Happy Birthday, Gabe!

Our little man turned 3 years old yesterday. As I thought about that scary night he was born 3 years ago in Rexburg, it's hard to believe he is a perfectly normal, rambunctious, entertaining, sometimes naughty, and healthy three year old little boy! Everyone always told me the two's were terrible and three was great. Today, his second day as a three year old, I walked into the living room to find him playing peek-a-boo with a blanket over his face, making Caleb laugh hysterically, and he was actually SHARING his toy barn! I could not believe it. Then when he saw me he said, "Mommy, I be nice! I make baby laugh!!!" I'm sure in about three hours or less he'll freak out over Caleb touching his trains- his prized possession- but for today I'll just enjoy the thought that maybe three really will be the perfect age. :)

Nauvoo

We are having a great time this weekend with Brad and Diane. I actually have a spare minute with Diane's laptop here so I am posting some of our Nauvoo pictures. My mom is officially remarried! It's crazy. But we are all very happy for her. This was the first time Josh and I have been back to the Nauvoo temple since since we were married here almost five years ago. We were also in the same sealing room so it was kind of surreal to be sitting in the "mother of the bride" seat (my grandma isn't a member) and watching my mom get married. The boys have been pretty good so far and we took a wagon ride today that Gabe liked. Here are some pictures!

Goodbye, February!

So, I've been told I need to post more often and I know I should. But does anyone else out there feel like you don't even have time to go to the bathroom most days? That's how I feel lately. This month we got a lot done on the house. Unfortunately we also had a minor setback. In the NICU with Gabe they told us the whole journey would be like 2 steps forward one step back. One day he'd improve, the next he'd go backward. That's how renovating a house is. Josh did this beautiful wall wainscoting that I posted a few weeks ago. But about a week after he did it, we noticed some dripping water in the basement. It kept getting worse and we concluded there was a leak in a pipe. I went to Kohl's for about an hour and when I got home, my grandpa and Josh were working and there was a huge hole in the wall! My beautiful just-finished wall! I was so sad. Apparently, Josh - in all his good Rhodes family luck (I tease him about his family's curse) had managed to hit this skinny little inch wide pipe with one of his nails when he put the wood on the wall in not just one spot, but TWICE! So there were these two little holes in the pipe that was causing water to spray out all over the inside of the wall. Talk about 2 steps back. So my wall is in the process of being fixed now. Here is a picture of me by the wall.


You can't even see how bad it was here cause it was already somewhat patched. So that is my first bit of news.

Here is another bit of news. Our weather has been CRAZY!!! It was so snowy for a while. Then like, one week it was 60 degrees! All the snow melted. I thought, "Yay! Spring is here!" We played outside with no coats. I wore open toed shoes to church (I hate closed toe heels!) and I was so happy. Then like, a week later it snowed again and it is like 17 degrees as I write this. Boo. :(

Here is Gabe in the snow and then the next day when he said, "My snowman not happy!"






So, that is my second news story.
My final news story is that my mom is getting married in 2 weeks! We are excited. But mostly because we get an excuse to go to Nauvoo and Josh's parents are coming out. Gabe is pretty pumped. Josh asked him where grandma and grandpa Rhodes were coming from and he said, "The mountains. Where we pick hucklebewwies." It was so cute. I think Josh got a little misty-eyed. (Not cause Gabe was so cute, because he misses Idaho) Now that my mom is getting married hopefully she won't cry so had when we move back in 2-4 years. (I love you mom! If you're reading this!)

So, that is pretty much all my news. Caleb is getting so big and is getting his first tooth. He's a pretty happy baby. I'll post some pictures so you can see the boys, our house, etc. Miss you all!

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January pictures

Happy Super Bowl Day!

Josh is excited today because his Pittsburgh (where he served his mission) Steelers are in the Super Bowl again. We are over here at my mom's for a party so I thought I'd take this opportunity to update again. It seems like when things are actually happening in life then there's no time to blog. But when you have time to blog, there's nothing to blog about! We have been super busy with our house still. Just as we get done with the interior it will be summer and time to start the exterior! Josh did this cool thing in our dining room this weekend. I love it. It's kind of like a wainscoting but cooler. I'll post pics. The boys are good. Caleb is just immense. Like, he's in the 100th percentile for height and 110th for weight. He weighs 27 lbs! I think he is about 30 inches long if I remember correctly. So, it's pretty tiring carrying him around. He can sit up and play now with Gabe and roll his way around so it's better than always having to hold him. Gabe loves playing outside. We have a deck and he'll take his Bob the Builder trucks out there and play in the snow. We took them sledding the other day which was fun. Hope you guys are doing well!

Happy New Year!

I would say that my new years resolution is to blog more often but I'd fail at it. It seems like when things are going on that people would be excited to hear about (such as moving into our new home that we spent 6 weeks working on and are STILL working on now that we are in) there is just absolutely no time to blog about it! Then when I do have time to blog, there is nothing going on so it's like, "Why should I post?" So, here are some pics of our house since some people have been asking. This was right before we moved in, like December 13th. Now we are moved in but we just have our futon and our recliner in our living room and our TV on a little end table so it looks pretty sad! The bedrooms are nice. Maybe I'll post some more of those. But this is all pre-move in.

Our Christmas was good. Gabe is so spoiled. Our new toy room is already packed. I should post pics of it. My grandpa came over and looked in it and said, "Poor kid, I wish you'd get him some toys to play with!" (sarcasm) It was nice to have our first Christmas where we woke up in our own new home. Though, I was pretty sick so I was ready to go to bed at 8 pm on Christmas eve and did not want to be Santa's little helper all! But it all went well and Gabe loves his new trains. Caleb is getting HUGE! At his six month appointment he weighed 25 lbs 4 oz. He is off the chart for weight and I think 95% for height. We need to switch him to a bigger carseat already. He has this jumperoo thing that hangs from the door frame that he LOVES to jump around in. At least he is getting some exercise!

We hope your Christmas and New Year were good as well! I'll try to post again soon!

New home!

Hey everyone! We have moved! If you need our address email me at bes02001@yahoo.com. Sorry I haven't posted new pics yet! Super busy! Merry Christmas!