These pictures are so cute they made me wish I had a nice camera so that they would look even better. Like any kid Caleb loves to "help" in the kitchen; and like any person his favorite part was licking the batter at the end. I just love his messy little face!

I love Caleb, he loves me

Caleb and I were looking at videos on the camera, then Caleb wanted me to take a video of him. Here is what he did:

Since he started saying his numbers I asked him to count. He never says 6 or 7 so I always do the filling in:

Little Things to Remember:
1. Derrick took Caleb to a baptism while I was at my baby shower. As they were leaving the house Caleb called out "Mom, Mom." He wanted me to come. When they got to the church Caleb heard the prelude music on the piano and got really excited saying, "Mom, Mom." He was disappointed when he saw it wasn't me. I love that he loves me and shows it.
2. Caleb gets scared. When there is a loud part on his Cars movie for instance, he yells out, "Mom" and comes running to me. I will go and sit with him until the "scary" parts are over.
3. Caleb is so loving. Whenever I ask for a hug, he will usually come give me one, then he has to give Derrick one too. He can't give one parent a hug or a kiss without giving one to the other.

Utah

The first picture is of me. Why you ask, because I was an 8 month pregnant bridesmaid for my friend, Annette's wedding on Saturday.

Mom, this picture is for you...the Bresee family...click to enlarge:

The other big reason why we went was because Derrick's sister Julie is getting married in two weeks and I won't be able to go because I will be too far along in my pregnancy, which is so sad. However, I was able to go to Julie's bridal shower and see her in her dress. Here's a picture from the bridal shower:

Derrick's top priority in Utah...skiing. He went on Tuesday and it was perfect. The night before he went there was 18" of fresh snow fall and while he was skiing it was sunny and not too cold. His dad joined him for the last hour and a half.

On Sunday my siblings came up from BYU to have dinner with Derrick's family. It was nice to see them. That day Caleb only got a 15 minute nap in the car, so, by dinner time he was exhausted. Here's him in a daze:

On Monday we went down to BYU to see the Carl Bloch exhibit. Derrick's parents took Caleb to the Wilkinson Center and entertained him while we went on our own. The paintings were beautiful.
Then we all went to the Monte L. Bean Science Museum. We thought Caleb would like it more than he did but there were still a few things that interested him: the stairs and the trucks in the toddler play area. He did like seeing the animals when we first walked in but he was just tired. It was alright though, he is now adjusted to Utah time and that time will be our daylight savings time on Saturday night, so we're just going to keep him on that schedule for a few days and we'll all be good.

That night Derrick's college friend Patrick came over and we had a little jam session. It was fun to play with someone on the guitar again. It had been a while.

Funny pic (Can you see the two cats? This is how the cats are when the kids move out of the house, or so I hear):

Caleb loved the cats but they didn't return the love. They were always peaking around the corners to see if Caleb was there before they came out. When he saw them and started running toward them, they would run away.

Overall it was a fun trip. We love seeing family and it is so nice to get closer to them through talking and playing games and doing fun things together.

Children's Discovery Museum

The same friends who took us to the discovery museum last time took us again because their year pass was about to expire. We had so much fun!


When Caleb first went into this little mirror room he smiled so big. I wish I had the camera ready for that.

This was great too. There's a play intersection with real stoplights and pedestrian buttons. Caleb, like any kid, loves pressing buttons. I loved that he could press the buttons as much as he wanted and we didn't have to worry about disrupting traffic.