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!