The Long, Hot Wait

I really believe that August must be the longest month of the year. Yes, there are a few other months that have 31 days, so technically it just ties for the longest month. But the humid heat and lack of vacations for me in August have always made this month just drag.

August is just a hot and sweaty waiting room for all of the good stuff to happen. Waiting for the new tv season to start. Waiting for a fun girls trip to Hill Country in September. Waiting for Halloween (when you have kids, it is something to look forward to). Waiting for cooler weather. Waiting for the holiday season (Thanksgiving - Christmas). And this year, waiting for our baby girl to arrive.

With so many things to look forward to, who can blame me for wanting August to hurry up and be finished!

Wiggle Time!

On Saturday, Jon and his brother Dan had plans with their brothers to celebrate Dan's recent promotion to captain in the fire department. So with two kids and a free Saturday night, what else would two moms do? Of course, take the toddlers to go see The Wiggles live in concert!

The day didn't start off great for JD and I since he refused to take a nap on Saturday. I was frustrated because I'm thinking that a grouchy toddler, pregnant mom and 2,000 screaming kids weren't going to be a great mix.

Dan's wife Heather and their daughter Kenna came over and we headed out to the concert, which was about an hour away. We played Wiggles dvds the whole way for the kids, just to get them warmed up!

By the time we got there, the kids were already pretty excited. We arrived with 15 minutes to spare, which was the perfect amount of time! JD kept asking when the Wiggles would come out.

When the concert started, both kids started clapping and dancing. JD did all of the motions along with the songs that he knew (which was most of them).

It was pretty entertaining and just the right amount of time. JD loved seeing his favorite characters on stage. He called them "The Big Wiggles."

Both of the kids did really well, considering it was dinner time (5:00 start time) and they started getting a little sleepy toward the end. I know JD LOVED it!

We stopped for a quick bite to eat on the way home and had the kids bathed and put to bed by 9:00 pm. The kids went down without a peep - they were pretty pooped!! What a great Wiggly time together!

(Thanks Heather for the pics! My camera ran out of batteries!)

Having a Ball

The other night, Jon was working with JD on catching and throwing a ball. Our son is still working on his coordination in this area, but he still had a good time!!

His belly laugh was cracking us up all night long!

First Visit Under the Big Top

The circus is in town! We decided to take JD to his first ever visit to the circus this past weekend.

He was pretty overwhelmed with all of the sights and sounds at first and just needed to point out everything that he saw.

JD loved the motorcycles in the round ball contraption and all of the vehicles that they paraded in during that segment.

He also liked the performing mini horses, tigers and elephants. He hasn't really stopped talking about them yet!

We tried some circus food - cotton candy and popcorn. The popcorn was a big success (as usual), but he DID NOT like cotton candy and wouldn't even try a second bite of it. Oh well - more for me!

It was a very enjoyable afternoon and we are looking forward to taking both of our kids to the next one!

Adventures in "Colorago"

The first thing JD said when we drove up to the cabin this time was "Colorago House." So it stuck for the rest of trip - JD was in "Colorago!"

One of the days we were there, Jon, JD and I took a drive to Aspen, which is an amazing route over Independence Pass. We walked around town, ate lunch and let JD run wild in a pretty green field in the square.

On Saturday, we went up a beautiful, but majorly 4WD road called Mosquito Pass while we were up in Colorado. This was the main road between Fairplay (where our cabin is) and Leadville during the mining days. JD's favorite part was playing in the snow at the top of the pass.

My mom and Ken, Dara, Josh, Emma and Ellie all arrived on Saturday at the end of our first week there and we had so much fun! JD just loves "Emma Lellie," apparently the two girls are inseperable in his mind!

We took a train trip with the kids on the Royal Gorge one day. It is about a 2 hour train ride along the Royal Gorge river. JD spent all day saying "choo choo" and pulling a train whistle and saying "All Aboard!" We saw rafters and hikers along the route. JD LOVED the train and especially loved a helicopter that "buzzed" the open air car where he was.

Another fun day trip was to South Park City, a restored mining town in Fairplay, complete with train and mine!

Eason Family in front of the old wagon -

And the day before we left, Jon and Josh went hiking up a 14K foot mountain called Quandary, just outside Breckenridge. They made it in excellent time and were back by early afternoon, although they seemed a bit sore the next day (if you ask me).

It was such an amazing trip where we managed to do a bunch of new things, considering how many years I have been going to Colorado! And it is so much more fun to see it through JD's eyes!

Visiting With Mamaw & Papaw in Colorado

This post is dedicated to the fun we had with Mamaw & Papaw (Jon's grandparents) while we were in Colorado.

After the Fourth of July celebration, we invited everyone over to the cabin for dinner and games. The guys took turns on the ATV and of course, JD insisted on being included!


There was also a rousing game (or a few) of horseshoes out in the driveway.

We had some picture time out on the bench too. Compare last year to this year!!

JD with Mamaw and Papaw
JD with Grandpa and Grandma

Then we met up with the family again a few days later for a fishing trip at a nearby (1 1/2 hours away) reservoir. There were lots of fish to catch!! JD didn't get one this year, but Jon got a couple!




We really enjoyed spending some time with Jon's grandparents and JD is still talking about Mamaw and Papaw!

And Lil' Peanut Is Going To Be...

A girl!! JD will have a little sister!

I would have never guessed it! We actually found out a few weeks ahead of schedule. Our doctor called me from Texas yesterday to tell me that he had seen something suspicious on our last sonogram and wanted us to go in immediately for a "Level II" ultrasound, performed by a perinatologist.

Wow. Talk about immediate stress on a family vacation! Since we are in Colorado, we had to do some research to find a perinatologist within a 100 mile range of us. After much calling and working out between my doctor's office and the specialist's office, we got an appointment today at 2:30 pm.

After not much sleep last night, we drove into Denver to visit the perinatologist for the ultrasound. I was very nervous and upset about what could be wrong.

Then after a very in-depth ultrasound, the specialist told us what our doctor was seeing and how there was NOTHING to be alarmed about after all (she stressed that a few times for us). Thank goodness! (The quote "O ye of little faith" came to mind for me)

And we got an extra special bonus because Lil' Peanut cooperated for the doctor and the doctor told us that we were having a GIRL! Hooray!

Now if we can just settle on a name for our daughter (yes - we had a boy name all figured out)...