I'M ONE!!!

Wow... so Miss Tatum is officially a one-year old! We had a wonderful weekend celebrating with friends and family! Grandma & Grandpa Carrington came in on Friday, followed by Grandma Birt and Grandpa Bilinski on Saturday... What they didn't know is that they were actually landing in Seattle, Washington rather than Denver, CO... it rained for two days straight!!! It is sunny over 300 days a year... and of course, when grandparents come in... it's raining! (we needed it though, so secretly, I was enjoying the rain)

Sunday, was the big celebration! Tatum was surrounded by friends and family! Her one year old friends- Addy, Liam, and Hayden came to celebrate with her! Liam was a big helper when it came to opening presents! Tatum hasn't really had any sweets, so she had no idea what to do with the cake... she did enjoy the fish- Nemo & Dory- on top... played with them for a while, so Mom and Dad gave her a couple of tastes before we just cut a smaller piece for her. She ended up making a small mess, and I realized I should have taken her dress off BEFORE eating cake!!! :)

Monday, we all piled into a mini-van- Grandma & Grandpa Carrington, Grandma Birt, Grandpa Bilinski, Matt, Tatum, and myself- and headed to Rocky Mountain National Park. None of grandparents had been to the Rockies before, so this was definitely a must! We drove through Boulder up to Estes Park and up through the park. Not too far into the park, we spotted our first Elk of the trip... later we saw a huge herd of them grazing, and again later- more were crossing the road. We drove up to Bear Lake and enjoyed the scenery there... then did a mile hike up to Alberta Falls... and when I say UP ... that's what I mean! The grandparents were troopers being that they were already trying to get used to the elevation in Denver... RMNP is much higher... not so much oxygen at those levels! The falls were beautiful and definitely worth the hike! The little chipmunks were very friendly, and not afraid of people at all! They were trying to pose in our photos! :) Matt & I climbed up to the top of the falls and Matt tried to fall in... or just test the temp of the water... After the falls, we decided to take the longer way out of the park... and what a good decision! On our way out of the park, we saw a few cars on the side of the road, so naturally, you try to see what they are looking at and about 150/200 yards off the road was a moose! He was very tricky- hiding behind shrubs... but we got a good look at him! HUGE! Still no bear sighting yet... :(

We had a great weekend! What a wonderful visit with everyone! Wish we had more time with everyone, but we definitely enjoyed every minute!