Welcome Home!

Last night Jeff's youngest brother, Paul, came home from his mission in Veracruz, Mexico! A bunch of us went down to meet him at the airport. His flight was supposed to get in at 10:40- however it was delayed until 11:32, we finally saw Paul at about 11:45. This is the first time Kaleb and I have met him, since Jeff and I got married a few months after he left. It was pretty funny, Paul went around hugging everybody, came over and we shook hands and hugged, and then Brad says "This is my fiance"... Talking about me. The look on Paul's face was priceless! He hesitated for a second and then was like- "no, she goes with him I though" pointing to Jeff. It was really funny! So we ended up getting home at about 2:00 or 2:30 this morning, and both Jeff and his dad had to milk at 4:30 this morning, so I am tired, but I am sure they are even more tired! Here are some pictures from the night!


Dan kept walking in front of the camera.




Paul and Dad. Mom and Janet and Kaleb are all there too :)




Alan waiting, Paul was quite surprised by the facial hair!




Jeff and Paul




Look close and you can see Pam and Paul and Lawrence on the left!




Brad and Paul





Me and Paul, that is Brad in the background getting ready to tell Paul I am his fiance! So So funny!


It was a fun night but everyone is quite tired now!

BIG Boy!

He already needs to stop growing! I went in his room to get him ready for bed, and decided to look in the bottom drawers, where I put the bigger sizes of clothes he has. These ones are size 6 months. I thought they'd be a little big but it is a good thing I put them on him because the fit him just about perfect height wise- he has room to grow out in them, but he will probably get to tall for them before he gets too fat for them! Lately I have been having the problem of getting something out of his dresser or closet that he hasn't even worn yet, and when I get it on him (if I can) it is too small! I swear he was wearing 0-3 months for about 2-3 months, then he went through 3-6 months in like a week or something, and now he already is in 6 months and he isn't even quite 4 months old yet! It is crazy how fast he is growing, it's like he has a growth spurt every other day! So now it kinda sucks because some of the clothes people gave me won't fit him during the right seasons and most of them are so cute! Oh well though, maybe the next baby can I guess....

CONSPIRACY THEORY

So I think China is out to get us. They are going to try and take over or something. Kinda random I know, but if you think about it, they send us toys with lead based paint in them- that way little kids chew on them and get lead poisoning and die. And then there is all the canned food contaminated with botchulism to attack the bigger people. And the most recent one is the recall of cribs from China, I haven't heard much about that one because I haven't watched the news recently, but they are back to the little ones again. I think maybe they are concentrating heavily on the small children because if they do away with them- then all of us older people will slowly die off, and there will be no one left afterwards, and then they will take over the U.S. So their plan will take several years of course, but I guess it will be worth it to them or something?! Anyway- that is my thought on that- if it makes any sense at all. I could just be full of it and letting my imagination go to far with it, we'll just have to see. Hopefully we are all still alive in 20 years to know- You have to admit, it is interesting at least :)

I am still laughing!

I got this story from my sister-in-law a few days ago, I had seen it before, but it was still funny to read it again- and today I keep thinking about it and laughing, you will understand why at the end :)

I Love Mustard. (This is a true story. If you have children you will probably relate to this father.)

As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection: a thick slab of ham on a fresh bun with crisp lettuce and plenty of expensive,light brown, gourmet mustard.

The corners of my jaw aching in anticipation, I carried it to the table in our backyard, picked it up with both hands but was stopped by my wife suddenly at my side.

"Here, hold Johnny (our six-week-old son) while I get my sandwich," she said.

I had him balanced between my left elbow and shoulder and was reaching again for the ham sandwich when I noticed a streak of mustard on my fingers.

I love mustard.

I had no napkin

I licked it off.

It was not mustard.

No man ever put a baby down faster. It was the first and only time I have sprinted with my tongue protruding. With a washcloth in each hand, I did the sort of routine shoeshine boys do; only I did it on my tongue.

Later, after she stopped crying from laughing so hard, my wife said,



"Now you know why they call that fancy mustard.........Poupon."

So today in Sacrament meeting, I noticed kaleb had a smelly diaper, rather than running and changing him right away, I waited for a few minutes while I read over my sunday school lesson(another story), and to make sure he was finished. Jeff was holding Kaleb. I looked over and Kaleb was falling a sleep so I whisper to Jeff, "He needs his butt changed before he goes to sleep" We go back and forth a minute about who should go change him, and finally I give in. I don't like to go in the middle of someone speaking, but we got a new bishopric today so they all only spoke for a few minutes and we didn't . Anyway, so I put the diaper bag on my shoulder, stand up and Jeff hands Kaleb to me, his back is against me and I am holding onto his legs. As I am walking out I feel something on my hand, great, an explosive one. Anyway I get to the bathroom and lay him down and it was all over the back of his pants and his onsie. Luckily it didn't make it to the outter one, just the "undershirt" one. He basically got a baby wipe bath. As I am cleaning him up it hits me- he was sitting on Jeffs lap! So I'm thinking hopefully it isn't all over Jeff, and if it is, has he noticed? I got him all taken care of, and head back to the chapel. Jeff slid over and I sat down by him, then trying not to grin too much I say, "Do you have poop on your pants?" He looked at me funny and then at his pants he didn't see any at first, but sure enough, there was some- in two different spots! It was HILLARIOUS! So hard not to bust up laughing right then, but we were in church :) After a few minutes Jeff was like, "Man why did you have to tell me..." and then again later, "That is not mustard!" Anyway...long story I know, but I have been laughing about it for a while, so I just thought I would share the humor!

Talking Kaleb

Yesterday Kaleb was talking so much, it is sooo cute! When we got home we laid on the bed with him and he just kept talking! Of course he didn't do it as much when I got the camera out though, oh well it is still really cute! And he wouldn't stop trying to suck his fist at the same time, we had to keep taking it away :)

...and wuv, twu wuv...

So on my way home the other night I was listening to the John Tesh (sp?) radio show (I like listening to it!) He was saying there are 4 things girls should make sure the guys they are interested in DON'T have, before they commit to marrying him. They are:
1. Movie star physique- if they have a perfect bod then they are too concerned with that instead of things they really should worry about.
2. A fancy wardrobe and a flashy car- this could mean that they aren't necessarily good with finances, they spend their money on the unimportant things like expensive clothes and car and don't save for the future.
3. A high priority job- if they have to work 60+ hours a week, then when they come home they are too tired to support you in the things that you would like to do.
4. A perfect past- most people learn from their "mistakes" if they have a perfect past then they have to learn from their mistakes from you, and who wants that? So don't be jealous of those old girlfriends, welcome the baggage along with your man!

Now I am sure that I didn't quote everything exactly how he said it, but pretty close :) And I wouldn't think that if a guy does have these things, you shouldn't even look at him, it doesn't really mean he isn't marriage material, I just found it interesting.

I did pretty good, my husband doesn't have 3/4 of these things, he has a fairly high priority job you could say- and I thought it was funny as I was listening, how he said if he works a lot he is too tired when he comes home- and that is definitely the truth!! I think I would take one of the other traits over that one- well, Jeff is really good with money, and he doesn't really care about clothes and things like that- which I like so, I wouldn't trade that but ya know- I would love to have a non tired husband every now and then!

SLEEP.....

So Kaleb has slept clear through the night for the past four nights! Why then am I so stinking tired? You would think that I would get a good nights sleep now too, but I think I actually felt less tired when I was getting up and feeding him during the night- weird! I think I must wake up a lot more and check on him to make sure he is still breathing because he isn't waking me up anymore.

He is STUBBORN! He will NOT take a bottle, from anyone- not anyone. He used to take one just fine- but now I have tried 4 or 5 different bottles and he won't take it, it's not even formula- I pump at work so he is still getting the same food, just from a different source- but he won't have it. Maybe it is his own way of protesting my return to work. Who knows! I do not know what to do though! During the week I only work 4 hours a day so he won't starve to death. But then I work every-other weekend in the ER- and that is an 8 hour shift- plus the half hour drive to and from-I don't think he can go that long!

Yesterday was my first day back in the ER since Kaleb arrived, and it was kinda funny when I sat down I thougt: the last time I sat in this chair, my water broke :) A couple of weeks ago Callie was covering my shift becuase I was still on maternity leave, and she was quite large with child herslef. Ashley told her that she was not allowed to go into labor while she was here because she didn't want to go through that again! I thought it was pretty funny.

Anyway- I could probably ramble on about a bunch of stuff that is most likely only interesting to me because I am at work, and quite bored, but I won't!

3 Months!

I can't believe Kaleb is already 3 months old! He has started to giggle now and it is so cute- I love it! He always has huge smiles for me, he is such a happy baby. We weighed him today and he is 15 lbs 9 oz!! Getting to be quite the little chubber! Funny how when you are little, everyone tells you how cute your rolls are, but people don't look at me now and tell me how cute my rolls are-geez :) Anyway, we have such a happy healthy baby, he is so much fun- we love him to pieces!

I know, how many pictures of a sleeping baby do you need? But I love how he has his feet crossed. He always crosses them, when we got our first ultrasound of him, he had his feet crossed and his arms up around his head, and he still likes to be like that now, he doesn't keep his hands right by his head when he is asleep now, but he has to have them there and his nose nuzzled somewhere to fall asleep, I think he is the cutest baby ever, even if I am a little biased!