Wheelin Trip #2

Well, another busy week for the Louie's!  This week I FINALLY got Jayce's 9 month pictures taken!  They turned out so cute!!  I took his blanket I crocheted for him and got some really good shots with that, then I dressed he and Riley in Colts attire for some Brother shots!  So adorable to see Jayce in his Peyton Manning Jersey and Football legwarmers.  If you want to see them all or order some you can go to www.jcpportraits.com and type in the access code LTPP0348117139JCP.  Immediate family- check with us before you order . . . we have already ordered some for you. 

Then today we went wheeling again!  Fall is such a great time to head out in the Jeep!  The aspen leaves are turning gold, the air is cooler with a nice breeze, mountains are starting to get some new snow - It's just so beautiful!  This time we went to Kelly Flats up the Poudre Canyon.  It's been a few years since I've been up that trail (Cam and Riley have been more recently) and I've forgotten how much I love that trail.  I think that it may have to become an annual "aspen viewing" trail!  We went with some of the guys (and their wives) from Cameron's work.  Apparently when he goes to work in the morning half the parking lot is Jeeps!!  So they put together a trip and it was a blast!  Jayce did great again, and so did Riley . . . they both had fun playing in the dirt (outside the Jeep) while Daddy played in the dirt (in the Jeep!) and were FILTHY by the time we got home!!  Needless to say it was Straight to the Bathtub for both of them when we got home!  Here are some pics from the trip:

Heading up "Heart-Attack Hill"

Mummy in the background

Mark took the easy Route

Gary's ready to go over

Try again!  With some help

So exciting!

Beautiful Aspen

Gary in the Chutes

Going up!

Passenger Russ enjoying the ride

Riley showing us how Spiderman climbs rocks!  ;)

Well, so much for that door handle!

S-t-r-e-t-c-h

Bumper in the wall

Back it up and try again

That's better!

Going down

All the guys!

Tonight Daddy took Riley to a Major League Soccer Game in Denver, so it's just me and Jayce.  Busy day!!  So more pics to come of that next time.  In other news . . . I have now finished 3 crochet projects for Christmas!!  I'm 1 week ahead of schedule - YAY!!  Which is good because I've got another baby gift I wanna make!  hehe  Also, Cam only has 1 more week until his Marathon!!!  Yay for my hard working husband!!  He's been training so hard, I'm so proud of him and I know he's gonna do great!  So look for more to come on that too.  I can't believe it's almost October!  Where has this year gone!!  Well, have a good week everyone!

9 Months

Wow Time Flies!!!  This past week Jayce turned 9 months old!  I can't believe it! 

Here's a few things about our 9 mo. old boy: Jabbers constantly, Cruising and even standing on his own for a few seconds, 2 Teeth Now, FAST crawler, crawling up stairs, shakes his head when you say No, Eats everything on the floor but very picky about his food, weighs just over 15 lbs (tiny thing!) and is almost 28 inches tall/long. 

His 9 mo checkup went really well last week and he's still growing appropriately - for a tiny little man!  He's now wearing a lot of 6-9 month clothes, with only a few of his 3-6 mo onsies still fitting.  But pants are still mostly 3-6 months (even with cloth diapers!)  This is turning out to be great because all of Riley's old 6-9 month clothes were getting into fall/winter clothes - which is what we are needing!!  I'm excited that I won't have to buy a whole lot of new stuff to keep him warm this winter!  Here's a few pictures of him at 9 months old - what a ham!

New haircut . . . again!

Happy Baby - You can see my new bottom teeth in this one!

Silly boy!!

I also want to ask for prayers for my mom today.  Saturday night she was taken to the hospital with multiple infections, pneumonia, and a few other issues.  It's looking like this might be a longer stay than she is wanting, and there are other things that need to change with her home health situation before she can go home.  She was already scheduled for a surgery to remove and replace her bladder (in an attempt to solve some of these problems with infections), and I'm not sure if they are going to move that up now, or keep her in the hospital until the scheduled surgery at the end of Oct.  Please pray for her, for healing and peace with the doctors decisions, for me for peace with being so far from her now, and for her doctors for guidance and healing.  My sister, Rodger and Linda have been putting in a lot of extra hours over the last few days and even weeks, and I want to express my thanks to them and ask that you pray for them as well during these tiring times.  Thank you all for your love and support!  She is at St. Francis in Beech Grove if you would like to go and visit her - I know she would love visitors (it can get really boring in there!)

Labor Day Weekend

Wow!  Did we have a great weekend!  So much fun together as a family!  Saturday we spent the day with our good friends the Felkers!  We got to hang out with them almost the whole day!  It was a lot of fun, I know Riley had a blast. 

Also, that day I finished Jayce's Baby Blanket!!!  YAY!!!  He's only 8 1/2 months old!  Oh well!  It turned out really cute, I'm very happy.  And I have plans to use it as a prop for his 9 mo. pictures.  I can't believe he's almost 9 months!!!

He's growing more and more everyday!  He got his first tooth last Friday . . . and the second one is coming in close behind it!  I think he'll have two in at least another week. And because of that tooth sticking out, his new favorite thing is sticking his tongue out to feel it.  So this is how he looks most of the time now:

Another milestone is standing on his own!!!  He will pull himself up on the couch (or wherever) and then let go and stand there for a few seconds before he falls on his butt.  That's new to me, Riley never did that.  I guess he never had the patience to stand there and get his balance.  But then again Riley learned to walk by falling and moving his feet fast enough to catch himself (yes this kid literally was running before he would walk!) 

Ok, back to our weekend!  Sunday we took a wheeling trip.  It was Jayce's first trip and he did VERY well...maybe better than Riley!  Riley wanted to watch a movie on the dvd player, but you can't really do that while bouncing around in the Jeep so we told him he would have to wait until we got back on pavement.  He didn't like that and kept whining "are we there yet!"  ugh!  We went to the Middle St. Vrain and Coney Flats trails.  We did those a couple years ago with Cam's friend Shane (brand new truck that got brand new dents on the trail).  There were about 10 Jeeps in the group, and we moved along at a pretty quick pace.  So the day went really well.  Until we got off the trail and found our break.  Apparently sometime in the last few months one of the bolts holding the rear shock in place broke off, and so during the trip the constant rubbing wore a hole in one of the rubber fuel hoses causing a fuel leak!!  In Cam's words "no wonder we were burning through so much gas on the trail!"  lol!  But Thankfully my handyman of a husband was able to fix the leak with limited resources in about 20 minutes so that we could drive home!!  Yay Daddy!!  Overall, it was a fun trip, and I'm glad that we did it.  I can't wait for the next one! 

Starting out kinda Fussy

Coney Creek Crossing

Jayce slept through the whole water crossing

Checking out the fuel leak

Monday was the fabulous Labor Day Parade in Windsor!  We got to sit with our friends Cathy and Ryder, while Tanner, Jackson and Seth walked in the parade with the boy scouts.  Riley was excited to see his friends in a parade, and even more excited about the candy!!  We were at the end of the parade so we didn't get a lot, but we still got enough to share with Tanner and Jackson!  (oh and Riley ate the last of ours for breakfast this morning before I got up so it's gone as well!) 

Ryder and Jayce watching the parade

boy scouts

Jackson and Tanner

I've really gotten into crocheting lately, and I'm really enjoying it.  I've made numerous gifts for moms and friends.  I like having a goal and a finished product to see that I've accomplished something at the end of the day (other than doing dishes or laundry or picking up the pillows and putting them back on the couch for the ga-zillionth time!)  So, This year for Christmas I've decided I'm going to crochet the majority of my gifts to people in our large family.  Well, the girls at least (and Rodger - Sorry Rodg - you get lumped in with Kathie!!)  I've decided what I'm making everyone, and have purchased the yarn for almost every project already too.  It comes out to 13 projects.  Wow . . . I'd better get busy!!  There's a little over 15 weeks until Christmas (Yes, I'm counting already - gotta plan ahead!) and I have to give myself some time to ship them all back.  So I'm making my deadline December 11.  That's a little over 13 weeks.  13 Projects in 13 Weeks.  That's one project a week, but some are easier than others so I'm sure it will take 2 days for some and 2 weeks for others.  I'm really excited about this goal, and even more so the gifts!  I've been able to search the internet (ok, just ravelry.com) for some really great items that I feel suit each of the recipients' personality perfectly!  I won't be posting pictures of each project as I finish (since everyone getting a gift reads this blog and I don't want them seeing there Christmas gift early!) but I will take pictures and then to a big post after Christmas showing all I made.  I will also give periodic updates when I finish a project.  So help me keep track so that I don't get behind!!! 

Well, that's it for now.  Jackson, Tanner and Ryder are coming over to play tomorrow while their parents go to Denver so it's going to be a FULL HOUSE!!!  Next week MOPS starts (YAY!!!!) I'm so excited for this year!!  There's a ton of fun stuff planned.