Mother's Day

Sunday was my very first Mother's Day! It's funny how the holiday takes on a whole new meaning when you're actually a mom. We were lucky enough to be able to celebrate the day with both of our families. Tyler's family came in town on Saturday and stayed overnight. It was so fun to see them interacting with their grandson! Caleb has changed so much since they last saw him when he was a week old. We were especially grateful for Caleb's wonderful grandma Sue who allowed us to sleep all night while she took all of the feedings, diaper changes, etc.!

Mother's Day morning was especially memorable because Caleb had his infant dedication at church. In our church, we don't have baptisms for babies because they pretty much have no idea what the significance of a baptism is. Instead, a simple baby dedication is done where the parents pledge to raise their child to know about and love Jesus and the pastor prays for the child. It was wonderful to have our entire family there to share in the special moment. We can't wait for the day when we can all come together again to celebrate Caleb's baptism. Hopefully he will come to know and understand the concept of salvation and commit himself to living a Christian life very early on...and then make the choice to be baptized. For now, we just contine to pray for our little guy and anticipate the day when he puts Jesus first in his life!

Well, there isn't much else to update everyone on. We've been having so much fun watching our little darling grow one day at a time. He has SO much personality and loves to smile and coo. We've also been busy homeowners over the past few weeks. Tyler has torn out just about every piece of the old landscaping and we are anxiously awaiting the day when our new landscaping is done. In addition to landscaping, we'll be putting in a fence in a few weeks. We can't wait to be able to just open the door and let Chesney run free in the yard. We also had a not so happy moment when we decided to peel away and repaint our bay window in the front of our house. We never finished the project because we realized the window is completely rotted and now need to spend quite a bit to replace it...yuck! We're hoping we don't have any unpleasant surprises as we begin to tackle the next outdoor project: the pool. We're hoping it's in good shape so that we can spend plenty of time hanging out in it during the upcoming summer months. Speaking of which, summer break will be here shortly...but not until I head back to work for the final two weeks of the year. I have very mixed emotions about the whole back-to-work process. Although I miss my students like crazy, I'm going to be very sad to leave Caleb. He'll be in good hands though with his grandma! For now, I'm just enjoying the last few days I have as a true stay-at-home mom: a job that is quite possibly harder than any job I've ever had!

Okay, so I can't post this without putting some more pictures of the little cutie...ENJOY!

Caleb's visit to Grand Prairie:

All bundled up after a walk:

Hanging out with Chesney:
Spending some quality time with grandpa Ron: