The First Few Days of Our Trip

It wasn't too long after we got to Pops and Lala's house before the shows started coming on.  Bear felt like he really needed to be watching two shows at once.  I think it was Despicable Me 2 on the kindle and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 on the tv. 

That night, I went out to dinner with my mom and sisters to Sushi Monster.

And then we went to the Jazz game. (Shelley is on her phone, if you couldn't tell)

 
We were having a bit of trouble with the tickets and we had to wait a while before it was all figured out!

These guys were on the front row and were the stars of the game in these outfits.

Sunday was both Shelley's and William's birthdays.  We got to eat dinner with both families which was great, but we missed both birthday cakes!  Huge bummer! 
Bear often prays like this...

...because Poppy does.

 Bear has been SO happy to see all his cousins again!

Livvie is hilarious and so creative.  She made herself some braces from a rubber band and earring backs. 

This picture is kind of creepy, but I had to get my eyes dilated yesterday.  I took this picture over 5 hours after my appointment and they were still this dilated and I STILL couldn't see anything close up!

These phone pictures are the worst!! Hopefully I can fix them when I get home to Denver again.

Our Week

Neil loves letting Bear watch shows on his phone so he can get some cuddles (and rest).

We went to story time again this week and Barrett got to make a really cute dog.  The librarian read a story about a dog that gets really messy and has different colors of stuff all over him, so the kids made the same dog.

Also, I dropped a remote on my foot and got a major bruise!  The picture does not do it justice!

Kelsey had a really good idea last time she was over at my house.  She suggested letting Bear use sidewalk chalk out on our little deck/patio area.  I had just bought him chalk the day before but I was going to put it in his Easter basket since they're carrot shaped. Also, I wasn't sure if our apartment complex would get mad at us for drawing out on the regular sidewalk.  Up on our deck, they can't even see it and he had a blast! 

PLUS- we came to Utah!  So I'll have a few fun things to post about that soon!

16th Street

After the aquarium, we went out to eat, then the Love's took Skyler and Haylee to the airport.  Instead of driving all the way back to Colorado Springs (it's almost an hour from our house, about 2 hours from the airport!), they came and slept over at our house.  Monday was President's Day, so we went to check out the 16th street area of downtown Denver.  They have a free bus that travels up and down 16th, so we rode that a few times.  Because, why wouldn't we want to sit next to a bunch of homeless people!?

We were laughing about this picture because it looks like Kelsey and Neil are the parents of all 3 kids.

Bear and Rylee were hilarious in H&M, they danced in this mirror til we had to go!

These kids really have a lot of fun being together!  We are SO glad they live as close as they do; it makes it feel a lot more like home :)

Denver Aquarium

Kelsey and Alex came up this weekend to go to the aquarium.  It was the same "brand" as the aquarium in Houston, but they were actually pretty different.

Rylee, Tyce, and Bear.

Bear and Rylee with this humongous fish!

Kelsey's little brother, Skyler and his girlfriend, Hayley were in town for the weekend.  They're in this bubble thing with the kids.  We couldn't get a very good picture since they're in the fish tank.

We could see them a lot better in this bubble.  Bear was over it though, so he's not in that bubble.

Dads and kids.

The shark tank was pretty awesome.

The sting rays were fun too.  Bear really liked petting them.

Kelsey even touched one (but then she screamed and was really grossed out!)

The kids each made a smashed penny on the way out.  Barrett's is already lost in the car though.

The Incline

We drove down to Colorado Springs this morning to go on a "hike" with Kelsey and Alex.  Kelsey's little brother is in town, so we took advantage of his babysitting services. 

The Manitou Incline used to be a railway that washed away in 1990, they removed the tracks, left the ties, and people started hiking it.  It was actually illegal to hike it until last February, so we got lucky!  The trail goes up over 2,000 feet in less than a mile.  Some parts of the incline are as steep as 68%. It was so hard but we loved it!

It was a little cool and breezy, so I thought I was going to be miserably cold, but I definitely heated up quickly!  This is a little ways up.  The views are pretty great.

Holy stairs!

Parts of the incline were snowy and icy, but the majority was clear.  This is maybe halfway up...

Neil and I made it to the top in 59 minutes.  There were these cute Olympic rings at the top.  I have to tell you, I felt like a freaking Olympian after that hike!  There were some pretty huge wind gusts up at the top and they nearly pushed me over!

You go down a different trail that's about 2.5 miles long.  This wouldn't have been so bad, but the trail was covered in snow, slush, and ice.  Our feet were soaked when we finally managed to get to the bottom. None of us fell either, which is a pretty big accomplishment with how slippery it was.  Neil and I got down the trail in 1:08.  We want to do it again when the snow is all gone and demolish our times!

Unrelated, but we've been going swimming each weekend at our gym and it's been really fun!

Valentine's Day

I did a 14 days of Valentines countdown for Neil this year.  He got a little present with a saying each day- it was super cheesy, but kind of fun.  I blurred out the little cards because it was a cute idea, but I'm embarrassed at how cheesy the sayings were.

Last night, Bear fell out of his crib for the first (hopefully last!) time.  I think he just tipped out trying to reach for his blankies that he had thrown on the floor, but he might've been trying to climb out, I don't know.  I heard a thump, then he started crying for me and I ran right in.  This morning I made him lay on the ground the way he was when he fell so I could take a picture.  He was kind of confused about that, but did it anyways.  I think he must've done like a front flip or something to land like that.

Then we opened some valentine presents.  Bear got that crazy dancing and singing frog from my parents and we got him a big balloon and some bath fizzy things.

 He's been having fun with the frog and the balloon.

Neil brought home roses and had Bear give them to me.  They smell so good and are very pretty.

Bear was pretty tired and clingy throughout the day.  I didn't mind too much, I never turn away cuddles from that boy!

Bear used his special Valentine kitty cup and we used our cute heart plates too.

He's trying to get through his big chocolate heart from Pops and Lala, but it's taking a while.

Neil and I don't usually do gifts for Valentines, for some reason this year we bought ourselves a few things.
I got a new makeup bag and red Hunter boots (which are, sadly, not very comfortable).

And I got Neil the BEST surprise anniversary/ Valentines present but he hasn't opened it yet :)  I think he got himself a new swimming suit too.  We generally buy our own presents, but I had the best idea ever so I got him one too.
We wanted to get a family picture of us.

Then we put Bear in the bath with his new bath fizzies.  That's a yellow fizzy, not pee...

Then he put in a blue and a red, because, why not!?

And this was the result.  Happiness.  I thought his skin would be stained but he was clean as a whistle :)

Happy Valentines Day!!