We’re getting settled in with our new little family member. She is a funny little girl who likes to eat a lot and isn’t afraid to let you know. Seriously, she’ll be asleep one second and then the next she’s crying to be fed–RIGHT NOW! At her 4 day appointment she was almost up to her birth weight!

Before he left for California Britton was warming up to her. He would say hi to her. And at prayer time we ask him whose turn it is, and he says “baby sister turn.” He even said bye to her when they left.

She likes to be held when she’s awake too. She definitely has a different personality than Britton, but she’s really sweet and we’re so happy to have her.

My little snuggler. He was pretty clingy the past few days, so we were happy to go home as soon as we could and get him back to “normal”

Daddy’s girl.

This may be the closest he got to her for a couple of days.

He really likes my hospital water pitcher

This is how tiny she is…

My little sleepers

Pretty sleeping angel

Hope this satisfies the craving for pictures some people have…you know who you are. I’ll try to update with more pics every few days.

We’ve been told now that we’re in Colorado we’d  better become sports fans or else. They take them very seriously here. And, with a professional team in all the major sports–football, baseball, basketball and hockey, I guess it’s true.

So, on Labor Day (which I was hoping would be true for me, but it wasn’t) we went to a Rockies game. They played the Cincinnatti Reds at a very packed Coors Field. We got free tickets for getting the Denver Post, and Mark’s office is about 2 blocks away, so we had free parking too.

Our seats were very high up, but we could still see really well. And, being in the shade was a definite bonus.

This was Britton’s first sporting event, and he did pretty well. Got bored kind of fast, but he did like watching the “tv.” We would point out that the guy was going to hit the ball with the bat, and was throwing the ball, running etc. and he liked that. He’s watched the characters on his favorite show (Word World) play baseball, and he likes to go around hitting balls with his “bat” (which is anything tube-like) and he holds like a golf club, but he gets the idea.

Mark took him out a couple of times. He got a hat from the kids store, which happened to be on the exact opposite side of the field from where we were, so they were gone more than an inning, but it all turned out well.

Sure it looks cute…if we can get him to keep it on more than 3 seconds!

The field is pretty cool too.

The green space at centerfield is full of pine trees and a little fountain. The fountain shoots high in the air when they get a home run.

Rockies won–by a lot–so that was fun to see too. We were talking about why we didn’t ever go to Dodgers games in LA, ’cause it’s pretty fun. Then we decided it was because it’s too much work. Getting to the field, the parking etc. way too hard. This was easy. We parked about 15 minutes after leaving our house, walked in and there we were. Soooo much better!

Maybe we will become sports fans after all!

There’s a zoo in the middle of the city! It doesn’t look too big on a map, but once we got inside we realized it was pretty big–at least the size of Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake.

We went after one of my doctors appointments, which took longer than I’d planned, so we were only there 2 hours before he was sooooo ready for a nap, and I was really tired of walking, but we saw about half of it.

They had lots of babies–giraffes, tigers, and monkeys. We’ll definitely have to go back and see the rest!

Brit and the baby giraffe

Brit and the Kangaroos. I’ve decided that they’re pretty boring animals.  Every time we see them…even in Australia they’re just lounging around. Ah well.

Britton hopping like a Kangaroo. Much more entertaining. We’re not sure where this came from, but he loves to hop around with his arms like this–they go up and down (I will try to figure out how to post the video we have, it’s hilarious) He says it’s hopping like a kangaroo. Ok, whatever you say!

Brit is sooooo done. But, I really liked this lion. She was sooooo big! And just stared right at us.

I like this zoo too, because it tries really hard to be environmentally conscious and is building more enclosures that are large and most like the animals’ true habitat. It claims to be the “greenest” zoo in the country. Yay!

We just have so many pictures of Britton doing random things that don’t really fit into a “post” so I’m putting them together…

Enjoying the first Denver rain on our balcony. He LOVED it!

He finally likes his “cool dude” sunglasses. Stylin’

Throwing rocks and sticks into the lake in Georgetown, CO. It’s a super cute really old town in the canyon along the 70. He is really liking the outdoors here.

He seriously cracks me up. In the morning it’s “snuggle with mommy” so he snuggles with me for a minute, then asks to “play game” Oh my. But he sure looks cute doing it!

Story time with Daddy. He really loves it!

In other words, Rocky Mountain National Park.

Lucky us, our first weekend here Mark’s brother Paul and his daughter Julia came to visit. They’d had a trip planned for a few months, and we happened to be here.

Paul has been to Colorado several times, and has wanted to take a special road up to the top of one of the mountains for a while, but it’s only open during a couple of months in the summer. It just so happens to be August.

After helping us move some of our furniture into place–Thanks Paul!–We headed toward Estes Park, gateway to RMNP. It’s a beautiful drive, and while on the way, Britton learned how to be a “guppy” from cousin Julia. It’s hilarious.

Mark got lots of the scenic pictures…maybe I’ll get him to post them some day, but driving higher and higher on the mountain on a one-way dirt road was quite fun. We did see a waterfall and creek…

Britton has a hard time looking at the camera. When we say “look at me” he looks up in the air way too high. Not sure where this comes from. He’s also saying cheese…

Finallly, we made it to the top. It’s known as an Alpine Tundra or something like that. Up at 11,000 feet, it’s winter most of the time. But it makes for gorgeous scenery!

Wow. So beautiful. Yes, that is snow still clinging to the hill.

And, I guess this will do for my 36 week belly shot too.

We had a great time at the park, driving over the continental divide and seeing so many lakes and streams. Paul was a great guide and we’re looking forward to going back. Now that we’re Coloradans I guess it’s a requirement.

Britton had a lot of fun with Julia. She was a great helper too.