My favorite addition to Happy Birthday!

Caeden has had a wonderful 6th Birthday! This however, was my highlight and too priceless not to post tonight! Jay, Caleb and I were invited to come to Kindergarten to celebrate Caeden and bring treats for the class to enjoy. He made a cake which the kiddos all loved and this is part of the festivities before the play time and snack outside. I love the dancing girls in the back. I am so grateful that Mrs. Poulson is having them speak & sing blessings over each other. Happy Birthday bud! You have 16 new friends that adore you like the rest of us!

The last few weeks...

Lots and lots of reading lately! As much as I would love to say I am feeling awesome, I am improving but still nauseated on and off and throwing up occasionally. So, we have gotten to have a lot of cuddle time. :)
And we've been having concerts! This particular song was a Glee special. :)
And we have been watching movies. Secretariat was the one that brought out this picture. :) Caleb was the "blue jockey" as he calls him, and what every jockey needs are a pair of goggles when they race their horse. :)
And luckily through these tough few months Caeden has been having a blast in Kindergarten! This was Mickey and Minnie day last week. I was able to stay for an hour of the party to sneak a peak at it all and man oh man is he in an amazing class with a fabulous teacher and lots of great kiddos! Thank you Jesus! Our sweet, sweet son turns 6 tomorrow! EEEEEEEEE! Fun blog posts to follow. :)

our latest....

Jay had a double hernia surgery on Tuesday and it went well. He does have pain while he is recovering but that is to be expected. We have been laughing that we look like Grandpa Jo and Grandma Josephene in Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. We've been laid up on the couch together while his precious mom has been taking care of us, the boys, and the house. Thank you God for taking care of us through her, what a blessing! I do feel like I have started to turn a corner this week, less throwing up and moments with out feeling nauseated. Praise the Lord!

Jay and I hobbled into my Dr.'s office yesterday for our 3mo. check up. We got to hear little one's heart beat for the first time and that was very exciting! All checks up well and our next appointment is Nov. 17th when we will get to find out whether we are adding another sweet boy or a new little girl to our family. :)

Caleb, oh how I love you!

Is this cute or what? While Caeden is off at Kindergarten Caleb and I get to spend a lot of time together. I feel bad that 99% of it is at home right now while I am throwing up, but he seems to make the most of it. As we play "guys" (action figures of every kind) he'll say, "I have a wonderful idea...." or "that's awesome," "amazing." Last night I looked at him and said, "you're pretty cute" he looked back at me and said, "that's right, God made me cute AND smart!" So thankful for the smiles he brings during this tough season for me!

He has been so sweet in this last month, every time, and I mean every time he would hear me throw up, he'd come ask, "mom, you ok?" I kept thinking wow, that is one thoughtful 2 year old. Now that I've been throwing up so long it has turned from "mom, you ok?" to "you are always throwing up", or "I don't want to hear you throw up anymore!" I know buddy, I don't want to throw up anymore either, I am sure hoping that we are nearing the end of this for all our sakes.


I'll leave you with one last funny. Grandma Shelley was over helping with dishes in the kitchen, I was on the couch and Caleb was in and out of all the rooms doing his own thing. At one point I thought he's awfully quiet right now... "Caleb", I said, "whatcha doing?" He came out and said, "I don't like that brownie very much!" I said, "what brownie?" He came back out with a package of daddy's cigars with a nibble off the end and said, "these." :) for the next 45 minutes we sat on the couch together with a bucket in between us because he said he had a stomach ache and thought he too was going to throw up. :) I don't think he'll be looking to smoke cigars anytime soon. LOL!