It's been too long since I've written on here.

On March 10, 2010, the newest blessing in my life was born: Cody Austin. It's been quite a transition for all of us getting used to another person in our family but we've come along well.

This past week, the four of us went to Dallas, Texas to visit some family. We stayed with cousin Don and his family over the weekend and with cousin Diane on Monday. We saw a whole bunch of cousins: Myron, little Myron, Sarah, Don, Lexy and Kay, David and Vanessa, Diane and Tack, and Carter, Ruthanne, Teddy, Sam and Josh, as well as aunt Libby, Aunt Jimmie and Uncle Doyle. That was the first time they met Calvin and Cody.

Both boys were very well behaved. Both aunt Libby and aunt Jimmie cried when holding Cody. They miss their sister, Wanda, who was Calvin and Cody's grandma.

The trip took us about 20 hours over 2 days each way. The boys did wonderfully in the car. Cody slept a good portion of the time. Upon arriving in Texas, Calvin learned the words BIG and orange and we were able to then point out the Big Trucks, Trains (most of them were orange), cows and horses with Calvin. We sometimes counted the Big Trucks because there were so many of them! All in all, it was a good trip for all four of us.

Play Time!

Today we attended the 2nd Birthday Party for Clay Smith, my boss' son. All of the boys had a blast, the worst part of the day was when we had to leave.


Clavin trying to keep up with the big boys in the bouncy house.

He loves to play in the playhouse!

He said BOO! when he opened the windows. I think he was drawn to it because of all girls playing in there. That's my little ladies man!

Poop!

Today we hit a milestone, Calvin went poop in the potty for the first time! We are so proud of his excremental ability! I am beaming with pride at my little guy. He's going to grow right up on us.

Here are a couple pictures from the past couple days:

Eating batter from the Calvin friendly cake I made for a holiday party we went to.

Letting loose Calvin's creative abilities, all over his hands, face and the chair! Good thing they make washable markers, he came clean with no problem, as did the furniture.

Sleep and Wipes

Wade and I went to check on Calvin today while he was napping. We found that he'd taken his baby wipes off the changing table and emptied them out. Then fell asleep sitting up with his puppy, which is the only stuffed animal he likes so far. He was sitting there bobbing his head.

Words!

The list of words Calvin says so far:

Daddy
Momma
Casey
Buddy
dog
Go
no
bubble
water
apple
purple
up
down
out
Elmo = Melmo
Barney = Bardone
cookie = coco
on
balloon
Virginia = Ninna
Wee!
spoon = poon
juice
eye
bye
yes
bang
woof
that = dat
allergy = algae
bottle
mine
book
ball
eat
pee
poop
hat
key
monkey = money
apple
ear
hair
cheek
yeah!
fish
bird

dog

Sleeping Beauty

There is truly nothing like a sleeping child.

In the Mountains

These were taken by tunnel 1 up Clear Creek Canyon. Calvin really enjoys playing in the dirt.