The Turners

Friday, August 1, 2014

Colorado Part 4: Random Fun

Exploring the main street by the river

Trip to the highest altitude point

Finally spotted an elk!

Yummy dinner on a rainy night at the Dunraven Inn. This was recommended by our friend Natalie Timmerman and it did not disappoint. Fun trivia is that there are dollar bills signed by patrons covering the walls! Someone has estimated there is $15,000 on the walls.

Hide and seek at the condo.

Chasing a chipmunk

Ice cream!

Colorado Part 3: Let's Rodeo

We happened to be in Estes Park during their annual Round Top Rodeo. Way better than the commercialized Houston one!

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Colorado Part 2: Fishin'

Our first adventure on our first full day in Colorado was to do some fishing. I use the term adventure loosely because we visited a stocked pond in town for Colby's first fishing trip. He didn't even have any bait, but he loved throwing out his line and reeling it in just like Daddy. His little Mickey fishing pole came with a plastic fish weight, so every time he pulled it in he yelled, "I did it!".

Later on in the trip we did a little "real" fishing at a lake outside town. This time Colby just "fished" for a little while and then took to skipping rocks for quite a while. I'll say it a million times in posts about this vacation... we could have stayed there and never come back!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Colorado Part 1: Road Trippin'

This summer we took our first big road trip and headed to Estes Park, Colorado. Since the trip was 19 hours we decided to take two days and stop in Amarillo. Colby ended up being a rock star road tripper and it was Mommy and Daddy who were really itching to get out of the car! It didn't hurt that he had plenty of new things to entertain him.

The irony of these pictures is that this is the only time I drove at all, the entire trip there or back. Which totaled maybe 3 hours... so Rick drove us 35 hours. Whew!

This trip was full of so many great memories for our family, and oddly the road trip was one of them!

Monday, July 7, 2014

Happy Fourth of July!

We had an awesome 4th of July celebration with friends from church. We had YUMMY food, sprayed hair, and even a bike parade. This sweet boy was not scared of fireworks at all! Such a great day!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

At 2 and a half...

I've been meaning to do a 2 1/2 year post for a while so as I'm typing this we are a couple months past. Amazing all that can change over 6 months! Colby is still a really happy boy who is a lot of fun to be around. He laughs a lot, climbs everything, runs everywhere, and thinks he is Buzz Lightyear. Before he jumps off of something, which is all of the time, he says, "To infinity, and beyond." We continue to work on his speech and have recently started seeing a speech pathologist, Ms. Kelly. He has lots of words now but doesn't often string them into sentences. At 2 he never said mommy but that has really changed! I've gone from ma to mama to mommy, or really mah-meeeeee, in the last 6 months. My favorite to hear along with I love you and Amen.

He is super affectionate and gives lots of hugs, kisses, and snuggles. We spend lots of time with our friends (still all girls), Chloe, Maggie, and Trystan. Lexy is definitely his best friend right now although they fight like siblings.

Colby is getting taller for sure but I don't think he is gaining any weight, probably because he prefers running to walking. He likes to jump on the trampoline and play outside but also LOVES to watch a show. His favorites are movies like Toy Story, Shrek, and all Veggie Tales. He still loves to wear hats or anything else on his head.

He eats and sleeps well, although we only take a nap about half of the time. The other days he "rests" and just hangs out in his crib. Yes he still sleeps in his crib because he has never come close to climbing out! I am of the mindset that if sleep is happening then we aren't messing with a good thing. We do have a big kid bed picked out though so I'm sure that will happen before his next birthday.

There are still fits but now it is usually clear what the cause is. Time out is becoming a little more effective and when he is done he will say he's sorry and rub my arm.

I don't really want to remember my arm fat, but I do want to remember how genuinely sweet Colby is. He often climbs up next to me and grabs onto my arm, tight, to watch a show or play a game. I love love love spending my days with him and am grateful for the way he is growing up.