. I have ideas that just come to me almost everyday about how I could modify a toy to make it better or create a new one all together. I just don't know how to begin on any of my new interests.
I also have in the past wrote some children's books. Ideas for those come every once and a while, and sometimes I write them in my journal, but that is as far as it goes.
If anyone has any ideas about any of these ideas, let me know, I would love to learn anything I can on how to move forward.

Picture of Tooth #1

This is the best I could get. He is really wiggily and it is hard to focus the camera that close all be myself. But here it is, It definatly adds character to his smile! If you click on the picture it becomes bigger and you can see that I circled the tooth.

Tooth #2

I know this is post number 4 for today but I have to tell you. Kaleb got his second tooth yesterday. It is on the bottom right next to his first one. Yeah, it is finally here, but I am sure the worst is not over yet. I love it, you can now see his first tooth when he smiles, I am still working on getting a picture.

A New Hobby

Since Kaleb has come into our family, it seems Matt and I have been trying to balance spending time with each other and spending time with Kaleb. They never mixed. Either I was playing with Kaleb or Matt is, until we found an activity that we all can enjoy. We can all sit down together on the floor and play with Lego's. As a future architect Matt enjoys building things. As a big kid I also enjoy playing with toys. And Kaleb likes to crawl around to see what his parents and doing and suck on the Lego's (of which or too big for him to get all the way in his mouth). I am so glad we have found an activity that we all can enjoy together. So here are some of our creations so far.Of course Kaleb likes to play demolition and knock over anything he can get his hands on. He is just trying to help in any way he can, as you can tell by the look on his face in this picture."What, Mom, I'm not going to do anything to Dad's creation? I am just looking at it!"

Most common words

I saw this on a friends blog and thought it was fun. It is a program that compiles the most common words on your blog. The more often and word is used the bigger it is. I thought it was interesting the the biggest words were Kaleb, can, and Matt. Sorry it is hard to see. If you want to do one of your own go to http://wordle.net/create

Graduation Present

Thanks to Matt's parents, he got a much needed new suit. I had to twist Matt's arm to get him to put it on so I could take pictures. I think Matt looks fantastic in his new suit. Thanks mom and dad. It fits perfect!

Upgrade

So, the children have decided that the original game of pushing Kaleb around the house, is no longer as fun. They used to do this

And now they do this
Over all it is better for me, because I have to drive and the stroller is more my size (less bending over and hurting the back)

Happy Pioneer Day (One day early)

Because it has been a long time, I decided to go to the Pioneer Day celbration. It was fun but very hot so we only stayed for about an hour. Kaleb did fantastic, he watched to whole parade and enjoyed looking around at all the camotion around us. It will be even better once he can run and grab the candy.