A wonderful day!

AHHHHH!! Today has been an amazing day compared to the rest of my week! I got the lawn mowed, Vera's neck is looking slightly better, the house is (kind of) clean, went for a play date with a great friend, Dan had a productive day at work, Kalvin is in bed, and now I'm finally enjoying some supper and a cold beer!

Here are some pictures from today:

Vera always scoots her butt right up to Kalvin's face and then he grabs her tail...It really grosses me out and I always scrub Kalvin's hands with anti-bacterial soap after this!

Kalvin got his faced licked...notice the hair sticking up on the left! He got a bath tonight to clean off the layers of sunscreen, dog spit, and dirt!

Our lilacs are also blooming!!! They smell AMAZING! I love having fresh flowers in the house!

I was so excited about the mason jars full of lilacs that I called Dan and told him how good our house smelled...He didn't seem impressed...I guess he's allergic to the pollen :( Rats!! I guess it's good he's not home much because I'm not removing them from the house! He'll just have to suffer the 7 hours he's home to sleep :) he he!

I guess I've been busy!

Woofda...Almost a whole week since my last post?!? I guess things have been kind of busy! My days consist of making sure our mobile child is safe. I feel like I can't get anything done right now! I still need to figure mommyhood out I guess!

Over the weekend we went to a wedding. It was so fun seeing our old college friends and introducing them to Kalvin. Dan and I aren't used to staying up late anymore so we were pretty tired yesterday! Dan also didn't feel the best!! :)

Hope everyone is having a great Monday! I'll try to be better about posting this week!!

Cute Cousins

Aren't they cute together??? I really enjoy Kalvin having little cousins!! He likes it too! This morning Kalvin got lots of hugs and kisses (and a few random pokes in the eye) from his cousin, Henry and then spend the afternoon with Calum.

These two love to do everything together. If one is doing or holding something, the other wants in on the action! They even mimic each others noises! VERY CUTE!

I think it's time for bed now! I go to bed MUCH later when I'm visiting my parents!! I'm exhausted!

A day at the Zoo!

A friend and I took our kids to the Minnesota Zoo yesterday. I was slightly nervous because the weather was a bit chilly but it turned out to be an awesome day! The kids were happy, the animals were out and moving, and it was so nice getting out of the house with a great friend!

Kalvin LOVED the tropical fish. He kept trying to grab at them which was pretty cute! Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with the fish because I was too busy holding him up and smiling at him! The kids also really liked the ducks and the flamingos...basically anything that moved quickly! They were unimpressed by things like turtles and sleeping wort hogs... :)

Here are some pictures from the day:

My friend bought her little girl a maraca. Kalvin stole it away...

Isn't he sweet??

Ohhh Kalvin also learned a few tricks over the last few days! He can now wave ByeBye and he can also mimick us when we say "Uhh Ohh"...both are super cute!! He gets more fun every day!!

Roller Derby!

This weekend Dan and I decided we needed out of our house!! We thought it was the perfect weekend to visit out friends in South Dakota. We invited ourselves over and tagged along with them :) I didn't take too many pictures but I did get a few from the Roller Derby game we went to! Kalvin was a little unsure of the noise and all the people at first but I think he really enjoyed it too! Then we went back to their house and played a competitive game of SpongeBob Monopoly.

We had a great time and can't wait to see our friends again! They were such gracious hosts!! Our visits seem to be getting fewer and further between...I hope we can change that!

Here are the roller derby pics:

Theresa and Kalvin enjoying the action!

Don't they look so thrilled?? I swear...we really did have fun!!!! hehe!

See! There's a smile! We were having fun!

One more quick note: Kalvin slept through the night for the first time Friday night!!! He is loving his crib! He slept from 9:00pm-7:15am!!! Our little baby is growing up!

Kalvin's Little Friend!

Kalvin and I had a little visitor for a few hours yesterday! One of my friends had a meeting to attend so we watched her daughter, Annabelle, for a bit! She's only 2 1/2 weeks younger than Kalvin so it's fun watching them play together.

As you can see from Kalvin's face...he was soooo excited to have her over to play!!!

He REALLY liked her pacifier! He's never liked his very much but when someone else has it...suddenly it's awesome!! Kalvin's hair looks much more orange when he's next to someone with brown hair!

Still holding on tight to her paci!!

OHHH YEAH...KALVIN CAN CRAWL NOW!!!!! He just officially started yesterday morning and he's really good at it already!

I think they will be good friends! (it's SUPER hard getting a good picture of 2 squirmy babies!!)

Now what to do today while it's raining...