Thanksgiving Week

This week was Thanksgiving!!!! Caleb had to work, so we did our own little dinner by ourselves. i thought i would hate it, but afterwards, i kinda thought it was fun to have just our little family! :) i went all out with the cooking. we had a turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied yams, stuffing, and even pumpkin pie! since i am NOT a cooking fan, i was incredibly impressed with myself. everything tasted delicious, even the pie that didn't quite work out right lol. Caleb left for work at his usual 3:45, but we were happily surprised when he got to come home early around 6. we had planned to go black friday shopping after Caleb was home, but since he got home early we decided we could go around midnight. we wanted to find something fun to do to use up the time,so Caleb went and got a redbox for us to watch as a family. we picked gnomeo and juliet, which i thought was pretty cute lol. our black friday adventure started around 11:30, with a wide-awake baby who REFUSED to sleep at all beforehand, and we headed off to begin our night at the dreaded walmart. it was just as crazy as i remembered it being the year before, but we worked out a system that consisted of me staying with Connor and the stroller, and Caleb going into the crowds and getting what we were looking for. i liked that system alot lol. our second stop was kohls, which had even crazier lines than walmart had! but, we got everything on our list at an amazing deal, and ended up saving more money than we spent! by the time we left there it was nearly 4 am, but luckily Connor was asleep. our last stop was babies R us, to catch the amazing sale on a highchair and a bouncy toy i REALLY wanted to get for Connor. Babies R Us didn't open til 5, but surprisingly there wasn't much of a line, so we stayed in our car til it opened, and then we got in and out in seriously like half an hour! the lines at the checkout were non-existent, and we were able to get everything from there we'd hoped for, plus some. it was great! we didn't get to bed til like 6 though, and it was exhausting the next day. but soooo worth it!

Caleb started his new job this week at the Papa Murphy's down the street, so he worked friday and saturday. he's been working his butt off, and not complaining at all. i love him so much for working to hard so i can be home with connor! we had a bit of a scary incidence though while caleb was at work saturday :(. i had been eating icecream, and of course connor wanted some. he'd had icecream before, but not this specific kind. so i shared a bit with him, thinking it would be fine like all the other times. but less than five minutes later i see hives on his leg and i'm like HUH?!?!?!? and when i turned him towards me his face was COVERED! i freaked out! i took his onesie off of him and nearly lost my mind when i saw them all over his body. :(  after a phone call to my mom i put him straight in an oatmeal bath, which helped a little bit, and asked a friend of mine to run to the store for bendryl. because she's an angel, she did. once i got it in him it was helping wonderfully...until he threw up all over me, him, and the couch. then i freaked out AGAIN! my poor little boy :( of course the hives came back, and stayed all night and all today. they're finally going away... but i still feel so horrible! i'm hoping at his 6 month checkup on wednesday the pediatrician will be able to help us figure out what caused it. if he has a food allergy i'd like to know about it now, so i never cause that to happen to him again! :( it was definitely a scary experience. i'm just grateful he didn't have any troubles breathing or anything. definently a thanksgiving week i'll never forget!!!

Six Months Old!!!!

i can still hardly believe it, but our little munchkin turned 6 months old yesterday!!! i took some super cute pictures of him to document it, but my camera isn't that good, so they LOOKED super cute i thought, until i actually got them on the computer so they were big enough to look at. because of that, you won't get to see them. but just take my word on the fact that he is freakishly adorable!

lately he has been putting some serious effort into learning to crawl. he just doesn't get that you have to use both your arms and legs at the same time to make it work lol. my favorite thing ever is when he gets his cute little bum up in the air but his face is still squashed into the floor! i'll have to get a picture of it or something, because it is seriously adorable! he is learning to make different vowel sounds when he babbles, and it is super cute. his favorites right now are mamamamamama and babababababab. and he LOVES screaming in a very shrill way, and laughing when i copy him. he laughs all the time now and it is soooooooo cute! another thing he loves is grabbing peoples faces and staring into their eyes. and trying to grab your lips. and he also loves sucking on his daddy's nose too haha. and his hand/eye coordination has definitely improved over the last couple days . he has started pinching...(which i don't exactly love, since i'm the one that is usually the recipient of it, and he pinches so hard i've got bruises lol) but, he doesn't know any better so we don't yell at him. despite that, he's pretty much one of the most well-behaved babies i've ever seen! and we just LOVE HIM!!!!!

An Amazing Weekend!

Everything about this weekend was perfect! we loved having our families here to share it with us, and were so grateful that they were so willing to travel so far to be here with us! It was so special to see our sweet little boy in white and have him sealed to us for eternity! he had pretty much all of the sister temple workers in love with him after only a smile! i was told over and over again how he was stealing all of their hearts and how he was such a joy! we are so blessed to have a son that is so joyful and sweet and that has such a precious spirit! after the temple yesterday we went out to a visit goldfield ghost town with Caleb's mom and dad, and we got to walk around and see a gunfight, and take a train ride. it was tons of fun, and after, we got to go to dinner and meet up with my parents. my dad took us to a place called organ stop pizza, and it was SOOOO cool! i'd never been to a place like it before, but i'm pretty sure we'll have to go back sometime! even though we spent the whole weekend doing things and definently not relaxing, it was still amazing! caleb didn't get any time to himself and has to go back to work, and even has drill next weekend, so he won't get a break for a very long time, but he says it was worth it. we are so glad to have finally been through the temple and to be sealed for eternity now! and we're grateful for all our friends and family that supported us, and were understanding and loving. i know many people are rude and judgmental to those who don't get married in the temple originally, and we weren't any exception to that. i know there were plenty of people who looked down on us for it, but there were also wonderful people who never once judged or were unkind, and those are the people that we're so thankful for, and that helped us get there! we know how truly wonderful the temple is, and loved every second of it! we had such a special day there, and even were lucky enough to be able to have caleb's grandfather come from utah to seal us, and it was incredibly special for us! he told us to come back often, and we're planning on it! we can't wait to go again soon! :)