Just when he thought it would never end

So today James had a bit of a challenging afternoon.....

It started like this....Caleb came out of their room from nap buck naked with dark circles around his eyes....he looked like a racoon...now while one would think it might be from lack of sleep (he didn't so much take a nap) instead it is from getting in mommy's mascara.....so like a good daddy he goes into their room to get clothes on, clean up the mascara only to find.....poop everywhere...on Caleb's bed, on the boys floor, in their bathroom floor, in the toy room floor. Daddy is wondering if instead of mascara around the eyes is it something else....so he puts Caleb back in his diaper when he notices another diaper on the floor....he looks at Aidan who is also without diaper, but couldn't figure out how to get his shirt off...so Aidan also gets a new diaper (James mental note remember to check the crib after cleaning up poop)....the boys are sent to play in the living room.....poop detail is done.....checking on the boys and see water all over floor from cat bowl......boys are soaked completely.....the boys are sent to the toy room to play while daddy cleans up the water....instead the boys decide to play in their room taking out every piece of clothing from Aidan's dresser.....both boys are now in serious trouble...daddy puts both boys back to bed in time out, while he cleans the clothes up.....ooops forgot the mental note....Aidan now needs another pair of shorts.....

We'll laugh about this right? Actually I am laughing about it now....it may take James a couple of days.

Doctors and more Doctors

So this is my week off and the first 2 days were filled with running from Doctor to Doctor trying to get all of the appointments done while I was off.

Aidan had is 1 year visit on Monday.

Current Stats:

Height: 29.25 inches

Weight: 21 pounds 3 oz

Head Circ: 19.25

Percentiles: 16, 16, 95.....

As his MD stated he is definitely a Caldwell baby. Both boys have head circumferences at 95% or greater, but again as their MD says at least they are cute heads! :) Aidan is healthy and growing well. He got a clean bill of health. Yes!

Caleb, James and I had our eye appointments today. This is Caleb's first time. He did fabulous. He had fun teasing the optometrist, by telling him that he didn't know what the picture of the cake was. Caleb also got a clean bill of health for his eyes!

Since the boys did such a good job at the MD's we took them to Deanna Rose. Aidan is finally old enough to love the going into the goat pen. Unfortunately he wanted to get down and crawl. Yuck!

Words

It's amazing to see how kids put ideas together. Several months ago, I fell down the stairs and scraped my elbow pretty badly. I showed Caleb and told him that I hurt my elbow.

While in California a couple of weeks ago I fell again and scraped my hand an ankle. (Yes I know I fell twice. I have no idea what is going on.) Anyway, Caleb saw them when I got back and stated how my "elbows" were doing pointing to my scrapes.

Then he was dancing and hurt is toe. Yesterday morning he woke up and told me that, "Mommy, I touched my elbow on my feet!" Translation, "Mommy, I touched the owie on my foot!" It is so cute. He kept calling the bandaid we put on his toe, "Bangdaid"

Aidan is also starting to talk. He loves to say Daddy and when asked to say Mama he says Daddy. He is adorable.

Lots of Photos

So after my week away life got busy. We have so many fun photos I think this post will be mainly showing those special times you just can't beat.

Aidan's first haircut. He did fabulous. He is now a big boy.

We took the boys to Powell Gardens outside of Lee's Summit to see the butterfly migration. The boys had fun. The gardens are amazing.

Caleb tried to catch some butterflies, but we didn't see any while we had the net. The day was still called a success by him, because he got to see caterpillars and butterflies.

We had fun playing in the yard. Aidan cannot wait to be able to run by himself.

Caleb making faces.
This is the Eudora water our kids get to take a bath in......

Just kidding....Caleb won some bath toys that had "Inch worm green" bath mud that turned the water this funky color.

So life is good. I am so excited because after 5 more days of work I get 6 workdays off!!!! Thank God for PTO. We of course will be working on the house......but also playing with the kids. We hope you enjoyed the photos.

Coming Home and Lessons

So today I get to come home to my family....I cannot wait to feel their arms around my neck and to see their smiling faces.....I have learned on this trip probably more than the last time I went away by myself to truly treasure the simply things of being a family....

The hugs and kisses
The smiles
The firsts (Aidan started walking full on while I was gone.)
Eating supper and hearing about their day
Snuggles

I have truly missed you and I have surprises when I get home.... :)

I love you very much!

Missing my Family

So this is more for my family than anyone else....I am in Carlsbad California and my James, Caleb and Aidan are in Eudora Kansas......So many people tell me how much they love having time by themselves without kids and husbands putting demands on their time.....I agree, for maybe an hour or two......then I miss the

"Mommy, wake up it's time for brefast"
"ClapClapClap" (Aidan for more or Mommy depending on the situation)
Morning kisses and good morning sweetheart.


I hear so many women say that they love having a king sized bed to themselves.....I don't sleep well without my James.....So family know that you are missed......I will hurry home.

Remember the story Caleb and Aidan......Mama always comes home.....

Remember James FAFA!

I love you all......

Pictures!!!!

Yeah! We got our pictures that Julie Johnson took for us a couple of weeks ago. We are so excited. They turned out so good. She has such a natural style and captured our family playing together. Here is a small sample. Be sure to check out her website on our blog as well.

Aidan playing with his turtle.

Caleb would love to be a photographer and wanted to use Julie's camera.

Caleb helping Aidan to walk and Aidan loved it this time.

Aidan yelling, " I can do it myself!"

Caleb determined, "If you would just give me your left hand we could walk together."

Self-explanatory!