Swimming, Flying, a Ghost, and 5 Months!!

Last spring/summerish our tub decided to start turning itself on.  It started happening every once in a while. We endearingly called it our ghost because it only happened very rarely.  However, throughout the summer and into this fall the ghost apparently thought he needed to torture us.  The tub started turning on more and more. It got to the point where after one of us showered or Calin had his bath, the tub would turn on up to 10 times a day! It would often go off while we were gone and then run for hours...aaaahhhh!! And to make matters worse, in order to attempt to keep it off, I would have to pound the faucet (it's one of those pull out/push in) in to try to get it to stay off.  I'm pretty sure my hand is forever damaged. This last week it got to the point where it was waking Calin up (for some reason the sound of the tub turning on wakes him up-even though other louder noises don't-weird), going off while I was feeding him,  going off early morning and waking me up, it was just out of control.  This was no longer an endearing ghost.  It was definitely out to ruin our lives.  So I finally did what I should have done way back in July and called to get it fixed. 

We had had a guy look at it while here to fix the disposal and he said there was one small part that he would need to pull out.  He said sometimes the part comes out ok, but if it doesn't we will have to go in through the wall.  Well, this made me nervous so that's why I had put it off.  I really didn't want a big hole in the wall to deal with. 

Finally today it is fixed!! Hallelujah!!  It is so nice to take a shower and give Calin a bath knowing that I won't have a battle with the tub faucet for the rest of the day!! Yea!!

On a more fun note, here are some pictures of Calin swimming with us, and Robby and Calin outside flying airplanes.  I think Robby has more fun than Calin, but one day he will have just as much fun as dad!!

Also, Calin is 5 months old!!!  Where has the time gone??!! 

Here are some things about Calin over the last month:
-He learned to roll!!
-He is almost able to sit up on his own, but only for about 5 seconds before he crashes forward.
-He LOVES to eat!  He has had rice cereal, sweet potatoes, squash (not sure how well that sat in his tummy), and green beans.  The only time he made faces were his first couple experiences of rice cereal and when we fed him cold green beans.  Otherwise he just opens his little bird mouth and leans toward that spoon! 

 

I'm ready for my food! 

-He is also aware of when we are eating or drinking and sometimes opens his mouth waiting for us to give him some too!  (poor kid, you've got a while!)
-He likes a lot of the same things to play with Dad, but also now likes to go on bear hunts (or watch dad go on a bear hunt).
-He is focusing a lot and very aware of much more around him. 
-Although he loves to eat, he is also very distracted by Dad or any noise around him when he is breastfeeding.
-Just this last week I think he is discovering that there is a real person talking to him on the computer when we skype with my family instead of it just being noise. 
-When he gets excited he always sticks his hand right in his mouth like he is attacking it.
-He is still having some teething discomfort and likes to chew on our hands or his teething toys...no teeth yet though.
-His babbling has made a lot of progress.  He makes lots of different noises, changes volume, and moves his mouth differently like he is trying to talk. 
-Dad is trying to teach him to do a high five...it is getting better. ;)
-Sleeping schedule has been HORRIBLE!  The last 2-3 weeks we felt like we went back to a 1 month old waking up every 3 hours, but as a 5 month present to us he slept 9 1/2 hours last night!! WAHOO!
-Calin really likes Dad to pay attention to him when Calin is looking at Dad and will even "growl" to get his attention if Dad is not looking.
-He still loves to be outside.
-He loves when we sing to him and it is often a great way to calm him down.  His favorite songs when he is upset are "Popcorn Popping", "Book of Mormon Stories", "I am a Child of God", "Follow the Prophet", "Nephi's Courage".   His favorite songs to sing for fun are "Proud Mary", "Every Rose has it's Thorn", "The Unicorn Song" (these are all ones Dad plays on the guitar), "Mah na mah na", Raffi songs, and lots of various primary songs.  Robby is very excited to start singing Christmas songs with Calin as well (they are not allowed in our house until after Thanksgiving).
-He also still loves to read books.  He had some favorite Halloween ones that he really liked to read.  He will listen to almost any story though but loves ones that have fun rhymes, rhythms, or tunes that can go along with the story. 

 Whoa! Is it just me or are you shrinking??!

 I think I'll grab that fish now...

 ...and attack it with my mouth! (look at the poor fish's eyes!-so funny!)

 I'm so done with pictures and would rather look at my feet!

We can't believe it's been 5 months!  Calin is getting SO big!  We sure do love every minute with him though!  (although the 4am moments are a little harder to appreciate!) He is awesome!