...and Carson!

Carson is Brady's neighbor who comes over to play with us sometimes.  I'm so thankful for so many buddies for Caleb....especially since he's an only child and could easily just have lots of adults around. 

He's quite comfortable with adults too.  The other night at a meeting, I looked over and he was surrounded by several big men who were talking.  It didn't phase him a bit and he seemed right at home.  :) His new thing at stores is that he "needs to talk to a worker to tell them something."  We've come to stores and people remember him because of his conversations.  Our little social boy!

More New Friends

 Caleb is loving my "job" of watching other people's kids!  :)  Although he doesn't realize it's my job.

 We spend a couple of days with our friends' kids, Jack and Stan and had a great time.  Jack was born just 3 months after Caleb, but we haven't spend much time at all together over the last couple of years.  So now they are pretty much just meeting.

 Yep, I think we'll be spending more time together from now on!  SO much fun!

 Stuck in a "spider web" needing to be rescued.

 Trying to chop a tree down (without first accidentally poking each others' eyes out).

Another great day!

My New Sweetie!!!! Siena!

Well, here she is!  3 months old already!  

 I didn't get much time with her at all until a couple of weeks ago.  We've been getting time to ease into her mama going back to work full time.  We've bonded now and she's won my heart within a few hours. :)

Please be praying for us all..meaning me, Brady, Caleb, Matt and Amber, as we make the adjustment when Amber returns to work full time in a week.  Lots of new juggling preschool, play, naps, eating, quiet times, loud times, 2 and 3 year old power struggles, and everything else with 3 little loves in a small space! We'll make it, but the first month might be bumpy. Thanks!

Train Museum

Caleb and Matt had a "Daddy Date" a couple weeks ago to the train museum in Sacramento.

 They first stopped to have their lunch by the water.

 It was a nice clear day, but pretty cold out.

 Lots of silliness with Daddy! 

 Getting cold...time to run to the museum!

 Caleb's gotten good at spotting Thomas trains since they are all Brady's favorites!

 I wasn't there, but can easily see how HUGE this engine is~ Pretty amazing!

 Caleb liked seeing the sleeping cars with all the beds.

Before leaving they enjoyed playing with the toy models that were set up for the kids.  Fun times!

Jackson

Another one of Caleb's best buddies is Jackson!

I've been taking care of him every Sunday afternoon since Brady's mom has been on maternity leave.

 Brady is 8 months younger than Caleb and Jackson is about 8 months older, so it's been good for him to be on the other end of things for a while.

 We usually walk to a park nearby and spend a few hours riding bikes, playing on the playground, running around and playing in the sand on the volleyball court.

 They have lots of fun together and can hardly wait until the next week once we leave!

More Brady Fun

It's never a dull moment with these two!

 A random day at the soccer field.  I guess it was nap time! :)

 We found another volleyball court and had fun burying their legs...but I forgot my camera, so another phone picture.

 This is just the other day!  These two were being SO funny rescuing everyone from imaginary fires!  I was about to get a video and of course then Caleb fell and hurt himself!  But here's a few pictures.

And an ACTION shot!  There goes Caleb to rescue someone with Brady jumping off the ledge and ready to follow right behind! So many smiles that morning! :)

More Fun at the Park

Well, I haven't gotten to spend much time yet with Siena, Brady's new baby sister.  For now she's spending time with her Mama, and we take Brady out to play a few times a week. 

 Parks have been our main destination lately, since it seems that anywhere inside just spreads lots of sick germs! SO MANY sick kids this year.

 For some reason I think that Caleb looks REALLY old and tall in this picture!  Usually Brady is the athlete and even able to do more than Caleb on some play structures, but this is one that Caleb was proud to master and teach Brady how to do it.

 Sliding down backwards together is pretty funny!

 I love this one! 

I LOVE pushing Brady on the swings since he thinks it's the absolute funniest thing in the world. 

 He gets to laughing which of course is contagious!

 Caleb thinks he's pretty funny when he slides forward in the swing.  His fear of swings is far gone!  It took him quite a while to get used to them but now he's getting quite adventurous and brave!

The volleyball court has become our seaside! :)