Delta, Daniel and Vienna, Picnic at Park, and Scott's Week in ND

Scott left early Monday morning for North Dakota for a week of training, so I headed down to Delta after dropping him off at 7 a.m. at the GJ airport. As he flew over to Denver, Daniel and I started our mini vacation visiting Pappy and Maw-Maw (my parents) for three days to help the week pass a little quicker for Mommy without Daddy around... :o( It really was such a blessing being able to spend that time in Delta, because it really did make the week go by faster, which I was really able to tell when I got home Thursday afternoon... and it was good times with my parents and my niece, Vienna, Daniel's only cousin. :o) Vienna came down Tuesday through Thursday morning, when we left, because my sister was in Denver with her job. Daniel loves his cousin and they had a lot of fun entertaining each other - Vienna making him smile up a storm... :o) It was so cute!




Monday, Daniel and I just hung out with Mom doing random things with us trying to calm down a fussy baby most of the day. :o( Poor boy was not too happy, but together we conquered and he did have some times of calm. :o) I felt bad because we had to wake him up from his nap that morning to take Scott to the airport, so he was probably just overly tired all day. He usually takes a three hour nap after his morning feeding every day so without that time, he is not quite the same happy baby all day. Anyway, we ended the day hanging out with Mom and Dad dancing with Daniel to a country music concert they had recorded from TV. I will try to load one or two of those videos at some point on here or facebook (I just have to do it on Scott's computer, because mine doesn't read the videos for some reason...). Daniel was such a content baby as they danced with him, probably because he LOVES his Pappy and Maw-maw and he LOVES country music! :o) It was so cute to watch!

Tuesday Vienna came so Mom and I had the great task of entertaining a 2 month old (that was Daniel's two month b-day) and a 4 1/2 year old! Let's just say that boy, I still can't imagine having more than one kid at this point of time, especially when I hang out with both of them. Seriously... having a little one who wants to be constantly held (believe me, we tried to put him down over and over but that was not working - I am going to have to work on that more at home, I think) and then having a 4 year old who wants to play and do things is crazy! I have even more respect for moms of more than one child now! :o) Tuesday evening we watched Loosing It with Jillian and America's Got Talent before finally getting Daniel down after trying 4 different times! He actually slept really well even with it being in a new place... I was very happy about that, especially not having Scott there to help me with him!

Wednesday was such a fun day! After Daniel slept in until 10 ish we all got ready to head to Cedaredge to have a picnic at the park. We finally left around lunch time and Daniel, Vienna, Mom, and I headed to Taco Time to grab tacos and drinks and then drove up the mountain. They have an amazing park up there so even though Delta has some parks, we decided to go there because it's beautiful and they have lots of shade! We had to make it an amazing event as it was Daniel's FIRST time to have a picnic at a park! Oh, and by the way, we had a "REAL" picnic on a blanket on the ground! Vienna said we had to do that instead of at a picnic table, because that is not a "Real" picnic! Lol. Daniel slept in his car seat while we ate and then I fed him a bottle while talking to Mom and Vienna played on the park equipment nearby. It was such a beautiful day out and felt amazing in the shade! Daniel ate and then was in happy mood so I layed him down on the quilt and we had a great 'conversation' with him while he grinned up a storm! He was adorable! Vienna ran over from time to time to see him and us, get him to smile at her, and then ran back to play for a minute or two and then back to us, on and on and on. We hung out for a few hours and then tried to walk around a little while but then Daniel was not so happy so Mom carried him and we put him back in the car where he fell asleep super fast - he was exhausted from his exciting excursion! We stopped at an ice cream / candy shop in a very small town outside of Cedaredge on the way back which just made the time even more amazing (ice cream always seems to do that)!






That night I had an amazing conversation with Scott, which was so nice! We had been talking throughout the week, but always had to cut it short for various reasons either because he was doing something or Daniel was crying, etc. But Daniel was sleeping on me so I was able to talk to Scott for quite awhile all about his time up in ND, about the town of Dickinson (he had sent me lots of pics in an email that we talked about), and about his times with our friends, Caleb and Lindsey, and Tom who was up there on business. Even though he was fairly bored during the day, he had some amazing times of fellowship with all of them and I'm SO thankful he had that time!

Wednesday night, Daniel slept great which was incredible and helped him be much happier as we headed back to GJ Thursday morning in time for his 2 month appointment. That went great. His Dr. said he is doing awesome and developing just the way he is supposed to! He is up to 14 lbs. 6.5 oz. (95th percentile) and is now 25 1/2 in. long (99th percentile). His head is 16 1/4 in. which is the 85th percentile, I think. The main questions I had for his Dr. was about when I could start putting sun screen on him (so we could maybe take him hiking sometime). She said anytime is good now that he's 2 months but to make sure he has a hat, so that is the goal for later on today... we are buying him a hat to help shade his face! :o) He'll be SO cute! I also asked about tummy time which he hates now. He had rolled over that one time about a month ago, but never again since then because he HATES tummy time now! She said I still need to put him on his tummy, though, for at least 20 min. a day. :o( So sad especially when he cries, but oh well, I know it's good for him.

Thursday evening we hung out with my friend, Hannah, and had yummy Sonic shakes while we watched Glee. Daniel loves Hannah and smiled at her a ton which was fun to see! He was such a great little one over there! I think he loves Glee, too, even though Daddy would not admit to that. :o) But he was seriously watching the TV for quite awhile (I know it's probably just because of the change of colors all the time, but I think it's also because he loves the show). :o)

Yesterday I did everything I could to stay busy as I counted down the hours until 8:30 that evening when I was to pick Scott up. Daniel and I slept in until 10 (he slept amazing again) and then we went to a yard sale where we got him a little hat and one of those small strollers that fold up real small for when he is 1 or 2. It was $3 so I just couldn't pass it up and it was real cute!:o) We then went to the mall where I WAS going to shop for some things. I was able to make it through most of Target and got a few things while I was holding him and pushing the stroller because he was screaming. Tried to feed him but it got worse so I ended up leaving the mall with quite the screaming baby. :o( He was super tired because he fell asleep shortly after in the car so I was able to go get a decaf carmel frappe at Starbucks which was amazing! That afternoon we spent over at our friend Kacey's house with her and her new baby, Connor, who is a week and a half old! That was fun to talk baby stuff and just hang out. :o)

After getting home I heard from Scott that not only did he get kicked off his first flight because they were over maxed on their weight limit, but his next flight that he took was not able to land in Denver because of the wind so they ended up in Nebraska for awhile. He finally got to Denver just in time to miss his flight by 10 min. so he ended up renting a car and got home almost an hour and a half ago. It was SO good to see him! This was our first time to be apart for over a day since I think we were dating. I know that's a LONG time which we were definitely blessed to see each other so much for, but that just made this time even harder. :o( Having Daniel helped me a LOT because I know if I didn't have him it would have been amazingly hard to be away from him this long! It's so nice to have him home, though, and I'm already trying to plan a date night / day for us to have sometime if we can find us a babysitter before he leaves again for a week in Houstan in two weeks!

Okay, Daniel has been sleeping on me for awhile and now that I'm caught up with this I will try to post a few pics on here and then head back to bed while he naps... hopefully for his full three hours. :o)

Pics from Moab

Moab

It's been a long time since I updated on what we've been up to! But since that would take forever to update EVERYTHING, I'm just going to skip almost all the happenings except for last Friday, our day trip to Moab, Utah! Scott took the day off so we could spend the day together as a family, which was so nice! We left around nine from GJ, picking up donuts and coffee on the way out. Scott and I spent the time in the car talking about his job and little Daniel and future plans. I love talking with my hubby! Daniel was great the whole trip to Moab, and then ended up eating at the diner where we stopped for lunch in town. He was so cute at the diner. There were lots of people coming and going and he was looking all over watching them. Of course, they were all looking at him cuz they thought he was so cute! :o)




After lunch we walked around town, going in various shops, looking around them super fast as our always-keep-moving Danny would start crying almost the minute we stopped to look at something. I found a shop of the cutest clothes, but boy were they ever expensive! We went through the shops quickly and then drove to Arches National Park...

We had both been there before, but although Scott remembered a lot of it, I did not remember much at all. It was fun taking Daniel to his first National Park in his first other state. We stopped at Balanced Rock where we got out Danny's stroller and walked down the path to get pics closer to the amazing red rocks! Poor Daniel was very fussy, though, so he did not enjoy the very short walk at all. :o( Once we got to the end of the path, Scott took him out of his stroller for a few pics real quick so everyone could see he was actually there. He loved that until we had to cover him up to protect from the hot sun.

After that stop Daniel ate as we continued driving around the park. Even though we didn't get out again til the very end, we stopped at each arch viewpoint and took pics out the window. Gotta love national park touring with an 8-week-old! :o) It was still lots of fun, though! A beautiful day and Scott and I enjoyed planning out which hikes we would like to do one day once Danny is older... And driving through the cool campground they have there...

At the North and South Window Arches on the way back, we stopped and got out to take more pics of us. Daniel was in a much better mood. :o) Then we headed back into Moab to eat dinner at an amazing pizza place that Scott used to eat at with his family growing up. We ate out on their patio to enjoy more of the beautiful day and small town of Moab.

We drove back to GJ after dinner by the scenic route. It was so pretty along the river. I am loving this time of Daniel's life, but I am super excited when we can start camping with him more... doing family camping trips out in God's beautiful creation!

Scott - Daniel's Amazing Daddy

Scott has been an amazing daddy to our little boy! I love watching the two of them together already because they have such love for each other! Daniel's Daddy is his very favorite guy and whenever he hears Daddy's voice he seriously looks all over the place to find him. Watching his little face light up when Scott is around is so cute! They are definitely going to be forever best buds! :o) I know that everything Scott does for him has greatly strengthened their relationship... He does so much with and for Daniel every day! Danny already loves weekends so much because it's the most time he gets with Daddy!

Happy 1st Father's Day, Love! You're an amazing Daddy and I am so thankful that you are my hubby and the daddy to our son!

My Dad

My Dad... He is an amazing man who has shown me over the past 24 1/2 years what a Dad should be like. He has been there during my ups and downs and every day in between.

I love my dad because he always knows when to joke and make me laugh and when to just give me a hug and a shoulder to cry on.



I love that he is a funny guy and an emotional one at times. I know that having three daughters has definitely made him very understanding of others and he is someone I know I can always turn to.

I love that even though he has sacrificed much to have, raise, and spend time with my sisters and me, he did so and does not regret it!



I love how he treats my husband with love and respect, trusting him to care for me no matter what life brings our way.

I love how he is with Daniel... He is an amazing grandpa - much of what he learned from his dad, my grandpa, Pop. Daniel is definitely a lucky boy to have him as a grandfather!

I love that he plays softball with us young folk... He is a wonderful pitcher and everyone loves "Papa Herron"! :o)

I love that he still calls me up randomly to say hi or hear about my day.

I love how much he values family and does whatever it takes to keep us together and close!

I could go on and on, but these are just a few of the many things I love about my dad! Thanks so much for ALL you do!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!

Parenting is a wonderful thing!

I was greatly blessed Sunday morning by what Rob and Lyn (our pastor and his wife) had to say in the parenting class this week. I wish I had all the verses and everything right here, but I don't and I have a sleepy baby on me right now. So, I will just share what I remember. :o) We went over a lot of verses and talked as a group about the differences between how the world sees children and how God, and thus we, should see them. How the world sees children was definitely easy to talk about... much of the world sees having kids as a burden, the end of life as you know it, and that once you decide to have kids you better be okay with having your life end in many ways. And, then, on the other side, how God sees children as an amazing blessing and one of the main reasons for getting married! We talked about how some of the world sees children as a great thing but then when parents talk to other parents and non-parents most of what they talk about is their children doing this and that which usually ends in talking about how they are not getting enough sleep, not enjoying a trip, etc. We all thought about places in which we could be more careful in what we say, especially to non-parents who after hearing what we have to say might decide to never have kids! I have to say that I, personally, have tried to watch what I say because even though I definitely go through trying times as a mom, having Daniel is also such a blessing and I want to share that! But, along with that, I could also come up with several times when I have just about blown up when something happens that frustrates me and I let it all out on my friends! I feel so bad now, because I am seeing it in a totally different way. I see it a lot as I see how I should treat my husband. I have tried very hard in my marriage to never complain about Scott or bring him down in any way, especially around our friends / family. Why should that be any different with our kids? I want to be a mom who's children knows loves them immensely! I want to be a mom who's friends and family knows how much she loves and appreciates her kids, and hears more about how they are a blessing than the opposite. The other thing I really thought about after the class was how I need to change my attitude about having children from what the world thinks to what God tells us in his Word. It's so easy to think as the world does that having children especially this early in a marriage is going to make your marriage harder, end your times of vacation and dates with your hubby, and change other relationships with friends. I know I've only had Daniel for 8 weeks now, but already I can say that none of that is true! Our marriage takes just as much work now as it did before Daniel was born (marriage always takes work) and even though we aren't spending all the time together like we used to, I truly believe that the times Scott and I have together now just the two of us are so much better than before! Probably because we love each other so much more now! I am already getting very excited about vacations as a family and small trips we can take here and there! It might take longer to pack now, but this way there is just more love to go around! :o) AND, finally, a great fear of mine was that my relationships with friends would go away, especially with our friends who aren't parents. I have learned that if they are real relationships based on the love we have for each other, they do last even though hanging out might look a little different now that we bring Daniel with us! But everyone has been amazing and I seriously see my friends in a whole new light when they don't try to get us to leave or complain about a crying baby all evening! It's amazing! ANYWAY, sorry for going on and on, but these are just my thoughts and I'm really SO thankful to be a parent and to know that children are a blessing in every way!

Speaking of hanging out and having dates with my hubby... :o) We were able to go on an hour long drive out to the desert on Sunday evening after our 'family dinner'. We had a sleeping Daniel in the backseat, so I said we should go for a drive to keep him sleeping and be able to just talk! We were able to talk and talk about the parenting stuff (I shared all the above with him and more) and then just talked about our lives now with Daniel and our future plans and how things were going with work, etc. It was SO nice to be able to talk about everything with Scott! Like I said earlier, our times together are now so much better than ever before! We definitely take advantage of the time we have together to hang out / talk!

Last night (Tuesday) was our first 'date night' other than our anniversary in Lake City away from Daniel. My sister, Lelia, and her husband, Wayne, came over to watch him while we went to Olive Garden and to the movies to see Iron Man 2. Dinner was delicious! We had a new dish there... some type of crepes with lots of different cheeses with chicken, tomatoes, and mushrooms in a garlic sauce on top. AMAZING! I had a glass of wine with it, which was amazing, also! We talked more over dinner and yet again I am amazed by what an awesome husband I have! I love that I can trust him completely... with providing for Daniel and I, our future plans, etc. I'm so thankful for him!

Tonight I am going scrapbooking with some ladies from church for a few hours, which I'm very excited about! Scott is gone all next week up in North Dakota for training so this will be the last time I go somewhere by myself for awhile, so it will be nice. I'm hoping to get quite a few pages done, but we will see because sometimes my visiting definitely gets in the way... :o)

Busy Week

It has been quite the busy weekend and week since I last wrote! I've been actually waiting to post until Daniel is down napping so that I have two hands to use to type - it's amazing how much faster I go that way! But, each time he is down I am either sleeping, eating, cleaning, scrapbooking, or getting ready for the day! Sooo, here I am holding Daniel, waiting for him to go back to sleep. It's almost 6 a.m. I am pretty sure he is going through yet another growth spurt because instead of his normal 6 to 7 hour night sleep hours, the last few nights he has been waking up to eat every 3 hours. He has been quite the hungry boy! Hopefully it is a growth spurt so he will be back to sleeping more soon. :o)

Scott is up and getting ready for his day. He has really been enjoying his job still and I have been so thankful that we have had the chance lately to really talk about his job - what he does, what he likes, and all the specifics which I usually understand fully after hearing him explain stuff a few times... Oil field talk is definitely all new for me! But I LOVE knowing what he is up to all day, so I want to learn all that I can! :o)

Well, to catch up on the busy events since softball last Thurs... Friday evening Daniel and I hung out at my friend, Anna's, new house with lots of my girlfriends to make favors for her wedding coming up on July 3rd. It was tons of fun making them and just having girl time! Daniel was awesome the entire time, also, which meant the girls held him almost the whole time which was great, also! :o) We got the favors finished and also went through many music ideas... Can't believe she is getting married in just 2 1/2 weeks! SO exciting!

Saturday was a super busy day! I had coffee with my friend, Jessica, who is also getting married this summer. We hung out for awhile before I headed home to get ready for another friend's wedding that day. :o) I felt so bad because it was quite the stormy day (GJ seriously had thunderstorms!), but their wedding was still beautiful and a lot of fun!

... Ok. will finish this later... Just the life of a mother. :o)

Just cute pics

So I am totally all Mom because I love sharing Daniel's cute pictures with everyone! :o) Here are some of his recent ones... Adorable as always! The first picture with me was so cute, because he was holding on my hair super tight and rubbing his face all over mine... It was like he was giving me lots of kisses. I love feeling his soft cheeks on mine. Aaahh, I am so in love with my little Danny!

First Softball Game

Last night was the first softball game of the summer season. Scott is playing with almost my entire family and some of our other friends. I am watching again this season since I have Mommy-duty. :o) They did not win the game but did really good and we all had lots of fun! It was Daniel's first softball game to ever watch and he did awesome! I took some pics of him in his cute baseball shirt before we left...

7 week old Daniel

My little boy is 7 weeks old today! He is growing up so fast! I am still loving being a mommy even though almost every day I notice even more ways how my life is so different now... Last night I went on a walk with my great friend, Hannah, taking Daniel in his stroller. We went to the park and the mall to buy some gifts for people at Target. After a few hours of walking, talking, trying to get Daniel to stop crying, talking more, driving with screaming baby while trying to talk (he was so tired), and then forgetting almost everything at Target, I realized yet another thing I have sacrificed over the past 7 weeks... my brain. I was so tired last night which definitely didn't help. :o( But even through those hard evenings of realizing things really will never be the same again, I know that the good times definitely outweigh the hard times having Daniel! Such as right now as he looks at me, smiling, at 5 in the morning. :o) He really is amazing and always makes me feel so loved. I can't believe how big he's getting! I was just thinking yesterday how small and helpless he used to be... seven weeks later and already so different!

Daniel on April 22nd, the day of his birth.


Almost 7 weeks old.

Miniature golfing pictures

Here are pics from miniature golfing Saturday night with my sister, Amanda, and my niece, Vienna (4). :o)

Another day... :o)

It is early Tuesday morning, and I am up with Daniel again after a good six hour sleep. :o) Scott is still snoozing away, getting his rest before the alarm goes off in an hour for work. He is such an amazing hubby! I really couldn't imagine waking up by 5:30 every morning and going to work til 5 or 6 and then not getting up much later on weekends cuz of Daniel. At least Daniel is finally going down for awhile each day so if needed, I can nap. :o) Scott has been working so hard, but still loving his job! It is seriously perfect for him!

Friday was another busy day taking care of Daniel and then we were greatly surprised by Scott getting home about two hours early! We were able to go spend time together as a family at the mall, both because Daniel loves stroller time there and Scott and I enjoy walking and talking while he is usually sleeping, and because our swamp cooler was not working and it was SO hot at our place! (It finally got fixed Sunday morning, and has now been amazing!) It seriously got so hot Friday and Saturday... close to 100 degrees here. 'Summer' is kicking in full force! Anyway, we hung out at the mall and then I had another girls' night and Daniel stayed home with Scott. It was nice getting out, but now I'm EXTREMELY excited to go out with Scott on a date... I love girls' time, don't get me wrong, but hey, time with my hubby will definitely be the greatest! I think we will be able to go out for dinner and a movie in a week, which will be amazing, if all works out for my sister, Lelia, to watch Daniel. I'm SO excited!

Saturday was a great day with my little family! Scott and I got SO much done, which was amazing! Daniel went back down for 3 hours in his swing that morning, and Scott and I cleaned the house and did laundry... It looks so much better in here and I felt like I had really accomplished something, which is always nice. :o) We spent the rest of the day grocery shopping and spending time at the mall again... Good times! I finally worked on an actual menu for this week again so we knew what to shop for. I'm convinced that I need to start cooking again every day, even though I'm definitely still getting used to cooking in shifts, or with Daniel in one arm. Takes me a lot longer, but hey, the food usually tastes the same still! :o) Saturday night we went to Banana's Fun Park here in town with my sister, Amanda, and her daughter, Vienna, who is 4. We played miniature golf with them... it was lots of fun! I will have to load up the pics onto here and post some... Daniel did pretty good. He loves it when Amanda holds him. :o) I enjoyed spending time with Vienna since I hadn't in awhile. I love being an aunt!

Sunday morning Scott and I went to the first of a four week-long parenting class at church which our pastor and his wife are leading. It was really good, and definitely got us very excited to go again. We know probably 2/3rds of the couples in the class, but it will be cool getting to know the others also. :o) We just spent our time introducing ourselves and talking about ways in which God has been working in our lives lately. It was so cool hearing all those ways! We definitely have an amazing God! :o)

That afternoon Lelia and Wayne came over to play some awesome Settlers of Catan! I love that game! Then we went to our first "family dinner" since Daniel was born. Just to inform everyone of what that is, I will explain... Back three years or so ago, my roomies, Andrea and Monique, and I started having dinner and hanging out with their boyfriends, Drew and Nate almost every Sunday night. We would invite our friends, David, Nate, and Anna, also - all good friends from college. Little by little we ended up getting together weekly and one evening someone mentioned how it was a lot like family dinners/evenings together growing up... playing games after dinner, talking, etc. That just stuck and ever since then we have been going to family dinner almost every Sunday night! We switch off which house/apartment it's at and who cooks. Over the years Nate and Mo, Drew and Andrea, and Scott and I got married and this summer David and his fiance, Jessica, and Anna and her TJ are getting hitched. :o) Nate is also dating someone. It's been so much fun expanding over the years just like real family, They are so amazing!

We had a lot of fun there before heading home for bed,,,

Yesterday, was a great day with Daniel! He rolled over for the first time! It was from tummy to back! I was so glad that I was able to see it! :o) And, we went in for my last midwife appointment which was good. :o) They weighed Daniel and he is up to 13 lbs. 5 oz.! I can't he gained another full pound in just over a week! My little boy is not so little after all. :o)

Well, this was crazy long, Sorry about that! Daniel is STILL not asleep so Mommy is going to have to really try to get him down so I can get more sleep... Usually he at least yawning and blinking, but no... he has a ton of energy right now! We'll see how this goes!

Sleep is a good thing :)

Daniel slept for 7 1/2 hours straight last night! After finally putting him down at 10 and staying asleep (we tried several times before that and poor baby kept waking up over and over), Scott and I were able to hang out for an hour to have some quality time together and then we still got to sleep until 5:30. It was amazing! I am holding a sleeping baby in my lap right now... He is such an amazing little cutie! I love it when I go get him in the mornings now, because he just smiles up at me - he is so happy to see him mommy! :) I was able to finally get quite a few pics of him smiling on the camera yesterday... I really need to get all those on my computer so I can upload some. They are somewhat blurry, but what does one expect when it takes me about 20 pics before I get one of him smiling! For some reason, as soon as he sees the camera he just stops smiling! I had to put it in one place, talk to him, and try to distract his attention away from the big black weird looking thing! ;o)




We have had a good week, although it has been a long one for both Scott and me. It's been hard having to get used to Scott's new schedule but that doesn't mean I'm not happy about his new job, because I am! I think it's been a week of another growth spurt for Danny, though, because he has been eating up a storm, which just means I get tired easier, and now my hubby is working until 5 or 5:30 instead of 3:30! Long days, but Scott totally makes up for them in the evening, because he is an incredible hubby and daddy! He plays / holds Daniel when he gets home, helps me with whatever, talks all about his day, hears all about my exciting days (I always end up telling him about my day, mixing like two or three days together because they are all a lot alike), and just spends time with me! I love him SO much!

Scott is loving his new job! The people he works with are wonderful and after doing paperwork for two days, yesterday he finally started his actual training on what he'll be doing. He said it's definitely a lot to learn, but he's ready and willing and I know he'll pick it up fast. I've always been jealous of how fast he learns things! We went to dinner at his boss' house Tuesday night, which was a lot of fun! I was able to meet his boss, his wife and her daughter, one of the main managers from Houstan, the lady who has been taking over Scott's position up til now, one of the guys that will be working the closest with Scott, and then, of course, our friends, Caleb and Lindsey were there which was great to see them again! I actually had such an enjoyable time hanging out with them, even though I was nervous at first... :o) Matt made an amazing seafood / rice dish that he had learned overseas, and even though I have never had more than like two or three types of seafood, I totally changed after that meal... I really have NO idea how many types were in there! But it actually was quite delicious! :o) It was also really nice talking to his boss about Marathon's company and just hearing more about how family-oriented they are and all that. I'm already excited already for a trip Scott has to take in Sept. to Denver for training for a week. Daniel and I get to go with him and I'm SUPER excited to head to Denver and hopefully see some of my friends over there! :o)

Well, Scott is up and getting ready for work. I should see if Daniel will go down again. I don't always expect that he will, but now that he loves his swing, I usually just put him in there and if he sleeps for awhile I LOVE it because I get to sleep more, too! :o)

(So I am also posting some other cute pics of Daniel! Enjoy!)

Lake City

Our trip was amazing! It was so nice to get away and relax, which is what vacation always seems to do for me! Daniel did awesome, even though he was quite fussy a few of the days. It was great being back in Lake City, CO where Scott and I had honeymooned a year ago exactly... we had quite a few conversations about how our lives have changed since then. Even though our lives are almost completely different now, we are more in love than ever and loving our life together with little Danny! But, it is definitely interesting comparing our experience last year in Lake City to this year... having a little baby does make things different, but amazing all at the same time! :)

Scott and I drove his truck over to Delta to head out with Mom and Dad to Lake City on Friday morning. We stopped for lunch in Montrose (amazing Long John Silver's - their chicken is delicious and completely fattening!) and then headed out. We had a great time talking and reading while Daniel slept the entire time... It was a gorgeous drive as always and totally reminded us of last year heading that way. Aaahhh, such good memories... :) Our wedding day and honeymoon definitely tie with Daniel's birth as the best days of my life!





Anyway, we got the campground around 2:30 that afternoon. Mom and Dad were staying in their pop-up camper with Wayne and Lelia and we were staying with Amanda in a little cabin which was so cute and super nice, actually! We unloaded before walking towards downtown with Mom and Dad to eat dinner. Daniel loved the walk - he goes right to sleep in his stroller! The campground was in a perfect location that was close enough to walk but far enough that it was a nice walk the couple of times a day we'd head into town. We ate dinner at a restaurant named Southern Vittles. I had a burger, which was delicious!





That evening we just hung out a bit with my parents and sister, Amanda, who got into town that evening. Then we went to bed... Daniel definitely woke up more than normal, but it wasn't that bad. We did get very cold, though, mid-way through the night. Because of that, I ended up putting Daniel in bed with Scott and I around 6 in the morning so he could warm up and sleep some more. He is so cute in the big bed with us!

Saturday we walked into town again after a delicious breakfast of bacon, pancakes, and juice. We shopped around a bit and then were joined by Wayne and Lelia in time for lunch and hang out time all afternoon. We did go by the amazing Soda Fountain place downtown for ice cream that afternoon. I LOVE their ice cream! I got Peanut Butter Cup... AMAZING! I want some right now just thinking about it... Yumm! Mom and Dad bought Daniel the cutest little bear socks and a cute baseball cap which doesn't fit him right now but at the rate he is growing, I'm sure it'll be soon. :) Scott and I bought him a little Lake City T-shirt... he is all set to match his Daddy and Mommy when we wear our Lake City gear!



Amanda, Mom, and I went to the little grocery store in town to buy potato salad, lettuce salad, and other odds and ends for dinner to go with the delicious steak Dad grilled up. After dinner we had a campfire in the center part of the entire campground, which was fun because we were joined by a group from CO Springs. They were a cool group and fun to talk to and watch their little kids roast and eat a TON of marshmallows!

Sunday was our anniversary, and it was a great day, also! We all went to Lake San Cristobal to have a 'picnic' lunch of sandwiches and then the boys went fishing while us girls stayed with Daniel talking, reading, sleeping, and enjoying a quiet, beautiful afternoon! After that Mom and Dad stayed with Daniel while Scott and I went on a walk alongside the river in town to an Italian restaurant where we had an amazing dinner and got the chance to just hang out, talk, and enjoy time just the two of us! It was so amazing and made me realize even more how much I love my hubby! :)



Monday was our last morning there so we ate at the amazing Lake City Bakery for breakfast again and after packing up and cooking out/eating hot-dogs at the campground, we went into town one more time for a bit more shopping. Scott bought me some beautiful earrings at one of the stores. I LOVE them! We drove back to GJ with a happy little camper and got back just in time to shower and head to our small group BBQ for Memorial Day. It was an amazing long weekend!

Today is Scott's first day at his new job... I'll have to let you all know how it went once I hear myself. :) I do miss him coming home at 3:45 like normal, but I'm so thankful for this new job and I'm very excited about it! I hope it went well. I guess tomorrow night we are having dinner at his boss' with some of his co-workers... We are taking Daniel so pray he is a good little boy and that we all have lots of fun! :)