A pink-eyed Halloween....

For Halloween we dressed Caleb up as a cowboy. He already had the gun, and the hat. I found the shirt at DI for 2 dollars, and the handkerchief around his neck was 1 dollar. Problem solved. He was more excited about the candy than dressing up anyway.

But on Friday night, I noticed that Caleb's eyes were a little red. Then when he woke up Saturday morning, they were all goopy and gross. Augh. Pink-eye. I just knew it. So we called the doctor, and got him on some antibiotics. But.....that meant no trick-or-treating that night. Thank goodness he got to do the ward trunk-or-treat the night before...so he still had a bucket full of candy.

This first picture, isn't exactly what he looked like yesterday. He insisted on wearing his snow boots today. We didn't have cowboy boots, so yesterday he just wore his brown shoes. But he wanted those red boots on for the picture. :)

Caleb has been really good at helping me out lately. Especially if I'm cooking.
He likes to stand on a chair right next me and help me stir and so-forth. He also likes to help me if I'm mopping the floors. He has to have his own rag, and of course he gets WAY more water on the floor than I'd like. But it's nice that he's trying to help.

One other thing that I'm not sure I've ever mentioned.....Caleb is OBSESSED with shoes! I think I pick up more shoes than anything else. And they're either his or mine. Hardly ever daddy's for some reason. He loves to march around in my heels, or my flats. And he likes HIS shoes too. Esepcially the ones with velcro cuz he can put them on himself. Also his boots. The picture below he's actually wearing my pink socks, which go almost up to his thighs. No I did not help him. And then his little shoes over that. It looks like he's wearing tights! Parker and I were laughing so hard that I decided to take his picture.

We have been so busy lately getting things in order for our house, I'm sorry the blog updates have been a little more sparce. I'm gonna have lots to blog about once we move though. But we're all doing well! I have to just make one mention about my 28 weeks belly. I feel like there is NO WAY I can spend the next 3 months CONTINUALLY GROWING! I feel like I'm just big enough right now. And I know that the last trimester is the one with the most weight-gain. AUGH. I feel pretty darn huge, and I just have no idea how I can get three-months bigger. There isn't any more room.
Lastly, this pregnancy has been the source of some SERIOUS back pain for me. I'm already pretty much not sleeping at night. But the back pain gets so bad sometimes, that I can't pick up Caleb AT ALL (which I really try not to do much....but sometimes I carry him to bed and stuff ..... especially if he's sleeping or something) and even things as small as bending over, or climbing out of the car can cause some SERIOUS pain. Sleeping on my back is the worst too. It causes SERIOUS discomfort when I try to move. Luckily when I'm in serious pain like that.....it never lasts. maybe a couple days max. Then it's just standard pregnancy discomfort stuff. Nothin I can't handle.

A Peek Inside!!!

We got to see our house again today! This time it was different, cuz the people moved out. We came in while we were getting the place inspected. (By the way....passed with flying colors! No problems there!) So I took the liberty of making a video, cuz we're trying to pick colors and stuff for the inside. We are SOOOO excited about our new place.

The people left a buncha bagged up trash in the driveway though......and of course the local animals tore those things apart and strung it all across the yard. We'll see if we can work that into negotiations somehow.....the place wasn't very clean either. I'm gonna have to go through and STERILIZE the place before we move in.....although new carpet will take care of a lot.

We have so many ideas how to spice the place up! New carpets will go in BEFORE we move in. And some paint. Next on the priority list is new countertops. This will have to wait though, because it's expensive. But the ones in the house are truly disgusting!! Blue should NEVER be an okay color to put in a house. And LOOK AT THAT BLUE CARPET!! ICK! It looks like it's imported from 1975!! We'll then either stain (something DARK) or paint the cabinets. And the dining room needs a new light fixture. We want to put can lights in the house too....the overhead lighting kinda sucks. But all of these things will have to wait. Luckily....NOTHING HAS to be done right away....it's just cosmetic stuff. ..... except of course the carpet....which I already said will be out before we're in. :)

I'll post some more when we get the carpets changed out! We're very excited!

"My piece a dirt!!!"

Well folks, I never thought it would actually happen....but Parker and I are in the process of buying a house. Offers have been made, and accepted. We just have a few inspections to go through, and then we should close before the end of November. We're getting a home for Christmas!! I am so excited!!! The house is located in Filer (which is about 6 miles outside of Twin Falls), and it's in a great neighborhood. We will be tearing out the carpet (cuz it's ugly and gross.....which is surprising since the house is only 5 years old) so we'll post before-and-after pictures once the project gets under-way.

A garage, a fence, a yard......we're happy campers!

Guns and Fishing.....

Well, I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post. I don't really feel like much has been happening.....but suddenly this weekend I feel like I have so much to tell everybody!

This weekend is Parker's mom's birthday, so we've been spending time in Burley. Katelyn and Garrett are home from school as well. And we decided since today is probably one of the last nice days of the year, we should take a drive into the mountains, and do some fishing and shooting.

Yes, the first picture is of my son holding a gun. He totally loves to shoot it too. And Parker is very good about teaching Caleb about his guns. But it was neat to see that the little guy would stand there and shoot something so LOUD! Caleb is usually terrified of loud noises. But he really likes to shoot the gun. Luckily....this particular gun is not all that loud, so I don't have to worry too much about his ears.

Katelyn, and Parker's dad (Paul) did some fishing in the float tubes while Parker and Caleb fished from the shore. Caleb got ahold of the camera, and of course started taking pictures.....this one of me actually turned out okay I thought. And since I usually HATE pictures of myself, and I didn't mind this one so much.....I decided I'd better keep it.

Caleb totally loved climbing on all the rocks and finding bugs. I was actually really surprised how easy it was to keep track of him while we were up there. He was really cute, and he and Parker had a blast throwing rocks into the lake.

Last night was Burley High School's homecoming football game. And we all went to that as well. Once again, Caleb surprised me with how well behaved he was. The only bad thing was we had to take him to the bathroom 3 times because he had too much to drink.

Once again, he took a couple pictures and we even got him to poze for a few pictures with his aunt, Katelyn.

And lastly, a couple videos from our trip to the mountains. It was such a nice day today. I'm glad we got to spend some time up in those mountains. I even started scoping out trees for Christmas. I want a GOOD one this year, since we're not living with our parents this time around! :)

Sun Valley....a weekend away!

About a month and a half ago, Parker won the men's league championship in Burley. His prize was paid entrance fee to the "Tournament of Champions" this weekend in Sun Valley. We decided we'd leave Caleb with Grandma and Grandpa and have a weekend just the two of us.

I've lived in Idaho my whole life and I've never been to Sun Valley. Crazy huh? We stayed at the Sun Valley Lodge, and the weather was PERFECT! There was a very nice breeze, and very nice temperatures. The only down-side is that that thin mountain air doesn't provide much protection from the sun. My arms and legs got fried.















They put Parker in a group of 3 on the first day, so I was able to ride in the golf cart next to Parker. I actually enjoyed that quite a bit. And I was able to take lots of videos and pictures of my hubby. He didn't play as well as he would have liked, but it was nice just to get to walk around on that beautiful course. We saw lots of wildlife as well. SEVERAL deer, and we also saw a coyote. And then there was this magpie that snatched Parker's granola bar RIGHT out of the cart! I had to chase it down to get it back! And of course then we threw it away, because the bird had already pecked half the wrapper off. I couldn't believe that!

Last night we also hung out in Ketchum a little bit. We saw this cute enormous chair and so Parker took a picture of me. We saw this guy walk by, and we asked him to take a picture of us....but we should have known better than to ask someone who's drunk to take your picture. Needless to say it didn't turn out.

Last night we also went to a movie. We went and saw "Fame." I had gotten pretty excited about that movie, and it was quite entertaining. I liked watching all of the talent, but the movie was surprisingly devoid of a plot. Oh well, I was glad Parker came too. I know it wasn't exactly his thing.

Here at the end of the post are a few videos of Parker golfing. I did get one that he chipped in for "birdie" and it was really awesome.


All-in-all it was a nice weekend. We got to spend some good quality-time together, and enjoy some sights that both of us have never seen before. Now it's back to the grind, cuz I get to go back to work tomorrow. But we really enjoyed ourselves, and had a great time. We're glad we got to go.

Nothing....

I've been sitting here for-EVER with the computer on my lap. I feel so bad that I haven't updated my blog the way I used to. But ...... truly....... I got nothing.

As good as a raise....

Well, Caleb is pretty much potty trained. I say pretty much, because we're still working on night-time. He wears underwears during nap-time, but I haven't convinced myself to get up in the middle of the night just to take him potty, so he still wears a diaper at night. But still.....one diaper a day only adds up to.....well hardly anything. And here's the best part.... NO POOPY DIAPERS! Cuz the kid doesn't poop at night. So we don't have to throw away the smelly diapers outside anymore. It's so nice! Our goal is to have Caleb 100% out of diapers by the time the baby arrives. But not hiving to buy diapers anymore (cuz we still have a big box from the last time we got them), is almost as good as getting a raise! Grocery bill goes down! Only.....now we wanna start stalking up on newborn diapers, cuz you go through those things REALLY fast! (although I can hardly remember). Nevertheless....we'll be enjoying a diaper-free four months.

Next I guess I'd better announce that we had an ultrasound last Friday. And Parker decided he'd like to know the sex of the baby (he wasn't sure before) and so it's safe to tell all that we're having

A GIRL!!

And we're quite excited about it! I wanna start learning how to make those cute little head-band bows for baby girls, so if any of you have that particular hobby, and wanna share some information, I would really like to learn.....otherwise I'm gonna make a mess trying to figure it out. You'll have to forgive us for the poor picture. All the ultrasound pictures were bad, cuz I went to the bathroom before I went to the doctor....I kinda forgot about the full-bladder thing. As a result, the "it's a girl" prediction is not 100% for-sure. We could not confirm "girl" anatomy, however there was a definate absence of boy anatomy. So we're pretty darn sure. And I won't post the "it's a girl" picture, because it's truly a blurry mess, and I think this one is better.

Last weekend I went to "Time Out" for Women with my mom in Boise. She asked me to go, because my other sisters have little babies, and the thing lasts all day. And it was really awesome. It was a total spiritual boost, and I'm all ready to start being a better mother and wife. I really enjoyed all of the speakers, and the music by Hilary Weeks and Cherie Call. For those of you who still wanna go, I happen to know that it's gonna be in Logan, UT this coming weekend....and then SLC in November. Visit: http://deseretbook.com/time-out

Allright, lastly I'm sorry I suck at blogging lately. Work keeps me busy, and I don't always have my camera cuz Caleb likes to take pictures when I don't know about it and drain the battery. But I'm gonna try to get better. I'm excited that the weather is changing and Fall is coming. Enjoy the mild weather before it turns cold people!