Good Bye Curls!!

Once upon a time,there was a sweet little boy with the cutest little curls....

But everyone knows that when the gel runs out, little curls are no more....

This is what happens to them!! They magically turn into a faux hawk!!

So sad! Cale got his first hair cut this week!! Mike had given me a gift certificate to Cookie Cutters to get his first haircut, I knew it was getting long- but I had been putting it off intentionally- basically so I could keep putting gel in it and getting it to curl! It was really so stinkin' cute! But alas, one has to realize that at the end of the day, when the gel is gone, so are the curls and you are left with a kid who looks like a little rug rat! :( Anyway, he was so good! The girl who cut it was darling, and made sure to give him a sucker, and watch his favorite, "Bob the Builder!" With treats and a good movie, who cares about losing your curls?! Right- luckily there were no tears from him, maybe I wanted to shed a few!! He looks so cute, such a little grown up boy! What a little sweetheart he is!

Happy New Year!!

Playing with his new Garbage/ Sanitation Truck! It beeps when it backs up- so cool!

Cale wasn't too sure what to think about Santa's visit on Christmas Eve- he didn't shed any tears, but you could tell he was excited to get off his lap!

Enjoying Christmas Day at Grandma Linda's

Seeing the Lights at Temple Square

We have been a little busy this new year- so that is why it has taken so long for me to finally post something new! Cale got his cast off right before Christmas, so that made our Holidays even merrier and brighter! We had a great Christmas and yes, Cale is still enjoying his "Shish!" (Thanks again Santa!) We would have posted more pictures from Christmas Morning, however, anyone who has seen me in the mornings would appreciate us not posting any of the lovely sights!! (Thanks Mike for getting me in almost all of them!!)

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and this next year will be filled with blessings from above! We love you all!

I Believe....

I just have to write a quick little post- on how I believe in Santa and his helpers!

I was so sad, Mike and I had just bought Cale a fish tank for Christmas- knowing how obsessed he is with fish, and how he loves to say, "Shish"- we bought him an aqarium at the DI- It was only $7- and it looked really great! I was so excited, we came home, and on Saturday, I spent like an hour cleaning it all up- we filled it up with water and put it on a little cabinet in our family room. We were so excited to show him when he woke up from his nap! While we were trying to be so sneaky, Mike was adjusting it on the cabinet, and for some strange reason, the pressure in the tank, just popped the glass! Water and shards of glass came flooding out of it! We're talking TONS of water just pouring out of this tank!!! It was so crazy!! We both just kind of looked at each other-, not really knowing what to do!! We got out our shop vac and sucked it all up- but I was so sad! There went our great suprise for Cale for Christmas!! (Luckily, it was clean water, and no, there weren't any fish it in yet!)

We got our gigantic mess all cleaned up- and threw the great idea away. Needless to say, I haven't been in the Christmas Spirit- until now.

We just got back from running some errands tonight, and when we got home, there on our back porch was a large gift bag, with a tag on it that read, "To: Cale, From: Santa"- inside was an AQUARIUM!! It is so nice! It has all the rocks, coral and plants too! I think I was more suprised than Cale was!!

My heart is so full, I have tears in my eyes just thinking of how nice people can be! What a nice suprise!! I know I probably won't ever be able to thank this person in real life, but I hope that someday, I can do something that nice for someone else! It means so much to me- just to know that people are out there, who care about you, and love you. I think I have felt the "true meaning of Christmas" tonight- I truly believe that giving of yourself is the best gift! To this little helper of Santa, I say "thank you!" Thank you for teaching me and important lesson in life- to remember others, and to show how much they mean to you!

Love,
A greatful mom, of a Fish Lover!

One More Week til' we are cast free!!

It's official! Only one more week until we get this dumb cast off! We are so happy! We can hardly wait to have our little guy running around again! He has been so great through this whole thing- he still manages to smile and giggle! (I have to admit, I am ready for it to be gone too- hauling him around is so dang heavy! Not to mention awkward with that dumb bar in the middle! We are so done with it!!)

Still smiling! What a little sweetheart!

I caught him putting his cereal inside the cab of his truck! So cute to see his chubby little fingers pick up each one and put it in- then he pushes it around! What a silly little kid! I guess it gives a new meaning to "Playing with your food!"

So happy to be crawling around! I love that little smile!

One Big Ouch!

I know there is nothing worse than to see your child in pain and know there is nothing you can do about it! Last Monday, Nov 16th- Cale fell off the back porch steps at his babysitter's house and broke his femur bone in his left leg. At first, I thought he had sprained his ankle, but little did I know it was much worse!

We took him up to Lakeview Hospital in the Emergency room- and they X-rayed him and found that he had definately broke his leg. They then transported us down to Primary Childrens to have an orthopedic surgeon look at it.

Turns out he has a spiral fracture in his femur bone- he had to have surgery to set the cast. We spent 2 whole days and 1 night at Primary Childrens because after the surgery that night, he broke out into a fever of 103.5! None of the doctors or nurses knew why- it was so scary! I have never felt such a hot baby! Scared me to death!!

Cale is now in a body cast from his armpits to his ankle- and to the knee on the other side. He has been such a little trooper through this whole thing! The doctor is confident it will heal quickly and he won't have any lasting effects from it- I am so thankful everything is okay. I am so glad he is such a good little boy and will heal well!

It breaks my heart to see him in his cast, but I am thankful for modern medicine and for the great staff at the hospital to help him out! I count my blessings every day that I am this little boy's mom- what an Angel I have been blessed with! We love this little guy so much and can't wait for him to be back running around and getting into everything! (Well kind of! :)!!

Fall Fun Times

Raking leaves at Grandma Linda's! Who knew it could be so much fun??

Carving Pumpkins! What a good sport our Daddy is!

The 3 little lions at our ward party! Kaleb, Kyle and Cale- too bad they were only interested in playing with the basket ball! They all looked so cute!

Playing with his "Pumpum"- that's how he says pumpkin! He loved pointing them out everywhere we went!

So proud of his "pumpum!"

Busted! Sneaking treats at Grandma's house! Too bad he get's his sweet-tooth from his mom!

We love Fall! We had so much fun at our house with Cale getting a little bigger- it is so fun to do things and help him discover our world! He is such a little sweetheart and we are having a ball raising such a little angel!

Happy Halloweenie!!

All dressed up for the ward Trunk-or-Treat! We were the Wizard of Oz, but we left our Toto home!

Each year on Halloween, Mike's company does a Big haunted house in their office- this year we met up with Brad, Chanda and Dylan and took the boys around- so fun!

Four cute boys!

We dressed up for a neighbor's Halloween party- all 3 of us were scarecrows! Mike was a good sport! Cale just looked darling!

Ready to go trick or treating with the Hancey Cousins! We love you guys!!

We had such a fun Halloween this year! I swear, holidays are way more fun with little kids! It was fun to dress Cale up in our cute little lion costume! Grandma Linda made it for Carson when he was Cale's age, and since then- it has become tradition to have all the grandkids wear it! He looked so dang cute!! It was such a fun day!