Easter Weekend

For Easter weekend we headed down to Albany/Lebanon area. We started out on Saturday visiting great-grandparents so they could meet Caleb. On Sunday we headed to church with my family and then we headed over to Brian's parent's house to celebrate with them for an Easter brunch. In the afternoon we then headed back to my parent's house for Easter dinner. It was a lot of running around, but it was so good to spend time with our family.

Great-grandma Dukes with Caleb.

Great-grandpa Dukes with Caleb.

Grandma and Grandpa Dukes with the kids.

Great-grandma Anderlik with Caleb.

Caleb in his Easter outfit.

Great-grandpa Dukes with Lincoln and Kendal.

Daddy and Kendal in their Easter best.

Kendal hunting for eggs at Darryl and Sherry's house.

Colin hunting for eggs at Darryl and Sherry's house.

Kendal excited that the Easter bunny brought her a hippity hop in her Easter basket.

Colin digging into his Easter candy.

Egg hunting at my parent's house.

Kendal excited that she found some eggs.

First Few Days At Home....

Here are some of the photos of our little guy the first few days at home. We think he looks exactly like Colin and Kendal did when they were born. All of our kids are such clones of each other!

Colin and Kendal's snowman they made when it snowed here in Portland.

The men in my life!

My family that I love!

Caleb's first bath.  He didn't even cry at all!

Our little burrito!

My precious boy!

Colin's first t-ball practice.

Grandma Alderson with her new grandson.

Shannon holding Caleb.

Lindsay and Vander holding Caleb.

Nicole holding Caleb.

Such cute little fingers!

How cute are they????

Caleb Alan Dukes

This little man entered our lives on March 17th at 9:03am. He weighed 7lbs 4 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Both Colin and Kendal are loving their new little brother. He is such a blessing and we couldn't be happier!

 One last photo of me being pregnant before we left for the hospital.

Grandpa Alderson holding his grandson.

Aunt Andria meeting her new nephew.

 Colin was very excited to meet his new little brother.

 Kendal was also excited to meet her new little brother.

 Papa Dukes with Caleb.

Our three little munchkins!

Aunt Amy and Sydney meeting Caleb.

Uncle David with Caleb.

First ride in the car seat.  He did pretty good.  No crying!

The kids opening their gifts that Caleb gave them.

Caleb opened his gift that Colin and Kendal gave him. 

Our first photo as a family of 5!

Colin's Birthday Celebration Part 3

On Sunday February 19th we had the final birthday celebration for Colin.  He wanted to invite only the boys from his class over to our house and have the party there.  This time he wanted to have a Cars 2 theme party.  Including Colin there were 8 little boys at our house.  I have to admit I was a little bit nervous about how to entertain all of them, but it turned out just fine.  The boys came over, played for a little bit, they played a game, opened gifts, had cupcakes and then played some more.  The party only lasted about 2 hours, but I think all the kids had fun and my house was not completely destroyed when they left!  Not only was it fun to have the kiddos over, but it was also fun to have all their moms over as well.  It gave everyone a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other better.