What I Am Up To.

(I took this picture of me all by myself. Well actually I didn't Mom did but it sure looks like I did.)

I am now 11 months old and doing tons of things. I thought that I would share all of my accomplishments and share some adorable pictures of me, Kaelen.

-I say Mom and Ball really well. Every thing else is Da or it sounds like I do. (don't think that he's really saying that)
-I have two teeth on the bottom. First one came in January 26th, and then February 3rd.
-I love to push things under the couch and fridge. If you can't find things look there.
-I love to push things down the stairs. I love to watch it go down but then will cry because I can't get it back.
-I love climbing up the stairs.
-I get so excited with our dog Bernie. She isn't very excited about me though.
-When ever somebody comes to the front door I crawl as fast as I can to it.
-I love the vacuum. I will follow Mom around the house while she vacuums. I love to get in the way too and make it harder for her to vacuum.
-I can stand on my own. I will stand for a minute or two at at time and then will always sit down on my bum. (No Mom has never gotten a picture. Every time she tries to take one I sit down right a way)
-I have taken a total of two steps on my own. I walked to Mom both times. If you try to get me to do it I won't, I will sit down right a way but if you are not watching I will try it.
-I love to pull all the books out of Rachel and Jacob's bookshelves.
-I eat all foods including Bernie's dog food. Her water is the best though. I love to play in it.
-I love to eat everything that the family does and I love my snack foods.
-I am extremely ticklish and will scream and giggle when being tickled.
-I love it when Rachel and Jacob play with me and I get mad when they are downstairs and I am stuck at the top of the stairs with the gate.
-I don't like to nap and I don't like to sleep through the night. My Poor Mom and Dad.
-I love to be around my family. I get sad when I am alone or don't know where they are.
-I love candy especially suckers. I am good at taking the wrappers off and eating them.
-I do brush my teeth though after eating all of that candy. I love my toothbrush and will even let Mom brush my precious whites.
-I hate getting my diaper changed and will either scream and cry or crawl away. Not very fun for Mom and Dad when it is poopy.
-I hate getting clothes off and on too. Especially on. One of these day's I'll be able to take my clothes off and then I'll be free.
-I could spend forever in the bathtub.
-I LOVE balls. I will say and sign ball all the time. I love to chase balls, throw them, push them and when I am standing with somebody I will even lift my leg and kick the ball.
-I can drink from a straw and sippy cup. I also love to drink and then spit the stuff out of my mouth. I am getting better though at not doing it all the time.
-I love the remote control for the TV and the phone. I change the channels all the time on the family. They tried to get me one without batteries but I knew right away that it didn't work. I am good at using the phone. I have called Dad many times all on my own and have even called somebody at Midnight before. Good thing it was Mom and Dad's good friends.
-I love reading scriptures each night with my family. I get mad though because they won't let me read by myself. I think that they are worried that I might do something to them. (look at my pictures below)
-I love my family so much. I cry sometimes when Jacob gets on the bus for school but I am always excited to see Rachel and Jacob come home. I really get excited when Dad get's home from work. I will cry for a very long time when Mom leaves me and Dad is the one watching me. I can't decide at times who I like better Mom or Dad. Mom usually wins.

Overall I think that I am pretty cute kid and I think that my family loves me and couldn't be happier to have me be a part of the family.

Me hanging out with Dad.

Laying around on the bed with Dad. I am so excited.

I love to read the scriptures with the family.

I think that they also taste really good. I do get mad though when I try to grab the book and they don't give it to me.

I love listening to Rachel read.

I am such a cute kid with such cute teeth.

I love the remote.

Crawling up the stairs. My big brother took this of me. Good Job Jacob.

Dr. Seuss's Birthday

On Monday March 2nd for Dr. Seuss's Birthday Rachel at her school had to dress up anyway like a Dr. Seuss character. Well this is how we did her hair. She looked so awesome. She was being Cindy Lu Who from the Grinch. She actually had done most of it herself. I just did the last five ponytails. She is really good at doing her hair.

Crazy Hair Day for Jaocb

On February 26th Jacob had crazy hair day at school. Jacob was really needing a hair cut so we decided to go all out and get give him some crazy hair. We buzzed the middle of his hair and then spiked the hair on the sides and colored it blue. He looked so awesome and he totally loved it. We did finish cutting it after school though, making his hair all even.

Running like CRAZY

Enoch and I are training for a marathon that we are running in June. We are running a relay. We are running from Logan, Utah to Park City, Utah. 178 miles. We are doing this with 10 other people. It's a 12 person team. I am excited especially since I have never run before in my life. I got a treadmill for Christmas and have been running on it every day. I am surprised at how well I am doing . I have a lot more hard work a head of me but I am happy with what I have done already. We have to continue to train because we can't back out of it. Our team is signed up and we don't have many replacements set up. Also it's been paid for and it's a lot of money to throw away. I have wanted to run a marathon and so in a sense I am doing it. I am excited to run, sleep and run again.

Here is the website as well as a video of the race.
http://www.ragnarrelay.com/wasatchback/index.php

See you all at the finish line.

Drinking From A Straw

Last week (Friday Feb 13th to be exact) Kaelen learned to drink from a straw. It is so funny to watch him because he has not yet perfected the swallowing part. He is really good at sucking but not swallowing. He just spits it out.

If you look closely you can see the water coming out of his mouth everywhere.

Another video of Kaelen drinking.

Today Jacob shared his juice box with Kaelen. He did a much better job drinking. He actually swallowed most of the juice.


Sharing a drink together.


Kaelen finally got impatient with Jacob and stole the juice box and drank it himself.

Jacob's First Time on Ski's

Jacob went skiing for the first time this last week. Tuesday evening we all went up to Kelly Canyon for Grandpa and Grandma Heileson's ward party. Jacob was able to try skiing. He LOVED it and did really well actually. We were so surprised as to how well he did. When we first got their they gave him his rentals for free which was awesome. The guys at the ski rental shop were so nice. They were all so excited to see if Jacob could actually ski. Jacob has a harder time skiing than most kids do but with practice we think that he will actually be able to do it. He can stand all by himself on his ski's. He just needs to really work on his balance.

Everybody helped with Jacob's skiing. Gregorie was a fantastic babysitter and watch Kaelen in the lodge for a while so I could go out and take pictures and video's of my kids skiing. Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Rachael all took turns helping Jacob ski. It was so nice to have them their to help. Enoch also helped but eventually Rachel and him took off and went skiing on the bigger slopes. It was fun to hear Rachel come back and tell about her experience. She said that they went on the highest part of the hill to ski. She said that she was really scared but to help her not think about it she would sing a song in her head. She said that that really helped her get down the mountain fine.

Jacob getting his boots and ski's fitted and his boots put on.

Rachel headed up on the rope tow

Enoch and Jacob headed up the rope tow together

Grandma Heileson helping Jacob ski down the bunny hill.

Aunt Rachael helping Jacob ski. If you listen closely you can hear Jacob say that he wants to go over a jump. All night he would talk about going over jumps and skiing down the steep hills.



Jacob skiing with Grandpa Heileson.

Two thumbs up for skiing.


This is a video of Enoch and Jacob skiing by. Rachel is following behind going over a bridge and jump.

I love this picture of Enoch and Rachel especially because a large snowflake fell in front of Enoch just as i took it. It looks like he has a patch on. Arrrg! He's a pirate.

Rachel and Enoch in line for the chair lift.

Jacob standing on his ski's


Jacob flying by with Grandpa.

Jacob looking out the window watching for Rachel and Enoch to come back from skiing so Jacob could go out and ski again.

Kaelen and Angelene in the lodge.

Jacob loved skiing so much that he never wanted to get off of the hill. He would get frustrated and mad and say that he quit but then when you mentioned going inside he would get mad and say that he wanted to keep skiing. He would have stayed outside all night if he had let him. When we were in the lodge he would constantly ask when he could go skiing again. When it was time for us to return his ski's and boots at the end he was mad and didn't want to return them. The guys from the ski rental place asked me as I walked in if he liked it. I told them to listen to Jacob outside yelling that he wasn't returning his things and that would be an idea of how he liked it. They told us to bring him back again. I definitely will if they will rent us ski's for free for him. (Just Kidding, kind of) The ski rental guys all really liked Jacob and thought that he was so cute.

I am so proud of both my kids. I love that Rachel is so good at skiing and that she and Enoch have something that they can do together. I am excited that Jacob can now go skiing with us now.

Yummy Candy

We have now caused many problems for us. We gave Kaelen a sucker the other day. What a big mistake. We got tons of blow pops for Valentine's Day and he saw us eating them so we gave him a taste. Well a taste went into him eating the whole sucker. Kaelen now gets really mad when he see's you eating a sucker and is not sharing. He will share with you though if you share with him.

Kaelen eating his sucker.

Sharing with Mom.

Loving his sucker.

Such a happy little boy.

Valentines Day

For Valentine's day this year we heat attacked the kids door and put candy on eat heart and then we gave them bathrobes. Here are some cute pictures of the kids in their bathrobes. Enoch and I went out for dinner and a movie. We had a nice Valentine's Day. Oh I also got a vacuum on Valentine's Day but that was not my valentine's present. Ours had broke a few days before and so we splurged and bought a really nice one. We read tons of consumer reports and bought one of the best vacuums on that. I love vacuuming my floors and Rachel will actually vacuum now. My carpets look brand new too. Okay now that my vacuum has nothing to do with Valentines day enjoy these pictures of the kids.

Kids looking at Valentine cards from Grandpa and Grandma Fisher

Kaelen excited about Rachel's candy from school.

Kaelen in his bathrobe.

Jacob of course never serious in a picture. If you look really closely you can see Kaelen's two little teeth on the bottom. We still only have two teeth.

Skiing with Dad

Enoch and Rachel have had the opportunity to go skiing with Rachel's school twice in the last week and a half. The first time they went was February 5th and then again February 12th. They went on Thursday evening both times. They did night skiing at Kelly Canyon. They had so much fun together. Rachel loved spending time with her Dad, some friends from school and skiing. She has really improved in the last week. I am so glad that they got to do this together. I am also excited because Tuesday evening the 17 we are taking both Rachel and Jacob skiing. That should be fun especially because it will be Jacob's first time on ski's.

Rachel waiting anxiously for the bus to leave her school. (Feb 5th, 2009)

Smiling for a picture at the lodge. (Feb 5th, 2009)

On her skis and thumbs up to show how much fun she is having. (Feb 5th, 2009)

Enoch and Rachel eating together in the lodge (Feb 5th, 2009)

Night skiing (Feb 5th, 2009)

On the chairlift (Feb 5th, 2009)


Rachel skiing down the hill. It is funny to watch her almost fall.

Outside of the lodge at Kelly Canyon (Feb. 12th, 2009)

On the chairlift (Feb 12th 2009)

Rachel skiing down the hill (Feb 12th 2009)

Here is a video of Rachel going down the hill. She does a good job turning. (Feb 12th 2009)

Here is another video of Rachel going down the hill. This video is harder to see but she does such a fantastic job going down the hill. She turns so well and goes pretty fast (Feb 12th 2009)