Calvin 4 months

4 month stats:

13.8 lbs (5th-10th%)

26 inches (70th%)

head 42cm (45th%)

Calvin had an eventful 4th month!

He started rolling from his back to his tummy and then from his tummy to his back. He started sleeping through the night on a more regular basis, he has become a super happy baby who giggles all the time, he was a champ on our road trip to and from CA. He babbles all day long and still loves playing on the floor and under his play mat.

Calvin is a sweet heart. I could just stare at him and talk to him all day! But I have two other boys who need attention too and they let me know it! Calvin is able to tolerate a lot of chaos. The only time his brother pose a problem is when he is nursing. He is at that stage where he is easily distracted during nursing sessions. I have to go up in his room and try to keep the other boys away so he will eat. This poses some issues in our house. While I am upstairs nursing, the boys know I am occupied and they take advantage of the time to be naughty. Those boys sure are smart.

Anyway. I am just trying to enjoy this age as much as I can. I know what challenges lie ahead with a toddler and I just want to enjoy my baby before he joins the "wild rumpus".

Fire Station Visit

I set up a visit to the local fire station with some people in our neighborhood. It was awesome! A personal tour of the fire station and it was really educational! The kids got to sit in the fire truck and my boys of course wore their fireman outfits. Davis insisted on wearing his PJs as well. It was a rainy day, so I figured why not?

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Calvin at 3 months

I love this picture of Christ and his "little ones". I have this picture in both of the rooms for the kids. I look at it and I am reminded how special children are to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and how privileged I am to have 3 of his children in our home to raise. Kids can drive you crazy and they definitely come with a whole lot of challenges as well as blessings. I can get frustrated and easily upset by things my kids do and say, but if I could just look at this picture all day, I am sure I could easily dismiss those feelings. Maybe I need this picture all over the house!

Calvin has become very aware of the things going on around him. Something I think is so special is how he stares at this picture that hangs on the wall behind the glider in the nursery. I wasn't sure if I loved  where I hung the picture, but now I know it is in the perfect place. When I put Calvin on my chest to burp him, he gazed right at the picture. I swear he know who it is. He will just stare at Jesus and smile or babble. The veil is so thin with these little ones. 

I have not been great about taking monthly picture of Calvin. So I have to find pictures I have taken of him that I know are around that month mark. Here he is with sweet little Elizabeth. Calvin and Lizzy where due to arrive on the same day! Due to complications with Robin's pregnancy, she had to have Lizzy at 37 weeks. So Lizzy got to come before Cal. Here they are together when the Orvin's came to Utah. I was so excited to meet her and see these two together. Lizzy is all girl. I love the way Robin dresses her so feminine. I am sure Calvin will have a crush on her at some point through out the years.

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I crack up every time I watch this! Calvin at 4 months

Heat Wave

No... I am not talking about the weather. I am talking about the Transformer.

James has really gotten into Transformers and Ninja Turtles in the last 6 months. He had never even seen the cartoons... just the toys. So I introduced him to the 80's cartoons of both the Transformers and Ninja Turtles. I figured they would be more appropriate. He likes them, but still prefers watching the season on Dinosaur train over and over again!

Since he saw the Transformers cartoon, he has be introduced to more characters and also Rescue Bots. We started some group swim lessons and on the first day all the kids got in the pool and the teachers asked each of them their name. When she asked James he replied "Heat Wave" with out batting an eye. As the week went on he was various characters, but I just laugh every time I think of him saying his name was Heat Wave. The teacher thought it was pretty funny too. 

That following Sunday, I had to take Calvin out of sacrament to feed him and left Haws with the 2 boys. He decided to go up and bare his testimony with both kids (I wish I could have witnessed it) and after he was done James said that he wanted to bare his too! I am still mad I missed this. So he stood up to the pulpit and said "I'm and excavator!" Really loud of course. Haws had to translate and then do the whole whisper in the ear, to finish off the testimony. A little back story, earlier that week, James had decided he was an excavator, I was a bulldozer, Haws was a roller, Davis was a back hoe loader and Calvin was a digger. For a day or so he called us by these names. 

James has a huge imagination and it is so fun to hear him play. He cracks me up!

Going going back back to Cali

Our trip back to California this summer was jam packed and  full of  fun!

My mom had come up with Kori and then drove back to CA with me. 

This was our welcome back... traffic and smog.

We had a fun visit with Renata at Fashion Island.

Calvin meet his birthday twin and future wife Liv.

Lots of water play at Nana and Bops house and with cousins.

A Luau put on by the Singles Ward. The released my parents after the Luau. They knew they needed them to help make it happen!

The boys shared a bed at my parents house. That made for some interesting nights.

We had a birthday party for James on his 4th birthday! Transformer Theme of course.

Went to the beach with the Gatlins. Too bad it was super windy. The boys still had fun.

Pre-wedding party for the Mikos.

4th of July Party with all the cousins. The Hathaways and Haws finally joined us!

fireworks at Grandma's house.

Lindsey and Chris' wedding. It was amazing! What a gorgeous day and a wonderful couple. Lindsey thought of everything for this wedding. 

The best part of going back to CA is seeing all these ladies!

Sara had her baby girl Eve while I was in town and I was so excited that I got to meet her!

Then we headed to Palm Springs for a great vacation with my family. It is so fun to all be together. I hope we can do this every year!

Palm Desserts Childrens Museum

The day we got home my friend Carrie and her little boy Tommy came to stay with us.

We had fun playing with Tommy while Carrie had work meetings. 

I'm still hoping they move here :)

Utah sunrise. Even though I love CA and miss my friends and family there... it feels good to be home.

Liva Las Vegas

We took a family trip to Las Vegas so that I could go to my dear friend Lindsey's bachelorette party.

Haws is the best and agreed to my idea of taking the boys so I could go. ( having 3 little boys, including a nursing 3 month old makes it hard to escape).

It took us 8 hours to get there! But we had so much fun spending time at the pool and hanging out. 

Haws stayed with the kids so I could go out with the ladies that night.

After dinner and a show, the girls hopped in the minivan to go dancing. They got to meet Frankie and Freddie the dinosaurs. I am sure it was the highlight of the trip!

Liz and her blonde friends

Love these girls! I am so happy I was able to come on the trip, even if it was only for one night.