Endeavour

Space shuttle Endeavour took off last night at 7:55 p.m. (the last night launch of 2008) and we had a great view from in front of our house. Corban was already asleep but Abigail saw her first space launch!

There was a full moon which made it so pretty and also provides a nice marker for the movement of the shuttle.

Rhinotillexis

Corban has been able to identify body parts for quite some time now, but has only recently discovered that noses can be picked.
As good parents, Chris and I are discouraging this habit and we help him to blow his nose on tissue instead. The funny thing is that Corban decided yesterday that he would just go to his room, close the door and pick his nose in privacy. He doesn't know that we understand what he's doing when we tell him not to pick his nose and he says "I go to my room" and runs off!

Silence is golden

I woke up this morning with a sore throat and no voice. Not being able to talk makes it tough to do things with an active little guy, even though it is pretty cute that Corban has been whispering back to me all day! So, for the last approx. 100 minutes (plus a few bonus features) I have been lying on the couch with Abigail on my chest and Corban sitting beside me watching Finding Nemo. My throat still feels raw but I'm happy and think I'll go have another cup of tea with honey now!

BIG special treat

Corban's potty training is continuing and he is doing really well with it. We are trying to make the switch to only underwear during the day (instead of pull-ups) and he went 2 days without any accidents! Woowhoo!! (the excitement of parenting a toddler!)
So as a reward we went to the "ice cream store" last night to celebrate!

so many to choose from...

sweet reward!!

Caleb the Loyal...part 2

Yesterday we took Caleb over to the Reynolds home to live there permanently. The last couple months have been really good for us in appreciating our time with Caleb and how special he is to our family. But also coming to a place where we could release him to this new home where we felt that it was truly the best decision for him and for our family. It was still hard and we are definitely going to miss our huge black dog, but we are excited for this opportunity for him. We left him playing in their back yard with Xena and Makeda (2 other great danes!).