It has been hot hot hot here the last month so we have spent a lot of time either indoors enjoying the air conditioning or outside enjoying the water.  Caleb particularly loves the water and gets into it whenever he can. 

Here grandma is just trying to water her plants and Caleb decides to jump right in.

 Caleb has also been LOVING the pool. We have to keep a watchful eye on him at all times since he is not afraid to jump right in!

jumping to mom...

jumping to grandpa...

and jumping to daddy! 

Once he's in the pool...he loves to swim and splash!

 Caleb's favorite game by the pool is to throw (or kick) all the balls in, jump in, throw them all out, and repeat...

 Besides all the swimming Caleb has been working on we transitioned him to a "big boy bed" so that he will be ready to move to his new room in a few weeks.  Luckily for us the transition went really well and other than a little crying the first night he is doing great. 

Here is his new downstairs room that he will move to soon!

We started off June quite busy! We've been working on installing a patio in our backyard and adding some landscaping in.  Andy and I took a week off work to get as much work done as possible. 

We did find some time to go camping at a local campground for a night. Caleb loved being outside for such a long time and did great sleeping in a tent! It was such a success for Fathers Day Andy is getting a new tent...upgrading from a 3 man to a 6 man...he is hoping to do more camping later this summer.

We also travelled to Andy's home town to celebrate his sisters wedding! It was so fun to help celebrate and have an extended time to hang out with family! Caleb loved hanging out with Grandpa Hoffman riding the 4-wheeler and dancing at the wedding reception!



Once again I have become delinquent in my blog postings...but I have reason this time! I wanted to wait to share some news and here it is...

most all of our family and friends know by now....but for those of you who missed it Caleb will get to be a big brother this coming fall (as indicated by his shirt). Baby #2 is due October 4th just 4 days before Caleb's 2nd birthday!  This puts me at about 19 weeks along and I have been feeling good other than a couple weeks with influenza-A, norovirus, and a couple of sinus infections.

Actually just yesterday we had our ultrasound and found out Caleb will be getting a little brother! The ultrasound went well, everything looked great and the sonographer mentioned it was "very obvious" we are expecting a boy :)

Here are just a few pictures...

Otherwise we have been keeping busy outside with outings to the park, getting ready for our next round of landscaping projects and prepping the veggie garden all of which Caleb loves. He loves being outside and seems to have some innate radar for the nearest patch of dirt.

Just this week we have had some nice warm weather so we had to get out the baby pool.

 We hope you are all enjoying the beginnings of summer!

Just a few cute photos...

we have a friend who is a wonderful photographer(http://www.kaditiedephotography.com/blog/) and she took some really great photos of Caleb the other evening that I had to show you! There are quite a few more but here a just a few!

Well it has been 2 months since the last post...but we don't have too much to update on! Here a few pictures fromt the last few months!

Caleb still LOVES bath time...especially running around with no diaper on afterwards!

Caleb didn't get to spend too much time in the snow since we really didn't get much this year. The little bit he did go outside he seemed to like.

Now that he is walking Caleb is into everything! It is so fun to watch him explore!

Coloradoing...

This last week Andy, Caleb and I were able to travel with my sister, mom and dad to Colorado to enjoy a skiing trip. We flew into Denver and spent some time with my grandparents before heading up to Breckenridge. I was very nervous about how Caleb would do on the flight but he did great. He fell asleep during take-off and woke up during the descent both to and from Denver. My mom was our "nanny" and "chef" of the trip. She stayed behind with Caleb while the rest of us ventured out to ski. The skiing was great! I always miss the mountains so much when we have to leave.

Here are a few photos from the trip...

Even Caleb got to do some skiing :) I think he'll have to wait a couple more years before he can venture out on his own but I can not wait to teach him!

All packed up in the car on the drive down the mountain...I think Caleb was a little concerned about this arrangement!

Now we are done traveling for a little while...hopefully life will calm down a little bit for us!

Christmas Extravaganza....

This year the Christmas season was especially busy for us...we hosted a Christmas party for my co-workers, celebrated with both our families and snuck in a trip to Mexico!

Andy and I left for vacation the week right before Christmas so we had to have all our presents purchased and wrapped before we left. But all the stress of getting things packed and Caleb ready for a week and Grandma & Grandpas was worth it!

We traveled to Riviera Maya Mexico with 4 other friends and had a great time in the sun and sand!

It was a little hard to get into the Christmas spirit in the 80 degree weather but the resort was nicely decorated for Christmas.

Right after we got back from Mexico we traveled to Andy's home town and celebrated Christmas with his family.
Caleb had fun this year playing with his gifts...he wasn't really into unwrapping them but loved them once they were opened.

And in case I missed you in our Christmas card distribution...here is our family photo from this years card...In other family news (i.e. Caleb news) he has been walking more and jabbering more. It is so funny to watch him interact with the world around him! I can't wait until we have more snow and we can go sledding!