San Franscisco

So this last week we spent on a little trip to San Fran. Tyler had some work conference there and so we went with him and another guy from work. We had a really great time exploring the city. We would drop tyler off and then go out exploring. Here is calvi one lunch eating his happy meal. Cavlin was very friendly to mostly all the wrong things. He loved to share his food with tiny animals usually pesky dirty pigeons. He also made a lot of friends with homeless people and just any one we sat by on the bus or walking around. He is just so cute who could not say hi to him.
We found this park with this awesome water thing that was right by our hotel. This was his favorite place on the whole trip he played in that water for a long time and got all wet. We brought dad back to show him.
We met Tyler on a little break and here is his name tag stuck to the back of calvis head.

Calvin spent his 1st birthday in California. It was Sunday and we made him a jam sandwich with a candle on top. He thougth it was kinda weird but whatever. That is about all we did for his b-day but we did celebrate it more when we got back i will post that in a bit.
Here we are waiting to get on the cable car for a ride. That was one of my favorite things to ride. We got a city bus muni pass and we rode all kinds of stuff.
We got lost on our way to church but we ended up here Lombard st. the super crooked road. It was crazy but we had to walk up it to get where we wanted to be. It was a great view from the top.
We walked around the Golden Gate Park for one afternoon. I wish we had parks like that here in Idaho it was so big we barley got to see anything. Here are the boys at the Japanese Garden area.
Tyler had a couple days where they didn't have meetings on one day we took a ferry to Alcatraz Island. It was a really awesome experience. The view was amazing and we could have not asked for better weather for the whole trip. It was nothing but sunny clear skies the whole time we were there.
Here are the boys looking out at the Golden Gate bridge. It was so clear we were able to get an awesome view of both bridges and the city.
Here we are in the prison cells. They were really interesting to go see. It was a self guided tour where we just had headsets and just listened and walked where they told us to. It was really fun.
We went to the park and Tyler was drinking a Gatorade and Calvi wanted to try and he LOVED it as you can see he would not let go till it was gone.
Here are my boys like father like son. Tyler was on the phone and so calvi had to be just like him so they both were on the phone during dinner. It is pretty funny how calvin picks up on things like that.
One day we spent with my cousin Allison. It was really fun, we knew she lived in San Fran but we didnt know where and we ended up running into her husband at church. They lived only a 15 min walk from our hotel. It was so nice to be able to hang out with her and go to her house and have some space for calvi to crawl around. We went to a fun Chinese dance performace and saw some fun stuff. She also cooked us a wonderful dinner and tyler and mark met us there after their meetings.
On our last day there we went down to the piers and hung around there. Here is calvi loving the little beach we found. He was such a great traveler he seriously spent a whole week in this stroller and as long as there was something to see he never complained.
Here is Calvi on our way home at the airport. He loved to look out the windows and see all the airplanes take off and all the other moving things.

Here are the boys on the airplane on the ride home. Calvi did so good on the airplanes he had 2 both ways and he slept for 3 out of 4 it was so awesome. We had a really good time and saw so many fun things. But after a week we were ready to come home to our wonderful little quiet town.

The Weekend

Calvin is still a climber. He finally got his teeth to break through the gums and the last few days have been much better. This is what you can find calvi doing while i am in the kitchen.
This last weekend calvi and i took a trip to see aunt jilly and uncle kyle. We had a great day hangin out with them while tyler had to work. Calvi loved Donatello the turtle. here he is trying to get him.
We also got some rest in calvi fell asleep while we watched a movie. We had a great time. Not much else is going on around here. This week we are getting ready for our big trip to San Francisco! We leave first thing Friday morning. Tyler has been working so hard lately we are so excited and hope all goes well on the trip.

Oh Sunday

Today has been a crazy day for our little guy (monster), he is getting his top teeth. He has been crying and uncomfortable all day. But in between the tears he still has his moments. Here he is after church looking so cute in his cloths.
Here he is with his daddy watching his favorite show Baby Einstein. He loves those movies and he will sit on our laps and watch the whole thing. He loves it and it is so fun to see him laugh and get excited at all the silly things. He is such a sweet boy and i dont know what we would ever do without him!!

The BOX

Ok so do you remember this little nugget in his tiny baby car seat hangin out with his buddy Kacen. He barley fit inside he would get lost in the blankets he was so little!
Well it is time to grow up and that is where we got this box. Calvin finally got a new car seat. He had way out grown his little baby one and needed a new ride.
He loves to play in this box it is so big! we cut out some holes and he will crawl in and out all day. Here he is with his uncle Adam, he thinks it is funny when people poke out their head to say hi!
Calvi feels like a king in his new car seat! he Loves it and it is so crazy to think he is a growing boy.
Talk about bad hair days. That is what has been up in our house for a while. Calvi is in need of a hair cut!
He still loves to climb. Here he is his whole body in the dishwasher. He thinks he is helping but he really isnt!
Clara turned 2 this last week and that is just crazy! I made her this little tu tu cause she likes to dance around like a ballerina. My mom came down and hung out with us for a few days it was fun to have here there.

Whats up

Swimmin time! Calvi loves to swim. We put him in his life jacket and he just floats around and had a great time.

Clara got a life jacket for Christmas and she had a great time breaking it in. the picts look foggy cause my lens was all fogged over.
Calvi has been a little climber lately. He will climb up everything. He loves to climb the stairs and when he saw me pull this out he just had to try it. He is pretty fast, i wish he could use that energy to just walk!
Clara came over to play and they both had to just take laps going back and forth following each other. Calvi is really good at walking with the help of something he is just to chicken to go on his own. He is so so close! That is pretty much what we have been up to just hangin out and staying out of the cold.

Happy New Year!!

Tylers work had a party at this gymnastics place in town. It was so much fun there was a lot of stuff to do there. There was also a ton of people, it is crazy to see how the company has grown from just a few guys to now a bunch of guys and everyone was there with their families. Calvi liked crawling around on all the stuff and watching the kids play.
Here is tyler sumo style. He was sumo wrestling another guy and he got knocked down and calvi just freaked out and started crying. it was so sad he just was so worried about his daddy!!
For New Years we went to Twin for the weekend to hang out with family. here is my little nephew Kai. He loves super heroes and so for Christmas i made him a cape he loved it. It was so cute to watch him run around in it.
At my parents house for the new year they had a few activites planned. My mom made a pinata and at first the kids were confused and then when it was cracked opened and a few candies and toys fell out clara freaked out and started yelling candy candy it was so funny. She would go and gather up a few things at a time and put them in a pile she was so excited!
My dad put some straw bails in the back of the farm pickup and we went for a night drive through the farm. It was pretty cold but fun to just be with the family. Calvi almost fell asleep he was so cozy and warm on my lap.
Then the boys went out on Saturday and shot some clay pigeons. They had a great time and tyler is a pretty good shot! It was a little to cold for me so i took my turn and ended up going back to the house with calvin. It was a fun weekend we got back and it was 0 degrees!!! yeah and it has not warmed up. so we have been in the house just takin down Christmas and trying to stay warm.

Christmas

Here is Calvi on Christmas Eve. We spent Christmas in Idaho falls with tylers family. We had such a great time and it was so fun to be there for his little brother being so excited for Christmas! Calvi likes sitting on this little bench it is just his size!
Here is everyone playing battleship before we went to bed. Check out Cavlins pj's i made him.
Here we are Christmas morning Calvi didn't really know what was going on accept there was boxes and wrapping paper everywhere. Tysen helped him figure out how to open his presents and look in his stocking.
Here are my boys by the last picture with the Christmas tree! bye for another year!!