Walking and Falling

I know he takes a little tumble in this one, but
he was fine. Any day now he'll be running around the
house.

Is this a Trick or a Treat??

We aren't even out of fall yet and we are having snow storms. We have about 4-5 inches right now and the snow won't stop until Thursday afternoon. There is the possibility for 18 inches over all. Bethany and I will be working from home the rest of the week and I'll be working at DIA deicing airplanes. Here are some pictures of what's happening.

D-E-E-R-E

So my Aunt bought Ian this little John Deere radio that makes the most amazing noises (she says sarcastically). The other night I was singing the song while Ian was doing something else, he crawled over to his radio and pushed the button. He may have been trying to shut us up, or he might have really wanted to hear that song. We didn't capture that on video, but this morning John got him doing it. I love this video. He's so smart :)

strawberry swing...

We took advantage of the 80 degree weather and put up the swing we bought Ian for his birthday. He hasn't been in a swing that many times (does that make us bad?) and he loved it. We also got the flower beds cleaned out, the sprinklers blown out, and our car and garage organized. All this after church. The countdown to Ian's first birthday has begun - with 17 days left until he's one. I can't believe it. It's hard for me to remember what I was feeling and doing this time last year. I know I was anticipating his arrival, and tired, and scared, and excited. I was also prepared for him to go over his due date (he came early by 5 days). I remember making all my Dr's appointments through the 40th week and just hoping I wouldn't have to go to the last one or two. Thankfully Ian responded to his eviction notice. Every day and in every way I'm thankful for him. Joy surrounds him and he's just wonderful. Every night I pray "God please keep Ian safe as he sleeps. Thank you for the blessing he is to our lives, please let him bless everyone he meets. Amen."

Ian At Work

This is Ian in my office before he ate some food. The T-shirt is what Grammy got him in New Mexico. It says he is "Leader of the pack" with a wolf print. As you can see Ian is getting a bigger belly.



This is him in the pack-n-play at my office. He usually takes a nap during the afternoon. I put him in here so I could sweep up the mess he made with the food he was eating.




This is Ian figuring out something new at work. The jar is what we keep pens in and he dumped out the pens to put the water bottle into the jar. He's big into putting things inside other things right now. All these images are from yesterday.

One quick picture

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to Four Mile Historic Park here for a Pumpkin Harvest Festival. It was a good time. Ian will have more fun when he's older and can do more of the activities. John enjoyed the homemade root beer, which they make there at the park. It was another beautiful day in Colorado. Blue sky, sunshine, and about 60 some odd degrees. Then we went to visit our friends Joey, Lacey, and Levi. You can see pictures of them here. It was great to see them and to meet Lacey's Momma. Levi is cuter than ever and looking great.