Gus Macker 2014, St Paul, MN

I attempted to bring Caleb to watch Dave play basketball again.

 

He did a little better this time although he still wanted to be out on the court with daddy. I had to distract him with multiple things from my phone, to food, to walks, to golf carts, etc. We ventured over to the state capital to snap a few pics.

 

I attempted a selfie but Caleb wasn't having it. He wanted mamarazzi out of his face.

 

Then all of a sudden there were more cool things to distract him...two of Caleb's favorite things. Police cars and fire trucks!!

 

Those of course were his highlights of the day. My highlight was the following picture. I felt like he was gazing at the court, watching his daddy thinking "That's going to be me someday". Priceless.

 

Baby Girl Kapaun

I just realized I haven't mentioned that we are adding a little girl to our family come December!  We are beyond excited and thrilled to see Caleb in the big brother role.  He's going to be THE BEST big bro.  And come December he's off the hook for dress up.

We've thrown around a few names, weeded out a couple and have it narrowed down to two.  It will probably come down to the day she is born and who knows it could be something different than the two we currently have.  The two names are Trinity and Zoe.  I ask Caleb all the time what he likes and he always says both names.  Tonight was a different story, I asked him again and he said Big Zoe.  Big Zoe Ann Kapaun has a bit of a ring to it right? wink wink.  Whatever her name is, it will be the perfect name for her.  Until then, "Big Zoe" is doing great as is my pregnancy.  Praise God!!  He has truly blessed us.

MN State Fair

This year Dave and I were flying solo at the state fair. Caleb was up at my parents so we got an entire weekend of kid freedom...somewhat, we always find ourselves talking about him and looking at pictures and videos of him. By the time he gets back home we are just so antsy to see him!

The weather was perfect and was again a record breaking attendance day which was also the case last year when we went. Exploring the new west end market was great which is where we sat and listened to a folksy music performance. Loved it!! We also consumed our favorite state fair foods along with quite a few new ones!

 

Kapaun Cabin Outing

We ventured up to the cabin again this year. We didn't go last year so this was Caleb's first experience up in Outing, MN. He thoroughly soaked up the cabin experience just like Dave and I do and he talked about it for many days and weeks afterwards.

Dave and I both have so many cabin and lake memories from growing up and we want our children to experience the exact same thing. We absolutely love the cabin life!!!

Caleb didn't sleep the best there so he got the opportunity to snuggle and sleep in bed with mommy. One night I had the most overwhelming heartwarming experience. Caleb woke up so I pulled him into bed with me. I was laying there thinking this is the third night in a row how he had woken up really early and how I was running off of very little sleep. Little sleep and being pregnant is not a good combo. But then I looked at his cute little face in the dark and realized that he never sleeps with us so I was enjoying the moment. Then to top it off he took his hand reached over and grabbed my hand. My heart grew bigger and let's be honest what kind of mother would not tear up at this moment? Tiredness was no longer a thought but instead the love for my son consumed my mind. God softened my heart that night and reminded me how much of a blessing children are even when you feel exhausted.

Below are pictures of the fun we had!!