Gram Potts' Visit

So... few new updates... my mom and Aunt Susan came to visit this past week and we enjoyed the visit very much!


With mom and aunt Susan, we visited Boulder Falls and we drove up to Mt. Rushmore via Lake Dillon (dillon res.)... very pretty drive! We drove up through Rocky Mtn. Nat. Park where we saw lots of elk and deer... and a mountain goat. We also drove through other parks... one where we were right next to buffalo- they were crossing the road! Very neat.




At the end of their visit on Friday- Matt was at work and I was at the store buying some formula... Tatum decided to take her first two steps! She has been standing alone for a couple of seconds at a time, but she was holding onto my aunt's shirt and let go... took a couple of steps... and sat. She typically can stand for a couple of seconds and then she realizes that she is and automatically sits down... but this is very cool! Unfortunately Matt and I missed it, but it's very exciting that she is starting to walk! I know it'll be exciting to run around chasing her soon! :)

Visiting the ole Hoosier State

Well, our trip to Indiana was a pretty successful trip. We did not get to see (meet) the Indy crew, but we saw a lot of family and enjoyed spending time with them. Tatum decided that she wants to eat adult food now, so she is letting some front teeth come in- they popped up Sunday, June 1. I'm very excited to see her little teeth pop up. She has been chewing on her hand like crazy- nothing else is good enough for her at this point.

We started the trip off driving to Indy to visit a couple of friends, then it was off to Grandma Patti's house. At Grandma Patti's, Tatum and Grandma went on a couple of walks and picked some flowers. Tatum enjoyed picking flowers and smelling them! Tatum, Patti, and I went to the park where we met up with one of Patti's close friends and walked around the park. It was a beautiful day to be out! Then we headed to Great Grandpa Jim's house and left a few hand prints on his sliding glass door... oops! Sorry Grandpa! :)

We then headed up to NW Indiana to stay with Grandpa B & Grandma Birt. I loved seeing the grandparents play with her, and Socks (my dad's dog) run away from her, while Buck (my mom's dog) just licked her until she was cracking up. (He's a lab)... I must say I am proud of my little daughter, in that she definitely gave her Uncle Carl a bloody nose! Ha Ha! Shows him to pick on little kids! I don't think he'll be messing with her anymore! Again, Tatum decided to leave a few handprints (maybe some tongue prints as well) on the glass doors- sorry grandparents! Have fun cleaning those up! We spent a couple days out visiting- we went up to the Dunes with our cousins, and went to Lemon Lake to play with other kids.

Uncle Doug (Tatum's Uncle Doug) read her a book on Tuesday before we left. It was very cool. His voice wasn't all there, but he mouthed the words. My Uncle Doug (while he was reading to her) kidnapped Tatum and was heading down the hall letting her fly like an airplane, and Tatum's Uncle Doug, looked up and just stared as if to say.... where are you going with my niece???... It was very cool. T's Uncle Doug just loved Tatum. He just smiled when she was looking at him and when she was blowing raspberries- he was just getting a kick out of her. He did say "I love you" to her and blew her kisses.

All in all it was a great visit. :)

For all you Bears Fans out there...

So... for Christmas, Carl and Sam gave this 'outfit' to Tatum... my thoughts... first- NO WAY IS SHE WEARING THIS... Not only was it a CHEERLEADING outfit, but a BEARS one at that! :) lol... so anyway, it won't fit her during football season, so I thought I'd try it on her today...

Check out the video to see what Tatum can do now!

Enjoy!

HIKING IN BOULDER... don't be fooled by the smile on my face... hiking here is not so easy...

SHOW OFF...

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

The top pics are from May 1- when it snowed... but the bottom two are from this morning... I had just gotten out of the shower and heard bits and pieces of her musical lamb (that's in her crib)... I thought she was awake...

ha ha ha ha

Okay, yes, you can all laugh at us now! We did enjoy our wonderful winter in Arizona... but I guess Mother Nature thought otherwise... so now that we are in Colorado, she wanted to make it up to us...

(this is our backyard and Liz's car)

Fun at home

Here are some pictures from today... Tatum was eating a cracker... then we were busy taunting/playing with Hunter.... :)

I stole dad's trick...

Hmmm... is that mine?

Ohhh, is THIS what YOU want????
Okay, well you can borrow it... for now
Now, it's MY turn.... share please
Who's going to get it first???

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures... some from before we left and from our drive

totally innocent...

Dad, don't even tell me I can't wear this!

trying to help mom wrap the breakables...
Fun with dad... before I spit up on his head!
Little packed in the car...
muah... kisses

Wow

Little different than Indiana & Arizona...

So majestic

This really exists in the state we live in now...

Matt & Christy- just before we needed to give Liz's car a break ;)

Ski Lodge where we stayed

This bridge was at the ski lodge... I took the dogs for a walk... in flipflops

Notice where the sidewalk ends... again, I was wearing flipflops