Life Is Still Great

Life is still great for Jeff. He is a happy guy and is enjoying life. He and Kalin have been busy doing some fun things. Mom however, has been pretty lax at downloading pictures and posting. Just felt like I needed to post to let you know that Jeff is healthy and doing great. I'll try to get another post in soon and with pictures.

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Nothing But Fun, Fun and More Fun!

Life is so great and I've been having lots of fun. It's cool to get away from Mom for a while and just hang out with a guy. Kalin is great, and he likes doing things I like doing.

In the last couple of weeks we've gone swimming, rock climbing, the movies, bowling, and of course shopping. The Rock Hause is my favorite. We've been rock climbing twice and it is awesome. We went to see Toy Story & Toy Story 2, a double feature in 3-D at the movies. I loved it! I even got to eat popcorn and have a drink during the movie. We went swimming at the Resort and the hot pools are great - really relaxing! We've gone shopping at ALCO, and WalMart. There is so much to see there. I just love to look and touch things. Kalin helps me remember to be careful when I'm touching things. The Bowling alley we went to was fun. It's got cosmic bowling where everything is painted in florescent colors and the black lights make everything glow and move. It's so cool! And of course, I have to look at everything which makes it hard to concentrate on actually bowling. Here's some pictures of me bowling and looking at the lights.

Getting distracted by all the glowing things around me

Setting up my ramp

Waiting my turn

Guys just chilling out

A Lot Can Happen In 5 Months!!!

My Mom has been REALLY lax in updating my blog!!! I've been so busy all summer having so much fun, that I forgot to keep an eye on her.

First, here is my newest caregiver. His name is Kalin Hansen. He's pretty cool. He's no Clay, but hey, gives him something to shoot for right. I really like him. I'm teaching and he's learning! We make a great team!


He has been working with me for most of the Summer. He has just started classes at Utah State so he only works with me on Monday, Wednesday & Fridays now. We do all kinds of fun things together. Swimming is my all time favorite!!!! I LOVE the water!!!! We go to the park, bowling, the movies, shopping, walking in the community while he teaches me to keep my hands to myself, we've gone to fairs, carnivals, and today we went rock climbing!!!! Man, that was so cool and soooo much fun!! Just look at how cool I am!

Getting started

Here I go

Working hard

At the top!


Life is so great, and I'm making the most of it!!!

Mother Nature is Still Playing Tricks On Us

Mother Nature is still up to her old tricks . . . one day will be a gorgeous Spring- like day, then it will snow for a couple of days. I sure will be glad when she makes up her mind as to what she wants. Doesn't she realize that it really makes it hard for me to get out and do all the fun things that I like doing? After all, a guy like me needs to make plans, and with her flipping back and forth, it's hard to plan anything!! Come on Mother Nature, enough is enough.

I have a new support worker (caregiver) and I'm ready to put her through all my tests (hehe). Her name is Camille Adams and she's really nice, and cute too! She has great feet and hates to wear shoes, so I get to see her painted toes a lot!!! (Everybody knows how I absolutely LOVE feet!) I'm not done testing her yet, so we'll see if she continues to be patient. Mom thinks she is going to work out just fine. We've gone bowling a couple of times and to the movies which was fun. I got to see the new movie Aliens Verses Monsters. It was great and in 3-D! And of course we go to the stores so I can work on money skills and learning to keep my hands to myself. I just always have the compulsion to rearrange everything on the shelves, and for some reason the stores don't like that. Anyway, I just want to start having nice weather every day, so I can enjoy being in the fresh air and sunshine, go biking, walking at the track, canoeing, play at the park, and most of all SWIMMING!!!

Here is a picture of me and Camille. She's pretty cute huh.

Mother Nature Is NOT very nice!!

We've had beautiful weather all last week. It has been so sunny & warm that I got to go to the park two days last week to play. Friday I went to Logan with Mom & Grandma and once again it was a gorgeous day. All last week was so great. We got to open the blinds and windows and could look out at parts of the lawn turning green. Spring had definitely arrived in Riverdale, Idaho.

Then Mother Nature played a cruel trick on us! Here's what we woke up to this morning.



And it's not done yet. It has snowed more since the above picture was taken. And it is suppose to snow until tonight, then we get rain. Mother Nature is so cruel.

I'm spending the day inside watching the guys put down our new wood floor in the dining room. I kept getting in their way so Mom brought me upstairs to play a game on my computer. I'm having a good day, but sure wish it was a sunny, warm day so I could go outside and play in the sunshine. Oh well, I'll just have to be patient, it will come.

My Trip To Texas!!!

I had a GREAT time on my trip to Texas! I loved flying in the airplane and mom kept telling me what a good traveler I was. Yes, I was . . . I can't imagine what she was thinking I was going to do?

I loved seeing my brother Dave & his family and my sister Kelly and her family. I love my nieces and my nephews, they are all so fun and nice to me. Here are some of the fun things I got to do:

This is me waiting to board the plane. I got to be the first one on the plane!! How cool is that!!

We went to Houston, Texas first to see my brother Dave and his family. Here is a picture of them.

Here is a picture of my niece Shayla on her baptism day. Isn't she beautiful!! And she is sweet and kind to me too. She even gave up her bedroom so Mom, Dad and I could sleep there. Thank you Shayla.

Here is a picture of me laying on their trampoline. Because I don't like to jump on trampolines, Shayla would make me bounce and I really liked it. I got to go swimming in their swimming pool too, but silly Mom didn't get a picture of that.

Next we went to visit my sister Kelly and her family in San Antonio, Texas. Here is a picture of Kelly & Joe. I can't believe that Mom didn't get a picture of Casey, Kade and Jessica. They were so fun and I had a great time playing with them.

They took us to go see the Alamo. It was a cool place.


Here is a picture of me next to the Wax Museum sitting next to Forrest Gump.

Here I am looking at how they make the wax impressions for the Wax Museum.
/>This is me in front of Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum. . . a really cool place!

Here is a picture of me in front of the Largest Tire in the world!

I had a great time in Texas. Here is me on the plane coming home. Did I mention that I was a really good traveler?

The trip to Texas was so great, but I was ready to get back to MY house, MY room, and MY bed! Mom took a picture of me right after I fell asleep. I'm in MY bed with all MY favorite things (balloons, string and tape). I'm such a lucky guy! Life is good.




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Excitement Is Mounting

The flu bug has bid it's farewell to all members of the Baker home. We were all quite glad to see that nasty guy go.

The excitement is mounting as we look forward to our trip to TEXAS next week. I've told Jeff he is going to ride on an airplane. He goes to the window and looks up and signs 'airplane'. I know he doesn't understand the concept of 'when' so I probably should have waited until the day before to tell him. (He does understand 'tomorrow'.) I've showed him Dave's family pictures and Kelly's family pictures to let him know that is who we are going to see. Princess Shayla is going to be turning 8 and will be baptized and we are so excited to be able to be there for that special occasion.

Here is Jeff at the window signing 'airplane'