Introducing the Potty

We started introducing Caleb to the potty this week. We definitely haven't started "potty training" yet but his doctor said that he's old enough to start introducing it so we did. He sits on the potty about 3-4 times a day. I can't believe it but he actually sits there and lets me read to him... AND he's peed on the potty 4 times!! It's pretty cool and he is so proud of himself when there is pee-pee in that potty. My big boy.

hmmmm...... i gotta check this out...

is that MY pee-pee??

yep, i'm a big boy now.

Camping '09

Last weekend we went camping at Lake Perris with our small group. We had a really good time. Here are some pictures that were taken at the lake....

Thanks to all of our small group members for spending such a great weekend with us! We love you guys!

Road trip: San Jose & San Francisco

We've been really busy these past couple of weeks. We drove up to San Jose for cousin Leiola's 1st birthday luau and then took the train to San Francisco. It was so fun and Caleb did wonderful the whole time. He is quite the traveler! Enjoy some pics from our road trip....

This picture is out of order (it should be at the bottom since it was taken on the pier in San Francisco). I love it. John is such a good daddy.

We were privileged to watch some amazing hula dancers. Cousin Kanoe dances beautifully... she is awesome!

There's the birthday girl! It's my party and I'll sleep if I want to! Leiola is a wonderful little baby. So happy!!

The family!

Caleb loved the sea lions on the wharf. They are such cool animals.

A family pic on a San Francisco trolley. I love my guys.

Party Kingdom

Today we met Brixie and the girls at Party Kingdom and we had a blast. We bounced, bounced, bounced, and slid, slid, slid, and then bounced some more. Derek, Shannon, Kaia and Leia went with us too! Caleb had a great time -- we all did! Here are some pictures of our day...

Brix and the girls.... I wish we could hang out more often!

Mommy and Caleb on a horsey

Kaia and Caleb --- woooo!!!

Derek and Lei Lei -- whoa, slow down!!

Bounce, bounce, baby!!

Mommy and Caleb on the biiiiiggggg slide! He wasn't scared at all!

This one's blurry -- could it be that they are just going way too fast?? :)

Marriage Retreat 2009

Every year our church puts together an amazing weekend getaway for married couples. We didn't go last year because Caleb was still pretty young and was having reflux issues. But this year, it was a MUST! We stayed at an incredible resort in Palm Springs and truly enjoyed ourselves. We loved it and can't wait to go to next year's retreat. Caleb stayed with Nema & Papa and although I missed him sooooo much, it was nice to get away with my hubby. It was the first time we had ever been away from him overnight and this was for TWO nights in a row! He did really good though because he loves his PapaNema so much. John and I probably missed him more than he missed us. :) It was a wonderful weekend!

Say Cheese!!

My Auntie Gladys flew in on Friday for my sister-in-law's baby shower and as always, we've had a lot of fun together. Today we went cheese-tasting with her and my mom and dad. Yummmy... gouda... :) There were lots of cows and a couple of goats, geese and a llama. The animals were Caleb's favorite part of the trip!

After all of that cheese we went to lunch at Lucille's. Say Cheese!

Auntie Gladys says that she looks better behind the camera (I disagree!) so unfortunately, we don't have any pictures of her from today. Above is a picture of Nema, Caleb, myself and Papa standing with the cows behind us.

Caleb really liked this llama.

Lunchtime!

Friends and a Fever

Today Caleb and I went to visit my friends Chrissy (who is having twins - boy & girl), my friend Steph and her 3 kids (2 of which are boy & girl twins), and Jamie and her 3 kids. It was a lot of fun seeing them and I wish we were able to get together more often. Caleb had a fun time too!

He started feeling a little warm but i thought it was because he was running around playing but he felt hot when we got to my mom's house (had plans to have dinner over there tonight). He was running a 101* fever so I gave him tylenol and we went home. He conked out for a couple hours, woke up to have a couple bites of food and read a few books, and then wanted to go back to sleep. His fever was up to 102* so he got more tylenol and now he's snuggled up with his daddy in bed. I hope he feels better soon and that this fever doesn't mean another ear infection.

Speaking of ear infections... I cancelled his surgery for tubes. Well, it would have been cancelled/postponed anyway because the day of his "wellness" checkup, he woke up with a slight cough. The doctor emphasized to me that when he has his surgery he must be 100% healthy meaning no cough, no runny nose, no sneezing, etc. So anyway, even if I hadn't cancelled it, it would have been put off for a while. My reasoning for cancelling it was because the last time he had a really bad runny nose he didn't get an ear infection so I thought that maybe he might have outgrown his tendency to getting them. Plus, we are going to be switching our health insurance soon since John got a new job and I want to make sure that if and when he has the surgery, that he stays with the same doctor for all of his follow-up care. So that's that. We'l ljust have to wait and see now.