Story and Memorial Day

Story: At dinner the other night Caleb said, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy," really fast. When Derrick turned to look at him, Caleb smiled really big then let out a burp. It was the funniest thing ever. We can't believe he had the self control to hold it in until he got Derrick's attention.
Memorial Day: Lynne's side of the family came over. It was a full house and Caleb loved it. It was so cute to see him smiling so much while running around with the other kids and having the adults pay attention to him and play with him a little bit. I am never more happy than when I see Caleb happy and yesterday he was truly happy.
What surprised me though was when I told him it was time for bed and he smiled the whole time walking to his room and getting ready. Even though he was leaving the fun, he had just been so happy that it carried through until he went to sleep. He is such a happy kid and life is a genuine joy to him. I hope that doesn't change.

Kids

Caleb found shoes to match his pj's:

Here I asked Caleb to roll like a dog:

I love seeing my kids awake and happy near each other. I still find it hard to believe that I have 2 children.

We are borrowing a swing from a neighbor. Brynn likes it but doesn't love it. Here's when she is happy in it:

That kid...

1. At church on Sunday I brought Caleb to nursery. He was the first kid there and I was afraid he would be nervous with me leaving since it was a new nursery and there were no other kids there yet. He quickly found a very big dump truck to play with and when I told him I was going to class he responded, "bye, bye." That kid loves nursery.
2. Good Night Moon is a book we read often. In the great green room there is a clothes line with a pair of socks and a pair of mittens. There is another page with just the mittens on the clothes line. Caleb pointed to the clothes line, looked at me and said, "Socks, go?" I had never pointed out to him before that the socks were missing in that picture. That kid is very observant.
3. Caleb was watching Sesame Street videos on the computer. I told him he had watched enough for the day and we were all done. I then told him I had to go to the bathroom. As soon as I closed the door of the bathroom he calls out, "Lisa, Lisa!" Lisa comes and turns on the video for him (of course she didn't know I said no more videos). That kid knows how to get what he wants.

We're Here

Well, we made it to Utah! After the grueling task of packing and cleaning we're here. Derrick's parents drove the truck rental with my car in tow; Derrick and I drove Derrick's car with the kids. Caleb and Brynn both did so well in the car! Caleb was only fussy outside of the car but almost never in it. Brynn slept the whole time. We couldn't be more lucky. None of us got very much sleep for about a week but that's all behind us now.
We are staying with Derrick's parents for now and the kids couldn't be happier about that either. Caleb loves everyone so much. Whenever Kent walks in the room he says, "Kent" with a smile. He knows Lisa will play with him and says her name well too. Grandpa is also a favorite but he's at work and they don't get to see each other as much as Caleb would like. Grandma is the best at reading books:

Brynn started being constantly fussy early this week but finally, since last night, she has been more content, saying lots of "ooo's" and smiling at you when you talk to her. She even rolled over from tummy to back twice this morning for the first time (6 weeks).

Since Monday, Derrick and I have been running around like crazy working out things to buy a home. We went house hunting on Monday and Tuesday and yesterday we put in an offer on a home. It is a short sale so we won't hear back for a little bit but we are excited about the home we found in Saratoga Springs. We really hope it works out.

We're Moving!

I've done a lot of posts in a row and this one had to get it's own post. We are moving to Utah! Derrick interviewed at a few companies and he got 2 great offers. One at a start up in downtown San Francisco and another for a small but growing company in Utah, Corda. We were completely torn and had a really hard time deciding where to go. At first we accepted the start up in SF because he's always wanted to do one and I wanted to support him even though I did not want to move close to the city.
A week after we accepted the offer, Corda wanted to give us a better offer. Derrick got a call from Josh James, the former CEO of Omniture (a company sold to Adobe for 1.8 billion) and the person who just bought Corda. After talking to Derrick for a few minutes he gave Derrick an offer we couldn't refuse. Not only was it a great offer but Josh told Derrick he would be there for him to help further along his career (that is invaluable). Derrick accepted the offer right there on the phone. It was very hard to call the SF company and tell them we were taking another offer because they had been so nice to us but we knew it was what was right for our family.
Tomorrow (Friday) is Derrick's last day at Microsoft. We will hit the road one week later.
We have felt so blessed in our lives for many reasons. We know that all our blessings come from a Father in Heaven who loves us and we are hoping we can do even more good knowing that we have just been given such a huge blessing.
In conclusion, we now get a good job and Utah! We are looking forward to being near family and buying a home (oh how I shout for joy). Utah here we come!

Gram and Pop Visit Conclusion

All in all, we had fun together. It was nice to have 2 other people to help with the kids too.

We celebrated Derrick's 29th birthday together. Happy Birthday Derrick!

We can't wait until their next visit!

Brynn's Blessing

It was a wonderful blessing day. Our neighbors, Ivana, Isabelle and Cristian came (in the middle of this picture) and Derrick's friend, Abraham, from Stanford came as well (on the left). Brynn looked beautiful and she didn't cry at all during the blessing.

Happy Hollow

My parent's came in town last weekend for Brynn blessing. On Friday they took Caleb to Happy Hollow. He loved it!




At story time Caleb walked right up to the story teller and his hat was on crooked. I think it is so cute! The story teller gave Caleb five.


Caleb never wanted to go home he was having so much fun. He just wanted to ride: