It Is Finished!

After three nights of building Caleb's new swingset, it is finished! Caleb absolutely loves it! He can climb up into the fort all by himself and then slide down. He also loves to swing, and it looks like he kind of knows what to do. He sat in it the other day and immediately started pushing and pulling and was making himself go. Mommy is hoping that he will start wanting to play more outside and even maybe some on his own!

Poppy and Daddy checking the plans
Caleb looking out on the fort
Caleb in the fort
In the fort
Saying hi in the fort
More in the fort Another angle of Caleb in the fort

Look Mommy, I'm way up here!
Working with tools
Eating tools. Caleb, tools aren't for eating! Caleb had to have a tool belt like Daddy and Poppy. Too cute!
Daddy and Poppy working
Poppy holding up the awning on the fort

Daddy drilling
Caleb and Daddy working with tools
Caleb loved helping Daddy and Poppy out!
Looking up at a plane in the sky

Caleb's Cool Present

Caleb got a present from the groom this weekend even though he wasn't in the wedding. Brian has been working on a project for Microsoft with the Dallas Cowboys. When he first started the project, The Cowboys made him a personalized locker nameplate. When it got closer to the wedding, he asked them if they would make nameplates for the kids in his wedding. They agreed, and so Caleb now has his own official Dallas Cowboys nameplate. They don't sell them anywhere...it's just what they make for the players. Caleb doesn't quite appreciate it yet, but he will someday. He will probably have to have a sports room next so he can display his cool nameplate. I'm sure it'll be something that he will treasure for a very long time!

Happy Father's Day!

I realize this is two days late, but hey, better late than never. Caleb and I LOVE Chris! He brings so much joy to our lives, keeps us laughing, loves on us, and is an all around wonderful Daddy!

Caleb got Chris a tie for Father's Day. Yeah, I know...how cliche! But since Daddy only has Tobasco ties, we thought it was time for a new pretty one that he can wear for his concerts, etc.

Here are pictures of Caleb sporting Daddy's tie before Daddy came home from running errands on Sunday. Caleb had fun giving it to him!

Happy Father's Day, Chris! We love you so much!

My Weekend/Saturday/Picture Time

As promised, I have attached pictures of how Chris entertained himself while all the other pictures were going on. He had me cracking up! And, no, we don't sit around doing this kind of stuff at home all the time...just every once in awhile! As soon as I saw what he was doing, I said "You realize these are going on the blog, don't you?" Enjoy!

Goofy Chris

Smiling floating head picture
Crooked picture
Silly looking down picture
Weird smile with flowers
Close up of eyes
Smiling and looking to the side
Serious Chris
Crooked lip Chris
Silly face Chris
Not sure what face this is!
"I'm about to rip off your head" Chris

My Weekend/Saturday

The four bridesmaids

The bridesmaids and junior bridesmaid
My wonderful family
Me and Chris - Chris was a groomsman, so we got lots of great pictures with us all dressed up!
Me with my flowers
Chris looking cool in his tux
Us smiling for the camera
Me and the beautiful bride, Megan!
**Teaser**
The next post will be pictures of how Chris entertained himself while the real picture taking was going on. You won't want to miss it, so stay tuned!

My Weekend/Friday

My lifelong friend, Megan, got married this weekend. I will have a series of posts throughout today and possibly tomorrow that show in pictures our weekend. We had a blast and are so happy for Megan and Brian!

That morning, I dropped Caleb off an hour earlier than I really needed to so that I could go shopping in Southlake where we were eating lunch. There was a Central Market across the street from the mall that the Cheesecake Factory was in, so I went there to check it out since I've always heard how great it is. As soon as I walked in, I thought the vegetables were so pretty! They looked so fresh and so pretty that I had to take a few pictures! I'm sure the people shopping in the store thought I was crazy, or an inspector or something, but oh well! I was really impressed with the store. I just wish we had one close to my house. Maybe I'll have to suggest that to them. I'm not going to drive a long way to go to one, but maybe I'll go to one someday for a special occasion. Two thumbs up for Central Market!

After all my shopping, I met the girls at the Cheesecake Factory for a bridal lunch. This is me with Megan, the bride. We stuffed ourselves silly with great food , their awesome mango tea and cheesecake!
This is at the rehearsal dinner. Chris had me cracking up because he thought my mom was taking a picture of our crotches in one of the pictures she took of us (keeping reading...) Brett (Megan's brother) thought it was all funny too, so we took a silly shot of us three together.
Me and Chris actually taking a serious picture for once...
This is the picture that my mom took that looked like she was pointing the camera at our crotches. I got this outfit at Kohl's that morning. I really, really like the shirt...and hey, the pants too!
My mom and me
Megan and me at the rehearsal dinner
Chris, me, Megan and Brian (Megan's new husband)

We had so much fun on Friday! When I saw Chris that afternoon, I went on and on about how great our lunch was. Then my mom and I went and got our nails done...always a great treat! Then I went shopping for some things I needed that I have to go to Mesquite for. The rehearsal went great that night, and we had a blast at the dinner. I had been looking forward to this wedding for a long time! Megan is so fun, and she has been looking forward to this day for a really, really long time, so it made it so exciting!

Saturday's post is coming up soon!

Caleb's First Splash Day

Today was Caleb's first Splash Day at school. Mommy was worried that he wouldn't want to participate at all. She gave him big pep talks about it on the way to school, and when she dropped him off, Caleb said he was going to play with water today.

Mommy had Mrs. Marcie go take a few pictures of him on his first Splash Day. This one actually shows that he is letting water hit him! It was a success of a Splash Day!

I love his new swimsuit! But it really needs a drawstring. I have the skinniest 2 year old (his birthday is next Friday!) ever, so I figured it would be too big. I was right. But he is so darn cute in it with his little water shoes!

The Genius of Target...

is the Dollar Spot. I went there today to get a few things, and I spent $5 extra from things in that section. What genius it is to throw extremely cheap things out there just so people spend more money! I know I fall into their trap. Do you?

A Couple of Thoughts

• Last night, my dad and Chris began putting up Caleb's swingset that is his present from my parents for his birthday. Caleb was so darn cute copying everything that Daddy and Poppy were doing. He had to pretend like he had a tool belt when Daddy and Poppy put theirs on...he put a tool in his shorts. Then when Daddy gave him a tool, he went around to all of the screws that they had put in and acted like he was screwing them in. So darn cute!!
• I just downloaded Google Earth this morning. I needed to print something for somebody, and man, it is so cool! I have heard about it for awhile, but I never went to look at it. If you haven't seen it, go look now!

No Sleep From 1:00 On

Caleb is a scaredy cat like I always was. So when the thunderstorm started last night, I knew it was a matter of time before he woke up. The problem is that he is normally so scared there is no way he is going back to sleep on his own. He will go back to sleep if he gets to sleep with us though, so the few times this has happened, that's what he gets to do. So at 1:00 last night, he came to bed with me. And from 1:00 on, mommy didn't get hardly anymore sleep. I tried to keep him on my side of the bed so that he wouldn't wake Chris up (since Chris was up with him last night since he had a bad dream). Caleb laid right beside me giving me about 6 inches (literally!) of the bed to sleep on and kept kicking me all night. At one point, I scooted down below him in the bed to see if I could sleep that way. No such luck. I have a busy day and evening planned, so no napping for me either. Maybe we'll all sleep really good tonight!

Update: We all got a full night's sleep last night. When Chris and I woke up this morning, Chris said that it felt like much later in the morning...because we hadn't had to deal with Caleb during the night or early in the morning. So nice!

A Big Mess

On the way back from picking up lunch, I spilled coke on my shirt.

Now someone just pointed out to me that I have pollen on the back of my shirt. I threw out some flowers a little while ago, and somehow I got pollen on the back of my shirt.

I wonder what else I can get on my shirt today!

A Look Back Into Blog Posts of the Past

This morning, I went back and looked at some of my first blog posts. It was interesting to look back and see what I was doing almost two years ago. And it was even more interesting to look back on the pictures from that time. I can't believe Caleb was that small! :) He's a silly toddler now, and it was so fun to look back at the pictures of him when he was 3 months old, 4months old, etc. They grow up so fast...