Happy Halloween!

It's a bird....

It's a plane....

It's..............................

SUPER BABY!!!
i love his costume. it was technically his back up costume because the monkey costume was way too warm for the weather we've been having. we ordered his shirt online and cut the cape out of some simple red fabric. the pants and red bloomers are leia's so it was a really inexpensive costume and it turned out really cute! and the best part is that he'll get to wear it to kaia's super hero birthday too!

Super Baby needs a Super Mom to push him in his stroller!

Caleb's first trick or treat experience. We went Trunk or Treating at church. Thanks for the candy, baby! Next year you can have some too. :)

My babies! Super Baby Caleb, Wonder Woman Kaia, Tinkerbell Leia & Abby Cadabby Justice! Aren't they the cutest?!?!!

***Trunk or Treat - Best In Show***

McCain/Palin/Super Baby 2008

Their "trunk" was hilarious!

Robin's Baby Shower

today caleb and i went to my old work to attend robin's baby shower. she's having a baby boy in early december and she looks beautiful! what a hot pregger-mama, huh? here is a group photo of me and caleb with some of the girls. i miss them a lot!

it was so good to see everyone. CONGRATULATIONS, Robin! we can't wait to meet baby Jacob and to see all of you again soon! XOXOXOXO

tonight we finally carved caleb's pumpkin. john made the jack 'o lantern's smile match caleb's. he had another tooth cut through his gums today. that makes a total of 5 teeth. ouch (for him and for me too!).

Good news

i just got back from my doctor's appt and my lump was just a clogged milk duct! the doctor poked a needle in it and drained it right then and there and now it's GONE!!! Wooooo-hooooo!!! praise God! i don't know why my family doctor was so sure that it wasn't a clogged milk duct. she caused a lot of worry and fear for a lot of people. i'm just glad that she was wrong and that the lump is gone. i feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. thank you all so much for your prayers.

speaking of prayers... please, if you could, say a prayer for elizabeth. she's back in the hospital now with a blood clot in her lungs. thank you so much.

7 Month Pictures

this month cousin justice went with us to take pictures!
my little monkey! he's actually going to be TWO things for halloween. i like the monkey costume but he gets really hot in it so we have a backup costume. i think i like the backup one better! you'll have to wait and see.... :)
he had some help with this position. he can sort of get to it on his own but not on cue for pictures. :) won't be long before he's crawling!

my little man. i love him so much!!

Lump (**updated**)

**UPDATED AT BOTTOM**

i have a lump in my left breast. it's hard and is the size of a small marble. i thought it was a clogged milk duct but my doctor says it's not. she says it's probably a cyst, but she wants me to get checked out by the breast clinic to be on the safe side. i have an appointment next monday.

suprisingly, i'm not freaking out about it (at least not yet). i've never had a mammogram before and i've heard that they can be painful. i'm not really worried about that either, though. i think it will be ok. if it ends up being worse than a cyst, then i'll just have to deal with it. whatever i need to do to stay healthy. john needs me. caleb needs me. i need them.

i get sad whenever i am holding caleb and he is nursing. i think about what it will mean to him and john if i get sick. i don't think it's cancer but then again, does anyone really ever think it is? i don't know.

let God's will be done, whatever it is.

*** UPDATE: thank you so much for everyone's comments and prayers. nothing new to report yet but john talked to one of his buddies who's wife had lumps in her breasts after each of her 4 pregnancies. in her case, the lumps were cysts and she was given antibiotics and the cysts went away. hopefully it will be the same way for me. i will post again after my appt on monday. wish me luck!!***

Race for the Cure

In support of my 27 year old sister-in-law, Elizabeth, we participated in the Susan Komen Race for the Cure 5K this morning. It was awesome to see so many people together for a cause as important as this one. Elizabeth has shown such strength and courage during her battle with breast cancer. We are so proud of her and love her very much!

How hard could it be?

how hard could it be to change a baby's diaper? well, let me tell you, it's not easy. caleb does so many flips, twists, turns and grabs that it's nearly impossible to change his diaper. it can get pretty frustrating but mostly it's just cute. just look at those buns. :)

Practice, practice

he's trying to crawl! i tell him to slow down, there's plenty of time for that stuff, just be a little baby and let me hold you and don't grow up too fast. but he's not listening. he wants to be on the move. places to go and people to see. he still has a ways to go before he's actually crawling but it won't be long. he inches his way to where he wants to go. he scoots on his bootie sometimes too. it's so cute.
it looks like he's doing yoga here. hahahah. :)
he's up! now to get those legs to cooperate...
guess those legs didn't want to listen...
practice makes perfect, baby! don't worry, we'll try again soon!

the picture below is from tonight's bath. he is so much fun.

caleb loves his baths. last week we moved him to the big tub now that he's a big boy. at first he didn't like it but then he realized that he can splash a lot more in this tub. he loves to splash! just look at that face. doesn't he look like he's having a good time?

Pumpkin Carving Party '08

Saturday night we went out to Long Beach to see Ljiljana, Jan, and Dominic for a Pumpkin Carving Party at their house.

William, Uncle Jan, Ed, Uncle Dominic
Miriam, Frank, Aunt Ljiljana
Here's a picture of everyone's pumpkins. They all turned out really good. John and I won 1st & 3rd place. John did a funny faced one and mine was a spider web (see below).

Caleb liked them too!

Thanks Jan, Ljiljana & Dom for having us out! We had a really good time. Love you all and hope to see you again soon!

Look, Ma! No Hands!

caleb likes his scooter. he gets so happy when he pushes himself backwards. he's pretty good about not falling although i watch him very closely every time he's on it. he also likes playing with his stand-up activity play-thingy. he is so busy!! i am so going to be in trouble when he is able to get around on his own! we had a baby proofer guy come to the house to give us an estimate on baby proofing everything. i think caleb is going to be the kind of baby that is into everything. if caleb's anything like his father was when he was a kid then i am going to have to watch him like a hawk.

To the top!

we climbed up Mt.Rubidoux today. the weather has cooled down a lot so it sounded like a good idea to us this morning and i'm glad we did it. i'm also really glad that uncle derek, auntie shannon, kaia and leia decided to go with us because we had a lot of fun with them. thanks guys! let's do it again soon. :)

here we are at the top of the mountain.


this is caleb practicing "surfing" on his daddy's hands. he loves it!

Mom of the Month

i was chosen to be Mom of the Month for my Stroller Strides group. i am incredibly honored and very happy to have been chosen. after all that we went through to get pregnant, i thought that i would never even get the chance to be a mom, and here i am now "Mom of the Month". i know it wouldn't be a big deal to a lot of people out there but to me, it's a really big deal. caleb is my pride and joy and i love being his mommy.

Playing Fetch

when i was on bedrest lilo and i would play fetch all day long. after all, what else was there to do? well, needless to say, since caleb has arrived there are a lot more things to do besides play fetch all day. so whenever anyone shows any interest at all in lilo, she wants them to play fetch with her and will bring them her ball. so, lately she has started bringing caleb her ball to see if he will play with her and this morning i caught it on video. enjoy. :)

Caleb & Brixie Lee

brixie and brixie lee came over today to hang out and as usual, it was great to see them both. caleb and brixie lee were coincidentally wearing their red, white and blues so we had to get a couple of pictures of the "twins". as you can see in the second picture, caleb didn't want brixie lee to get too far!

7 months old!

caleb turned 7 months old today! i know i say this every month but, wow, time is flying by way too fast. he woke up this morning with another bottom tooth poking through his gums. that makes 3 toofers. you can kind of see one of the bottom teeth and his top canine in the picture above. i love his toothy lil' smile! :)

HAPPY 7 MONTH BIRTHDAY, BABY! I LOVE YOU!!