Almost...

Just finished our last FULL week of school!!! Yahoo!!! We finish this coming Thursday with a half day, then the staff party on Thursday afternoon. Monday this week is rafting, Tuesday - Worlds Fair, Wednesday - Field day, Thursday - finish things up and DONE! This week will fly by for sure!
Today we purchased the rest of our garden veggies. Tomatoes, peppers, squash, and a few strawberries for a big pot that we have. Loving the gardening experience so far. We have a few things starting to pop up, radishes will be done soon, and hopefully lettuce will take off as well, so we can have some fresh salads.

Tomorrow we are planning on biking up Vail Pass with Cayle... should be fun!

last couple days

The Cardinal game on Sunday was fantastic (thanks for the anniversary present babe!) They won! Cayle did pretty good, but it's a long time for him to sit still. After the game, Natalie had gotten us a hotel room where they had a pool. Cayle loved playing in the pool. He loves the water! Bonus: We got to get Coldstone while we were in Denver! LOVE IT!!!!
He has this new thing he does with his tongue. He loves to stick it out while he is playing and crawling around...
A couple of weeks ago, we bought some play sand for Cayle's turtle. Now that the sun has been out a few days, he loves playing in his sandbox! However, it seems as if his favorite thing to do with it, is to throw the sand out into the rocks.... Oh well, we have a couple extra bags of sand I guess. He loves to get messy!
Saturday afternoon we went for a short hike up Spring Creek road which is just behind our house. It's a little dirt road that climbs up on Hardscrabble and is heavily used by motorcycle riders. But after you get up high enough, the motorcycles pretty much disappear. Cayle road along in the backpack. It was a beautiful day! Sunny and 70.My attempt to photograph some bright orange flowers growing in the high country.

We have some veggies coming up in the garden! This is very exciting, as it is our first gardening attempt. So far coming up are carrots, romaine, leaf lettuce, spinach, green onions, and just tonight I saw the peas poking through the dirt. The radishes are going to be ready to harvest in a couple weeks already.

Dates!

Lots of fun planned for this weekend - can't wait!
We have our 3rd anniversary coming up on Tuesday, so Nick and I planned some fun events for each other this weekend.
We are going to dinner tomorrow night at Pastatively, an amazing, local little Italian joint in Eagle. Mary is going to watch Cayle. Then Saturday morning, I'm getting a massage. Oh how I love massages! I haven't had one in years, so I'm really looking forward to it!
On Sunday, we are heading to Denver after church. We're going to see the Cards play the Rockies (go Rockies!). Then, we'll be staying at a hotel with an indoor pool! And free breakfast! Cayle will love that! (Many thanks to my sis for being the internet troll that she is and finding us a great deal on the hotel!) Monday we plan to go to the Denver zoo. Yay for zoo admission discount coupons from Wendy's!
Now, I know some of you are wondering, who's going to take care of the dogs? No worries everyone...it's all under control. One of Nick's students lives a few doors down from us and she is going to stop by the house Sunday and Monday to take care of Wrigley and Rusty. We're going to use this weekend as a sort of "try-out" for our summer vacation...see if this girl can handle the dogs and watering the garden for our trip back to IL in July. Sophie will be staying with our friend Mary Sunday night. (Yes, the same Mary who is babysitting Cayle so that Nick and I can go out to eat!)

NBA Playoffs

Not a Huge fan of the NBA by any means, but that was a pretty great comeback by the Dallas Mavericks tonight against the OKC Thunder. Down by 15 with less than 5 minutes left and came back to tie it in regulation, then to win in overtime! Dirk was amazing at the end of regulation. So, regardless of how much I dislike the NBA in the regular season, it seems like the defensive efforts step up a bit in the playoffs.

Somewhat sad...

Somewhat of a sad event today...
I cleaned and sterilized my breast pump and all of Cayle's bottles, nipples, and pacifiers. They are all neatly boxed up and ready for the next baby. I also installed Cayle's new "big boy" car seat in the car - which means his infant carrier is also boxed up and awaiting a little sibling to make use of it.

He's such a big boy now! No bottles (all milk is in a sippy cup or straight from mommy) and he sits in his big seat in the car. The good news is he took to the whole milk and his new seat like a champ! He loves them!

1st Birthday Party

Although Cayle officially turned one on Wednesday, we didn't have his party until today. The weather didn't fully cooperate, so we had our meal in the garage...and made sure to have the fire pit going out in the driveway. We had grilled individual pizzas for lunch with all the toppings you could imagine. Cayle really enjoyed his pizza :)
Then we had cupcakes, brownies and ice cream after we sang to Cayle. He loved his cupcakes but wasn't quite sure what to think of everyone singing to him.
After dessert, Cayle opened his presents. Mostly mommy opened the presents and tried showing Cayle what he got. Lots of gifts were shipped in from family and friends. Cayle got some clothes and lots of books...super-cool books, which is nice, because we read a book every night before he goes to bed.

Cayle was pretty tired by the end of the party...

What a year!

It has been an amazing experience this past year watching Cayle grow and learn. Nick and I have learned lots about ourselves :) Cayle has truly been more fun than we ever imagined possible. His party is set for Saturday, but here are some shots from our mini-celebration today.