2 weeks

Breck is now 2 weeks old and growing so big. I can't believe he wasn't even due until this past Saturday. Our little family is doing well. Cade is a really sweet big brother and is constantly found giving kisses and or high 5's to Breck. We are slowly figuring out how to leave the house with two kids, and if the weather would start cooperating it would be even better. Life is good!


Practicing the piano





Thanks mom for coming to visit. We loved having you and can't wait for you and Dad to come again

Breck Adam Callens

So we are a family of 4! Crazy to think I am a mom of 2 boys. Who would have thought. This last week has been a blur and the labor and delivery was even faster. Sunday April 25 my water broke at 6am (2 weeks before my due date). I wasn't really feeling contractions so I decided to take a shower and finish getting the hospital bag ready. Luckily Cade woke up before we left and we got to get him ready and say Bye before we sent him off with his uncle. We got to the hospital around 8am and by now I was starting to feel the contractions. It took about 10 minutes to get us checked in and for them to do the test to make sure my water broke. The nurse finally checked me and realized I was already 6cm and that I still needed the strep B medicine so she called the on call doctor to get permission to put me in a room (she still hadn't received the actual water breaking results). We got into the room at about 8:35 they gave me an IV and I asked the nurse to check me again at about 8:45 and the nurse was shocked because I was ready to push. 8:48 am Breck Adam Callens was born. Luckily an OB specialist was near by to catch the baby. No epidural was given and because I didn't get the antibiotics for strep B we had to stay another day. We are both doing well and we are all adjusting to being a family of 4.


6lbs 7 oz and 20.28 in. long



Cade has been such a good big brother already. He likes to give high 5's and is very concerned when the baby cries.

Great Wolf Lodge

This last week we went to Great Wolf Lodge. If you haven't heard of it, it's an indoor water park. I know some of you are thinking lame but in the Northwest it is actually perfect. It was a fun little vacation.

Houston Trip

Thanks to my parents Cade and I decided to make a last minute trip down to Texas. Weird to think it is the last time I will go with just one child. The weather was beautiful and it was so much fun just relaxing and visiting with family.

We helped do laundry. Cade loves to watch the clothes wash. He will walk around saying "clothes, wash, wash". I think we did some extra loads just so he could sit and watch. It is seriously so funny. Hopefully he will always like to be so helpful.


My mom got a little dog, she is still a puppy but she won't get much bigger. She is the perfect size for Cade and he loved playing with her. He could even hold the leash and walk her.

We visited cousins.

And we even went to the zoo

It really was a great trip! Thanks mom and dad we had lots of fun!

18 Months

I can't believe my baby boy is 18 Months. What's even more weird is that in about 2 months I will have another baby boy. Cade is so much fun. He is constantly on the go! He climbs, jumps, throws, runs, he just doesn't do much sitting still. He is interested in everything and loves to help. He is great at throwing things away, helping cook, putting laundry and dishes away. He loves to talk and especially likes to point out every car, bus, bird, and siren (well any noise really). He is still a great eater and loves to try what mom and dad are eating. At the park he loves the swings more than anything else, and could probably sit in it all day. He adores his dad and lights up when he sees him. Cade loves to play hide and seek and he has gotten very into coloring recently. He likes to look and pictures and point out everyone. When we walk in the door to our house he says "home" and gets very excited, it really is the cutest thing. He also very much lets us know when he is done and ready to go, he brings us his shoes, and the diaper bag and starts saying bye. Everyday he amazes me and I feel so blessed that I get the opportunity to teach him and watch him grow.

Learning to scope and pour. (Or just making a really big mess).

Luckily this boy likes baths.

Working like Dad does

Helping clean out the fridge

Telling Cade I was going to take a picture of him.

Who couldn't love this face!

One more of my cheese ball! We sure love him!

Utah Christmas

For Christmas we went to Park City Utah where my parents were gracious enough to bring the family together. It was alot of fun to have a white Christmas and spend time with family.

This is the cabin we stayed in. It was really nice and had enough room for everyone. We even could go sledding right out side the front door.

We went to tubing. Cade couldn't go on the big hills but we would swing him around and they had a small hill that you could push little kids down. He absolutely loved it!

Cade and Alivia sledding.

We went to the Olympic Museum. The boys bobsledding.

We stayed a couple of days after Christmas and got to see some of Adam's family who came in for Austins wedding.

The Christmas holidays were really fun and busy. We can't wait for next year.

Yes, we are still alive!

Here are a few things that we did in the beginning of December.


Making a Gingerbread house


My parents sent Cade a candy advent calendar. He loved it! Everyday he would come out of his room and say "treat!" Thanks mom and dad.

They have these amazing Christmas lights that they put up at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. It was really neat to see what they could make with just Christmas lights.

We had our own little Christmas before we headed to Utah to be with my family.