Best of friends

Today was a sad day for me. I said goodbye - scratch that - I said see you later to my very best friend. Tamara and I met freshman year of college - almost 13 years ago!!!! Wow we're getting old. We were instant friends. Tamara flew up to Montana with me and the boys and stayed with us for 11 days. It was so great having her here, just hanging out and watching her play with the boys. They absolutely adore their "Aunt T". Here are a few pics from our time with her:


Ethan was hungry - and yes, a chin WILL temporarily satisfy hunger!

Sharing an ice cream sandwich with Caleb at the church staff BBQ

Eating popsicles. Caleb insisted on telling us which color we'd be having....always the director!!


"Swing Aunt T, swing!!" Caleb shouted pretty much daily.

Making brownies...mmmmm!!! Did you check out Caleb's farmer tan?

Posing for a pic with the boys wearing the shirts she bought them. Caleb's says "I don't have an off button"....so true for a 2 year old!! And yes, you're reading correctly that Ethan's says "Eat, Sleep, Poop".

I am going to miss her so much. I love you T!

Yesterday...from good to bad to worse

So yesterday started out great. Ethan slept 7 hours through the night without a peep. I got up and took Jon to work (we're sharing 1 car right now), then had breakfast with Tam and the boys. Ethan took a LONG nap then we headed to the spray park with Tammi and Jolie (see pics below). Yes, my son is the one who refused to wear his swim trunks - only a swim diaper. I love having THAT kid :)

We came home, both boys had long naps again....long enough for Tam and I to relax and watch a movie - "Definitely, Maybe" - cute, but a little slow. So all in all a really good day so far. Then I left to go pick Jon up from work. On the way home, Jon says "hey, there's a cop up there, you might want to slow down a little". Sure enough there's a police car headed our direction. So I slowed down, but a little too late. The cop made a u-turn and started following me. We were pretty close to Tammi's house, so I started going her direction, hoping to park and have the cop pass me by.....wishful thinking. Yes, I got a ticket for going 40 in a 25. Welcome to Montana!! To top it off, I had left my drivers license at home, since it's only a 6 minute drive to Jon's work - I just grabbed the keys and ran out. Then when the officer asked for our insurance, I realized that I had not put our updated insuance card in the car....so I got cited for driving without insurance as well (which can be overturned once I take proof to the courthouse). So by this point, I'm not really enjoying my day anymore.

Then I get home and start making dinner. I was microwaving some veggies, and when I went to take the lid off to stir them, the hot steam that had condensed on the lid dripped off onto the top of my bare foot. That felt really good!!

Then later that evening it finally sunk in that Tamara was leaving today to head back to San Diego...that I actually had to say goodbye. So some tears were shed and I went to bed very sad.

Bathtime fun

After months of fearing the bath, Caleb is once again excited about bathtime and actually asks me to take a bath. Check out this video of him reciting his favorite book "Brown Bear" that Nana would read him. Please excuse the brief nudity :)

Our first day in Montana

Monday was our first full day in Montana. We did a little unpacking, and we went to the zoo with our friends Tammi and Jolie (we called it the "mini zoo" so Caleb wouldn't be disappointed that it wasn't like the SD zoo). Here are a few pics from the day:

What a big boy!!

Caleb went peepee in the potty all by himself for the very first time yesterday. Our friend Jolie was over (she's 5) and apparently after seeing her go to the bathroom, he wanted to also. So she helped him take his shorts and diaper off and get on the potty. We even got a picture of it:

Our last days in SD

Here's some pics from our last days at Nana's house and visiting our friends Ryan, Janice and Ella.

Counting the days

5 more days until the boys and I leave for Montana!! We've been doing lots of last minute stuff before we go....visiting friends that we won't see for a while, hitting tourist destinations we won't be able to visit again for quite some time, etc. Caleb and I took Ethan to his first baseball game - Go Padres!! We had a lot of fun. Here are a few pics from the game.