2 Months Old

Yesterday, this cute Little Man turned 2 months old. Of course, we have been commenting on how fast the last 8 weeks have gone. Time just flies by these day. 

Caleb is a healthy and happy boy! We haven't weighed him since last week but as of then, he was 11 lbs 4 oz. He has his 8 week check up this week, so we are anxious to see how he is growing. 

He is such a happy baby. This past week he has been so smiley. He has also found his voice and he is constantly cooing. As soon as he see's one of us, he lights up and smiles like crazy. His siblings LOVE that!

We love you sweet Caleb. You fill our home with happiness. 

An Update

4 kids has me busy. I am finding that my time management skills are not what they used to be. At least I am still taking pictures and getting them blogged for the kids....eventually.

 I blog for my kids. Almost every night after dinner, I find one of them looking through a blog book or a chat book or a scrapbook. They love looking through our memories and so I record those memories for them. That is my motivation to keep doing this. 

Here's what's been going on around here lately. 

Gwen is growing! She is already in 3T clothes. She usually takes naps in the car when we pick the kids up from school which means huge fits when I wake her up in the late afternoon because she's exhausted and wants to sleep more and bedtime becomes a total joke. Not to mention she is still in our bed most nights. One afternoon last week, I got her awake from her late afternoon nap, she went upstairs to play with the kids while I started dinner and then I walked upstairs and found her passed out in the doorway a while later. Apparently she needed 2 naps that afternoon. 

 The kids are good about "entertaining" Caleb while I attempt to throw dinner together. Gwen sang songs to him one evening last week. She loves being Mommy's helper. 

Caleb is growing like a weed now! He is such a happy, easy going baby.Until he is hungry. Then he goes from 0-60 in like 2 seconds. His face turns so red when he screams for food. He is changing everyday!

 Caleb has been sporting his BYU attire during this roller coaster of a football season. 

He has been SO smiley lately. We love his big grins. 

 I recently realized that I have taken hardly any pictures with Caleb since we came home from the hospital. That was a lot easier to do with one or two kids and Eric and I had the evenings to just take a million pictures and play with our new babies. Now we have homework and scouts and reading time and scripture study and bath time and bedtime. So, that means less pictures with Mommy and Daddy. But, I have tried to get Adam and Tessa to help me fix that problem. Someones head is usually cut off, but at least we tried. 

 I always check on the kids before I go to bed. I found Adam like this the other night. I love that he is 8 and still likes to sleep cuddling something. I hope he finds a snugly wife someday. 

 Tessa steals my phone on a daily basis and will take a billion pictures of Caleb. I seriously delete about 15-25 pictures a day from her photo shoots (just the really blurry ones). She loves capturing pictures of her baby brother smiling or making silly faces. 

 Future Cougar!

 This is how pathetic my parenting has become. I get Gwen breakfast in the morning and set her up with the tablet to watch Care Bears while I attempt to get a workout in. Thankfully, this is not happening everyday. Just on my desperate mornings. 

 Caleb got to go on a date with Mommy and Daddy. And, Eric finally shaved!

 Tessa is the best little mommy around!

(photo by Adam)

 More bedtime pictures. Not really sure how Gwen fell asleep like that....

 Always the Princess

 We had a nice General Conference weekend. It was a busy weekend for me. I think I finally got to sit through half of a session on Sunday morning. But the kids had fun with their activities that we always do. Tessa even created a new apostle, Elder Lucky C. Kitten.

 Our Conference candy jars are probably the most loved of all our Conference traditions. 

 Bedtime snuggles

 More Tessa pictures. She does get some big smiles out of him!

 I have a longer commute to get the kids to school each day, but my views couldn't be more amazing. This week I have been filled with such gratitude for the beautiful place we live. I love Utah in the fall. The orange and red mountains make my soul happy. 

 Caleb has wanted to be held a lot his week. And while I get stressed out with everything that I feel needs to get done, I have tried to remind myself that these moments to snuggle him when he's so small will be over so quickly. So, I have done a lot of snuggling and I don't regret a second of it. I am so thankful to be a mommy!

Tessarex

Tessa is still obsessed with dinosaurs. Obsessed, I tell you! We have this picture hanging on the kids art wall and every time Eric and I walk by it, we get the giggles. This was supposed to be a picture of the resurrection, but apparently she is more excited about the dinosaurs being resurrected than herself. Eric says the phrase, "We will live again" sounds more like a threat when applied to dinosaurs. We also love the details of this picture, as she has the dinosaurs rising from their graves and chasing people. I'm sure her Primary teachers wonder what in the world we teach our kids during Family Home Evening. 

 Tessa also just finished up a unit at school on the Ice Age. They got to make their own cave drawings. She was proud of her art work. 

Builder of the Month

Adam's teacher emailed me last weekend to let me know that Adam would be receiving the Builder of the Month Award at the assembly this past Wednesday. Once a month, they have a special assembly where they honor students who have been good examples to their peers and shown exceptional enthusiasm while at school. Adam was surprised when they called his name on Wednesday. We are so proud of him!

 He received this certificate with a nice note from his teacher and a special pin that he gets to wear on his uniform. He has been wearing his pin proudly to school each day since receiving it. 

We are thankful that Adam is such a good boy. He is not only a good example for his classmates, but especially for his brother and sisters. He truly is a Builder!

Happy Fall!

The leaves are changing and the weather is finally getting cooler. We love Autumn at our house and we had some fun this last week to celebrate its arrival. 

 Adam and Tessa made some stained glass leaves to decorated with. They turned out lovely!

 We did some of our favorite Johnny Appleseed activities as well. Mommy squeezed into their little tent and we read some books on Johnny Appleseed. 

 We made Johnny Appleseed hats. 

 And everybody helped make an apple cake. This proved that we need a bigger kitchen!

 They each helped with the measuring and pouring. 

 They also discovered a new toy. The apple peeler was a hit and they each took turns peeling all the apples. Even Tessa!

 While they waited for their cake to bake, they watched the Johnny Appleseed cartoon. 

We love this time of year and are excited for more beautiful fall weather, football games and lots of apples and pumpkins!