Cute little man...

Allen is, how shall we say, a man of few words. And the words he does have are often quite difficult to interpret. However, he has a new phrase. He holds up his little index finger, looks at you intently and says "ba-ba". It took me a few times to figure it out...he's saying "be right back". So cute! If you respond "oh, you'll be right back?" he'll nod his head and run off. I guess he hears that a lot from mommy!!

We Love Public Transportation!

On Thursday, we spent the day riding public transportation in downtown Denver. It was great! The boys thought it was awesome and loved every minute of it. We rode the light rail for a while so they could see downtown from a distance then got off and rode right back into town. We got off at Union Station so Drew could see a "real" train station and "passenger trains". Then we hopped on the 16th Street Mall free bus and rode up and down the line. Allen LOVES buses...it's so funny!

Waiting for the light rail


Here it comes!


Finally on the train


A real live train station!


Kicking back on the bus

Colorado Photos

Daddy's "score" - finding a caboose at an information center in Raton, NM...the first of many train encounters on our trip!


Rock climbing at Garden of the Gods


After our trip on the Cripple Creek Railroad (it started raining just as we got off the train)

Family Vacation to Colorado!

We are on our first "real" family road trip...10 days to Colorado! We left on Friday morning and stopped the first night in Santa Fe, NM. We stayed in a wonderful hotel just off the plaza with a fabulous upgrade to a 2-bedroom suite. The boys thought it was great! Things were going well until Drew got sick at 5:00am Saturday morning. Bad news! Allen woke up and never went back to sleep so I got up with him, went to breakfast, walked around the Plaza where there was a great art festival going on, and generally enjoyed Santa Fe...well, as much as you can with an almost 2-year old! Patrick dealt with Drew and was able to get him to rest some more and get started a little more slowly. We got back on the road and the drive to Colorado was pleasant. We arrived at a campground outside Colorado Springs and met up with Grandma and Grandpa. The boys were very happy to see them and I'm sure the feeling was mutual! We have spent the past 3 days alternating between sightseeing, hanging out at the camper, and dealing with Drew being sick. We have seen the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cripple Creek Railroad, Garden of the Gods and The North Pole. We also got to visit an urgent care clinic with Drew's fever getting to close to 103! We still don't know what is going on but we are doing things as he feels up to it!
We have seen a train every day of our trip and ridden one the past 3 days. It's definitely all about the boys!
Tomorrow morning we head up to Denver to show the boys where Daddy grew up and see some of the sights up that way. We start our return journey on Saturday morning...another 2-day drive!
I'll add some photos tonight if I can get a faster internet connection. I'm having trouble uploading them...

Hilton Head 2009

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Measurements of Time

Drew has, for a while, used the term "last night" to refer to anything in the past. Well, his newest phrase absolutely cracks me up..."way back before the interstate." This is used to refer to anything he can't place on the timeline in his brain or anything that happened more than a week ago (best I can tell). For example, tonight at dinner Patrick told Drew that Ms Lauren (our babysitter) was coming over Wednesday so that Mommy and Daddy could go out. Drew's response: "Again? You just went out last night! You know, way back before the interstate?!"

I think the boy has watched CARS one to many times!

Someone has Mickey on the brain...

...this is how Patrick found Drew when he went in to wake him up from his nap...



When he woke up he was all grins...



...and he still has them on, playing with cars on the floor. Such a crazy kid!

That was easy!

So I was quickly able to upload the photos from our trip to the Children's Museum on May 29. But I can't edit that post...I'll have to work on that!
Anyway - the boys had a great time and I enjoyed time with a friend that I met through MOPS. She has a little girl who is 2 1/2 and another girl on the way! The museum is wonderful for kids and I'm sure we will be back this summer to enjoy the air conditioning!

Children's Museum

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So so so far behind...

I have so much to post that I don't know where to start! (However, I did just discover I can link my Shutterfly photos to my blog so it may get easier to get photos on here! Granted...you may get sick of all the photos I have...) There is VBS in Knoxville, our Hilton Head trip, the boys at the Children's Museum (over a month ago...but it was so cute!)...and coming up very soon is a visit from Nana, Grandaddy, Amelia, Mama G & Pop followed by a trip to Colorado to visit Grandma & Grandpa! Someday I'll get it all on here...it just may take some time...