Photo Shoot!

Today seemed like a perfect day to take more pictures of Kalvin!! The sun was shining, he was freshly bathed, and my camera card still had more space.

When I came downstairs and told Dan I had a photo shoot with Kalvin...his only response was "Of course you did." I guess that's a sign I take too many pictures. ohhh well...

Hope everyone has a great Sunday! Enjoy this beautiful sunshine!!!!!!

(Notice the giant drool goober hanging! He he!)

Back in the day...

YAY!! My pictures finally loaded!! Only 12 hours later!

Last night we went and visited our friends who just had a baby boy last weekend. Kalvin looked like a giant next to their little peanut! It made me sad that Kalvin is growing up so fast! Little baby Wyatt was so beautiful! Congrats to Danielle and Walter!!

So for this post...I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane and post some newborn pictures of Kalvin! It's hard to even remember him being so tiny!!

Kalvin was only a few hours old here and looks very scared!!

My mom was in the delivery room with us and she also came to our house and helped me out the first week. She was truly a lifesaver!!!

Kalvin's first trip out of the house. We went to Target and he screamed the second we got into the store. I think he's about 3 days old in this pic. Now he's almost outgrown this car seat!!!

Having trouble...

I've been trying to post pictures all day! I'm having a little technical difficulty! I'll continue trying so check back later!!!

Just a quick update on my day...Kalvin decided to only sleep in 1 1/2 hour increments last night so we're all pretty tired! Dan took Vera up to the shop with him so it's a mommy and Kalvin day :) Time to do laundry and finally get our 2011 files all set up! I'm sure i'll find time to read Kalvin some books too!!

Fresh Water and Dirty Little Fingers...

I finally did what I should have done LONG ago and bought a Brita water pitcher! Since moving into this house last March, we've been buying jugs of water. I was pregnant at the time and nervous about drinking nasty water out of an old well. I use the water for cooking but I've NEVER even tried it out of the tap.

Just an FYI...Brita has a deal going on until the end of the month where these are 'Buy one, Get one free'. Whoo hoo! Even though we don't need two pitchers, we'll definitely need that extra filter in a few months!!

The other night while I was doing dishes, I gave Kalvin one of my pots to bang on to keep him entertained. He was so excited and used his little hand to pound!

...and his little mouth had to try it :)

This was the aftermath of that fun :)

(It's super hard to get a picture of moving fingers!!!)

In other news...Dan stayed home from work today to hang out with Kalvin and I!! WHOO HOO! He's been working super long hours at his 2 jobs so we're excited for him to relax a bit! He's still in bed sleeping which we're also happy about because he's been running on like 5 hours of sleep a night for a few weeks. It's supposed to be semi-warm today too...I think this will be a good day!

Happy Friday!!!!!

More of Kalvin's 6 month pictures

Here are a few more to brighten your day!!!

Kalvin's 6 Month Pictures

I don't mean to brag...but I'm pretty sure I have the most adorable baby in the whole world!

Kalvin had his 6 month pictures taken a little over a week ago (January 30). We had them done by Brianna Rannells at Shutter Disgrace Photography. We just got the CD in the mail yesterday and I'm excited to share them to the world!

He was a trooper the whole time. He had just woke up from a nap so he was good and rested. We surprisingly had kind of a hard time getting him to smile. Thankfully Brianna had a bright red Elmo doll that got him to look up a few times. It seemed like when he would look up, he'd smile then put his head down quick...like he was embarrassed! My mom came with me so all three of us were talking and clapping trying to get him to smile. We probably looked pretty funny!He should be familiar with a camera in his face!!

You'll notice in the second picture, Kalvin has his tongue out. He spent a lot of time doing 'mouth toots'. ha ha...Silly boy!

We had to cut the session a bit short when Kalvin tipped over and bonked his little head on the cement :( But Brianna assured us that she had plenty great pictures. (Don't worry, Kalvin calmed down super quick! I think it mostly just scared him.)

Now...for the hard part...how will I ever pick which ones to enlarge?!?!

The Moby Wrap!

The Moby wrap is WONDERFUL! It's basically just a super long piece of cotton fabric that you wrap around yourself and stick the baby in. It seems really overwhelming at first but after a few times watching a YouTube video on how to put it on...you'll be a pro!

When Kalvin was about a month old, this is the only way he'd nap! This continued for a few months! This was a true life saver (and back saver!!!) I was able to continue on with my day while he napped. I'd do laundry, dishes, and even vacuum! We even brought him with shopping the day after Thanksgiving at 4:00am! He just hung out all day next to me!

If someone asks for an opinion on what baby things were helpful, I ALWAYS suggest this thing! Now that I'm able to get Kalvin to nap in a bed, I don't wear this thing as much as I should. You can hold children up to 35 lbs in it!!!

I got it back out of the closet a few days ago and I was correct...Kalvin still loved it!! Enjoy the pics I took of him this morning! We're in a very good, smiley mood today :)

I decided that every Wednesday I'm going to post about a product I love and couldn't live without. It may be boring for you...haha...but it will be nice for me to document and look back at later.

Also, an update on Vera...She's been pretty nutso the last few days! I think she's getting stir crazy from the super cold weather ( I don't blame her! I am too!!!) This morning she was scooting her butt across the floor. I'm hoping she feels OK! It did look pretty funny though!

Here's the link if you're interested in learning more about the Moby Wrap. http://www.mobywrap.com