The Call-Log: Catch-up

Life has flown by, crept slowly, and zoomed past.
We have now been living in Las Vegas for 3 months. It's amazing what has happened, changed, and developed since that 9 1/2 hour drive down south to start a new chapter of our lives.

I have started a new job, a new career. I have been, for the past 2 1/2 months, a full-day Kindergarten teacher to 25 of the craziest, sweetest, dramatic, smart, hard-working, lovable children I have ever met. I could spend a good hour typing stories, quotes, and the happenings of just my classroom. This I will say, you have no idea how much work goes into being a teacher. The hours are horrendous and the pay not incredible. It's amazing how much it comes down to loving these kids as your own and wanting them to succeed. That will be for a future post, solely dedicated on my adventures in the classroom. Keep posted.

My little boy is growing up. He is now 8 months and I couldn't be more obsessed with him and his new energy. He is crawling everywhere, laughing gut belly laughs, grasping mommy and daddy's hands to hoist himself up into a standing position. Remember how I said he was only 8 months old! This kid is going to take this world by storm!
Some of his favorite things to do, eat, and see:

He loves his owl Archameteis (sp?)
He crawls like a mad man after the cats,who surprisingly aren't down on getting tumbled by an 8 month old
He loves apples, lil' crunchies, and squash
He loves to hold his bottle by himself
He takes three naps a day and goes down like a champ
He sucks his thumb only when sleeping
He loves to cuddle when he is tired but only when he is tired
He loves to have mommy and daddy on the floor with him
He loves baths and gives mommy a bath in the process from all the water flying
He loves people and is often your friend about an hour after meeting you
He loves new places and spends a good amount of time just taking everything in
He loves his command center ONLY after he has had adequate crawl time
He loves to pull mom's hair and dad's beard to assert baby dominance
He enjoys finding each speck of unswept particle on the ground and eat it ---every time
He loves the song "Hooked on a feeling" and will dancing wildly
He will lick anything if given the chance
He loves to be held and is one of the happiest babies I have ever met
I love him and here is a photo dump to show you this cutie who we are so happy to have as apart of our family.

This little boy would never have been possible without this hunky man:

He had his 26th birthday on October 26, 2014! We were happily in Utah for the weekend and he was celebrated more than once on his birthday happiness. He is absolutely amazing and I am so grateful for him in my life.
Here are some birthday pics from our trip: