Red Mountain Is Open!!!

After three weeks of delays, Red Mountain Open Space is FINALLY open to the public!! It was a fabulous day yesterday, sunny with a good breeze, no threats of rain at all!! We had a decent turn out, not as many as we expected, but still quite a few coming to check it out! Rodger and Kathie were in Denver visiting a friend, and even came up for a hike. We hiked the Bent rock trail, approximately 2.4 miles of changing landscapes!! Canyons, meadows, shrublands, but all beautiful!! Cameron had to carry Riley most of the way, his favorite part were all the rocks and bugs along the trail - typical boy!! Then we had lunch at the trailhead. They headed home, and I headed back out on trail, this time doing Sinking Sun and Big Hole Wash trails. Again, more of the breathtaking views!! Check out the Kodak album to see some of what the place offers, more pictures to come after I hike Ruby Wash and Cheyenne Rim trails!!

Happy Father's Day!!! I love my Daddy!!! Today was his day, and we had a lot of fun!! I gave Daddy a wonderful present - sleeping in this morning!!! Mommy still got up kinda early though and made Daddy pancakes. Then after that we went to Soapstone Prairie Natural Area, so Daddy could ride his mountain bike. He had a lot of fun, he rode over 26 miles all over Soapstone and Red Mountain (cuz the trailhead to Red Mountain isn't finish still, so we had to get in through Soapstone). Mommy and I didn't do much while he was gone, mostly cuz I didn't want to. Mommy had plans to go to an Archeological talk at 10 on the Lindenmeier site (in Soapstone) and then to hike a short hike to pass the time while Daddy was gone. So after sitting through that boring talk I decided to show Mommy that she wasn't the only one who can make plans. Needless to say I didn't have to go on that silly hike, and Mommy let me play in the car and throw rocks in the parking lot for 3 hours!!! It was so much fun, way more fun that walking down a silly trail!!! Daddy liked his ride though, it was really long and he was tired after, but he really likes how pretty Red Mountain is. Mommy says it's going to finally open next weekend (but I don't know, cuz that's what she says every week!!) She even got to work with the trail crew last week some, so that they could finish the trails. All the trails are done now, they just have to connect them to the parking lot, and put in a few gates. And Unkie Rodgie and Auntie Kathie are coming this weekend to visit, and we all get to go up and see Mommy and Red Mountain!!

Tomorrow Mommy and I are going to the park in Fort Collins to play with our friends from MOPS. I'm so excited!! It will be lots of fun!! I haven't gone pee-pee in the potty again, but I keep trying. And I started going to a new babysitter this week, Jamie. She's really nice, and I have fun playing with Trevor, he's a few months younger than me. Here's a few pictures of me from the last couple of weeks. Mommy's trying to teach me to smile for the camera. I don't know what that means, but I'm really good at "Showing my teeth" like when Mommy brushes them!! So that's what I do!! Have a good week everyone!!

I'm A Big Boy Now!!!

Guess what I did today!!! I went Pee-Pee in the Potty all by myself today!!! Mommy and Daddy were so proud of me!! I want to do that more, they were so excited!!! Mommy had to wake me up this morning to get ready to go, and she usually lets me play in my crib for a few minutes so that I'll pee-pee in my night time diaper and I can get to the babysitters with a clean one. Well this morning I didn't want to pee-pee in my diaper, so I held it. And after Mommy let me play she noticed that I was still COMPLETELY dry!! (so she knew I would have to go pee-pee). So straight to the potty we went!! And I went Pee-Pee in about 10 sec after sitting on it!! It was so exciting!!! Mommy let me help flush it in the big potty, and then we washed our hands, I'm such a big boy!!! We tried again when Mommy got home from work, but nothing happened. I'm not quite sure why it happened this morning, but I'll be glad when I figure it out!! I over heard Mommy tell Daddy that this is a good start, but it's still gonna be a while. I'll show them!! Pretty soon I'll be pee-peeing in the BIG POTTY!!!

JUNE Showers?

Hi Everyone! It has been so rainy here in Colorado!! I was kinda stormy before we left for our trip to Indy, but it has only gotten worse!! It rained a bunch while we were in Indy, so much that our flight home was delayed because of storms in Denver. And it has rained almost everyday since we've been home!! Mommy was looking forward to this weekend at work because it was the Grand Opening of the new Red Mountain Open Space, but it all got postponed until next weekend because the construction crew hasn't been able to finish the road to the trailhead, or some of the trails because of all the rain!! Soapstone Natural Area (Red Mountain's neighbor run by City of Fort Collins) got their stuff finished in time, but still couldn't have the dedication ceremony today because we had a HUGE hail storm come through!!! We're talking Golf Ball size hail in the foothills!! Thankfully by the time it got to our house it was only pebble size:

There have been tornado warnings a lot too, something that Mommy isn't too comfortable with! But on the bright side, all this rain has made everything REALLY Green!!! It's so pretty, Mommy can't wait to share some of the pictures she's taken of the places she works.

In other news! I went shopping (well, Mommy and Daddy took me!) with all my Birthday money! I got a lot of cool stuff!! I got a picnic table just for me with an unbrella on it, and a big ball to play with outside, and 4 movies!! And Mommy and Daddy got me a bike trailer for my birthday so I can go on bike rides with them! I even got a little Colorado license plate with my name on it to put on the back of the trailer!! hehe!! Well, that's about it for now! Mommy says she will try to get some work pictures up after the grand opening (hopefully) next weekend!! Have a good week everyone!!