Blog Catch Up

I've been way behind on our blog so here's my attempt to catch up....

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. I was off Monday and Tuesday so we were able to go do some fun things. We had dinner with several friends and just spent time as a family. We decided to get a membership to the Chyenne Mountain Zoo and we're so glad we did. Hazel LOVED the zoo. She got so excited every time we saw an animal. The only part she didn't enjoy was feeding the giraffes. She wanted to eat the 'giraffe cracker' and was upset when the giraffe took it from her:) Haha.

Orangutan baby and his Mom.

Giraffe Baby

Last week was also my birthday. I had a great day! Mike got me Glee on DVD, some clothes, and tickets to go see the BodyWorlds Exhibit in Denver. We left Hazel with my parents and had a great date night going to the exhibit. I LOVED every minute of it - I'm such an anatomy nerd. Mike even enjoyed it. You couldn't take pictures inside so this is the only picture we got. Seriously if you ever have a chance to see it - GO! It's amazing.

We've been busy packing to move to our new apartment on Saturday! We can't wait! It's about the same size as our apartment now, but much nicer. It has two bathrooms and a patio neither of which we have now. Also the complex has a playground which Hazel will love. I'll post pictures as soon as we get settled.

After BodyWorlds on Friday we spent the rest of the weekend seeing my cute brother Harrison off on his mission. He's going to Halifax Canada and entered the MTC on June 9th. He's an awesome kid! I love that boy. We'll sure miss him while he's gone, but we know how important the work he's going to do is. My dad is a living testimony that missionaries do amazing work by bringing people to the gospel and allowing it to change their lives. We love you Harrison!

Grandma Teri

Mike's Mom was in town for an ice skating conference this week. It was SO much fun to see her. She hadn't seen Hazel since Christmas. Needless to say we all had a blast.

She brought Hazel the most adorable outfit ever.

Look at the ruffle bum!

Sunday afternoon we took her to Garden of the Gods. It was beautiful as always:)



After Teri's skating conference ended on Wednesday, she was able to have fun with Mike and Hazel. They toured the Black Forest Fire Station where Teri's good friend from California now works. Hazel had fun hanging out with the big trucks!


It was so much fun to have her here. Luckily we get to see her again in July. We can't wait. We love you Grandma Teri!

P.S. - Look what Hazel can do:)

Congrats Mike....

.... on your AA in Communications! We're very proud of you:)


With the way credits transferred to Colorado, it was better for Mike to start at Pike's Peak Community College and get his AA then transfer. Next stop, UCCS:) And because he already has some upper division credits from UVSC he should only have 3 semesters left.

Glimpses of Summer....

Loving blackberries.....


First popsicle.......

Not so sure about that grass.....

We're so excited for Spring and Summer!

Utah Trip

A few weeks ago Hazel and I drove to Utah with my parents for a long weekend. My brother-in-law Jake was graduating from BYU and we couldn't miss the chance to see family and friends. We had a wonderful trip and Hazel was a total angel the entire time! Seriously, she was totally off her schedule, didn't nap anywhere but the car or the stroller, and was up late sometimes, but she just went with the flow. That's my girl! She totally crashed once we got home though, haha.

She was excited to start our trip:)

Gabby and Jake at graduation. Jake graduated in Construction Management and already has a job with a woodworking company. Congrats Jake!!!!

Unfortunately it was raining pretty hard after the graduation ceremony so we didn't get many pictures, but here's a cute one of Hazel and Harrison.

We met up with Uncle TJ at In-n-Out for lunch:)

Hazel with Uncle Harrison shopping for his mission. He's going to the Halifax Canada mission! Hazel made sure he would be styling:)

It was a great trip! We were sad Mike couldn't come with us, but he had school. The best part of the trip was coming home to find the house clean and dinner waiting of the table for us. Mike's the best!

Screaming and Lovies

Hazel LOVES going to church. She loves seeing all the people stare at her, smile, and wave. She loves seeing her friends and playing with them (aka- pulling/poking eachother). Hazel especially loves the family that sits behind us during sacrament meeting. We are thrilled of course that she loves going to church so much, but there is one problem. She frequently gets so exciting she screams with joy! I'm not talking about quiet happy noises. I'm talking about scream-so-loud-the-whole-chapel-can-hear noises. Haha, it's pretty funny actually and we're always torn as to what to do. You can't really take her out for being too happy right? We're working on teaching her some reverence. Until then, Mike has pointed out that we are THAT family in the ward with THOSE kids, noooooooooo! I don't want to be THAT family. Hazel let's get your screaming under control please:)

Hazel has also found her favorite toy. She is obsessed with her "lovies." They are like mini blankets that bunched in the center were the head of an animal comes out (my description makes them sound terrifying, but they're pretty cute). Anyways, Hazel loves them and won't sleep without them. The other day she was trying to knock over the laundry basket that was on top of Kiara's kennel. I kept stopping her and she kept going back to it. I wondered if she was being deliberately misgivings until I saw one of her lovies in the basket, haha. She just really wanted it. When we realized how much she liked the pink one she had we tried to buy another one exactly like it, but of course they don't make that kind any more. Luckily, we got her a different kind and she likes them both equally so we can always have one for nap time and one to wash:)

Today she had both of them at once and it was too cute.....
Look I can crawl even with one in each hand:)

9 month stats

Hazel had her 9 month check up today. We knew she'd grow a lot in the past few months, but we didn't realized just how much. At 6 months she was only 14.5 lbs and 26 1/4 inches. Now at 9 months she is....

18 lbs 5 oz
28 1/2 inches tall

She's growing like a weed!

Hazel signing

Hazel has been signing for about a month now. At first she would just imitate our signs, but now she actually will ask for milk.

Today in church she looked up at Mike and signed milk. Since there was only 10 minutes left in the meeting, he just told her to wait a minute. She then screamed at him and signed milk again! Haha, the girl knows what she wants:)

Here's a video of her signing....

Late Easter Post

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. General Conference was wonderful! Mike and I enjoyed watching all the sessions at home while Hazel played around the house. I'm SO glad you can now watch Conference online (in ASL no less!) It's wonderful and I know that if we'd been at the stake center I would have missed half of it out in the hall with Hazel. Yay for technology!

Mike's mom, Teri, made Hazel an adorable Easter dress! Doesn't she look so cute in it:)


On Easter morning we scattered a few plastic eggs around the bedroom and let Hazel crawl after them. She LOVED the eggs!

We attempted to take a cute family picture, but this was the best one we got. It's okay, but nothing special. The sun was bright and Hazel was a bit grumpy while we were trying to take it. Oh well, maybe next year.

Here's Hazel just looking super cute!

It was a great Easter. Most of all we enjoyed the time as a family to remember the resurrection of our Savior. We are so thankful for our membership in the church and the truths we know!

What are naps?

Hazel has recently decided that some days she just doesn't need naps. Yesterday she slept to total of 20 minutes from 6:30am to 8pm, yikes! She tries to go and go and go until she crashes.....


Notice the cracker still in her hand, haha! Needless to say, I am anxiously awaiting my delivery from Amazon ("Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child"). Thanks to this book, which I borrowed from a friend, Hazel was on a great sleep schedule until last week. I decided I need to own a copy myself. Wish us luck!