Sign Time

Ok, Kristen is 6 months old now and it's time to really start learning baby sign language. I've been toying around with it up until now, but it's time to get serious. She has started shrieking when she wants something (everybody in the grocery store probably thinks I'm being mean to her!). Will all the moms out there who have/had signing babies (Ginger Parks- are you out there?) give this first time mom some words of wisdom? I have Baby Signing Time and Baby Einstein Sign Language DVDs. Ryan and I sign to her also. Thanks!!

Seven Falls

We went to a beautiful place called Seven Falls. Kristen absolutely LOVED it! Ryan had her wrapped in front and we couldn't see her. Everyone that walked by started laughing and said that she had the biggest smile on her face the whole time! She's gonna be a mountain lover like her mama! Christina and Ausin and Kristen and I joined a group called the Colorado Mountain Mamas so we can go hiking with other moms and their babies. Here are some pics:

Crazy Weather

The weather has been hot, cold, hot, cold... We don't know what to wear! It is really cold in the morning and we have the AC on in the afternoon. Every day can be totally different. For example, a couple of weeks ago, it was in the 70s one day and snowed the next! It was back in the 70s a couple of days later! Here are some pics of Kristen's first snow:




Yes, she is trying to eat the snow in the last two pictures (you can see it better if you click on the picture). She tries to eat everything!!

Here is Pike's Peak one week when we went to Colorado Springs- and again a couple of weeks later after a snow:



We don't have many thunderstorms here, but when we do, all hail breaks loose!! :)

Halloween

Wait a minute... there is A LOT of candy going around, and I haven't gotten ANY. What's up with that?






Oh...elephants don't eat candy? Ok, that's cool...

PEANUTS!!!! I mean... CHEESE!!!