A Cute One of Caleb

Somehow we managed to go without any photos of Caleb's 3rd birthday. We had to cancel his party cause I sprained my ankle the week before. However, he seemed to survive without any serious psychological trauma. He got a birthday cake, and that seemed to be enough for him.

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Grandpa Marty and Grandma Linda's house. It was a smashing success.

I admit I was a bit nervous about how we were going to keep the boys out of too much trouble at Grandpa and Grandmas without anything being broken, and also with all the adults able to enjoy each other's company and not spend the entire time babysitting. We rotated turns being in charge, and it worked out great. Definitely a Thanksgiving to remember.

Consolidation

Well, I spent about two plus years maintaining Caleb's website only to abandon it once I got Matthew's going.

As you can imagine, life does not compartmentalize the events in Caleb's life vs. Matthew's life vs. mom, dad, and unborn baby sister for that matter. So since we are adding a new little one to the family, I have officially given up on the idea of three blogs, and will maintain one for our entire family.

So I hope you will enjoy looking at our blogs, and not find them a boring shrine to the lives of my kids, but rather an enjoyable stop on your web surfing adventures. However, I do have an ulterior motive for these blogs...they are a great way to capture our lives as they happen with significantly less glue, papercuts, time, cost, and creativity as scrapbooking. (I think I have a mutated scrapbooking gene.)

A Special Reunion

How many times do you get to have lunch with someone who knew your child, held him, and cared for him before you even got a chance to lay eyes on him?

Today was a special reunion for our family. Dr. Robledo, the pediatrician from Chicago who cared for Matthew during his cleft lip surgery in March 2007 in Vietnam was in Seattle for the weekend. We had a great time with her and her friend in downtown Seattle over lunch.