Swimmin'

We think Cannon shows incredible promise as a future swimmer. You can seen from the photo that his technique is impeccable--and he hasn't even been in the pool yet! Do you see the determination and drive on his face? We'll never hold him back! We (seriously) have every intention of taking him to swimming lessons very soon.

..

While he is swimming in the leaves, Timothy is swimming in toxic dust. We bought a house! It's a wonderful little old house on a tiny lot in this small town of Leadville. Lots in Leadville are all former mining claims, so they're uniformly small and the houses are squished together. Our house was built in 1888 and has lots of charm--cool old hardware, beautiful doors, wood floors, high ceilings. We could have moved right in, but instead decided to upgrade a thing or two. We're tearing out the paneled plaster walls (and about a half inch thickness of wallpaper) and we took down the drop ceiling. We even found a huge window under some of that paneling! With all that plaster dust in the carpet (and a baby about to crawl), we had to tear out the carpet as well. We're hoping to get new drywall up next week and put some insulation in the walls (there wasn't any!), restore some of the wood floors, and then move in. The walls will be painted soon, and eventually we'll strip the original trim of it's paint and restore it as well. I am itching to be able to help more, but we want to keep Cannon and his lungs away from the dust. If anyone out there wants to come babysit so I can work on the house, please do! Or if anyone wants to do fun house projects, come on over! We're also planning a Thanksgiving weekend feast, and you're invited. Actually, you're invited anytime--we live in a beautiful place and we love visitors!

..

Last but not least, we found out last night that Cannon can eat the heck out of some prunes. Who couldn't?

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....