Hello my beautiful daughter! You are 14 months old and we've been living in Colorado for a month. It's been a busy month, we are so close to being settled. We're still living out of boxes, but we get new carpet today and then we can officially and completely unpack.
Daddy and I have painted the stripes in your room to re-create your nursery from the Mourning Dove house. We love our new house. You love playing in our backyard with giant birch trees to keep it shady. The living room and kitchen are open and connected, so I can always keep an eye on you. That makes mommy's heart happy. All of our rooms are upstairs, and you even have a playroom right next to mommy and daddy's room!
We went camping in Telluride for the Fourth of July! We had so much fun, you are such a trooper. We stayed for five nights! We went on three different hikes, you rode on daddy's back in a hiking backpack. You played in the mountain stream, looking at rocks and exploring. It was freezing! But you didn't mind one bit, you loved it. You are definitely an outside kinda girl. We went into town and had some delicious meals. Mommy and daddy celebrated our 4th anniversary and we cooked meals at our campsite too. You pooped in the tent on the first night!? It was stinky, but mommy cleaned it up. Sleep was a little nutty, we all ended up cuddling each night. We went to the awesome 4th of July Telluride Parade, it was so fun. Old-fashioned airplanes flew overhead and fighter jets to get the parade started. We saw all kinds of people, animals, it was really fun. Then we went to the park to relax and play. It rained a bit on our trip, but we made the best of it. We had yummy Brown Dog pizza for dinner while waiting for the fireworks. There was a fun band playing, and you danced your lil hiney off. Daddy and I had so much fun with you.
Lately, you love shoes, love playing outside, you love being social with other kids, your first word was "ball" and then "Hi". You wave at people and have started blowing kisses. You know where your tummy is! You are a busy bee and so much fun.
Your new buddy Mackenzie Grace was born on mommy and daddy's anniversary (June 30th), you'll get to meet her over Christmas break. This weekend we'll be celebrating Mackenzie's 8th birthday and going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo with Kyle, Tim and Owen Besson. And we're going camping in Steamboat next week! Summers are so much fun.
I love being with you everyday, mommy is trying to start her own in-home day care so I can be home with you everyday all the time.
I love you Halen Rae Carol!!!!!
Love,
Mommy
