Buddies, Boulder and Beer

What a fun Saturday we had as a family. Our friend Josh came to town for a friend's wedding and he decided to stay with us the night before. It's always fun when good friends come visit and even bring new friends for us to meet. Naturally we decided to take them out on a hike and we decided to go to Boulder to hike the flat irons. The weather was pretty perfect and for being such a popular spot it didn't seem too crowded. It was a steep hike up and almost didn't seem rewarding at the top. There were definitely better views on the way up I thought. But in the end it was a great workout which was rewarded with a happy hour drink and appetizer at T|ACO in Boulder.

But our fun weekend is quickly coming to and end and we went out with a bang by making stout floats! Tomorrow Reid and I are starting our P90X meal plan and I'll be doing the P90X/Insanity Hybrid workout plan. My body will hate me after one week but love me after twelve! Wish us luck :)

Carson: 11 Months

Can you believe it?! Only one more month and our little guy will be a year old...that is so hard to believe. But we aren't there yet, so time to fill you in on what Carson has been up to. Well I mentioned before that I saw him stand on his own. Well, that was about all the excitement I got. He has only done it one other time since. He continues to babble and mostly says baba, yaya, dada (though not really DaDa) yet. He is getting very good at pulling up on his walker and cruising around the house (until he runs in to something). The other day I found a recorder I have laying around and I got it out for him to play with. To my surprise he knew how to blow in it. It was too cute!!

Nothing is new in the food department really. He tried some of our pizza we had and some watermelon. I don't think this kid has a favorite food, he just likes anything we put on his highchair tray. His third tooth hasn't fully poked through yet but it should be soon. He has always gotten a horrible rash just before a tooth comes through, and we had that last week. Poor guy!

In other news Snyder had his 5th birthday yesterday. His leg is still going ok, not any worse but not any better. Since the weather has been nice I've been able to take him and Carson on walks at lunch. I think it's helping when we are able to get out. Snyder celebrated his birthday with some doggie cookies and a trip to the dog park.

Hoppy Easter

Happy Easter from the Jennings family. We were pretty boring this year and didn't do an Easter egg hunt, visit the Easter bunny or make an Easter basket, but we figured we could start all that next year with Carson man. Instead we went to church where they had a petting zoo for the kids. Carson loved the goats, and even pet them...the the llama snuck up behind me and scared me quite a bit. Later that afternoon we went to Ft Collins to have Easter dinner with Reid's cousins. It was nice to spend time with family.

Saturday, Reid and I spent all afternoon doing yard work. We raked up all the dead grass and re-seeded. Hopefully all our hard work will pay off and we will have a nice green yard in a few weeks. And lastly Reid and I were recently approved to go house shopping! Now we only hope we can find something that fits our needs for the next few years.

It's About Time...

It seems like things have been uneventful regarding Carson but I finally have some new things to report. This last week he has been a babble monster. He also has started to not sleep as well. In the past, he goes through into a poor sleep habit when he learns something new and/or is teething. Well this morning I finally felt another tooth poking through! All I have to say it, it's about time :)

He is all boy these days and loves banging his hands on the ground (or splashing in the water). Now he's started doing it in his highchair and food goes everywhere. I'm sure Snyder doesn't care. One of his favorite things now is riding on Reid's shoulders. No matter how grumpy he might be, once he is up there he gets the biggest smile on his face. It's so hard to believe he is almost 11 months old. I've started thinking about his birthday and even have the invitations made. Can't wait!!

----------UPDATE-----------

I was getting Carson's bath ready tonight and he was standing next to me. I dropped a cup on the ground and he bent down to pick it up stood up and next thing I know he is standing all by himself!! Of course I didn't have my phone the two times he did it so hopefully he'll work on his new trick this week!