Fall Festivities

Here's a scrapblog from our day of pumpkins. Alice, Daniel and I took Jonah to a local farm where we walked around, saw roosters, alpacas and a pig, and lots and lots of pumpkins.



Apparently all of my pictures are going on here in reverse order. Oh well! Sorry 'bout that!
Early this month, we had a fun night out at the Book Lover's Ball - put on by the Denver Public Library, who were clients of Daniel's at New Horizons. It was such an out-of-the-ordinary thing to do in Denver - a black tie ball! The food, drinks and dancing were lots of fun. We especially loved the smoke machine and hanging out with Melissa and Doug!
We've been doing lots of fun stuff with Jonah, including going to a local farmer's market where he got the most delicious apple cider in the world, and I carried him in the awesome Baby Ktan that I tie dyed myself! (I also tie dyed the tshirt that I have on in the picture with Gus - I have a new hobby!)
Other fun pics - Daniel and Grandma Alice took Jonah to "Outdoor World" where he saw lots of fish and apparently a moose! Jonah loooooves drinking from my water bottle. He gets very upset when I am having water and don't offer him a sip. And, some fun cousin time with Zoe, Quinn and Great Aunt Kathy. For those of you who don't live in Colorado and aren't on Facebook, here are some snowy pictures from this morning (yes, Thursday, October 29th!) with the huge snowstorm that came in. I am happily blogging because we had a snowday from school!

Two Step (so far!)

Enjoy the videos Daniel took of Jonah last week! We're having fun watching him learn to walk.

Remember me?

It has really been forever since I last posted pictures. Hopefully you all didn't forget what Jonah looks like :) Here's the update on life in Colorado this September:
We have had a really busy month. I tried to put just a couple of photos from each highlight so the slideshow wouldn't take you an entire evening to watch!
So September started with a fun visit to Berry Patch Farms with Jill, Max, D', Elle and Beck. Then, another cooking date with Sondra, Leah and Kathy. We get so much done and I love having a freezer full of meals to cook!
Next was Julie's bachelorette party. We had a super fun girls night out downtown. Then Alice and Bruce arrived and were just in time to babysit Jonah while we went to Julie and Max's wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and Julie and Max were just glowing! We had so much fun dancing the night away!
The next day we went to Colorado Springs to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Jonah started really waving this day, so perfect timing to wave to the animals! Daniel and I got to try out his new backpack carrier, which everyone loves! Jonah was really funny with the giraffes - he didn't seem to love them, but didn't cry either. We'll have to see if he's happier to feed them next summer! At the zoo we saw tons of animals, and Grandma Alice took Jonah on his first train and carousel rides.
The following week was Jonah's first birthday. We celebrated the day before with Kathy, Leah, Andrew, Zoe, and Quinn. We had pizza and Jonah tried carrot cake for the first time. See the pics and videos - it was a hit! (I had issues with the second cake video, it's down below the slideshow, make sure to watch as it's quite funny!)
Next we celebrated Rosh Hashana and then Alice and Bruce left to go back to NJ. Jonah went for his 1 year checkup where we discovered that he is a healthy boy - 22lbs and 32 in. His eczema is looking awesome!
Then we celebrated Jonah's birthday again at Girls Night. Jonah got to stay up a little late and hang out with the ladies. I made a Rosh Hashana meal for my friends and everyone gave Jonah fun presents that he loves :)
The following weekend was Daniel's birthday. We went to a mid-afternoon meal with Jonah too and he went NUTS in the restaurant. Oh well. It was not the relaxing birthday sushi meal that Daniel was hoping for. Life with a baby! Then we went into the mall to this play area with huge models of food for kids to play on. Jonah LOVED this so much. We could have stayed there all day if it was up to him.
The next week I had surgery on my finger (apparently I had a tumor on it, but it's fine now!) so that was no fun, especially taking care of Jonah and teaching kindergarten with a sore, swollen finger. But my stitches are out and now I just have a bandaid over it so hopefully it will be feeling fine soon.
Since then we haven't had anything too exciting go on... just going with the flow! More pictures to come soon!

Here He Goes!

Jonah didn't need long before he realized that carrot cake is GOOD! We loved watching him celebrate his first birthday. Enjoy part 2 of the cake video series :) It's kind of long but it's worth it...well at least I think so!