Weekend Away

We spent the weekend with Grandma Sarah and Grandpa David a few weeks ago. We started off in Lake Geneva. 

 Calvin got to try out the new room as a playroom.

 And play with Grandma Sarah.

 He loves their new kitchen. It has a low cabinet just right for him to open and close. And open and close. And open and close. Endlessly.

 Then it was on to Chicago.

 He went for his first ride on the "L", with all the St. Patrick's Day drunks.

 And then got to ride a trolley.

 He liked to look out the window.

 And yell at all the people.

 Finally we arrived at Navy Pier for the Home and Garden show.

 Lots of dirty things to play with.

It was quite an adventure!

Me and My Shadow

Calvin appears to have discovered his shadow. If we are in the kitchen in the morning when the sun comes in just right, he will sit and play with his shadow for quite some time. 

Wish it was always that easy to entertain him!

On His Own Two Feet

We are bouncing back to the present because I had to share what happened for the first time last night and repeatedly throughout today. 

So he is briefly standing on his own. 

 And after he gets his balance...

 if you watch his feet...

you can see...

he is moving forward!

He can only go 2 or 3 steps before...

whoa! whoa!

WHOA! WHOA!

 TIMBER!

So, yes, Calvin has taken his first steps! It's more like running short distances and then diving rather than walking but I wouldn't expect anything less from him.

Parks and Recreation

I'm playing catch-up on photos. These are pictures from Calvin's first trip to the park we were are yesterday. This is from a week or so ago, so you'll see why I had to take him for a haircut.

This was Calvin's first time in a swing.

 The park was full of kids from a daycare so we had Calvin and Chip share a swing.

 Calvin is trying to figure out who is back there.

 They are learning to share.

 They had to play in the tunnel.

 And they got to ride some dinosaurs.

Given this beautiful weather, I think they are going to get the know the parks well.

10 Months

Somehow 10 months have passed and today is Calvin's 10 month birthday!

 We met some friends at a park to enjoy this nice weather.

 Chip and Calvin had to fight over the ever-desirable water bottle.

 Chip had to check out Calvin's new haircut. (I'm behind on my current blog posts so, yes, Calvin got another haircut.)

   Calvin had to check out the swings with Benji.

 And tried to crawl through the tunnel but couldn't quite make it up the big hill.

 It was a fun and beautiful day!

Visitors

We were very excited to have our good friends Auntie Laura and Uncle Mike visit us!

Calvin was fascinated by Laura.

 He thought she was so much fun!

 Maybe he could sense his future friend growing in her belly.

 Maybe it was the awesome water bottles she was drinking out of all weekend.

 They are one of his favorite toys to chew on (but he had to fight Millie for them, who also wanted to chew them).

 Uncle Mike was pretty cool, too.

Can't wait to see them again and meet that little peanut coming in July!

Locked Up

As Calvin has become more mobile, we have had to enter lock-down mode.  

Not sure if you can see the teeth marks on the edge of this gate.

 At the other end of the kitchen, Calvin gets a visit from Millie.

Calvin has been practicing pushing the chairs around.

 Why is he so motivated to push the chair around?

 What are you doing with that chair?

 I think someone is planning a jail break!

 Sneaky little jailbird!