Fall Pictures

Saturday we went over to duck pond park (not sure what the park is really called) and we took some pictures for our Christmas card. We just used our tripod and camera and so without someone actually taking the picture there was no one to tell Kaleb to smile or keep him focused on the camera. It was definitely hard to get a good picture.


I'm excited for Thanksgiving this week. I love turkey and especially leftover turkey sandwiches. Kaleb can't wait for Christmas. He is all about Bumblebee from Transformers. I keep telling him to ask Santa to bring it for him. I don't think he understands what I'm saying though. He can see some of the presents for other people up in our closet and so he thinks that they're all for him even though I keep assuring him they aren't for him and that Santa brings his presents. Kids are funny!

Trick-or-Treat

Kaleb was "Parker the Pirate" for Halloween this year. He tried to add "pirate" into his full name but he kept calling himself Parker the Pirate and it stuck. He loved dressing up in his costume. Saturday we took Kaleb to the community college where my sister attends for a Halloween Carnival. He won cupcakes at a cakewalk and he loved the donut eating contest.

Saturday night we had a party with all of our friends and their kids. Tuesday was the trunk-or-treat and Kaleb left with a big bag of candy. Wednesday morning he had a party at preschool and then we went trick-or-treating that night. Kaleb isn't a chocolate person and so most of the candy he could care less about but the gum and suckers are his favorite.

Matt dressed up as Clark Kent and I dressed up as a black cat. I didn't dress up on Halloween just for our party on Saturday. Kaleb took these two pictures. He is obsessed with the camera lately and loves taking pictures. Kaleb is already asking when he gets to go trick-or-treating again!

Here's video of Kaleb trying to eat the donut.

Autumn Is Here

Yesterday we went up Millcreek Canyon to look at the leaves and go for a walk. Kaleb loves running around in the mountains. He loves the water, rocks, and sticks, just like any other boy does. We had a lot of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Snell this weekend. On Monday we went to Thanksgiving Point and Gardner Village. Kaleb loved Farm Country. He went on a couple of pony rides and a wagon ride and loved the horses. As soon as we got off of the wagon ride he wanted to go again. He also loved feeding the chickens and goats.

Kaleb is getting anxious for his baby brother to come out. "Only five more days" he keeps saying. I wish I only had that much longer. We keep trying to explain that it won't be until after Christmas to try to put it into perspective for him.

Halloween Time!

I can't believe it's October! This year is going by so fast. My mom and sister came over to help Kaleb make Halloween cookies. We bought the cookie cutters a couple of weeks ago and he would ask everyday when we were making ghost cookies.


Kaleb is going to be a pirate for Halloween. Matt and I aren't sure what we're dressing up as. I'm not sure what will work with my belly but I'm sure we can come up with something.

It's a BOY!!

Yes, we are having another boy! We really wanted a boy and so we're really excited. Kaleb is excited to be having a baby brother.

The two pictures on the right show the boy features. The picture below is with the baby's hands by his face. I'm almost 21 weeks and it's nice to hit the half-way point.

The baby kicks all the time and I love feeling him because it makes everything seem more real.

Last weekend we took Kaleb to the zoo. We have a yearly pass and it's so nice to be able to go whenever we want and not have to pay. He loves the monkey's the most. There was a new baby and as Kaleb was eating chips he came over to the window and kept putting his orange peel on the window where Kaleb was. It looked like he was showing off his food to Kaleb.
Kaleb always looks at his map as we go from animal to animal. He makes sure that we don't skip over anything.


It has been a pretty normal week. I did go out after I found out it was a boy to buy some material for baby blankets. Matt has been really busy between work and homework. I don't know how he does it all but he always seems to get everything done. We are looking forward to Grandpa Gary and Grandma Rue coming out from Colorado for the weekend!