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Happy Pioneer Day!

We went to the Days of 47 Rodeo last week, it was a lot of fun. We hadn't been to a rodeo for a long time. We got 3rd row tickets and we could smell the horse sweat...mmmm



Caleb wasn't very interested in the rodeo.

SMILE

Home from church. Paul went in the bedroom to change Caleb's diaper, I came in a few minutes later to find them like this. We did some fireworks but Caleb slept through every pop, snap and crackle. Caleb smiled for the first time at me about a week ago. It's so fun to see that he express' pleasure and happiness. Sometimes in his sleep he will smile and even let out a little giggle sounds. So cute!

A Day in the Life of Amelia and Caleb

Many of you mothers reading this know what it's like to have a baby, but for me, this is a new experience.
7:00am FEED THE BABY
8:00am Back to bed for us both.
10:00am FEED THE BABY
11:00am I try to shower, Caleb loves sitting in his bouncy chair in the bathroom and listening to the fan and water.
1:00pm FEED THE BABY
2:00pm Finally I'm ready for the day, now I try to get some work done: cleaning, dishes, projects that have been waiting for a long time to be finished...
4:00pm FEED THE BABY
5:00pm If Caleb will sleep I get to take a nap, if not, I'm continually putting his binky back in his mouth to try to get him to sleep.
7:00pm FEED THE BABY (by this time Paul has usually made dinner, he's so great!)
8:00pm I'm tired but this is my time to be with Paul before he goes to work, and Caleb is usually awake and happy.
10:00pm FEED THE BABY
10-12pm Caleb's fussy time, I'm exhausted.
Finally he sleeps
4:00am FEED THE BABY
...and it starts all over again. I figured it out and I spend 8 hours a day feeding Caleb, that's like a full time job! Too bad I'm not getting paid for it. But he will be one healthy, well fed kid. I love being a mom!!

Running my life...

I'm finally taking some time to sit down and write a little on the blog. I think Paul, Caleb and I have finally adjusted to our new life as a family of three. Caleb is such a joy to have. Since week 2 Caleb has been sleeping 5-7 hours at night, it's so great! I love being a mom, it's crazy how much love I have for Caleb when we've only known each other for such a short time. I hate thinking about him ever getting hurt, but unfortunately there is no way for me to stop that from happening. There is no more being spontaneous, everything has to be planned around Caleb's eating and nap times. He runs our lives. We now have a pretty good schedule for him though so it makes planning a grocery trip a little easier and we were even able to go shopping for a few hours the other day (I don't fit into my pre pregnancy clothes anymore). I'm feeling much better now and I can occasionally make it through the day without a nap.
We had a great 4th of July in Grantsville. I went down to watch the parade with the famliy and Paul came after he got off work. July 4th is one of Paul's favorite holidays so he wasn't about to miss out on anything, which means he only slept 2 hours in over 48 hours. He is crazy, but somehow he pulls it off. Later in the day we had a BBQ and played some volleyball. It was great to be with family. Caleb was never set down, he was constantly held by cousins, aunts, uncles, grandma and grandpa. He loved it.
Salena got us all Old Navy flag shirts, it's fun to be matching. Even Caleb got a cute little 4th of July onsie.
I have a many requests for more pictures of Caleb on here so here they are:
I caught Caleb sucking his thumb.


Caleb's cousin Sammy, she LOVES holding the baby!



This is Caleb's 2nd cousin Landon, he is just a few days older than Caleb.

We love our nap time!

Maxwell enjoyed sitting in Caleb's carseat and pretending to be the baby. We put Caleb on Max's lap and he put his arms around Caleb, he loved having him on his lap. When we took Caleb off Max started crying and stretching his arms toward Caleb and saying "Baby! Baby!"

A Mysterious Package

This past week the UPS man delivered this mysterious looking package to our door. It was wrapped in duck tape, Which I have learned as a security guard to be super cautious if you see a package like this. I was weary to open it, I thought it might blow our house to kingdom kong. I put it to my ear to see if it was ticking or anything like that. In the end I finally opened it and it was a cute dinosaur blanket for Caleb. It was sent to us from the Bingham family from Ohio, Bro Bingham was my ward mission leader for a few transfers on my mission. I love the Binghams, they are such a great family, thank you so much for the blanket Sis Bingham.