San Diego!!!!!

San Diego is / was AWESOME! The boys both did great on the airplane the weather couldn't have been better, it was in the high 80's the entire trip low 90's. The pool was perfect, I would have been happy staying at the pool everyday but of course Nana wanted to take the boys to SeaWorld. Well we really wanted to go there too, but once we got there and made it to one show we quickly decided to just walk around and see the sights. No more attempting to make it from one show to the next. Logan got wet, really wet at the dolphin show, that didn't go over too well. He cried! :( Hunter was fussy if I sat down and everytime one diaper got changed the other needed it again. So needless to say we will wait until both boys are out of diapers for our next theme park adventure.

I really got a taste of what it is like having two children now too, no time to lay out in the sun, or enjoy a swim in the pool. I only had enough time to go down the water-slide once. Yes, there was a water-slide at our resort, welk resort this place was awesome! Water-slide, splash zone, cotton candy machine, and lots of toddler and kid activities all day at the pool, plus kids eat free! (2 meals a day)

Best picture from the entire trip!

Caldwell / Cabral men Summer 2012

Sexy boys!

Afraid of sharks BEWARE!!! Lisa turn back!

Shark sign reads: "Sharks don't eat people......very often." We missed the piranha feeding by an hour, bummer. Maybe next year we will catch it.

Sea Turtles, my favorite!

Photo dump! Push-pop, sponge toss, brewery, Hunter's first swimming pool!

Last day by the pool!

Logan 2 years 5 months!

Hunter 2 1/2 months!

4th of July Caldwell style!

Happy Birthday America!

American Canyon Parade AKA "Rancho"





35th Annual Pacheco (Cabral) Family Reunion

Family Reunion! What a great time, too bad Mitchell couldn't go. He was working of course. This was Logan's first family reunion and he had a blast, playing with all of his 2nd and 3rd cousins. He went down in the creek with Big Pining and on the rope swing, played with bubbles and even took a few swings at the pinata.

 Girl Cousins!

Can't wait for next year! I think we will camp out!



Tahoe! First family vacation as 4

Tahoe, our favorite place! For Father's Day Logan and I planned a trip for daddy, a trip to the cabin in Tahoe!!! On the way up there we stopped off in Sacramento to have lunch with one of our favorite little families, The Kelly's, by the end of lunch they were coming up with us! It couldn't have been sweeter having Ryan there for his first Father's Day, just like Mitchell had just a couple of years ago. Logan was so excited to play with Finn at the cabin and at the lake.

Lauren and I shared a few nursing sessions together, my current favorite past time. We had to take a picture of the two of us to document this special time, which will end all too soon. Logan was a big boy this trip and slept in a big boy bed in his sleeping bag and only fell out of bed once. Yes, he fell out of bed still in his sleeping bag.

Logan saw the big trampolines in town and was begging us to jump, "I get a ticket, I jump," he said. So of course we bought him his ticket and took him to jump but he did not want to wear the belt, a little crying occured, so that was the end of that.

The Lake! Rum Runners, peeing by trees, ducks and awesome company! What more could you ask for.

Yes, that is Logan taking a pee by the tree at the lake. He said he had to go and when your potty training and the child says that they have to go, by all means let them go!

Taylor Creek, our official Father's Day tradition. Logan was taken here when he was just 4 months old and well back again at 2 and Hunter at 2 months. Logan really liked it this time of course. He is all about Fish. and dinosaurs, dragons and well any animal really.

It was a wonderful trip. This marked a lot of good things for the Caldwell Family, Logan sleeping in a big boy bed and actually staying in it until we came to get him. Hunter sleeping 6 - 7 hours a night, putting him in his crib when we came home, first of many trips with the Kelly family, Hunter is a great traveler, Logan watching a movie in the truck, and well the first of many trips as a family of 4!

Father's Day 2012

2 "MonthDay"

Dear Hunter, You are now 2 months old! 2 Months is quite a milestone for you, sleeping 6 - 7 hours a night, less crying, awake alot more during the day and your baby acne has cleared up. I can most times predict what you want. Usually after you have nursed and been changed you just want to be swaddled and left alone, otherwise look out "let the crying begin." Sometimes though I do get to cuddle with you, and I always cuddle and tell you how handsome you are during your nursing sessions. Which by the way still come every 2 to 2.5 hours from one another.

You still have your moments where you look like your brother but then the next moment you have your own look. Logan is still very fascinated by you. He still lets us know when you are crying and says "I go check!" I think you two will be very close and hope that you remain close through your adult life. There is nothing like having a sibling to remember life with. 

Everyday is a new day for you, and I hope this happy baby remains because we have lots planned for the summer!

Love, Mama

Hugs & Kisses

Stay tuned for pictures of your first family vacation, Tahoe 2012.

1 "MonthDay"

Dear Hunter,

You are here, you are one month old, and you are my baby boy! I cannot even believe that one month has already gone by. Time sure does fly once you have children. The weeks seem like days, the months seem like weeks. You are your own little person, wonderful at nursing, not sure if that is because I have done it before or am so focused on enjoying every moment of you being 100% dependant upon me. You take good little naps throughout most of the day and we now have you sleeping 

2 1/2 to 3 hours a night. You can burp like nobody's business and when you do your business you can hear in another room. Being swaddled is your ut-most favorite, after you nurse and get a diaper change you want to burp and cuddle and then it is off to sweet slumber time for you. The swing is your favorite place to be in the late morning early afternoon, this week anyway, and everytime you hear your brothers voice you settle right down.

I am trying to manage having two little boys, and so far so good. Dinner time, bath and dedtime seems to be the hardest. Not only for me, but for Logan too! He doesn't want to miss a thing and I think he thinks you sleep in our bed. I try to leave you in the bassinet in the morning when I get him up so that he see's that you are only in our room, not our bed. Leftovers, not usually one of mama's favorites, has become a favorite. I think I will be eating lots, and I mean lots of leftovers!! Hopefully in the next month or so we can start to get more sleep at night, I know that daddy would really appreciate it.



Love you to the moon and back!

Hugs & Kisses

Mama



Visitors, Baths, Cousins, and 1st trip out!

Our first 3 weeks have been a whirlwind! It just doesn't seem possible to have had 3 weeks go by already. We have been so spoiled with all the family bringing dinners, lunch or even just coming over to play with Logan so that Mitchell and I could get some laundry done, or just sit and visit with one another. The dinners have been amazing, Nonna's Lasagna, Brandy's special enchiladas, Manya's amazing meatballs and she even made Va's chocolate cream pie for dessert! Nana's fried chicken, Auntie Lisa picked up Lawlers, one of mama's favorites, and we can't leave out Pa's specialty, steaks on the BBQ. My freezer is stocked with dinners to throw in the oven too! (thank you Tante Lauren for making grandma's special enchiladas, can't wait to bake those).

Hunter is a wonderful Nurser and sleeper, however we are still trying to figure out the nights. He is a little bit of a tease when it comes to sleeping through the night. He will wake up every 2.5 hours for a few nights and then surprise us with a couple 4.5 hours of sleep for a couple nights. Not sure what we are doing different on those days, but I know it will get figured out soon enough. Logan is SO in love with him, he always wants to know where Hunta is, and if he can kiss his head, and of course he has to tickle his feet anytime he gets the chance. Whenever he kisses or hugs him he is always sure to tell him "I love you sow mooch." It just melts my heart.



Hunter's first bath was just as exciting as when we gave Logan his, except this time Logan was the helper! He liked getting Hunter wet and splashing the water in Hunter's bath instead of in his own. He pointed out that Hunter has a pee pee and is in the pee pee club with Logan and Daddy. Hunter does not like being taken out of the water, and I am sure that is for a number of reasons. 

Our first outing as a family of 4 was to the Oxbow Farmers market on Monday morning, when Hunter was almost 2 weeks old. I was dying to get out of the house and of course wanted to show off my new baby boy. Even though he slept in the baby carrier I wore the entire time. We met up with Aunt Manya and Uncle Nacho, walked all around looking at the wonderful veggies, no fruit that week, and of course the fresh cut flowers!!!!!

First official picture in his chair!!!

1 Week old!