Wedding Weekend!

Last weekend we attended Dan's cousin's wedding. It was a super rainy day for an outdoor wedding but everyone toughed it out with umbrellas! Here are a few pictures of our family...
We waited in the car as long as we could before going out in the rain. Kalvin enjoyed standing up in his car seat!

We don't look so good from being out in the rain and humidity... I guess we should have taken pictures earlier!

I just had to throw this one in...it's a pretty normal looking picture around here! Kalvin is much too busy to stop for pictures!

Our poor baby was so tired. This was at 10:00pm right before taking him to bed! Just to clarify...I'm NOT pregnant! In pictures, the stripes on my dress are not flattering! FYI: Those are Dan's parents :)

Ohhh...Well Hello Again!

It seems like my blog is getting away from me! I've been trying to take lots of pictures but it seems difficult when we're busy visiting friends, having birthdays, mowing the lawn, and trying not to move much so we stay cooler!

Monday was my 26th birthday so Dan took the day off work!! This was super exciting because that doesn't happen EVER....A whole day to hang out with him?!?!?! It was 95 degrees that day so we knew we wanted to be in air conditioning so I suggested the aquarium at the Mall of America. We had a great time. I loved seeing Kalvin's face light up when the critters swam next to him! I posted some pictures below. Kalvin really enjoyed it! (the pictures might look differently...) We ate at Ruby Tuesday where I got a giant salad and a glass of white sangria! For supper we cooked appetizer type food in our deep fat fryer (YUM!) and ended the night with a giant bowl of ice cream! The day was all about yummy food and amazing family time! It couldn't have been better!

Kalvin is getting more and more fun (and busy!). I enjoy the moments where he takes a second to give me hugs and kisses or just looks up at me and giggle. Both of us are currently covered in bruises. Kalvin keeps falling down and bonking his head and is getting lots of bruises on his knees from crawling... my arms and legs are bruised from Kalvin pinching me! Hopefully this pinching phase passes quickly! I'm not a fan!

I have a few more pictures that I'll be posting in the next few days so check back soon!!

Stay Cool!

Holy Humidity!!

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Weekend. Dan spent the weekend working so we didn't get to do anything fun. :( I'm already looking forward to my birthday next Monday. Dan took the day off work to be with Kalvin and I!!!!!!!!!!! It has been way too long since we had an entire day without Dan working!! In fact, I can't even remember when it was...

Any ideas of fun things to do for the day?? Last year for my birthday we went to Como Zoo and then went for ice cream. It was a really fun day but I was 8 months pregnant. Walking around in 90 degree heat was a bad idea!! I felt like a big fat sweaty whale!

Speaking of being sweaty...Our house is so incredibly humid!! It was pretty hard to sleep last night. I'm getting pretty sick of living in this old house :( The windows don't open and even if they did...there are no screens so critters would walk or fly right in! I don't want another bat in our bedroom!! EEK! Someday we'll live in a new place!!

Here are a few pictures from this morning!

And this is what's going on at this very second:

I snuck in to take some sleeping pictures of Kalvin. He always looks so peaceful. I still have the crib bumper in because Kalvin uses it to calm himself down. When he's trying to fall asleep he'll touch those bumps on the minky fabric.

And here's Vera! I had to physically carry her back in the house...all 40lbs of her! She didn't want to come in. I don't blame her! It's beautiful (but windy) out! I'm scared for Vera to spend time outside because I don't want her to get bit up again! The fields and tall grass behind her are breeding grounds for bugs (and snakes!!).

Maybe after Kalvin wakes up we'll slather sunscreen on Kalvin and brave the wind so we can go for a walk! YAY for not having to be so sheltered in the house anymore!

Happy Birthday Dan!!

Today is Dan's birthday! He's the big 2-8! For some strange reason, he always seems to hate his birthday. Much different than me, I pretty much have a count down going a few months before hand because I'm so excited!

Kalvin and I wrapped his gift. As you can see in the second picture, Kalvin even did a little artwork on the gift tag. Then he cried when I took the pen away...

BTW...Check out that awesome gift tag! It was my splurge last week. I bought a Creative Memories gift tag punch at a garage sale for $5.00. I never seem to buy anything for myself anymore so this was a big deal. Dan was even proud of me for spending money on myself. ( funny that my husband is proud of me for spending money!! haha). I've used the punch for 2 gifts already this week and can't wait to get some fun paper and use it for many more gifts!!!

Well time to get my snotty little boy and I ready to go visit Dan at work and deliver his gift.