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Holiday Photos

2009-12-12T16:42:00.007-05:00

Here are the photos of Caleb decorating the tree, eating the Thanksgiving meal at Grandma's and playing out in the snow. He hasnt been out in the snow really yet so we are calling this his first time...he didnt move at all...he just kept moving his eyes around!

Love MOM

Some random pics of my little C

2009-12-12T16:36:00.004-05:00

Here we are trying to get caleb into a toddler bed...he seemed to love it. I say seemed because he really hated it! I cant even begin to describe what it was like that night. All we did was take off the one side of his crib...he was up for 12 straight hrs after his bedtime before I caved...it was terrible.

Then we found out that he is a smearer...he takes his poo out of his diaper and paints everything he can with it...so problem solved right..put him in zip up pjs all the time till he gets over this phase...

Wrong..

He has learned to take himself out of the pjs trough the head hole w/o undoing anything...we just hope for the best at nap times now...

We also got another kitten and named him Crispin...he loves him!

Love MOM

Trip to Indiana to see Heidi and Seirra

2009-12-12T16:25:00.004-05:00

Here are the photos from our trip to Indiana on Davids 25th Birthday. It was such a long trip for our little guy, he didnt mind the trip down there as much as he hated it on the way back up...he knew what was coming.

He met my cousin Heidi for the first time and met her daughter-his 'cousin' for the first time also. He loved them both..he wasnt sure on what to do about Sierra at first because she was so much bigger than him but they got along great. The better pics are on my mother in laws camera but these are from the park and the way home.

Love MOM

Monsters, Pumpkins and Worms

2009-09-18T19:41:00.002-04:00

Caleb is leaning against 19 months already. I havent been taking as much photos as I was because I have been so busy and we really havent done anything that different lately.

We went to the farm and Grandpa told us about a worm that was on the shed. We must have looked odd from the road because David, Me, Caleb, Lloyd and Dawn were all over there looking at this huge caterpillar. Grandpa was going to let Caleb touch it and Dawn and I freaked out...I just thought that it looked suspicious and shouldnt be trusted and Grandma thought the same thing. Grandpa thought that we were being over protective because I said it may be poisonous and laughed. Caleb then proceded to stick his arm and then his head into a hole that goes under the barn...I grabbed him of course. Boys get into so much trouble no matter how old they get!

The next time we went to the farm Grandma said that the pumpkins were ready. Yeah! I ran inside and got her camera because I wasnt expecting photos that day. He liked being in the patch for a little while but he started touching the stems and the leaves and they are poky so he wanted out. He picked out a green pumpkin and a nice orange one. They are now on my front steps. He is so proud.

Today, we put him into his Monster pjs to go down for a nap-story to follow. He is still too short for the 24 month but he is to tall for the 18 month ones so the feet drag on the floor and its kind of hard for him to walk but he mananges. I just thought that it was funny seeing him getting into stuff with 'huge' feet. So heres why he gets put in nightys even for nap time. Caleb has taken to making a poop 'yeah good for him' but he doesnt tell you anymore about the poo. He usually does it just before or during his morning nap...God help you if its during...he strips all his clothes off, takes his diaper half off and throws his turds all over his bedroom(white carpet!) and he eats some of course, gets it under his nails, in the sheets that are now in the trash, and the walls and crib. Needless to say-I dont need that and he hasnt figured zippers out yet so hopefully by the time he does he will be ready to potty train. If you have any suggestions please feel free to note them in the comment box, Thank You. MOM

Already 18 Months Old!

2009-08-20T12:58:00.008-04:00

He wouldn't leave the big blueberry for anything! He had never rode the horse so dad helped him at the Masonic Picnic.
Driving the train at the fair this year, we were so excited that he could ride the rides this year-I think he rode 5 of them...

I dont know if Caleb thinks of Ruby as a horse or a slide now! Grandpa is dressed as a Union soldier in the Civil War Muster at Charlton Park.

He got is first real haircut-I chose a faux-hawk and he loves it-grandma dawn on the other hand misses his curls!

Caleb is 18 months old today! He is getting to be such a big boy too. He walks really well now and has his own language, but he is learning to speak english also. Its so wierd how moms can tell what their kids are saying but no one else can. I guess its because you are around them so much you learn parts of their language as you go along just like they are learning yours, thankfully the parents dont end up speaking baby talk in the end. He has begun the game of grab something that you shouldnt have and run away with it. IF you catch him he is really good about giving it back to you, if you dont get him you probably wont see whatever he took for a while ex: your keys. He also got his first 'professional' haircut yesterday. He loves his faux-hawk! I wasnt sure how he would be getting cut with the clippers but he did really well and he seems to like his hair shorter too. I am teaching him to spike the front and he is doing a really good job.

David and I have decided to wait until Caleb goes into school full time to if at all have another baby. We would like to spend all of our time and money on him atleast for now-we have realized how much we have missed and are beginning to see every moment in a new light. David just adores spending time with his little man now that he can just put him in the car and go somewhere. I think we are planning a John Deere trip for tomorrow. I was going to be getting a new stroller with Kelsey tomorrow at Babies R Us but she started having contractions today so I think she may be a little busy tomorrow. She cant wait to get Aiden out of her lol. She has promised that I will get to baby sit and my friend Cassie is also having a little boy-Noah in December. Finally I found out what my best friend Amanda is having and I am happy to report its a girl in December as well! I was really hoping that I would have a niece. I went a little over the top when I found out because we were having a really good sale at work so I got a lot of little girl things. I have to get to making the baby blankets though I only have about 3 more months to go! I think that Caleb and myself will both have enough to deal with baby wise for a while atleast. Hope everyone enjoys the pics.

Love, MOM

Family Reunion Post 2

2009-07-20T11:52:00.001-04:00

Here are the rest of the pictures. Sorry these have been so short but he is really grumpy right now.

Love MOM

Family Reunion Post One

2009-07-20T11:47:00.002-04:00

Here are the photos from the family reunion at Uncle Bills house on Marble Lake. He was such a good boy! He rode the boat and looked out the whole time and he even drove the boat! He met his 'cousin' Regan-sorry if I misspelled it Tyler. She drove the boat too. He wanted to get his feet wet so we got him into his swimsuit and he took a dip with grandma tonya. He didnt mind going to anyone and he was walking around and stealing food like a seagull. This post wasnt big enough for all the pics so I am going to make another one.

Love MOM

Tractor Parade

2009-07-20T11:41:00.002-04:00

Here are some photos that I took during Calebs first tractor parade at Charlton Park. There are also some other cute photos of him learning to walk and getting his first cookie.

Love, MOM

2009-07-20T11:36:00.001-04:00

These are all some cute photos that I have been taking. I have to be quick, he is getting very grumpy here at the coffee house.

Love MOM

Swimming Pool

2009-07-20T11:33:00.001-04:00

Here is Caleb in his little turtle in the pool this year. He did really well, I thought that he would cry but he was very brave and got right into his little turtle. He kept pulling his feet around to the back and he looked like a duck.

Love MOM

Fathers Day

2009-07-20T11:29:00.002-04:00

Here are the guys on Fathers Day at the Kilmers house. They didnt do much of anything but here are the shots anyways.

Love, MOM

Our Sick Little Boy

2009-05-28T10:19:00.004-04:00

So Caleb had some kind of viral infection last week...poor guy had a fever of 103 at the highest! I was upset because I called the Drs office and they said that they didnt have an opening but I figured that since his fever was that high they would atleast let him come in furing the walk in hours but no..they told me that I could make an appointment or I could take him to the ER! I was furious-any good Drs office would see a kid with a fever that high that didnt go down with meds I would think. Anyways, Dawn and I took him to the Urgent Care here in town and ta da $300 and 4hrs later-he has a viral infection take him home and continue what you are doing...although if his fever increases even one degree bring him right in and we will admit him...getting madder....ok so by now his fever is getting to where its just at night so we can see a light at the end of the tunnel. I made an appointment with the Dr just in case but they said the same thing and said that it should be on its way out...The next day he was his usual happy self! Yeah! Then he got this rash all over his face-we still arent sure what it is-his eyes were all red and his face was covered in red blotches that werent there about a hr before and lasted about a day before they totally went away...not sure what that was. So after about a week he was back to his normal self, at mooville, and eating his mac and cheese. I am sure we have lots of sicknesses to go through but I am not anxiously awaiting them.

Love, MOM

We Found an Awsome Sandbox!

2009-05-21T13:41:00.003-04:00

So as the title states, we found a cool sandbox for caleb to play in. It just so happens that it was at the greenhouse that I go to. I had planned on taking him back there when I needed to get more flowers but dawn said that she needed to get some plants so I suggested cherry valley. We took so many photos-he loved the sandbox. They also had a moon bounce but he is still a little to young to appreciate a good bounce. We thought that we could get some plants cheaper at the greenhouse down the road so we packed up and went there, after we were just about through we looked over at the garden that they had made and there was a small water wheel-PHOTO OP! So as you can tell we made caleb sit by it...he was eating the mulch and trying to get into the water but its still really cute.

Love MOM

2nd Mothers Day

2009-05-21T13:36:00.003-04:00

On mothers day my mom came up and we all went out for icecream. It wasnt that easy to find somewhere open on a sunday however. We had thought about going to dairy queen, but we do that all the time and we wanted to do something different so we thought oh well we can go to mooville-of the 4 of us dawn was the only one that had been there so we thought that it would be fun. We drove all the way out there from dawns house to find a note on their door stating there hours...'never open on sundays' ok well dooly noted for the next sunday that we want to go there huh. So we were like hmm where to go-well a new icecream shop just opened up in town so we drove all the way back into town to find that they were closed too...so dairy queen it is! It was good though and caleb loved it so all was well. We still wanted to take a picture for calebs scrapbook so we headed back over to dawns house and we took these shots by her redbud tree.
Love MOM

Some Misc. Pics

2009-05-21T13:18:00.004-04:00

Here are some pictures that I have been taking over the past couple of months.

The first is of caleb 'helping' me organize his album...

The second is of him crawling around on the front lawn just after dad had mowed it.

The third is davids doing, he put calebs shorts on his head and made him a chef-he seemed to enjoy it.

And the last one is of caleb swinging in his safari hat-he loves his swing.

Love MOM

Earthday 2009

2009-05-20T21:15:00.004-04:00

We got caleb an oak sapling when he was a couple months old from the pierce cedar creek institute. Grandma Dawn put it in a pot and kept it alive until Earthday this year. We planted it in her front garden to grow for a couple of years and then we will move it somewhere else. Grandpa also planted some more trees back by the creek. He took you on a ride on the ford all the way back to the creek and then you played in the grass for a while before you came back up to the house and home for the night. You love to eat mulch and dirt-grandma had her hands full trying to keep things out of your mouth. I thought that grass atleast would be the lesser of the evils so I allowed it. We are getting you a tree to plant every year from now on.
Love MOM

The Zoo

2009-05-20T20:03:00.004-04:00

The first day that the zoo opened my friend Rainy and I took our 'kids' to the zoo-she brought her nephew but he is as good as hers. It was so hot out that day! It was the beginning of April but it was almost 75 degrees! Anyways they didnt have a whole lot of animals out yet and they hiked the prices up really high but all in all I think they had a good time. Rainy and I lived and learned-we brought 2 coolers, 2 strollers and a diaper bag with us all around the zoo, that isnt so bad you say..well we went to wild africa and we had to load and unload all of our stuff 4 times! We didnt even get into the coolers unitl we got back to the car-oh well we will remember for next time I guess. Caleb and Zander fed the giraffes and got some cute things at the gift shop-Caleb got a giraffe frame and a frog the he picked out himself. We also took a ride on the carosel-that was fun but the camera was acting up so we didnt get as many photos as we wanted to. He was so good the whole time, he drank now and then and had snacks through the duration but didnt really ask for anything until we got back to the car-he didnt even need a diaper change! He was such a good boy!

Love MOM

2nd Easter

2009-05-20T19:31:00.004-04:00

I know its a little past Easter but we have been really busy lately...sorry.

Anyways I got Calebs picture taken with the Easter bunny at walmart for free!!! He was a little sullen though but it still came out cute. (I still havent gotten a chance to scan it sorry) I got him a really cute sweater vest with an argyle sp? print on it! He looked just adorable. On Easter we went down to the Gilberts for dinner and an easter egg hunt. Caleb found lots of eggs! He donated his candy though and got some money for his piggy bank for his good deed. We then went over to my moms house and visited with my mom and aunt beth, mom and I went for a stroller ride with caleb while david and aunt beth watched tv at the house. Caleb and I slept all the way home-it was a long day.

Love MOM

Some new things

2009-04-10T19:50:00.004-04:00

First time on the swing

First time down the slide

Getting into the easter baskets

Eating spagetti O's for the first time

Hey Everyone,

Sorry its been a while, I have been really busy with work, caleb and getting things around for spring...

I think that we have things in a pretty good routine here finally! Caleb gets up at 9am, gets breakfast, plays and goes back to sleep around 11am. I then eat, clean and get around for the day. He gets up around 1pm, eats lunch and then we do whatever we are going to be going that day-I try and get him out atleast once a day weither it be a stroller ride, an outing, or just going out in the backyard since its getting nice out now. He then goes back down for a short nap around 3pm and I get things around for dinner and or clean/go to work, he is then up again around 4pm to play, eat dinner and get his bath, then its off to bed at 6-7pm depending on how tired he is. So we have been taking stroller rides when the weather is nice-he really seems to like them. We just got him a little tykes play gym for outside, a swing and a picnic table. He really likes the swing but he isnt sure about the gym yet. We are also going to be putting a padio in the backyard this year and one for him to put his turtle sandbox on. I am really excited about this summer, it will be really fun once we get the pool up and everything situated around the yard. Today he went and got his picture taken with the easter bunny-i will get it on here when i go over to dawns next...

Sunday we are going to be at the gilberts and visiting my mom so we should be busy all day but hopfully by next week things will start to calm down again. I think thats all we have been up to, I have to go to bed now I am so exhausted!

Love, Jenelle

First Birthday Party!

2009-02-22T10:34:00.004-05:00

Caleb,

Here are some pictures of your first birthday party. I will get the rest of the pictures up here when everyone has a chance to get here- we had a bad snowstorm and people couldnt get off work. Anyways I think it went well and we had a pretty good turn out too. Lets see if I can remember who all came and what they brought you...

Mom and Dad: Your Quilt and Seuss the fish

Grandma Tonya: 4 Wheeler

Grandma Dawn and Grandpa Lloyd: Legos, John Deere Sippy Cups, Tools

Amanda: Summer Outfits

Great Grandma and Grandpa: Card and Money

Great Aunt Marg and Uncle Cal: Cat in the Hat and a $25 Meijer Card

Priscilla: Summer Outfit and some furry books

Al and Joann Warren: An Outfit

John: Yougurt Melts

Brian and Jenna: A Lego Dumptruck

Cassie: Summer Outfit (when she comes back to work)

Rainy: (She is going to get it to you soon lol)

Brenda: (Also getting it to you soon)

Uncle Carl and Theresa: A Card and some money

Joann: A Farm Truck (she is bringing it up soon)

With the money that you got, mom went shopping and got you a Big Dr. Seuss Beginner Book with lots of stories in it, a spring jacket that you will really need when we go strollering, and one of those alphabet mats for your bedroom. Their is still some left but we are waiting for some summer stuff to go on sale so we can make the money stretch farther...mom is eyeing a slide in the backroom and a swing for this summer. You are so spoiled but atleast you arent spoiled rotten your spoiled sweet.

You didnt take a nap hardly at all in the afternoon on the day of your party so we were all wondering how you were going to do come 3 O clock...but you were really in a good mood most of the time, then when things were over we gave you some dinner and put you down to bed and didnt hear a peep out of you until almost 10 the next morning! Then we went into town and got some pictures done with amanda, they came out really good. I will get the ones up here that I got a couple of weeks ago, I just have to find the time to get over to Dawns and use the scanner. I got your quilt done with a little help from Dawn-she machine quilted the back together and did the trim because I got really busy. But thats about it, I have to get going here and take a shower and get around for work before you get up from your nap.

Love, MOM

First Valentines Day

2009-02-19T11:04:00.000-05:00

On your first valentines day you gave out the valentines that 'you' made for everyone. We took more pictures but you werent really cooperating. Next year you can make them with just a little help from mom and dad.

The other pictures are of you playing with the legos that grandma dawn got you for your birthday because your dad used to love them, oh did i say used to LOL he still does! He made a castle and you helped tear it down. You will hate me I am sure for posting the nakie pic but I couldnt resist...I just had to show everyone your cute little cheeks.

Your first birthday is tomorrow! I am so excited! I have been cleaning and organizing things for about a month now. I have went through all of your clothes and sorted them into yard sale, keep, and stuff for next year. We are also getting rid of your bottles tomorrow night! You dont really care for them but you will take one if you are in a hurry. You can also have milk now but you dont really care for it...you look at me like I am trying to trick you or something. Well I have to go, Cassie is coming over tonight so we can make your cake and decorate the house so we wont be so busy tomorrow.
-Love MOM

Our Little Dare Devil

2009-02-19T10:00:00.000-05:00

Caleb was standing by the big wooden chest that we use in front of the couch the other day...dancing of course. Well he decided that he wanted to sit back down and about half way through the maneuver he decided that no, he would lay down on his belly....so as you can imagine things didnt go as planned... He landed on his arm and his arm hit his face and he bit his lip. I didnt think he was that hurt until I got over to where he was...I thought he was just scared and was making a big deal out of falling on his face like most babies do...When I got over to him their was blood all over his face and the floor and it was just pouring out! I snatched him up, jumped the gate, ran to the kitchen, remembered that the paper towels were back in the living room, ran back, jumped the gate, grabbed the towels, jumped the gate, ran to the kitchen, got one wet and gave it to caleb. He sucked on it and I gave him a yogurt melt. After all the ruckus (I think he thought it was funny because I was hauling him around the whole time) he forgot about it and when Cassie came over later that day I took his picture and put it in his scrapbook. The others are from his stunt work that he has been doing lately. He climbs the stairs when mom or dad is right their with him (he has to learn sometime, otherwise we have the gate up) He can go 6 up now and he is learning how to come down. He also has figured out how to get onto the couch on his own so he can look out the window at his leisure...we just put some pillows down on the floor and he spends most of his time going up and down, he likes the drop to the pillows the best. Grandma Dawn was here the other day and I swear she about had a heart attack when he dropped from the couch to the pillows! She still does everytime he does it but I keep telling her that he is tough and he wouldnt do it again and again if it hurt him, anyways he has to learn how to do it sometime anyways. I guess I'm not a worry wort mom...but he is getting very daring!
-MOM

11 Months and Counting

2009-01-29T10:50:00.000-05:00

Oh my gosh, time has really flown by! Caleb, You are almost a year old now and we are so proud of you, but I will save the sappy stuff for your one year old post...get ready for a tear jerker lol.

Anyways, things have been going ok here, Caleb has discovered that he has an attitude...joy. He will not be dressed in the morning, noon, or night. He will not take a bottle. He will not take his juice straight from the fridge (I have to warm it first). He will not wear a diaper. He will not nap. He will not be restrained in his high chair. And he ignores the words ah ah ah and no....so...things have been just ok here. I think that it will get better after he learns to walk because I think that he is bored and frustrated at the world because everyone else is walking and he isnt. He is on the move though. He can stand now and he pulls himself up on everything and he is working on getting on the couch. He is also back to wanting cuddles, I miss that but I am happy to report that every once in a while he will let you get a snuggle in. :). He can feed himself very well now but doesnt want to be in the high chair for the entire meal...and would like his sippy in the middle of the affair. I have been really busy cleaning and getting around for his party so I have had little time to myself but it will be worth it when he digs into his cake and we get all the photos. Speaking of photos, we are taking the 3 generation photo with davids parents and my mom on saturday along with calebs 1 yr old pics. Hopefully if we do them that soon we can have them in by his birthday their by saving lots of $ in postage. Speaking of money, did anyone elses electric bill go up? ours more than doubled because they raised their rates! I dont know how they can do that to people. Rainy, a girl that I work with at meijer, brought over ther nephew Zander the other day and he played with Jack and Caleb, I think that Caleb enjoyed being around another kid. Hopefully some babies can come to his party so he can play. Anyways the laundry isnt going to do itself...

Love, Jenelle

Your Invited!

2009-01-29T09:57:00.006-05:00

YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO MY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY!

WHEN: FEBRUARY 20TH 2009 @ 3:00PM

WHERE: MY CRIB (MOM & DADS HOUSE)
WHAT TO BRING: I DO NOT NEED ANY TOYS, ALTHOUGH I AM REALLY INTO BATHTIME SO A BATHTIME TOY MAY BE ALRIGHT AND I LOVE GERBER YOGURT MELTS!

HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!

-CALEB

The First Haircut

2009-01-24T11:13:00.000-05:00

I have been a little behind on the blog here for the past couple of weeks so I will try and get these up here in order.

Caleb got his first haircut at 11 months. He was a ragamuffin and I wanted him to look like a little man when it came time to get his one year old pictures done. I just trimmed the back and around the ears and he looks so handsome. We gave him a teething biscut so he wouldnt move around to much while I was cutting it, and he wanted to share it with grandma tonya so much, when she wasnt on the up and up he stuck what was left of the horrible mess into her mouth and all over her face and shirt...all of this was after her shower and everything of course. I taped it all so hopfully I can get it onto his DVD of the first year.
Love, MOM