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 :)

Diagnosis on Vera!!!

After 2 trips and many calls to the vet, 2 rounds of antibiotics, and several hundred dollars later...We have a diagnosis on what we thought were bug bites on Vera!! She has something called Demodectic Mange (otherwise called Red Mange). It's a parasite which lives in her hair follicles! So now we have the correct medicine to fix it! She'll be on more medicine for the next few months but we're praying it completely goes away! Poor dog!

Greatest.Invention.EVER!!

We've lived in this house for just over a year and I still hadn't put up any curtains (except in Kalvin's room!) There are lots of windows and I didn't want to spend a ton of money on curtains that probably wouldn't work in the next house we're in. Well...yesterday I solved all the curtain problems I was having!!!!!


At Target they have pleated vinyl shades for $4.99 each!! They are meant to be temporary shades so there is no screws or man stuff required! Since we live in an old house, the temp outside is usually the temp inside! The other day the floor in the dining room was so hot from the sun coming in that we couldn't stand in those spots!!!

All I did to hang these bad boys was measure my window, mark out where I needed to cut the shade (they come in 36" x 72"), cut the shade with a sharp utility knife, peel the sticky strip off and stick it up there!!! It seriously took less than 5 minutes a window! I know you're probably thinking this sounds super tacky and nasty...but for us it worked amazing!! Dan isn't around much so it's nice to be able to do things like this myself!

I hung a few up last night and was so excited to hang more today that I didn't sleep well last night. haha...yes...I know I'm a dork!

Check it out...

BEFORE: Super nasty boarded up window in our dining room that I've had to look at for an entire year!!

AFTER: YAY!! It's covered up!!

They even have a cord and string to move them up and down easily! I've hung 4 in our dining room, 1 in the kitchen and 3 in our bedroom and I'm trying to think where else I can put them because I'm enjoying them so much! I may hang some room darkening ones in Kalvin's room... :)

So if anyone needs a cheap and easy fix for a window covering, these are a super awesome option!

PiCtuRe OvErLOaD!!

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!