Caleb's birthday, and the McQueen cake he ended up wanting (I had a hunch that would happen). I didn't go all out on the cake and make fondant (maybe next year), but instead just made up my own way of doing it. The eyes were droopy, but at least it tasted good (that was the consensous). We stayed in Midway at my parent's condo because that is Caleb's favorite place and he wanted to be there for his birthday. Hey, it's free and easy!

Here are some favorite morning Dallin looks:

He's usually happy happy when he wakes up. Of course there are always the exceptions.

So, I've been lazy and haven't gone out and bought a wire/USB (whatever they're called) to get the pictures off our camera and onto our new computer. The laptop was so much easier! Anyway, now that Spring is finally and hopefully on it's way for real this time, and my boys aren't sick, I'll get out and buy one. Then I'll put some updated pics up. As you can see, I use this mainly to put up photos and not to write, so our site looks neglected. But rest assured, I've been checking all of yours! Our cameras card is full too, so I don't have tons of recent ones either. Soon . . . soon!

Oh, Happy upcoming Easter!

So, I really need to get on the ball and update our blog. I will soon, but I just had to post this conversation I had with Caleb a minute ago. After I decided I was going to be brave, learn how to make fondant and make him an awesome birthday cake and then we searched online for some cool-looking cakes, this is all he wanted:
"Caleb, what do you want for your birthday cake?"
"Ummmm"
"Do you want a Lightning McQueen cake?"
"No. I want . . . a . . . a triangle. A triangle like this." [then he makes a triangle with his fingers]
Guess I'll wait until my child actually cares before I put a lot of time and effort into something I thought was fun. NowI just have to make a triangle cake!

Dallin loves his older brother, who always makes him laugh, just by smiling or laughing. Here's the boys going to town, with Jon's help. (I only caught the tail end of it!)

This is a long video, but I couldn't believe how long I filmed with him not knowing. Caleb loves to watch the old school "Kinght Rider" and he grooves to the music by just bouncing!

So this is how Dallin sits now days.


And, this is how he gets around! Yep, to Jon's dismay, Dallin loves to scoot back until he rolls through the middle splits! I get a kick watching him do this all day long.

Finally, a smiling picture. Dallin (and Caleb for that matter) is so smiley, but as soon as he hears or sees the camera, he's in awe and wants the camera. It's hard to get a photo of him smiling and not moving!


A common occurance: Caleb loves to get in the crib with Dallin. Caleb can't wait for Dallin to wake up and I can't wait for Dallin to grow up, only to play with Caleb (of course I love the stage in life where they still don't crawl!)



This is the look I get ALL the TIME! Love it!



Annual family outing to Gateway on November 12 (the day and place I went on my first date with Jon). We've had our picture taken here every year, including on our first date (don't ask why he had a camera . . . yeh, I thought it was strange, but now I'm glad we have a photo of our first date! Not too many people do.)

It was a doosey! So Caleb threw a ping-pong ball (yes! A PING pong ball) up in the air, never minding he was under the stairs and the ceiling was 3" from his face! He did what his dad always tells him . . . to keep his eye on the ball. It left a pretty mark and a FAT lip for several days. I kept looking for a golf ball under the stairs, but only found the ping-pong ball. The kid must have a great arm!