Caleb's "Weird" Face

For some time now Mr. Caleb has been making these very weird, slightly frightening faces. It happens at different times throughout the day and it is absolutely up to his discretion at whom and at what he makes these faces to. For instance we were in the "Red Room" at Dr. Ho's a few weeks back and he was making "the face" at the red wall in the room (not at the other 3 white walls, just the red one). Another example: every night he makes "the face" at the microwave as it heats up his bottle; however, if he gets a bottle during the day, the microwave stays neutral. I haven't figured out yet if "the face" means he is happy or upset. Anyway, I thought it was time to share this abnormal habit with the rest of the world. Enjoy... or be a little frightened.

Date Night

My husband is so wonderful!!! ...We have started to do this rotating date night with 2 other couples, the Woodwards and the Breys. "Date Night" is every Thursday evening from 5:30 - 8:00 and we rotate which couple babysits all of the children while the other 2 couples can have a date with their spouses. For instance, last night the Woodwards had the kids (7 in all!!) while the Breys' and us were able to go on a date, and next Thursday Nate & I will have all the kids, and the following Thursday the Breys' will have them and so forth. That way everyone gets a date night 2 weeks in a row. I am so excited about this ~ I LOVE to go on dates with my husband! Anyway, back to how wonderful he is... last night for our date he told me that we were not going out to a restaurant but that we were going to eat at home and he was going to do all of the cooking. He had already gone to the grocery store the day before and gotten everything he need to prepare the meal. He came home from work and cleaned the whole kitchen while I got the boys ready and took them to the Woodwards house. When I got back he told me what was on the menu, which included: grilled shrimp appetizer marinated in a red-wine vinaigrette, spinach salad with julienned pears and a rasberry balsamic dressing, steamed artichokes, grilled Ahi tuna steaks and fresh baked bread!! It was the most wonderful meal ever!!! I couldn't believe that we could have the best date night ever right here at home! What a blessing the Lord has given me in my husband!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, CALEB!!

Wow, I can't believe that Caleb is already one!! We celebrated our baby's birthday on April 5 (his b-day was the 4th) with a our family and friends at our house. Nate bbq'd hamburgers and hotdogs for everyone and his dad made some wonderful potato salad. The party was Baby Einstein themed, which are Caleb's favorite movies (when the little caterpillar comes out during opening credits, he just grins ear to ear). SO many people came to celebrate the birth of our little boy with us and he just soaked up all the attention. It was a FABULOUS day! Happy Birthday, Caleb!! :)

Our month in review... apparently

Since I have (yet again) failed to adequately update our dear blog, I am posting a slideshow of the entire month of March, complete with our Easter pictures.

Here is just a quick note of what went on...

March started off great with Nate home from training! We had him to ourselves until the 17th when he flew off to Las Vegas for a week for TAP's National sales meetings. At the meetings we learned the TAP was being bought out by it's parent companies, Abbott Labs and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Nate's drugs half (Lupron) is being moved over to Abbott, which is just wonderful news for us!! Abbott is the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world and Nate will be going to their oncology division.
As Nate was leaving for Las Vegas, Caleb and Matthew both became ill. Caleb started out with 4 blisters in the back of his throat accompanied with a 103 degree temp, and Matty developed a pretty nasty cold. We battled that for a whole week and at the start of the second week (on Easter night), both of them had gotten pink eye. It was a blast. Nate took a day off from work at the boys' worst to help out, but after 5 days of eye drops and lots of wiping Matt's nose, I am pleased to say everyone is yet again healthy. And, in the middle of all the craziness... we got a new puppy! Her name is Abby Jane and she is a black 10 week old Great Dane. We love her!!!
As of today we are all doing great and just preparing to celebrate Caleb's 1st birthday on Friday! His actually birthday party will be on Saturday at 11.

Okay, we are off to bed. We hope everyone is having a wonderful week!