Ten Wonderful Things About Sunday

1. Caleb sleeping until 5:03 am and then snuggling with Mama and napping on the couch until 6:23 am when Dada came and woke us up. It's illegal and I don't care.
2. Walking/Running the IBM 10K with Juan, Caleb and Angelica. Armed with a healthy supply of fruit snacks, Cheerios and excellent company we all had a lovely race.
3. Caleb falling asleep on the way home and being carried up to his bed still asleep - coat and shoes still on - and sleeping for 1 hr and 45 min. My kid! And yes, we made sure he was still breathing after an hour and a half.
4. The above napping toddler allowing Juan and I to have breakfast in peace. Coffee, pancakes, sausage, the paper and eating quietly together. Not having to get up from the table 100 times to refill a sippy, get more applesauce or retrieve a flung fork from afar. Kinda like life before baby...
5. Caleb waking up in a fabulous mood and playing a hearty round of race and nunnel. Love him!
6. Caleb saying "yes" for the first time. Way better than "No no no no no no".
7. Taking a trip as a family to ride the choo choo in Cedar Park. It even had a haunted nunnel! And for only $2.50 people! We are definitely going back.
8. Stopping by the outlet mall on the way home to get Caleb some long pants and realizing that the purse I want for Christmas at Coach is 50% off and they only have one left. And having my dear husband say "Well we should buy it then, right?". Hell yes!
9. Pushing Caleb around the sports court on this trike and listening to him squeal with delight.
10. Making meatloaf and gravy for dinner. Rice with red gravy is one of my most favorite things. Yum!

Hope your Sunday was as great as ours!

Enter the Nunnel

Otherwise know as "Why Juan should Win Father of the Year". It rained this weekend. A lot. So, my toddler couldn't play outside. At all. What does one do with a energy-laden toddler who can't play outside? In a moment of brilliance my dear husband built Caleb a nunnel. (That's tunnel to those of you who don't speak Toddlerish). Our nunnel is hand-crafted of dining room chairs, a couch pillow and an IBM beach towel - finest grade nunnel makings in all of east Round Rock.

Nunnels are my son's second favorite things. Bridges are #3 and Choo Choos are #1. He loves going under overpasses. "Nunnel Mama, nunnel Mama!" I hear joyously from the back seat. And so what in the world could be cooler than your very own nunnel people! Nothing, nothing at all.

On a side note one might wonder why the nunnel picture has Chloe in it instead of Caleb. That's because if I took Caleb's picture I would have been roped into playing nunnel afterwards. And my poor back just can't bend quite as easily as it once did.

Thanks Da! We love our nunnel!

Crash

I'm a lame-o blogger. I didn't write our super fun visit with Reese, Kasey and George. I also didn't write about Caleb's first trip to the zoo. I did post pictures though. That's better than nothing right?

Caleb has an ear infection. Appears as though his left tube has come out or is blocked. We have an appt on Tuesday with the ENT to see what's going on. Antibiotics have made him happy again. Thus, we're all doing well.

And now onto the point of this post - Crash - the most fun game EVER! Credit goes to our Nana for teaching us all how to play.

Crash is very simple. You get two objects - preferable the choo choo and the bus - and you make them crash. Over and over and over and over. Whichever vehicle Caleb has usually wins. If you want to annoy him you make yours drive off in a different direction. I mean, why have kids if you don't harass them a little? Anyway, here's a super fun video of our game of Crash this afternoon. Have a great weekend everyone!

Flashback Friday

Yesterday was our 4th wedding anniversary. This picture was taken the morning after we got engaged, at the top of Haleakala. Juan rode the bike down, I preferred to take in the view from the van. We've come a long way in the last seven and a half years. He's made me a better person. And he made me a mommy. My husband is the most devoted and loving person I've ever met. He'd do anything for his family and works so hard to ensure we're well taken care of and happy. I love you Tiger. Happy Anniversary.

Wordless Wednesday

If I didn't know any better I might think he was praying. But alas, he's just staring in awe at the ceiling fan.

Happy 18m Birthday!

Love my boys!

Big Wa Wa! Big Wa Wa!

Those were Caleb's first thoughts on the beach - which he referred to as the "pool". He loved it! He shoveled things, splashed, made mud and knocked over any attempts by his father or grandfather to build a sandcastle. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time. It was overcast, warm and perfect toddler beach weather.

The trip down and back was ok. Caleb was awake more than in trips past and so copious amounts of cheerios and goldfish were needed to keep him content and occupied. I consider that pretty easy in the grand scheme. What was much harder was sleeping. Caleb's not a big fan of the pack-n-play and being subjected to sleep in it while his snuggly parents were two feet away in a real bed was simply asking too much. The first night was pretty rough. The second night he had a runny nose (cough,cough) and slept straight through. We'll have to come up with plan b though before we take another trip. I'm afraid the pack-n-play just won't cut it anymore.

It was fun to get to see Abuelita, Abuelito and Adriana. Caleb loved having an audience and even Chloe did very well (her first trip to the Valley).

Lots of pictures here. Enjoy!