Santa or Sheldon? Hmmmm.....

Ryanne: Did you have any good dreams last night?

Me: Yes! I had a dream that Daddy was SANTA CLAUSE!

Ryanne: No, he's not Santa. He's SHELDON!

Birthday Boy!

1 year ago (from yesterday) I was strapped down to a table with my arms stretched out to the side with a curtain resting on my chest as I turned my head to throw up into the bowl that the anesthesiologist so kindly held for me while I was being sliced open....and then out came my bouncing baby boy!
Austin Ray Caple (aka Bubba)
7 lbs 12 oz ~ 19 7/8 inches
(12 days early...could u imagine how big he would've been!)
Awwww....such a sweet delivery story! haha!
hey I try to get as creative as possible with my stories since they are all c-sections!

Here he is at 4 days old, driving home from the hospitalYesterday was Austin's BIRTHDAY! My baby boy is 1!

For dinner we headed to Gramy & Grampy's house!
Bubba saw that the "tickle monster" was coming and tried to get away!

Gramy & Grampy got him a fun toy where he can HAMMER things! Woo Hoo! When we got home I showed him how to use it and was ALL SMILES! He LOVES it! Thank you Gramy & Grampy!

But while he went off for the stairs (for the millionth time)...

...Ryanne snuck in and tried out Bubba's new toy! She loves it too!

Grampy and his babies!

He is so happy to be 1

On Saturday we threw a party for Austin

the cake!

He was eyeing his cake almost the whole time we sang to him!
(gosh he's a stud!)

We missed the photo op of blowing out the candle so we had to re-enact it!

But when it was time for him to eat it....he wasn't so sure about it

ya, he didn't like it very much
He didn't eat the one at Gramy & Grampy's either.....hmm...maybe he's not a cake fan.

but he's still SO CUTE

it eventually ended up ALL OVER his face!

Austin immediately fell in love with all his presents!
Trucks...

...trucks...

...and MORE trucks! He LOVES trucks!!!

Bubba loves his balloons, it's been 4 days since his party and I still find him playing with his balloons.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUBBA BOY! WE LOVE YOU!

SNOW! in LOUISIANA???

We found our Christmas Tree!

It started to snow as soon as we got to the Christmas Tree farm!
It was so much fun! It added to the experience!

When we got home our house was covered in snow!

It's like our very own Christmas Tree in our yard!

Austin's first snow!
It snowed last year just days before I had him so he didn't get to enjoy it last year!
I was so cold last year in the snow that I thought I was gonna shiver him out of me! haha!

He wasn't quite sure what to think about this stuff

Eventually we headed back into the house to put up the tree!

Saturday morning when we woke up we still had just a little bit of snow left. I know we didn't get very much but it's still real exciting when it happens (which is RARE!)

2009 Christmas Cards

There are EIGHT new Christmas cards this year! Take a look and email me (JSCaple@gmail.com) if you would like to place an order or have any questions!

PS: I"M CHEAP! haha...well my cards are!

Bubba Boy Walking!

Black Friday

Our black Friday was spent.....NOT SHOPPING!

Instead, my niece, Addie, and my nephew, Carter, got baptized!
They are close enough in age (9 1/2 months apart) that Carter waited for Addie to turn 8 so they could be baptized together! Ah how sweet!
So they decided to get baptized while they were down here in Louisiana! I was so excited that they chose to get baptized down here!
It was such an awesome day!

The skirt that Addie wore is a skirt that was worn by me and my sisters on our baptism days and by all of our nieces that have been baptized too! So now the skirt sits in Ryanne's closet because she is the next girl to be baptized....wow, that's a LONG 5 years to be holding onto a skirt!

After the baptism we headed outside and got picture crazy!
Moi, Michael, and Heidi
the hot couples!
Michael and his wife Stephenie, Heidi and her husband Denver, and then the hottest couple of all...Me and Sheldon!
Haha, it looks like we are all posing for Prom pictures!
Pic is kinda blurry...that's what happens when you ask a kid to take the pic....or was it one of the missionaries?We had so much fun together!
My brother is 13 yrs older than me and my sister is 9 yrs older than me but in this pic u can see that they still think they are young...uh, oops...i mean youngER!
the whole dang group
the cousins in this pic range from 6 months to 14 yrs old!
On my side of the family we were only missing 2 of the cousins!
We missed you Kelsi and Trista! Can't wait to see you in May!
Oh, and it's not fair when my my 14 yr old niece and my 13 yr old nephew are TALLER than me!
Heidi (sista) and her family

Michael (my brutha) and his family

and then last but not least...
OUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY!

Thanksgiving '09

We had TONS of people at our house for Thanksgiving this year! I've NEVER hosted a Thanksgiving before and I actually really enjoyed it! I loved cooking, entertaining, and enjoyed having so much of our family being here!
oh did I mention that there were 22 people in my house!
Us (4)
My brother and fam (7)
My sis and fam (6)
Sheldon's parents & bro (3)
Missionaries (2)
gee that was it?

While we were waiting on the last 2 things to cook some people went outside and threw the football, some watched football, and some....slept!
(my bro and his baby girl)
Along with the traditional turkey we had to do the tur-duc-hen!
My side of the family were really excited to try it....well most of them!
( a Louisiana/Cajun specialty...a chicken breast stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey with cajun seasonings)

We had lots of people...

...and lots of food!

Looks like Sheldon was hungry!

We know where Austin gets his appetite from!

My sweet Ryanne, she was so tired...

....I think she fell asleep on my lap during the prayer!

After dinner we got to talk to my parents on the web cam!
They say "Hello from Germany!"

It was so much fun to see Austin play with his little cousin that is just 5 1/2 months younger than him. They played very well together.

Ok ok....just looking at Austin you can tell he is a big boy but when he sits next to his little cousin he looks MASSIVE! But it works out perfectly....he is the big, tough, and rough boy and Ava is the sweet, delicate, beautiful girl!

We had an AWESOME Thanksgiving! Normally growing up we would go around the table and say what we are thankful for which I loved doing but I was too much of an emotional mess knowing that everyone was going to be gone in 2 days so I skipped that tradition this year!

In just 6 months my WHOLE family is getting together in Arizona, so Thanksgiving was just a trial run for then. We only had 3 of the 6 kids for Thanksgiving! Can't wait til May!