Treats and an almost 2-year-old

I realized that so much has happened since our trip to Colorado (like the rest of October and half of November), so I figured it was time to type up another post. The last trimester of this pregnancy makes the already short days/weeks, much shorter. So here's what we've been up to...

Playdate with Sidney Supreme


Pumpkin Patch with Mom and the Jacobs'



And the search for the perfect pumpkins begin



Solon's is on the left, mine is on the right


On October 27, one of my best friends welcomed her 2nd child, Morgan Kay Reese, to the world. Christina, Aaron & big brother Tyler are loving their new addition. Solon, Quincy & I were able to go to the hospital to meet her and she was just precious and smelled so good! Christina and I had our sons 6 weeks apart, and it has been awesome to watch them grow so much these first 2 years. Now we will have daughters that are about 11 weeks apart as well! Take a look at this beautiful little girl.


On Halloween, we had some of Quincy's friends over for a Trick-or-Treat Playdate, co-hosted with our friend Danielle.

It was so much fun to see the kids all dressed up in their costumes, and it gave me an excuse to put together a dessert table for the occasion.

Quincy (the urban cowboy) & Eve (Mao Zedong) anxiously awaited their guests


The Jacobs'

Jaime & Maia

The Stromskis

A homemade "Woody" & Buzz Lightyear = Cousins

Quincy and Mason are about 2 months apart and up until recently looked IDENTICAL in so many pictures

Rachel & baby Harper

The Metnicks

Sidney Supreme

Tyler

The Perrys


Monica & Vivian

Breaking the piñata


The day after Halloween, Quincy and I had coffee with Elizabeth who was in town briefly - we used to work together in Promotions!

Right after we had a 3D ultrasound to check out our baby girl - check out her foot

She was sleeping on her arm!


Quincy loves his flannel pants, and drinking from Daddy's water cup

And loves story time with Daddy, too


Here I am at 25 weeks, 3 days

And at 30 weeks, 3 days


This past weekend, I made up some treats for Alaina's Mad Hatter Birthday Party


And then we started to get the nursery ready


Taking a break


With 8 weeks to go, we are trying to get everything ready before baby girl comes along. With Thanksgiving next week, Quincy's birthday 2 weeks after that, and Christmas 2 weeks after that, the weeks will pass quickly and she will be here before we know it! We are getting excited for her arrival - we can't wait to meet this little girl.

Colorado Rocky Mountain High

Over Columbus weekend, Solon, Quincy, Baby Bell & I hopped a jet plane and made our way to Estes Park, Colorado via Denver to celebrate Mimi's 70th Birthday with Solon's mom's side of the family. We shared a rental house on the mountainside with 9 of Solon's family members for a truly unforgettable weekend.

(Because I am a dork, and believe that you can't drive through Colorado without listening to some John Denver's Greatest Hits, feel free to turn your sound on, and click play on this video, to experience the song that was in my head all weekend while were in Colorado. You don't have to actually watch the video - it's so old!!- but just listen to the song while you look through this blog post. Enjoy!)


Here are the pictures!

The view from our living room (every room had a similar view)


The view from our room


First thing in the morning

You can see my bracelet tracks on my forehead - I must have slept hard!


Mimi, Aunt Shelley, and Alaina


Quincy's new hat!


Alynsia in the middle of Bear Lake


We weren't really prepared for how cold it was going to be at the top of Bear Lake @ Rocky Mountain National Park - it was snowing on us!


Alex's giant snowball


Me, baby girl & a 400+ year-old tree


Solon jumping over a post

And then showing Quincy how to do it


What a beautiful view





I just thought this was so pretty


All the trees that are brown are dead trees - infested by bark beetles - there are so many of them throughout the park. It's terrible. It's not getting cold enough to freeze the beetles anymore, so thousands of trees are dying.


In front of rock that Grandpa Meredith had posed in front of when we was just a boy - now he's here with his whole family!


Layers upon layers of beauty



Alex's rock


Rob introduced Quincy to the ice-cold water, and he loved it! Totally cried when I said it was time to go

And then he passed out in the car


Solon took Quincy horseback riding! Their horse was Bam-Bam & Quincy had a blast!



Family picture time!










Did we get enough? Okay, here's one more


A very special treat for us was when Patrick "P-Diddy" and his family drove from Colorado Springs to see us. Patrick is pretty much responsible for Solon and I even knowing eachother, so he is very special to us. If he wasn't so darn tall (& handsome), my friends would have never spotted him at that concert in September 2001, and I would have never seen Solon standing right next to him. We love Patrick!


It was wonderful to spend some time with him and his wife Stephanie, and to finally meet their sweet daughter Caroline!!!


We were so happy for Caroline and Quincy to meet & play together!

I love this picture


Here I am about to get some sweet Caroline kisses


Sunday night ended our trip with the celebration of Mimi's 70th Birthday. Alynsia picked out these adorable cupcake-cakes, and they were so delicious!!

I hope I look this great at 70 Mimi!!


One last look at the view before we left Monday


One last family pic (we were a little out of it)


Alynsia & I just realized we never got a pic together when we were dressed up, so this early morning shot was going to have to do =)


Goodbye Estes Park - you were such a beautiful place to visit!