Learning To Cook!

I have finally learned how to make Arepas! I've been craving them for so long and my mom's good friend Marta makes some amazing ones. Luckily, I found out Marta and her family were making their way down from Layton to spend dinner with us. I packed up Baby Calvin and got myself out of my sweatpants and drove to my parents' house. 

And Marta agreed to show me how to make them! It is much easier than I thought it would be for sure, it just takes a lot of multitasking and meat preparation that takes about a whole day. Anyway, they turned out delicious! Buttery, flaky, and so tasty! YUMMMM!

On A Regular Basis

Calvin is CONSTANTLY climbing things. David and I have recently had to secure our bookshelf to the wall because of Climbing Calvin. I was doing some laundry at my parents' house one day and realized that I couldn't hear Calvin. So I went on a search and you know where I found him? At the TOP of the long stairway. And I freaked! How could I NOT notice? Anyway, I had to get him back to the bottom and get it on film, this time he had someone to spot him in case he slipped. It's about time I get this video on the blog. :) Enjoy.




P.S. I should thank the people who read this blog. I notice a lot of people's interest in our family. And I'm really glad
that I'm not just writing to a big black hole.

Impressing the Crowd

I've got a Coughing Calvin.

It usually starts with a runny nose, maybe a few sneezes. I can usually tell that he's feeling sick just by his body language. You know... that achey, stiff, sick feeling you get all over your body when you get sick. This has been going on for about a week now (going on a week and a half) and I thought it was getting better!

When just last night, Calvin's coughing woke me up. It was pretty intense.. Big chesty, tight cough attacks that seized his little body. I could hear him gagging and crying and struggling to breathe- I finally told myself, if it doesn't stop, I'm getting up and going to the store to get him something. 

Guess what I ended up doing.. 

It was nearly 2 in the morning and I got up and dressed and got him a humidifier and some Motrin (he was running low) and maybe some Vicks. Thankfully, that seemed to help him get some rest. The On-Call nurse at the Pediatrician's office told me that if it got any worse than that (wheezing, blue lips, etc) I should take him to the Emergency room. 

AAAH! 

I didn't have to do that (Thank you!!!) It may have been my sleepiness coupled with my worry/stress that made me cry when she told me to take him to the ER if anything got worse. Thank goodness I didn't have to resort to that! Anyway, he's still a little cranky, but doing better. I turned on the shower, put some pots of boiling water on the stove and of course, his humidifier on to hopefully get some humidity going in the house and help my little guy. 

Downside of all the steam: I have to wipe down all my walls from the collecting drops running down. 

Upside: My skin looks really good. Haha! 

We caught Calvin just chillin' in his crib with his feet up. (Sorry for the beeping and clicking you hear in the video... that's me trying to get a picture on my lil' digital camera)

At Play

David discovered that Calvin likes to play underneath a big blanket we have. We'll cover and uncover him and laughs from the rush of air that happens when we uncover him. David just happened to leave the blanket on his head and we found out that Calvin REALLY likes to try crawling around with the blanket over his head. He obviously doesn't get very far before he trips all over himself and laughs his little hiney off. At the end he we uncover him and he gets a little disoriented and tips over.

In other news, his Grandma and Grandpa Gomez succeeded in finding a walker! Something I assumed was gone from existence. I thought that because of too many incidences of falling down the stairs, they'd stopped being manufactured. Anywho, they found one. And we have been watching to see when he finally starts to take steps forward in his walker..
His Tia Andi held out a cookie in front of him and VOILA! He is so easily enticed by food. Immediately, he starts almost running towards Andi and he gets his cookie. I'll have to get it on film for you. I always have these moments of "Look at my baby go. He is the cutest, smartest, most amazing baby in the whole world!" And then I remember that's probably just me being a silly mom.

My New Favorite Video

My baby Calvin exploring new places such as the world of UNDERNEATH! Anything he can get under is his newest favorite thing. Especially chairs that have bars under them. I actually had a hard time getting him out from under those chairs at his last doctor appointment! Oy Vey!







You can also probably tell how much he loves the sound of his own voice.


P.S. IF THE VIDEO ISN'T PLAYING RIGHT, YOU CAN GO HERE TO WATCH CALVIN VIDEOS.

Booty Booty Booty Rockin' Errrewhere

I know you've seen the naked bum pictures before. David shot this video of Cal watching the bath tub fill up and he gets SO excited! And I personally think it is the cutest thing ever.


And David also managed to sneak a video of Cal hanging out in his crib in the morning. I love when he finally catches David filming him. Heh heh. Cute behbeh.