Fallin' in Love

I'm hungry! Can't you see I'm wasting away here?
And I'll use the spoon myself, thank you.

Just kidding. I'll throw it on the floor. Rice cereal is delicious, but what I REALLY love is paper. Receipts, lists, resumes... you name it, I'll take a bite out of it.

Most days I help my Mom and Dad at work in the Outward Bound Warehouse. Today I was guarding some sleeping bags for them.

And sometimes I help them in the office.

Fall is Colorado is SO BEAUTIFUL!! We are lovin' it. Montana still wins as the place I (okay, this is Molly now) love most, but Colorado takes the cake for beauty in the fall. The pictures of the aspens were taken on our way to the doctor's office in Vail for some shots the other day. The sunset is above Mt. Massive. Those pictures were taken on the road we live on.

Ten Fingers, Ten Toes, and TWO TEETH!!

Our little man has two teeth and another pretending to come through. Can you see them in the picture? They're those little white spots on his bottom gum. He's been a champ so far--not too terribly fussy (although extrememly drooly!).

I think I finally captured a smile on camera today. I wish I could capture his laugh. It might be the coolest sound we've ever heard. Timothy is best at getting it to come out--he just dances around and acts goofy and Cannon thinks it's hysterical.

We were in Kentucky and Indiana last week for the wedding of our friends Alan and Janelle. We also got to catch my niece Morgan's birthday party and throw a baby shower for my sister Megan. Some of the photos are from our trip. Fun times. :)

Baby's First Fourteener

Cannon and I attempted "Baby's First Fourteener" a couple of weekends ago with our friends Amanda and Keith. We hiked up Mt. Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado, which is right down the road from where we live. You can tell this was hard-core because Cannon is wearing his skull and crossbones sun hat in a couple of the pictures. :) Unfortunately, it started hailing around noon--about an hour above tree line and an hour from the summit. We had to turn back (which was probably a great idea--I could hardly walk down stairs for three days from my sore quads--who's hard-core now? :) .... somebody's been sitting at a desk all summer). It was a fun adventure.

Another fun adventure was the 12-hour car trip we decided to take with sweet baby the following weekend (who thought that would be a good idea?!). I know he looks tranquil in his carseat in the photo, but that was only for the first 9 hours. All three of us got to go to the Montana Outward Bound Program's 25th Anniversary Celebration in Red Lodge. It was a wonderful time--although somewhat bittersweet as Outward Bound has decided to close that base (a tragic decision, in our opinion). It was so fun to see former instructors from all over--New York, Texas, California. There were over 65 amazing people at our final "chow circle".

A Few Fun Photos

These days Cannon loves to stand up (ALL the time!), suck on his fingers (and other people's), roll over, chat, and smile. He's super fun and funny.

And he does smile, by the way--big, fun, gummy grins. He just stops as soon as he sees the camera. Then it's just wide eyes and shock at that weird red light on the front of the camera....

Little Man, Big Belly

Cannon is growing so fast! He's starting to enjoy baths (rather than solely being stunned) and smiles lots. He's also discovering his hands--he stares at them curling and uncurling into fists all the time, and he grabs his blanket and puts it on his face... and then can't seem to figure out how that thing got on his face. :) We took a quick trip to Montana last weekend, so a few of these photos were taken there. Timothy also recently put him in his new swing. It's a little big, but it quiets him down (is this because he loves it or because he's too shocked to scream?!!). Fun times. :)

Still Cool After 8 Weeks

A couple of pictures of our growing babe... He is entranced by his mobile these days. :) And he gets very red when he's mad (or hot) and chews on his arm when he's starving. And the doctor gave us the go-ahead to start weaning him off the oxygen--yay!