FINALLY...Family Pics!!

I have always wanted us to get some family pics taken outside...we usually have Bailey take them whenever we see her and she does such a wonderful job...the only problem is...WE NEVER SEE HER!!! AND I didn't want to pay an arm and a leg down here in Texas, SO I noticed that one of the daughters of a lady in our ward took pics and I asked if she would take some of us! She agreed and this is the end result! Mind you it was extremely windy outside and Caleb was coming off of a 45 minute nap and wasn't very cooperative! I told our photographer that we only needed one family pic and one of caleb...that was IT! We actually got a few, so it all worked out!! These were taken in our Old Town Katy...it was a lot of fun!














This is what it was like! I was surprised that we even got some that worked!


FINALLY! A smile!


This was pretty much what we had to do the entire time to get Caleb to work with us! What a workout!!!

This is why we take a nap!

We had quite the eventful weekend as we have been counting down the days to our holiday break (i am totally not bragging, but I am READY for the 2 1/2 weeks that I get off!!) This school year has gone by SO FAST and it is already hard to believe that we only have 18 weeks left of the school year!


Adam started our Saturday off with a yummy breakfast of beignets...he picked up the mix from Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans when he was there last weekend...I of course, have not been to New Orleans, but Ad and I would like to go (and hopefully will) soon! My momma used to make these for us all of the time (she's been to New Orleans a few times herself!) What YUMMY memories!


ANYWAY, we decided that it would be fun to go and get pics taken with santa...for those of you who know my boy well, you know that he is fearless when it comes to some things and a scaredy cat when it comes to others. Santa is something he is a little scared of! Now I want to start this off by saying that it was probably my fault that he threw the small fit...I gave him one of his trains that I found in my purse and he is so OCD or one track minded, the trains were his focus for the moment and he didn't want anything to do with seeing Santa...
BTW...I asked Santa for a My Little Pony which he gladly said he would see what he could do!!

Later Saturday afternoon, we actually went to get some family pics taken...when I get them, I'll post! I had everything planned out that after we got home from seeing Santa, that Caleb would go down for a nap and then wake refreshed for pics...
Of course, he didn't go to sleep until after 2 and we had to get ready and gone by 4 and so for a boy who usually takes a 3 hour nap, the 45 minutes just didn't do it for him! I'll just say that I have never taken pics so quickly in my life!! We just need one good one!!!


Our story continues today...church usually starts at 1 and I like to put Caleb down for a little cat nap in the morning which of course, he didn't nap this morning either so Ad and I prepared ourselves for an exciting day!
Caleb actually did fine at church announcing during sacrament that the bread was "DELICIOUS!" and had a great time during nursery...


It was cool enough outside that I got to put him in my favorite sweater!! It still fits from last year and I just LOVE it on him!
Fast forward to this afternoon after church and...


BAM!!! Caleb when you read this you should know that you NEVER fall asleep like this! EVER!! Adam and I were giggling at this pic because Caleb's head looks huge compared to adam's!! My sweet boy actually fell asleep while he was eating dinner, so Ad took him for a snuggle!


He was SO asleep we could talk and laugh and he didn't even budge!


I only let him sleep for 30 minutes then being the mean mom that I am, woke him up, made him take a shower and then put him in his real bed!

So Caleb, this is why we take a nap!!

Lazy Days!

WOW!! I feel like I haven't posted in a while!! And it's true! We really haven't taken pictures of ANYTHING lately...so I thought that I would take a few random pics of our boy while I updated y'all on what we've been doing!

Really after my parents came to visit and Adam's birthday, it's been the same ol' busy routine! Ad and I have been working hard and Caleb has been playing hard! After Ad's birthday, him and I got sick with a small case of the flu (thank heavens Caleb didn't get this one!) Then we went to one of my students' birthday parties at a place called Pump it Up! It's a place where they have all of those blow up toys that you can jump and slide on! Caleb had SO MUCH FUN!! and of course, I didn't bring my camera! He would climb to the top of the biggest slides and come down on his own! They have free jump times during the week for 2-5 year olds, and I am planning to take him back on our Holiday break!

For Thanksgiving we were invited to Adam's Rice Advisor's house. We have been over to their house many times throughout the years since we've been here in Texas and they have been so good to us! Dr. Whitmire (Ad's advisor) cooked Thanksgiving dinner for us and we had a wonderful time playing games and just having fun! Again, I don't know who had more fun, Dr. Whitmire or Caleb...they had fun playing trains together!!! Again, camera was left at home!! WHAT?!?

In the meantime we all got sick again with the cough/nose congestion. I lost my voice a week or two ago. Ad went to New Orleans for Rice Recruiting on Friday/Saturday and lost his voice there! It's funny hearing him talk in a whisper! Other than that, we cleaned our carpets (AWESOME), got our little Christmas set up and made our living room less of a Caleb toy box! We are going to be spending Christmas here in Texas this year and I will try to post more soon!! Enjoy the pics of our growning boy!!



Caleb and I decided to watch the classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer...he was enjoying it until we got to the Abominable Snowman part..I've never seen Caleb run so fast to his room!!
Every time the "Monster" (caleb's words) showed up, he would cover his ears and run to his room!


I finally got him to look at the camera for a second! It was awesome!


Watching Rudolph...


Watching the camera!!!


Caleb telling me how he's feeling about the show...I believe he said "adawaya" if any of you know what that means, I would LOVE to know!


A little bit of our Christmas! We took off the lights that were originally on this tree and got some new ones! I wanted to red and white for a nice candy cane effect!


Caleb and I getting ready for church! I bought him this blazer from Crazy 8 (like 2 months ago) and it was finally cool enough outside for him to wear it today! We still ended up taking it off halfway through church!!!


Looks like a mini car salesman...

Have a FABULOUS week!!!!