Kaleb-9 Months

Kaleb continues to be such a joy in our lives. Now that he is crawling, his personality really shines through. We've actually even started to discipline (and by discipline I mean teach) and it has brought out a lot of his stubborn-ness, but we also have seen some genuine compliance and understanding. It's so exciting to watch his precious little mind work.

At his doctor's appointment, Kaleb was 29 inches and just shy of 22 pounds, which is 75th percentile for his age, so he's finally starting to level out. Thankfully we have yet to find any food he doesn't like and we're even giving him small bites of our meals (baked potatoes, veggies or even Gramma's brisket tonight). Also, Kaleb now officially has six teeth and has been clapping for almost a month (a small but crucial step in development that I took upon myself to teach him.)

I haven't had a good laughing video in awhile so here is a great one. The two things Kaleb likes most are games of Peekaboo and random objects flying through the air (a close third are his silly cousins). Plus, he has this inbred need to knock down towers of boxes... which causes some issues with his older cousins. Anyway, here are some flying objects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SYnrdTfpu0

Here's a great photo we got after Kaleb's bath one night. He really needs a haircut, but we're waiting until Daddy needs one too so they can go together. I feel this just captures his whole personality, "I'm cool and laidback, but I've got attitude!"

Our 3rd Ammoniversary

February 17th marked our 3rd Ammoniversary, and somehow, my wonderful husband made it all about me. He bought me a dozen roses; we went to a fun romantic comedy and then he whisked me away to the Melting Pot (my favorite restaurant) which he paid for almost entirely with money he got from donating plasma (cuz it aint cheap... The Melting Pot, I mean) All through my pregnancy I had craved cheese fondue, but I never got any... but he made up for it in spades. It was wonderful and very romantic and we had such a blast. Splurging for that one night really helped us forget our troubles for one evening. My fantastic hubby made it all possible! He's so awesome! I still have to do something for him, so check back in the next month (or maybe next anniversary) for that.

Remodeling

Whilst Ammon was helping a family friend remodel a house recently, not only did he obtain some old but fully functional fans, he also acquired a strong desire to remodel our home. Thankfully, we were in need of four fans to put in our kitchen/dining area (which had lights, but no fan) as well as our front room (which has no lighting at all currently). SO, Ammon and my dad began work on the little project of replacing the current light fixtures with ceiling fans. I won't go into the messy details about how our house has proven to constantly be a remodelers nightmare. However, I will mention that my kitchen looked basically like this for a full week:


In the kitchen area, there originally was a flourescent light fixture. The problem with replacing it with a fan was that the people who had put that original fixture up made it so that the entire area it was attached to was ruined. So Ammon had to replace a large section of the ceiling (see below).

Then he had to putty up all the cracks and sand that down to make it more even. None of this would be so bad if we hadn't moved in yet. BUT for those of you who have ever sanded anything, you know that the dust gets EVERYWHERE. Below is a picture of the floor after Ammon had sanded. See all of the fun footprints? The dust ended up all over all of our kitchen appliances, the adjacent carpets and even traveled as far as the guest bathroom.

Anyway, in the long run it was worth it. We have a beautiful (all be it old-fashioned) set of fans in our kitchen/dining room. I'm dreading the day when they decide to get started on the front room. (YEESH!!)