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!

Oooey Gooey Bananas

Good Morning and Happy June 1st!!
This is actually from yesterday after is nap. He was being so sweet and just hung out like that while I did laundry, finished up the dishes, and cut up potatoes for supper. He was quite content just hugging me! :)

Kalvin hasn't been eating much so this morning I put bananas in his little mesh thingy. He sucked on it for awhile which was nice...until he discovered he could squeeze stuff from it. I also had to put Vera in her kennel for a bit because Kalvin was very generous and wanted to give Vera some licks too. Gross...

He was pretty sticky from his face all the way to his toes :)

Kalvin has a funny combination of jammies on from last night. hehe! Now that it's getting warmer out, I'm enjoying seeing Kalvin's rolly polly arms and legs!

We didn't get to go for a walk yesterday...it was way too windy! I'm determined to go today!!!

Does anyone know how to keep a 10 month old child from pinching and scratching me???? I'm getting abused and I'm definitely not a fan!

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!

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!

This has been my day...

We tried another egg yolk with Kalvin this morning. It went okay... He didn't really get many bites in. He mostly just wanted to play with it and push it all on the floor. He did get a red blotchy rash on this hands and tummy about 15 minutes after I took him out of his chair (hmmmm) He also had some pretty nasty poopy diapers this afternoon (sorry if that was TMI). I'm not sure if that was related. We may have to try it again when he'll actually take a few real bites.

Kalvin was a big messy pig after playing with the egg so I stripped him down!


Kalvin has been busy exploring the house. He pretty much pulls himself up on everything. He hasn't taken any steps yet but I can tell he wants to!

Because he's been so busy exploring the house...I emptied out the bottom part of this cabinet for him. It was filled with glass serving dishes and platters and I was getting really sick of telling him NO all the time. So the stuff is moved and I've given that cabinet to Kalvin. He's a happy boy! He enjoyed crawling in and out of it!

He had a long afternoon of playing and now he's been napping for 3 1/2 hours! All this playing is making me sleepy too! I can't believe how exhausted he makes me at the end of the day! He's becoming so silly though and everyday I'm thankful for being able to stay home with him! I wouldn't trade it for the world!

Special Dog/Mommy time!

I'm just waiting for Kalvin to wake up from his nap (he's already been sleeping 3 hours!) I thought I'd cuddle with Vera and take some pictures of us! She was mighty happy to sit on my lap! She wasn't shy about crawling right up!

My parents beagle, Roma, wasn't so happy about all Vera's attention!

PS...Any tricks for keeping my eyes open for pictures???? I'm thinking eyelid removal surgery maybe?