Lately, Becca and I have been making more excursions to some of the local parks in Provo. We would do this before Calvin arrived in an attempt to hasten his arrival and now we go because we are too afraid to take him anywhere else that is really public and sometimes we just need to get out of the house. Besides these reasons it is always so relaxing and refreshing being outside during the cool utah summer nights. But last nights decision to go to the park turned out to be quite an adventure for our new little family.
Becca and I gathered all the essential supplies and put Calvin into his car seat and off we went to the park. Yippee! The car seemed to be driving funny to me and after pulling out of our parking lot I stopped the car and got out to check one of the tires. Yep-totally flat! I was actually kind of glad that it happened then as I had noticed a bulge on the side of that particular tire a few weeks ago and had mentioned to Becca that we needed to replace it, but in the meantime I had been watching it like a hawk. Still determined to get to the park, I parked the car on the side of the road and we went to get in our other car to go to the park. We began to transfer all of our gear (diaper bag, car seat, base, etc.) when Becca noticed that Calvin was sitting unphased in a puddle of poo in the car seat. After spending 30 minutes in getting ready to leave and knowing it would take 30 more to get cleaned up and ready to go again, we decided we were too "pooped" out and threw in the towel. But at least we tried.
Last night while Becca was visiting teaching, me and Calvin were craving something sweet to eat. I found a brownie mix in the cupboard and decided that was the answer to our craving. The only problem was that Calvin wasn't quite asleep and was being kind of fussy when I would put him down. I was determined to make some brownies though so I found this baby carrier that we have borrowed from my sister Brooke and decided to give it a try despite never having used it before. It proved to be somewhat complicated at first with various straps and buckles all over the place and Calvin's leg got stuck as I was trying to put him in it which he wasn't too happy about, but soon was as snug as a bug in a rug as you can see from this picture. I actually think he was just really tired from all the stress and difficulty of me trying to place him in that carrier. But at any rate, Cal and I had a bonding experience and the brownies were delicious!
