Good Friends, Good Times

We recently got together with one of my college friends and roommates. We had a great time and their little girl Allie is so cute! She knew about Caleb's food allergies and so she asked me if he could have pretzels. When I told her he couldn't because he's allergic to the wheat in them, she then asked if he could have yogurt. I again had to say he couldn't have it because he's allergice to milk. She was so sweet to be concerned for Caleb!The Wells

How our lives have changed from those carefree college days!

Fun in the Sun

My mother recently kept 3 of her other grandchildren for a week. We took them all swimming at the Lake and Caleb had a blast.

Caleb climbed up on his float like he was an experienced rafter. Thank goodness
my nephew Ethan was there to keep an eye on him!

Caleb acting like he's one of the big kids.

My wonderful niece Abby.

Jeremy thinking he's on the lazy river ride.

Double Trouble

Scared of water? Uh, that would be a No.

I'm a fish!

Really, I'm a fish!

Nobody was really into a group shot, least of all Caleb!

Life is Random

Okay, so here is some random stuff we've had going on.

#1. These are my tomatoes. Great huh? This is a type of cherry tomato plant especially meant for container gardening. We have so much shade around our house that I didn't think I could do very well with regular tomato plants, (even though I did finally decide to set out 2 regular tomato plants around our patio where some some sun does come through during part of the day just to see what would happen). Anyway, the exciting thing about this plant is if you can see, there are actually 2 tomatoes on it!!! They are tiny, but they are there!


#2. Here are some of my other gardening projects.

Herbalicious!

My prize-winning clematis. Okay, I can say that because I had absolutely NOTHING to do with this beautiful vine- except I did not cut it down when it was all brown and ugly. Previous homeowners planted it and we are just enoying the fruit of their labor.

My hosta garden. I think I have ~10 different varieties of hostas in this little garden, plus a fern and heuchera. Some of the hostas are miniature and they are so cute! I have my dear mother-in-law to thank for this patch of plants. This is the second time she has supplied me with hostas for a garden. The previous one we left in Farmville for the new homeowners of our old house to enjoy. Oh, the most fun in making this garden was moving all the rocks - if you live in Wilson County, TN, you better learn to be creative with rocks!

Our front porch garden. The only thing in the front of our house in terms of landscaping when we first moved in was a couple of dead bushes that didn't survive the drought from last year, some crazy scraggly trees, a deep hole that gave evidence of a previous living something with big roots and a TON, TON of weeds. Some hardwork, a couple of big loads of dirt, some help from my dad and my mother-in-law's nursery of a yard really helped to transform it! Plus, quite a few trips to Lowe's to purchase some azaleas, rhododendrons and other plants (with my aunts help!). The work isn't quite complete, but we are happy with our progress so far.

#3. Here is my youngest brother Luke's only partially finished (thankfully) haircut.

Any ladies looking for a man from the 80's? Seriously, the haircut looked good when it was finished- minus the mullet and all and he even trimmed his beard!

Last, but definitely not least, some of Caleb and his daddy having a good time.

What's the lion say? "Aaaaa!"

What's the lion say (2nd time)? "RRRRRRoar!"

Caleb and the floor had an unfortunate meeting...... and the floor won. All Caleb was left with was a nice busted lip and a scraped up nose.

Caleb and his daddy doing their best Elvis impersonations with Caleb's busted lip.

I Love You This Much

This is one of Caleb's favorite books for Grandma to read to him. As you can see in the pictures, Grandma taught him the physical expression of "this much" as in "this is how much I love you." It was so cute watching them together and Caleb always has such a great time with Grandma reading to him and teaching him new things. Believe it or not, she is the one who taught him how to roar like a lion!

Happy 69th Birthday Grandma!

We celebrated Grandma's Birthday last week with a cookout at our house. Uncle Russ and Aunt Shonna came and so did my parents. Since the weather was nice we decided to eat on the deck. Caleb had his first steak and loved it! Later we had cake and ice cream inside and it was so funny because when we were singing Happy Birthday to Pat, Caleb just smiled like we were all singing to him.

The Birthday Girl and Jeremy

My dad loves to feed little kids; towards the end of the
meal he had Caleb feeding himself, which was hilarious!

Notice how Caleb is just such a charmer with his Aunt

Shonna around?

Ear of Corn Anyone?

Caleb had corn on the cob for the first time a few weeks ago and he absolutely loved it! We were amazed at the way he devoured it. The mess was huge of course, but well worth it!

Roses and Sand

My parents have a beautiful rose garden. I took pictures of it one day to send to my dad because they were in full bloom and he was missing them while in Argentina. Caleb loves to walk through them even though there are thorns everywhere! Later that day we took Caleb to Cedar Creek. Next time we go I think we'll plan for swimming because we all got pretty hot! Thanks to the nice people who loaned us the bucket and shovel for Caleb to play with! (I know, what kind of parents are we to take our child to a play area with sand and not take him any sand toys!)