Bath Time, Baby!

David's at work until 8 tonight. Ah- I've just got to hold on about another hour or so til' he gets home. Good grief, today has felt like the longest day of my life (well.. one of them). Calvin's had a cough and runny nose develop. I hate it when he's sick. I feel so bad for him- He doesn't know how to blow those runny boogers into a tissue so he can breathe. (*Sad Face*) At night really late, I can hear him coughing. Aw it makes me so sad. I hope it ends soon. And hopefully the weather stops being so awful and make up it's mind so this doesn't keep happening.

Anyway, I've been pulling out all the stops to try and help poor Calvin get better. And he was so funny today in his warm bath. He's such a ham.

↑ Watching the bath tub fill up. ↑

and don't worry. He loves having his picture taken. When he eats, he thinks it's so funny to hang on to the spoon with his teeth. I'm surprised at how strong he is when I try to pull the spoon out of his mouth! 

↑ He knows he's being a funny boy. ↑

I think I may have a future prankster on my hands... 

Kangaroo Zoo

On a trip to the Kangaroo Zoo- I started to realize how NOT excited I am to pay for ridiculous things my family will want to do in the future. Say what you want...

But Calvin.. How could I possibly refuse this?

Also, this has been very long overdue. An introduction to Calvin's alter ego, George Diaperton. David simply places an open diaper on calvin's head and it's supposed to look like a powdered white wig. And Ta Da! Calvin becomes George Diaperton! It's so dumb but I can't help laughing at Calvin every time David puts the "wig" on Calvin's head. Calvin gives us this look like, Something is up here... is there something on my head? 

Travieso

I have the most mischievous little boy. Some would say that he's much too little to understand what he's doing. But I know he understands my tone when he knows he shouldn't be doing something. He looks back at me like, trying to decide whether to stop doing or to keep going. That little trouble maker. He's only 8 months old right now! Imagine the kind of messes he'll make in a few years!

Taking out the DVDs.. This happens regularly. And the look he gives me when I say his name in the TONE...

But how could I stay mad at this face? How, I ask you?

Cal likes to try and climb his Cousin Noah. As you can see here, poor Noah is helpless to defend himself against Calvin. It's like Calvin's got tentacles that he can't escape from!!

Calvin being a ham for the camera.. and Noah seems so relieved that Cal's finally left him alone.

An Evening Out

My dad's always been a classical music buff. He used to sing all sorts of opera and participate in theater in his college days and before that, he was part of an opera company in Mexico! Growing up, I remember walking into his office and he'd have music playing (or more recently, watching a Youtube video) and show me all of the small details in the piece that make it so great.
Well, last week, my family and I attended a classical Russian music concert in Salt Lake City at the Tabernacle. So I left Baby Calvin with my mama and my siblings and my dad and I went up to see it. The concert, in short, was amazing. I love the pieces of music that sound so obviously Russian.. and as the songs ended, the silence became so thick, you could feel it. It was like you could cut it with a knife! Anyway, During the intermission was my favorite part, because my family is ... weird.

I especially love it when my Dad gets in on the wackiness and gets in the pictures with us. I told him I wouldn't post my favorite picture of him because it's not so flattering- But as for the other pictures, I made no such promise. :)

One of my favorites... get a load of that double chin. (Ami's big eyes are my favorite part of this picture)

And when I came home, this is how I found my little Calvin. 

AAWWWW!

Blessings Flow

Teri (A neighborhood friend) was over at my house yesterday. We spent a good chunk of our day making headbands, watching The OC, and talking about baby things. Teri's pregnant and 18 weeks. We were talking about how excited she is, and I am so excited for her. She can feel her little girl kicking now! We got onto the subject of parenting.

A lot of people tend to look at me (whether they mean to or not) with this expression that says "Oh, you're tied down with a baby and a husband" or "Oh, you're settled". It makes me a little frustrated more times than not. Not because I'm frustrated that I can't go out to the club or whatever the hip youngsters are doing nowadays... but because they have NO idea what they're missing out on.

True Confession:
Finding out I was pregnant was one of my hardest days. I remember feeling a huge sinking sensation in my stomach and tears welling up in my eyes because I had no idea how David and I were going to survive and provide for a baby! Not only that, but I had plans (finishing school, going to Disneyland, etc). But as time went on, and the weight kept building and my belly kept growing- I felt myself being more drawn to the idea of having a family and raising a little boy. Finally- Calvin made his debut and I could not have been happier.

As Teri and I continued our talk on family and babies it was like, WOW. I feel so blessed. I described to Teri how amazing it felt to finally see Calvin. How fun it is to watch them learn and grow, and how much you grow in that process as well. I can honestly say I would not have my life any other way.

I know it's cheesy. I feel like I need to share this- I feel so happy sometimes. Like I'm as light as a mist and at any moment I could be blown away by a breeze. Light as air.

I can't wait for Teri (or anyone else for that matter) to feel that way too.
It's the greatest feeling in the world.



Better than prom.
Better than finding a dollar bill in your pants.
Better than finding your favorite color of nail polish.
Better than stepping on a crunchy leaf in the fall.

:)
My heart is so full.

Today is extremely boring.

It just altogether seems like a blah day. I look outside and it's overcast and windy and gray. Which, in comparison to how yesterday's weather was, is kind of depressing. I did manage to finally get out of the house yesterday for a stroll with Cal. I've been dying to take him to the park. I love Nelson's Grove. It's one of my very favorite parks, not for any particular reason, just feels a little more like a real park to me. Not like one that's attached to an elementary school or something. Anyway, Calvin had his first ride on a swing set! I took so many pictures only to realize that David had taken the memory card out of the camera! DAAAANG IT. Which means of course that I don't have any of the cute pictures for the blog today. Drats. Well, I did take some on my phone (sorry for the crappy quality..) I'll try to retrieve some more pictures from my friend Cynthia who was there with me.

We also celebrated David's birthday a while ago and we had a nice dinner and a birthday cake. He got some cash for his birthday from my parents and what do you think he did first? He took all of the dollar bills out of the booklet and told me to take pictures of him tossing his money around like a cool rich maniac. Ha! I have to laugh at these pictures because they're so odd. I love that guy.

See how creepy he looks?

Calvin also managed to get himself stuck under the bed a few times. He kept babbling like "How in the world did I get myself down here anyway?" Hysterical.

Just look at those legs. He's got a Christmas ham in each leg.

Calvin the Beanstalk

Calvin is now officially 8 months old. And not only that, he's now got SEVEN teeth. What in the world? Are 8 month old babies supposed to have so many chompers? I wish I could be more candid with my pictures. Unfortunately, Calvin is all too good at finding me & my camera. He's figuring out how to get up and down without having to bonk his head in the process. I wish I could just explain things to him.. Like, "Just bend your knees and bring your butt to the floor" or "If you hold it like this, you can pick it up a lot easier" but alas, it's not that easy with a baby. I think seeing him work out these new tricks makes me think a little more about the mechanics of how I do things. It's really opened my eyes!

He is my life and I love my Cal so much. It's so hard to imagine my life without him. Every time I go say good morning to him in his crib, and he looks so happy to see me. Like, I am seriously the best person he could see right then. I try to savor each of these moments like it'll never happen again. He is the best thing that could have happened to me.

Post script: I would just like to mention that I love his blue eyes too. I have no clue where he got them. David & I both have pretty dark colored eyes and Cal somehow got these amazing hazel-y blue ones.

David

D: Have you ever had a stinky belly button?

A: ......?

D: Like, you scratch your belly button and then your finger stinks?

A: PFFFFHAHHA, NOOOO!

D: ... shut up...

Calvin strikes again.

This whole standing, climbing, getting into everything- thing... is starting to get a little tiring. Nevertheless, I never get enough of watching Cal learn how to get around. I noticed to day that he dropped something by his feet. I thought he'd pout and fuss about not being able to get down, but as I watched, he bent his knees, spread his little legs apart and while holding on with one hand, he got what he'd dropped from between his little feet. I can't believe how quickly he's learning!

Here are some pictures from today. 

 Master of Mischief!!

David's Quotes of the Day

It's not hard for people to make me laugh. That goes double for David. His sarcasm and silliness always crack me up. And then sometimes, out of nowhere, we'll be having a conversation having to do with dinner, or laundry, or money or any of those other grown up things and he'll say something that makes me double up in laughter & I can't stop. The best thing is he doesn't realize what it is that he said that was so funny. I'll try and explain it through my laughter.

Well, last night was one of these nights.

We celebrated David's birthday last night with some good ol' fashioned chocolate cake and David's choice of ice cream (Mint Chocolate Chip) and I went in for the first scoop of ice cream and it popped right out of the box! It was a little softer than I'd expected and the little glob of ice cream fell to the floor by the counter. I picked it up and examined it for any dust or hairs or anything that would give me reason to throw it away (I know.. that's pretty gross, but I hate throwing stuff away). Our conversation then went a little something like this...

D: Throw it away! It was on the ground!

A: Oh, it's fine, you big baby.

D: No, it touched garbage, throw it away. I saw it bounce off the garbage.

A: It's FINE....

D: THOW IT AWAY. Do you want BOOGER FARTS all over it?!?

A: (Silence)......... AAAAAHAHAHAH!


I know it's a little stupid. But it was so out of nowhere that I couldn't NOT laugh. *Sigh* Thank goodness for moments like that in my life. I'm glad I have David.

Happy Birthday, Kiddo...
Love, Angie & BB Calvin.

Calvin's Best Friends

It's pretty easy to see sometimes that Calvin would much rather be in someone else's rather than my own. I've started to notice his "flirting" with different friends of mine. He loves to "talk" to Erika, he loves to pet Dozer, and he loves sleeping with his Tia Ali and Tia Ami. Behold-

(Click on the pictures to enlarge)

Here are some recent Calvino pictures

--David

The following are very recent events. We've just learned that the reason he's been so fussy lately is he's got two more teeth appearing right next to his two top ones. One's already broken through and the other has yet to break the skin. 

↓ This is Calvin standing in his crib. This is how he says good morning to us now. ↓

↓ These are the last days of Calvin in the bumbo. He's now figured out that by arching his back and twisting one shoulder, he pops right out! Here he is being a charmer. ↓

↓ No, he's not pooping.. I promise. I am not entirely sure where this started, but recently (& only when he's eating), he's been tensing up and his eyes go all buggy and he balls his fists and his jaw goes all wonky... He sounds like he might be trying to fill his diaper, big time.. But he's not. 

↓ This is the best picture of it that we've been able to take. I laugh so hard every time this happens. ↓

And a video of him standing up.

Gold and Green Ball

I went to a Gold and Green Ball last week at my parents' stake in Lindon. I didn't know this, but apparently it's a really big deal. Like, people go order corsages for it and everything! The sparkly dresses come out, the big floofy hairdos. It's been an annual tradition since 1915...WHOA. There's usually a theme for every year. I've heard one year was the 60's and the bishop came dressed as Ringo Starr! Awesome! This year was Jazz themed. There was a local Jazz band playing all of the songs. Foxtrots and waltzes were all over the place. Of course, you had the people who knew the steps, those who didn't know how to dance at all, and those who couldn't wait to don their ballroom shoes and take up the entire floor. I was surprised at how much fun I had. I spent a good chunk of my night dancing with my dad and with Calvin amongst dozens of sparkly dancing couples. Towards the end of my night at the Gold & Green ball, I got a picture taken by a photographer at the church and I'll just warn you right now... It is an AWFUL picture. Cal looks cute enough that he looks fine in the picture. The only thing I wonder is if the photographer made my face look like a cherry on purpose. Not to mention the seaweed background.

So here you go. I welcome all your laughing and jeering at my horrible picture. I laugh at it too.

And here are some pictures of Calvin's Abuelitos at the Gold & Green Ball.

Don't they look so cute? 

I've got a joke for you. 

What's the difference between Mormon boys and everyone else?

MORMON BOYS HAVE GOLD & GREEN BALLS! 

(Ha.... I know that was lame.)

To be completely honest

It's a little ridiculous trying to keep up TWO blogs. I mean, the other one I fill with all sorts of nonsense. But Millers Everywhere is me trying to be solely dedicated to the three of us. It's awfully hard to not write about the other craziness that's been floating around in my mind. So for now, entries in this blog may be a little slow. If you'd really like to, I post things on the other blog about the family every now and then. Just search for what you want to read.

In other news, Calvin has finally learned how to climb up and stand with the help of a friendly bookshelf or couch, or tv stand. It's been tiring to "spot" him when he decides to climb up on things. The second I turn around, THUD. He's on the ground. Sometimes I even think he may be doing it on purpose so I pick him up and cuddle with him. Well, little boy, if you think that's going to work forever, you're wrong. (Mwahahaha!) He's also finally learned how to escape the bumbo. There have been several times where I've had him up on the table or a counter to find him rolling around out of the bumbo, only a split second from falling on the hard tile (dun, Dun, DUNNN!)

And when I'm not chasing after Calvin or blogging about Calvin, I try to do things that I don't do on a regular basis. Of course, there's writing in my journal or watching Desperate Housewives. But this week, I've been able to branch out in my "craftiness". I made homemade paper with Erika (find her blog, here) for a Late Valentine's Day present for her missionary, Ethan (find his blog, here). It was super easy, but very time consuming and tedious. I've also bedazzled my denim vest. I know, I know. I know denim vests are supposed to be tacky, but I love it. I wear it over my hoodies all the time. I must look like I wandered out of a Nirvana music video, or maybe out of an episode of Roseanne. Oh well, say what you want. But I love it.