Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had a great trip back to St. Louis for Christmas. We had the chance to see tons of family and friends. The week went by in a flash, we never stopped the entire time home. We first met Grandma Havecker, had a Dooley Christmas, celebrated a Brithday, had Christmas at the Dooley's and the Haveckers, hosted an Open House, Cailyn was Baptised and before we knew it it was time to head back to Jersey. During our time in St. Louis a few things happened. First Mrs. Scheer asked if Cailyn ever leaked out of her diaper and of course we said no. Just for giggles Cailyn decided to leak out of her diaper on Mrs. Scheer and many more after that. The Dooley family got to witness one of Cailyn's firsts, she rolled over from her back to her belly. Cailyn's godparents (Brandon & Carole) unexpectedly got to come to St. Louis and be at her Baptism ( We are very thankful to them for coming). The picture is of Cailyn and one of her many Christmas Gifts. We now need a bigger house just to hold toys!!

THE RESULTS ARE IN

Here are the results to the survey.  Just so you all know John won the debate.  

1) Does Santa wrap his gifts?????    Chart Wizard

Percentage Responses a. yes 54.5 12 4.5 1 B. no 40.9 9 Total responses: 22

Does Santa Wrap his presents????

Okay so John and I are having a debate. Does Santa wrap the presents he brings good little girls and boys??? Give us your feedback and I will let you ow who wins this debate. Here is the link:http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=m1jq8vclyzcvona521648"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

We hope everyone is enjoying family and food today!! We worked on the bathroom and had Turkey. I finally have running water in the bathroom. Cailyn and John helped me make an apple pie this morning. I included some pictures. The bathroom is first because I am so excited that it is beginning to look like a bathroom again!!!!! For those of you who don't remember I think one of the first blogs was of the bathroom after we tore it out. More to come.

Our Little LADY BUG!!

Okay so I have been a little neglectful in getting Cailyn's Halloween picture up on the Blog. We have been pretty busy since then. John has been out of town often and daily life has taken over not to mention hours of Mario Kart on-line with friends. Somehow that all took precedence at the time and now its the middle of November. Just a little over a month until X-mas for those who are counting. By the way John saw a bear down the street on Halloween. It was about 100 yards from our house.

First video

Here is a video of Cailyn playing. This is something new I tried this evening after she went to bed. I am used to I-movie but most don't have it so I had to us Windows which is a lot different when editing.

Pumpkin

While we were carving our pumpkins we decided it would be a good photo opp. We took a few pictures of Caily of course with the pumpkins. Can you find jealousy in any of the pictures?? Some one thought she need to be included. The feedback from the last picture of Cailyn in the corn was mean so we will see what kind of response we get this time. Hope everyone enjoys our little pumpkin pics!!

A Search for the Great Pumpkin

Today we took Cailyn on her first search for the Great Pumpkin. We started out in the corn maze and then a hayride to the pumpkin patch. This is all we found.

Update

Cailyn has discovered her tongue!! She is constantly sticking it out and has a new Nintendo face. She sticks her tongue out to the side when she is concentrating on anything. Ericka and Ed were here about two weeks ago. I had fun visiting and I think they enjoyed "renting a family" for a few days. They watched Cailyn and Kaya while I was at work and John was in the city. John did get to spend one day with them. Hope everyone is doing well.

John's Dad Visits

John's dad came to help out and meet Cailyn. He was here for a little over a week. He had a great time watching Cailyn while I was at work and John was in D.C. Grandpa took good care of Cailyn and got her on a schedule. John did get to spend some time with his dad. We went to the New Jersey Botanical Gardens (what a maze), dinner, played with Cailyn, played scrabble and relaxed as much as possible. Over all it was a great week.

Lifes A Beach

So my ma and pa thought it would be fun to take me to the beach today! They took me down the shore(Jersey Lingo for the beach) to Sandy Hook a National Park. We had a great time even though my parents forgot to bring towels!! Unlike Brandon and Carole who got to see Whales on their Ocean excursion all we got to see were JELLY FISH so we ended up opting to stay out of the water for the most part. Mom and dad did get in up to their ankles.

Einstein Gym

Cailyn has discovered the toys on her Einstein Gym. She is practicing her skills of reaching up and hitting the objects. I didn't get the best shot but here is a pretty good one. She has been busy getting her schedule down and staying awake longer during the day playing.

Five Fingers, Five Toes and a Button Nose

Surprise Cailyn has arrived early!!! She came in at 37 weeks 4 days. Weighing 5.5 lbs and 18.5 inches long. She is of course Beautiful because she's ours. Haven't totally decided who she looks like. She does resemble her Aunt Krista. She is a great baby and we are quickly getting used to having her part of the family. Kaya is just a tad jealous but very helpful. She comes to get us whenever Cailyn cries.

Wedding/Shower Weekend

I have been a little busy since being home for Michelle's WEDDING and my baby shower but better late than never I guess. Sorry I don't have any pictures of Michelle's wedding but it turned out to be a wonderful day. It was a little warm but at least the storms waited until after the ceremony and pictures!! Michelle made a beautiful Bride and Mark was a handsome Groom. We all had a great time celebrating their future.


The baby shower was Fantastic. A big thanks to Jen and Leslie. Believe it or not I brought almost everything home in 2 suit cases. I left the big stuff with mom and dad to bring when Cailyn arrives. It was great being able to visit a little with everyone although as usual it wasn't long enough. It was truly a whirlwind visit I was exhausted when I got home. Enough chat here are some pictures. P.S. John secretly likes his daddy belt even though if you ask he will deny it.

Trip Home

Well I got to go home for a quick visit a few weeks ago. I got there on Friday around 11:30 pm and left at 8:30am on Monday. I spent a little time with family and even less with friends. The shower and Bachelorette party went well and the bride enjoyed her day. John was working while I was gone so he didn't really have time to miss me!

We picked up the baby furniture today!!

After a long search and a lot of disagreeing we found furniture we both like last weekend. We had to pick up the crib this weekend. We brought home the chifferobe(not sure of spelling) last weekend. We ended up going with a 4 in one. We are both very happy with our choice yet the room looks extremely small now with furniture in it. I'm sure it will all work out. Hope everyone is doing well!

Boy or Girl

By popular demand I have decided to go ahead and show you all a picture of my belly. Some of you wanted a bare belly but no such luck. A t-shirt is all you get!! The color of the shirt is no indication of the sex!! It just happens to be the biggest shirt I have and the same one I have been taking pictures in every two weeks. I have embedded the sex of the baby in this entry. I'm sure most of you have already figured it out I tried not to make it to difficult for everyone!! I also included a pic of the baby!!

Extra 3 day weekend

Well we both had an extra 3 day weekend this week. We got about a foot of snow Thursday night into Friday. Kaya enjoyed the first snow without ice on top(she didn't have to ice skate across the lawn)!! Kaya and I had fun playing while John cleared off the driveway. We took a few pictures we hope you enjoy them.

Baby Room

Well we have been working very diligently to get the baby room done before July not that we don't have enough time! So here is the almost finished product. We couldn't get the new ceiling fan because they were out. John did 99% of the work and I helped where I could.

Tim's Visit

Well Tim came to go Snowboarding during a warm spout. The boys had to go to Camelback mountain in Pennsylvania to hit the slopes, of course, I couldn't go. In true big brother fashion we took Tim to China town at night he was a big scaredy cat and wouldn't get out of the car. Here is a quick pic of Tim Snowboarding.

No further baby news except the Doctors name is Dr. Dicker no kidding and John thinks this is hilarious and can't say it without a giggle.