october...a month of blessings...

october has truly been a month of blessings. we moved into our new house on october 1st and for the first couple of nights...we would just lay in bed and be in awe of the new place. until now, we are still so thankful and cannot comprehend the fact that we have a house...we hope that not a day will pass by without us giving thanks for this gift and privilege.

Needless to say...it's been hectic trying to unpack these past few weeks. i've been tired and just got over the flu...however, i keep wanting to get things done before the baby. it's been really pretty hard on my body. i'm so tired and caleb requires a lot of time and energy as well. juggling him and moving into a new place while being sick has not been easy. i feel much better now and most things are pretty much done, except for some boxes in the garage and den...but those can wait a little. my next project is to get all the baby stuff ready once november hits. baby's coming! i can't believe it. when i wake up in the morning, i think to myself...it won't be long before i have to wake up every 2 hours to feed a little baby! i've been spoiled by caleb...who has slept through the night since 3 months and has never given us trouble in the middle of the night, unless he's sick. he is such a good boy.

last week, we purchased a full size bed for caleb. we wanted to just leave it in his room for him to get familiarized with it. but jun decided...hey, why not try putting him there now and see how he does! so, we put the crib against the bed as a rail and laid down with him for a little bit and left the room. he did great and slept through the night. we went to get him in the morning and he was exactly where we left him the night before. he slept on in for nap time as well and we are so proud of him! he still seems so little on that big bed :)
he's starting to eat by himself...makes a huge mess, but....no complaints. we tried to start potty training him, but it's getting so cold here that we can't really strip him naked. before shower time, we just take off his diaper and see if he wants to go sit on the potty. so far, he has pooped and peed in it :) that's a start. however, for most of the day, he still tells us he pooped after he already went in the diaper.

another event for the month is my wonderful husband's milestone birthday. he will turn 30 tomorrow. however, caleb and i already threw him a surprise bday party last weekend so that he won't be suspicious. it turned out great. he was super surprised and our church family was there to celebrate with him. that was my gift to him this year...and i also put together a book of letters from his close friends and family members who weren't able to be here to celebrate with him. he was touched by everyone's words.

wow, to think i've known him for half his life already and we have two kids together. he just keeps getting better....
we love you so much, my husband and the father of our two sons....thank you for being an amazing person. 30 is just the beginning :) happy birthday.

we have a halloween family event at church. caleb's going to be a pumpkin. we'll see if he can handle wearing the costume all night and i'll try to get some good pictures if he cooperates and post them next time. hopefully i will post one more time before our second son is born.... :)

some pictures from this month....

caleb on a sunny sunday afternoon...

caleb sitting on our couch...
watching a dvd. he loves watching dvds now!
our family room...i will try to post more pics of the house in the months to come.
kitchen/breakfast nook...
notice the green chairs :) love em!
pictures from jun's surprise 30th birthday party...






a rare post of a video clip. caleb laughing during dinner while daddy made farting noises :) notice he says "ahba funny..." meaning daddy's funny. haha...our little cutie.