Holidays galore

Thanksgiving starts an extremely busy time for most, but for us it was above and beyond. For team O this year we had Nov 24th-Dec 5th in Hawaii, Thanksgiving, Vacation, and Katie Ultraman support crew, Dec 11th Grandma Potee (my mom) arrives, Dec 12th Cale's birthday, Dec 13th Cale's birthday party at our place, Dec 19th JP and Cari's 10 year wedding anniversary, oh yeah then Christmas. In there somewhere was the company Christmas party, gift exchanges and parties with friends, and Christmas cards and shopping! We are in the home stretch now only Christmas to go. I tell you what, at 30 weeks pregnant I am about to drop, this cycling weather causing all 3 of us to have colds is not helping matters either :( I am looking forward to Jan 3rd (the weekend after I have to go back to work on the 2nd. Here are some pictures from Cale's 3rd birthday. Through all of this Cale has been the typical trooper, he is so cute he melts my heart every day.

Grandma was here for Cale's birthday, fun making cupcakes!

JP went up to Cale's school for the party for Cale and Blake (same birthday)

Cupcakes at the party at our house

We had the kids paint snowmen, we got some interesting artists in the group!

Uncle Ben gave Cale a Home Depot grinder toy, it was the hit of the party

Football, Football, Football

Auburn Football, according to some there is nothing better. As an Auburn student I became an addict, like many others. Once a year (at least) we try, as a good Auburn couple, to return to pay our respects for a game. We met in Auburn, had an orange and blue wedding, had wedding photos taken on campus, have a niece in school there now, and still have that one awesome roommate that never left that draw us back there. It was so great to get back this year (we missed last year, Cale and I stayed home when JP went to the Arkansas game in Arkansas). Shell and I just pick off where ever we left off no matter how long it has been since we have seen each other, I can't think of a better definition of friendship. We had a great time with Shell and Chuck, Ashley and Kali, and Cale had the best time of all. We bought him all kinds of Auburn gear, including a small football that he did not let go of until we got back to Dallas!

The new found respect for football for Cale remained into this past weekend. We had the crew over to watch the painful Georgia/Auburn game. At half time the boys went out front for some catch, this time Cale wanted to participate. My dad was in town for the game, he and Cale had a great time playing football. The picture below is my dad trying to juke Cale and the next one down is Cale running in for a touchdown (nice tuck son!). Can't ask for more precious boy moments than these!

Halloween with Superman!

We were a bit concerned about Cale and Halloween. He did not want to dress up, buy a costume, or go door to door before the actual event. It was a struggle but we got him into his Superman costume from last year...

Cale in 2007

Cale 2008

He loved getting candy, and eating as much as we would let him.

We stayed at the house this year and took him door to door with his neighbor friend Haizen.


He ended up having a blast as superman. So much so that he sleep in his costume and demanded that he be Superman for Saturday as well (even when he went to Home Depot with Dad, orange smock and superman!). He was too cute to deny :)

There have been complaints from friends and family that I have not posted any pictures of me since I have been 'showing' this pregnancy. Well here you go... I have been told that at 23 weeks I don't look very big at all. I beg to differ. Although I know I will get much, much bigger, I still feel like I am as big as a house.

I am feeling the little guy move a lot these days, and all the sonograms have seen a very healthy, growing boy! So far so good :)

Zoo

We did go to the Dallas Zoo just over a week ago, here are some pictures of our adventure down on the train and at the Zoo...

Take a Time out for fun

Well, yesterday should have gone like this (according to my type A brain): get up, go for a run, go to church, go to lunch with friends, come home, put Cale down for a nap, wash windows and clean the garage while JP finishes the fence work, get Cale up, go to community group, go to dinner, come home and work for a couple of hours (to prep for a meeting on Monday), go to bed.
Sometimes the free spirit of JP and Cale actually do get through to me. Here is how yesterday actually went: roll out of bed around 8:30, no shower, grab breakfast at McDonald's on the way to the DART station, catch the DART train down to the Dallas Zoo, have a blast with Cale and JP at the Zoo for a couple of hours, ride the train home, all 3 of us go down for a nap, Cale wakes us up, we are late to community group, community group decides there are only 5 of us so we go to dinner instead, come home, get some work done, go to bed.
It was all worth it. Cale had such a great time riding the train and going to the Zoo, we all did. I will post some pictures from our adventure when I get time in my schedule to upload them!!! :)
Enjoy the time we have, the other stuff will always be there tomorrow.

Cale's Story for Grandma