Surprise, Surprise

Every couple of years we seem to have a pretty big surprise in the Baker family. In 2003 our first surprise gave us Ella. Our next surprise was Will in 2005. 2007 brought us Cal.

What could possibly be the surprise in 2009?

Thanks to modern medical science we don't have to name our surprise this year. Instead of adding to the family, Amy and I took a long weekend away from the kids in Cancun.

I woke Amy up on the 16th and gave her an hour to get dresseed and ready to go to the airport. I had child care arranged for the weekend and our bags were already packed. We had breakfast in the DFW airport and had lunch on the beach in Cancun. Here is a few pics from the trip.

We had a great time in Cancun and the kids had a great time with Mimi & Pop and Amy & Jason while we were gone. Thank you all for helping me pull off the surprise and for taking care of the kids.

Bed Head!

What has happened to Cal's lifeless, fine hair? Here's what he looked like after his nap this afternoon:


As you might observe from these pics, the boy takes awhile to wake up....not sure where he gets that?

Movin' On Up!!!

Last Saturday was a big day around this house!

Here's where Cal woke up:

And here's where he went to sleep:

And here's why:

The boys sleeping peacefully in their matching big boy beds:

Really, where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday (okay, so maybe last year) that we laid our newborn baby girl in that crib. We have had three precious babies sleeping in that crib every night for the last 5 and a 1/2 years. And now it is officially retired or so we think:)! You'd think that would bring a tear to my eye...but yet it doesn't!

Here's Ella in her new bed (queen size to most people but princess size to her!). We decided to pass her twin bed onto Cal and give her a new BIG bed since we know slumber parties are right around the corner. Can you tell she's a bit excited...

And our sleeping beauty...