A Couple of Firsts

This last week Kaleb got his first hair cut. This is his before. Isn't he SO cute!

And this is the best after picture I could get. It is so short now. I have to say, I was kind of sad, because now he looks older and not like my sweet little baby any more! But, I'm getting used to it and I like being able to spike it now.
The next day, Kaleb got his first taste of pop and LOVED it. I wasn't supposed to know about it, but when I came down stairs, he gave me a huge smile and dived for the pop can. He was really sad when Tim finally took it away.

We are so lucky to be such good friends with Santa the he comes to visit us. Most of the kids thought it was great. Owen was pretty shy, and Charlie and Kaleb didn't want to have anything to do with him, but the rest of the kids loved it. Jane was so cute. As soon as Santa pulled her present out of his bag, she knew it was for her. She gave a little gasp and started walking toward him before he even said her name. She got a sticker maker and has been loving it. She tells me how cute and wonderful her present is and it was "so nice for Santa" to bring it for her.
Kaleb didn't want to have anything do to with him. It didn't help that it was past his bedtime and he really wanted his mommy.
He never recovered until I went and got him, and then he was very happy to leave to group and go straight to bed.
Us adults had a lot of fun having a fondue party. Tim makes great fondue and we all stuff ourselves silly. I love Christmas so much and can't wait for Christmas Day!

Catch Up

We had a great Thanksgiving. I decided to host it at my house this year and I definitely learned how much work it takes to put it all together, but it was so much fun! We had both mine and Tim's parents and my sister Brittney and bother Matt and there families. It was quite a crown and lots of fun to get everybody together.

I can't believe how old Kaleb is getting! He's going to be 11 months next week. He still doesn't crawl on his hands and knees, but that doesn't stop him from getting where he wants to go, including inside the dog kennel.

He LOVES to hold your fingers and walk around or even just stand beside the couch. The silly little boy just won't eat regular food. He's pretty intent on staying on baby food as long as I'll let him. But it's hard to be frustrated with him when he shoots a smile my directions. I don't think smiles come any cuter than his!
The other night when I went in to check on him I found he had buried his head in his blanket. Super cute!

I can't believe how old Jane is getting either. She is excited about everything all the time and rarely stops talking, even when she's alone. She loves to go to the library and get new books. She absolutely adores her Daddy and won't leave him alone the second he gets home. Her new favorite thing to do is hide-and-seek. However, it's not too hard to find her because she can't stop giggling while she's hiding.

We got some good snow yesterday so we took Jane out to play in it. She looks like she's plotting something.

Sometimes Kaleb will just start laughing and you don't know what he's laughing it, but he is so cute!

Halloween!

I know it's a little bit late, but I wanted to post some pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes. We had so much fun this year. Jane LOVED Trick-or-Treating and would hardly let us pass a house. She is getting to be more and more fun the older she gets. Kaleb didn't care for it too much. I ended up taking him out of his stroller and carrying him a lot of the way. But they both had fun showing off their costumes to Grandma and Grandpa!

I let Jane wear makup and she LOVED it! I don't think she has ever held so still in her entire life as when I was putting it on her and she loved to show it off to everybody.
It was really hard to get a good picture of them. Kaleb was too busy trying to eat his golf clubs.

New Pictures

We got more pictures done of the kids. Jane was much less cooperative this time, but we still got some cute shots.