Tickle, Tickle, Tickle....

Cael just LOVES it when his Daddy tickles him.

Best Friends

David and Cael

Fun At The Park

We went to the Park to celebrate our friend Chloe's 1st Birthday.

Happy 1st Birthday Chloe

While at the park Cael (who is 4 1/2 months old) got to have some fun.

After all that fun Cael fell asleep.

Labor Day Weekend Fun

Cael went to his First Parade and he got lots of candy and got to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa.....

Cael had his first taste of almost real food. He finally got to eat Rice Cereal....

Gardner Family Adventure

We went to Bass Lake and Yosemite for a Gardner Family Reunion.

We had tons of fun and everybody got to meet Cute Baby Cael.

(Cael's first plane ride at 13 weeks. He definitely takes after the Gardner side, he loved the plane ride and looking out the window!)

(The Family at Tunnel View)

(Vernal Falls Trail)

(We saw a BEAR on Vernal Falls Trail!! The picture is not very good, I was scared out of my mind. It was about 20 feet away from us.)

(The Gardner Boys in front of Half Dome)



(Cute Cael swimming in Bass Lake for the first time. He did not like it much.)

(Sleeping Baby Cael.)

(Duh Nuh, Duh Nuh, Duh Nuh......We celebrated shark week by making Shark Cupcakes.)

(Gavin holding baby cousin Cael.)

(Giant Sequoia Trees)

Like Father Like Son

Ben and Cael taking a nap.

The light above them was off, so I turned it on to get a better picture.

After a few seconds of the light being on.

(These are not staged photos)

Cael is his fathers son!

Our Fun Food Adventures

 Since I have been home on Maternity Leave we have been watching more TV. Some of our favorite shows at the moment are Man v. Food/Food Network which I blogged about before. On the Food Network they have featured a couple of restaurants that are famous for either deserts/food. Since a couple of these places are within driving distance from us, we thought what the heck, lets have some fun.

The 1st place we went to was Oklahoma Joes in Kansas city which is considered one of the 13 places you have to eat before you die. I was still in my 1st trimester of pregnancy when we went and my main food aversion was red meet and Oklahoma Joes serves almost all BBQ (not a fun combination). Ben thought the BBQ was one of the best he has ever had.  This place gets 2 thumbs up.

The 2nd place we went is called Pappy's in St. Louis. It has been voted the best BBQ in the STL. They only make a certain amount of food a day and once they are out of food, they close for the day. I am not a big BBQ fan but Pappy's makes one of the best pulled pork sandwiches I have ever had. This place gets 2 thumbs up.

The 3rd place we went was The Blue Owel in Kimswick, Mo (the sticks). We went specifically for their pies. We shared a piece of the apple pie. The pie seemed to be lacking something, it was not very good. This place gets 2 thumbs down.

The 4th place we went was SuperDawgs in Chicago. It is considered one of the 1000 places you have to see before you die. When you go to SuperDawgs do not attempt to order a hot dog cause they only sell superdawgs. The superdawg comes in a box stuffed with french fries. This place gets 1 thumbs up and 1 thumbs down.

Now we are looking for our next adventure! Anyone have any suggestions?