Weston's 2 month checkup

So we went to Denver to go to Weston's 2 month checkup. We still have not transferred our medical "stuff" up here to Fort Collins yet, due to the fact that we are having to reapply for medicaid. long story...so to Denver we went. Plus I don;t mind because then I get ot see my mom and dad and also the fact that I REALLY like our pediatrician. She is incredibly nice and cares about what is going on in your life. I LOVE it!

So here are the stats from Weston's checkup:

Weight: 15.32 lbs = >97 percentile

Height: 23 1/2 in = ~75 percentile

Head circumference: 15 1/2 in = ~25 percentile

So the boy is a chunker with some height on him, but has somewhat of a "smaller" head. Which you would NEVER guess by looking at him. He has quite the chubby cheeks!!! Isn't he cute!

This is Weston cooing and "talking"

He has so many thing he can do already! He is cooing ALL the time and smiling. I never remember that kids smile so early. And he is doing it a lot. He can also almost sit up for a quick second due to how many rolls he has. We even put him in Kambria's little high chair and he could sit up it in great! You would think he is ready for solid foods...well not quite yet, thank goodness!

We are so grateful to have him in our family and love to watch him grow and learn everyday. Kambria loves her little brother and is VERY concerned when someone wants to hold him. She will usually yell out "MY WESTON!!" we are learning to share! I couldn't pass up posting this picture! This is Kambria's "cheese" face when we want to take a picture. But I love the hair and how curly it is in this picture and how cute she is.

This is Kambria sitting on the potty. We are attempting the potty training thing...somewhat. She does really good about wanting to sit on the potty, but usually there is no success unless we put her feet in warm water. And then she goes, and she plays in the bowl of water too. But it is a start and we will take it slow.

co springs balloon festival

So in all the quick decisions and quick moving we did in the beginning of Sept., I forgot to post our trip to Colorado Springs to watch Hot air balloons. It was over Labor day weekend. They had them going up all weekend, but we just went on monday.

We left around 5:30am to drive down there so we could see the balloons take off at 7am. We took Kambria and Weston and my sister Tess decided to come with us too. Bless her heart, she sat crunched between the two car seats for an hour and a half.
When we got there, Weston was hungry of course so the rest of them walked to the park while I tried to feed Weston in the car. I then came later, but thank goodness they had not let the balloons go yet due to the little wind they had. So I got to enjoy it as well.

We stayed there for about 2 hours and got a funnel cake to share. Boy was it good.
Then we decided to get back in the car and drive to the park called Garden of the Gods. It is a park where red rocks jut out of the earth. We only had to drive about 10 minutes. We walked around and then eventually ate lunch there. It was a good afternoon with good company! I enjoyed having my sister ere with us, since she left for Idaho a couple days later!

One thing I forgot to mention was that Kambria was VERY upset when the balloons started to take off. I am sure some of it had to do with how tired she was, but she was crying and crying. We tried to tell her that it was OK that they were leaving, but it took her awhile to accept this without being too upset...so here is her sad face.
This is my sister Tess. I think this picture explains her a lot...Love ya little sis!!!

Miller farm

Can you believe he is only 6 weeks old in this picture?

For my mother's birthday we decided to meet half way between Fort Collins and Denver. My brother found this neat farm, called Miller farm in Longmont, so we decided to give it a go. It was a BLAST!!!

However, we did not know that you would be going on a "hay ride" for about 2.5 hours to pick 8 bags of vegetables a person. We tried to do it with 5 little kids between Nelson's 3 and our 2 and it was fun, but would NOT do it ever again. Kambria ended up having a dehydration breakdown and was crying a ton! Finally Nelson walked back to the farm and got his van so we could get some water and lunch in the kids.

It was an experience to be remembered...

A quick trip to canada

So we had been in Fort Collins for about 5 days when we decided we would help MaryEllen drive up to Canada to see her sisters 50th wedding anniversary. She could not fly up there because she does not have a passport yet and you have to have one to fly out of the country. So the only way she would get up there is to drive, since you don't have to have a passport for that, you only need a drivers license and a birth certificate. And Don could not get that much time off of work to help her drive. So off we went. It takes 2 days to drive there so we drove up to billings, MT first and stayed the night and then drove the rest of the way to Calgary the next day. We were able to go to the party and enjoyed seeing all the family that I have never met due to them not being members of the church and so they don't have as much to do with the family.

Then we went to Fernie, BC for the adult family reunion. You are not supposed to bring any kids with you, but we had no choice in the matter so we enjoyed the kids too. We spent 2 1/2 days there and then drove home. So all in all a fast trip, 4 days driving and 4 days "playing and visiting."

So here are the fruits of our trip.

This is Bryan and the group that went on a hike.
Bryan and Kambria...can you see her face?

This is the Titan. The world's largest truck.

A couple of mountainous pictures. It is BEAUTIFUL in BC
So that is a few of the pics.

quick update...moved again

So I don't have time to write all the details, but I thought I would let you all know...we have moved up to Fort Collins again. We are living with Bryan's parents while Bryan searches for a residency. We needed a change and don't feel like it was very wise to have a lease on an apartment until we know what the residency situation is more like. Bryan is working hard on finding a residency but still nothing has come up yet. A lot of contacts have been made and progress is happening as far as learning which sites are available, but still nothing has been offered. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we search for the next stage in life! Until that happens we are having fun and staying busy in Fort Collins!

Kambria's 2 year photo

Since Kambria turned 2 on August 21st, we decided to get her yearly picture done...

These are the results.

New haircut!

So I got tired of having the same hair cut that I have had for a long time AND I wanted short hair due to the fact that I have less time now with 2 kids. So here are the results.

The first 3 photos are fine...and then the fourth photo is when I went to striaghten it....I was upset and could not get it to go the way I wanted it.

I first went and had it cut as little longer...then about 2 hours after of trying to style it the way I wanted it...I did not like it and went back and had the girl cut it shorter. It was supposed to be a posh like a-line hair cut and did not exactly turn out that way...but I like it none the less. and let me tell you it is A LOT easier to do...straight or curly!

So the end result after all the pictures, is a little shorter and layered.

a Kambria update

So I thought I would share a little update on Kambria...
Bryan and I went and saw the movie Momma Mia and enjoyed the music so we got the cd. We played it in the car and Kambria decided she like the music too. The first song on the cd has the words, Honey, honey and Kambria KNOWS this song. We could be listening to anything and then put this cd in without saying a word. And within the first two or three notes of the song she yells out, Honey, honey!!! And the second song is Money, money, money, and she knows this one too! It is quite fun to watch , or rather listen to Kambria have this AMAZING talent! And on top of that to know that I had NOTHING to do with it...;o)