Searching for Marvin

So we decided to get a new car. I decided his name would be Marvin. The trouble was actually figuring out which car was meant to be Marvelous Marv. We searched high and low, and test drove many a vehicle. Calum was a trooper while we drug him here and there. 

 

Except that one time he stuck his gum in his hair.

Kevin was skeptical of the peanut butter trick but it worked like a charm.

We met some really nice people, and some really intense salesmen. One of which yelled at us as we went to head home, "Stop the madness! Let me sell you a car!" It was quite the experience. We thought we were going to get one, went to the dealership and it was sold. Kevin took a half day another day so we could drive up to Loveland to get a car, but we found out it was only front wheel drive so we decided not to make the trip. We almost bought another car. Even made a trip to the bank to get A LOT of cash out. Kevin sold his truck the same day (Yahoo!) so I was certain I was going to get robbed before I put all the cash into our checking account. We watched a bank robber movie the night before, so I was all sweaty while the teller counted my money, I just knew someone was going to pull a gun on us.

We took the car to our mechanic to get it checked out and when we came back to the dealership the salesman told us that the odometer wasn't correct and that it could have anywhere from 80K to 180K miles.... Seemed like a big difference to us and we decided not to get it. Needless to say, our week was busy and kind of frustrating. I still didn't have a car. So we spent lots of time snuggling at home, taking cute pictures of Ailee and attempting to keep Calum from destroying the house.

 I walked to the park one day to meet some friends, five minutes after we got there Calum had a meltdown, sat in his stroller and begged for me to take him home for a nap. Another day a friend picked us up and took us to the park, which would have been awesome, except that the only thing my BOY wanted to do was hit the icy water with a stick. I couldn't keep him away, he kept going back to the frozen edge and getting way too close for comfort. It was not relaxing. Haha. He had fun though.

 At one point we drowned our sorrows with some beef from Texas Roadhouse. Another day I think Kevin sensed that I was losing it, so he took a personal day to help me out, and we took Calum to the zoo. I sure love Kevin.

The Marv Mobile just didn't seem to be around. Where was he hiding?

We finally found him Saturday evening at a lovely dealership in Colorado Springs. I wrote a check with the most zeros I have ever written, turned on the cruise control (Hallelujah) and rocked out all the way home.

I love him so much! Reminds me of my high school days when I drove the Outback that my friends lovingly termed the "Mom Car." Now it's official, I have a mom car. The Marvster, and I am so excited to have him! Welcome to the family Marvin Freestyle Foulger!

Happy Valentimes!

So Calum has never been the greatest sleeper. Lately, whenever he naps he goes to bed at 10:30 or 11! It's crazy. So we've been trying to cut his naps out so he goes to bed at a decent hour. Which kind of works, but he wakes up in the middle of the night more. The other night I found him in the living room eating Ritz crackers, with all of the lights on. But he usually ends up crashing in the middle of the day. He will go lay down all by himself, he even put some jammies on the other day. Haha. We've been struggling. I think I just need to wake him up earlier in the morning, keep letting him nap, but then maybe he will go to bed earlier?? Who knows. It's always something. Hopefully we'll get it figured out.

I just want to get him on a schedule before I attempt to have Ailee and him share a room. Which probably should be soon because Ailee's getting a little big for her bassinet. 

Kevin had a conference downtown this week which was nice because he road the train, which meant I had a car this week :)

We did retrieve Mahana from the mountains, and are working on selling her AS IS. If anyone is interested :) She's a beaut!

So we got to get out of the house a little bit. Met some of our friends at the park. Calum was pretty pumped to enjoy the nice day. There was still snow on the ground so of course Calum decided he needed to make snow angels, eat the dirty snow and pee to make "letters" in the snow. 

What I lug up and down three flights of stairs everyday! Sometimes Calum is to lazy to walk and gets thrown into the mix too.

We also made a trip to Target. Calum decided to run off and get lost. There were all sorts of moms and grandma's looking for him, we alerted the employees and someone spotted him at the other end of the store, and then had to chase him down to get him. She also told me that for some reason he was all wet, I assured her that it was just from him rolling in the snow at the park. So as always, it was an adventure! Target sure does have cute stuff though :)

We got into the Valentines spirit over here. I got some window clings that I thought Calum would like. I was right! He stuck them all cute on the window.

And about 5 minutes later, he had ripped them all in half... Not exactly what I'd pictured :)

We (I) also made some fun Valentines for Grandma and our cousins on missions. 

I apparently didn't put enough postage on them and they got returned, so Grandma's you should get them soon :)

Ailee turned 6 months old! She's 17 lbs 10 oz (85th percentile) and is 75th for her head and height. 

Poor girl had to get shots on Valentines day. She was pretty tough about it though. And she really liked ripping up the paper on the table.

Kevin told me we were going out and that I had to wear these...

 We went and saw Josh Gracin at the Grizzly Rose and got to do a little country dancing :) It was a super fun night. We got some good video, but I still haven't figured out whats up with that. One of these days...

I joked with my girlfriends that all we really wanted for Valentines day was someone to clean the toilets for us.... Haha. Kevin's sure knows the way to my heart. Clean toilets and country dancing! I loved having an excuse to wear my cowboy boots!

All in all we had a good Valentines week. Calum is as goofy as ever. He likes wearing Kevin's clothes.

Cowboy boots included. He put them on and started asking "Where's my horse mom?" And yes, that is playdough in his ear!

He really likes Ailee these days and is sure to help her out. He was helping roll her over, I was in the kitchen and I heard him saying "Ailee rolled over mom! She rolled over!" As he's rolling her across the floor. Awesome. He also shared his sucker with her the other day and told me that "She likes it." Now her foods she's tried include, rice cereal, squash and ring pops. Haha. I can't leave them alone. Somehow she ended up with Calum's silly putty today. She was licking it. Definitely need to keep a better eye on these two hoodlums.

I can't believe she is 6 months! She is getting too big too fast! She is not a fan of solid foods. She gags on the cereal and the squash and makes a face like she is so grossed out. Haha. She is pretty dang cute. So glad we have her in our lives. 

Everytime she starts to smile and get excited her hands go right to her mouth. Haha.

 These months have flown by, I want time to slow down so I can make sure I don't miss a moment.... Like this moment Calum captured of me... Looking good as ever holding a poopy diaper and a soiled onesie. I especially want to remember this. Haha. Got to love motherhood :)