sunny days

Maggie and I getting ready to go for a run. She thinks she is "running" when she rides in the stroller for a jog. She thinks she needs to wear her running shoes and shorts every time.


These two are so sweet together.



Caleb and his daddy. Casey is soooooo proud of his little boy.





My favorite little boy, playing with the wheels of my car... one of his favorite things to do now that the weather is warm


Maggie wearing her "running shoes", "basketball shorts", and the giraffe t-shirt she got for her birthday from Grandaddy and Grandmoma in Cameroon!


Caleb in his stroller just before a 5K race we did yesterday. He had his picture taken by the newspaper a lot and we got to see the pictures online today. I think they must have noticed how cute he was in his bear suit.


My happy little boy




Maggie and Caleb and I snuggling in the chair when I was sick.



Here's a random one of a peanut butter cake my sister Rachel and I made when she was here. It was soooo yummy!


Maggie wanted a picture with all her baby dolls around her in the rocking chair. She takes such good care of her little dolls.



Caleb sitting in his favorite little chair, looking like such a big boy. He expects every chair to rock, so when he climbs up into one, he tries to make it go back and forth.

oh where, oh where has my baby gone...

One of these days I really will post some pictures. And we got an HD video camera that we are "sharing" with Casey's brother, so when he gets done using it for the weekend I may even get to post some videos!!

This was a sad day for me as a result of a very unexpected occurence. This morning when Caleb woke up, he refused to nurse. I couldn't quite believe it, as just yesterday I was thinking about how much he loved it and wondering how I was ever going to get him to stop! I don't have any idea what happened, but I guess it's just that he's growing up... which was why I felt sad about it all day. I do realize that I'm being a big baby about the whole thing.... that I need to get over it because he's going to have a BIRTHDAY in a few weeks (aaaahhhhhhh), but still, I was sad about it all day. I tried everything I could think of to get him to change his mind, but he simply wants nothing to do with nursing now.... even when he's tired or in a dark room or whatever the circumstance. He bites his lip and turns his head away.. and as the day progressed, he got madder each time I offered it to him. I'm on an antibiotic for a sinus infection, so even though I've been on it for a week now, I wondered if maybe that was all of a sudden making the milk taste funny. Twice during the day, I put some in a cup for him and he ferociously slurped it down and was mad when it was gone, so.... I guess he has just decided he's too big for that baby stuff. It breaks my heart!!! I guess when Maggie stopped nursing, I was pregnant with Caleb and thinking about the next baby, so I never really felt sad... but even though I plan on having more babies, somehow this is rough for me. A few times today I felt really panicked, because for 11+ months now, I've been working to keep my milk supply up... so letting him go all day without nursing goes against everything! But this day had to come sometime... I wanted it to be months from now, but it's just another situation where I wanted to be in control and I have to learn that I'm just not. Maybe tomorrow will be easier... maybe I'll wake up able to accept it better. We'll see!

some sickness and some news.

Well, I don't have my camera with me, so I can't post any pictures right now, but I so often DON'T post anything because I don't feel like I have the time to post pictures, and I decided I'm not going to use that as an excuse anymore. We've had a very eventful last few weeks. Two weeks ago tonight we came down with a nasty stomach virus, and today is the first day since then that I've felt well! The day the stomach virus ended, the kids and I came down with a cold/cough that for me ended up being a fever as well, and when I went to the dr., they told me it was the flu. My fever lasted exactly a week, and I was stuck in the bed for days. I couldn't stand to eat much, and I lost about 8 pounds. I felt so miserable! AAAhhh... but I was very thankful for my mother-in-law, who came and cheerfully helped our family while I was able to do so little. When my fever wouldn't go away, I went back to the dr. and found out that part of the problem was a sinus infection. He gave me an antibiotic, which seemed to help right away. Yay!!!! But anyway, in more exciting news... Maggie is now potty trained and Caleb can walk!! (when he chooses to). And I do have lots of cute new pictures to post, if I ever get around to it!