Aeranee...Washington...

Aspen has a new buddy for life; AERANEE!! Aeranee was out here last week for a week and Aspen just thought she was great. She sat by the bathroom door waiting for Aeranee the entire length of Aer's shower and then wanted to play with her forever. I love Aeranee to pieces; we've been friends since 5th grade, so of it makes total sense that my daughters would love her, too. (Yes, Mia loves her as well...she's just not as obvious about it!!) While Aer was here, we relaxed a lot and hung out at the house. We also spent some time at the park, at the zoo, at Garden of the Gods, took Mia on her first hike, and of course, eating!! :) We went to a couple bookstores and looked at some shops around town and in Manitou Springs, too. It was SO wonderful to have her here; she is such a great friend. :) Yay Aeranee!!

Aeranee and the girls:

Me and Aeranee:Aer and Mia:

Me and Mia on her first little hike up Cutler Trail:And in other news, we are moving to Spokane, WA soon. Like in the next few weeks. I am not happy about it for a TON of reasons. But when I get there, I am sure I will be fine. It will be nice to be closer to family and my WA and OR friends. But I hate to leave Colorado Springs; this has been my home for almost 6 years and I LOVE it here. So I am not thrilled with the idea of leaving my beautiful Colorado or any of my friends who are here. Especially my sister, Carrie.

Where's the camera when I need it?!!?

Okay, so Malo is in Spokane this week and he brought the camera with him so he could take pics of the town and area so I can make an informed decision when the time comes. Anyway, it just so happens that since he's been gone, my kids have been doing the CUTEST things and I haven't been able to capture them:

Aspen has this HUGE bunny rabbit that's 3 times as big as her and she has been dragging it around the house all day....since its so big, she has a bit of a hard time moving it and she falls and then laughs and snuggles with it. Oh how I want a picture of that. Sad.

And Mia, this girl has transformed in the last couple of days into THE happiest, smiliest little Mia ever. And can I get a picture of her adorabe smiles? No. Am I sad? Yes! She even has started crinkling her little nose when she smiles like I do when I smile.

So lesson learned here....why would I bother needing to see pictures of a place that we may possibly MAYBE think about perhaps one day maybe moving to when I am missing pictures of my adorable girls doing cute things?!!? Sheesh!

Happy Birthday to my favorite man in the world!

Yesterday was my sweet husband's 30th birthday! I can't believe I'm married to such a stinkin' old fart! Haha! :) For his birthday he wanted to take the girls to the zoo, so we went up to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and hung out with the crazy animals. Aspen is starting to be big enough to really have fun at the zoo. Here's a cute video of her and daddy feeding the giraffes.


Aspen and Daddy:

Daddy's girls ready for the zoo!

Then we went home and my friend Aeranee, who is in town for a week with us, watched Aspen and Mia while Malo and I went to dinner at Red Lobster. Malo had their never ending shrimp and the boy seriously devoured 8 or 9 orders of shrimp! Yikes! :) But he loves shrimp (I don't know why!!! ew!) and it was what he wanted to do. Then we went back home and had ice-cream cake. Here is the birthday boy and his cake, then him making a wish and blowing out his candles! :-P

So it was a pretty laid back birthday for his 30th, but that's how he wanted it. We are so grateful for Malo. His girls love him to pieces and his wife does, too!

Mia's 2 month stats

So Miss Mia had her two month well baby check today and her first set of shots (owie!). Here are her numbers:

Height: 22 inches, 17th percentile
Weight: 8 lbs, 3 oz, 4th percentile

Now before anyone worries that she is too tiny (like I was when they said 4th percentile!!!), she has put on 2 lbs and 9 oz from when we brought her home from the hospital and she is gaining weight at a good rate. She is a super strong and very healthy little girl and we are so blessed to have her in our family. :)

My little helper....

I can never figure out how to get these videos to NOT be sideways, but you get the idea....

Thanks Lynette!

So Mia has been a bit colicky lately; she basically was screaming anytime she wasn't eating or sleeping or being sung to...well Lynette let me know about Mylicon drops and since we've been using those...we get some smiles from my sweet girl! Thanks to Lynette and Mylicon for my sanity! :)
Mia before:











Mia now:

My 3 favorite...

These are my three favorite pictures that I took while I was in Washington.

This is Aspen at the Oregon Coast. I will write more about their first trip to the Oregon Coast and some of the other fun stuff we did while in WA later.

This is Aspen and Abby. I just really like the picture.

And this is Leify. He's so adorable! :)