A couple of weeks ago I ordered some dress up clothes for Caleb (because it's almost impossible to find boy dress up clothes in the stores) and the package arrived just a couple of days ago. I'm so excited!! This afternoon we busted out the scrubs outfit and the doctor set that Caleb got for his birthday (birthday pictures to be posted soon) and had a lot of fun playing with our little doctor in the house. Aunt Julie should be so proud!

How cute is he with his little pager and everything?! (Btw, I'm very amused that the doctor kit includes a "pager" in this day and age. I thought only my agency still kept those things in business!)

Taking Daddy's blood pressure.

Just having fun

Mommy & Daddy love you very much!

Labels: Caleb, Milestones

A very quick post, mostly for extended family. Here is a picture of the newest member of the Breeding/McFaddin clan. Lily Eudene Breeding.






She was born Thursday night around 5 PM, weighing in at 6 lbs. 10 oz and was 19.5 in long. Mother and baby are doing great. Nana & Pawpaw are there now and were there for her birth. It will be Labor Day weekend for this trio to visit and for Caleb to meet his new cousin.

Labels: Cousins, Family

I decided that in light of the week's events, I should borrow from Unsinkable Kristen's blog (though to be fair, I don't really know if that's where it originated) and acknowledge Thankful Thursday. Of course, I thought of this on Friday, not Thursday, but I figured that it's better late than never.

10 things I'm thankful for today:

1. The new (used) Crayola easel from that Caleb absolutely loves and uses daily.

2. Happy Hour at Sonic (it's a good thing that I'm usually at work during Happy Hour because otherwise I'd spend a lot more money there).

3. Game night tonight with good friends.

4. The Olympics!

5. Scott's old cowboy boots that Caleb can now wear to embrace the fact that he lives in Texas

6. Super Mario Brothers 1 - We borrowed a unit (not sure what kind) from the Chapmans and have enjoyed too much time reliving this nostalgic game.

7. Grocery shopping for the weekend already being done

8. Being able to sleep in until 7:30 this morning

9. My wonderful husband who humors me and is growing out his hair

10. Taking off yesterday and today to stay home and play with Caleb all day.

Many of you may already know from Scott's Facebook page, but my trip to Ecuador ended before it even began. I got up early on Wednesday and met my group at our church to head for the airport. I said goodbye to Scott and Caleb, loaded up my bags in the church van, and headed for the airport. Everything was going as planned...until I got to the airport.

Upon check in, I was informed that in order to travel to Ecuador, your passport cannot expire within 6 months of your arrival date. Mine would expire in 5 months and 25 days. The result? The airline would not check me in and let me fly. None of us had ever heard this rule, including our group leader who has been to Ecuador about 5 times. The man at the airport informed us that it's a fairly new rule. (And, in my opinion, the rule makes no sense since you have to get a visa to stay longer than 90 days...).

**Note: If I had left 5 days earlier, I would have had no problems with my trip**

However, we were left without options (after talking to multiple airline personnel). I called Scott to pick me up and everyone else headed to Ecuador.

So for those of you who were anxiously awaiting my South American tales and pictures, there will be none because I remain in the States this week instead of in the jungles of South America. And I will have to visit my 6th continent another time.

The moral of the story? Apparently expiration dates on passports are really pseudo dates because passports cease to be valid long before they say they are.