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!
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| Starting out kinda Fussy |
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| Coney Creek Crossing |
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| Jayce slept through the whole water crossing |
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| 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!)
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| Ryder and Jayce watching the parade |
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| boy scouts |
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| 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.
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