Harley the Great

I got Harley for my 15th birthday and he turned out to be the best dog ever. He was the happiest dog and could make any day better. He was easy to train and loved everyone he met. He even loved the dog catcher and visited dog jail quite frequently :) Sadly, on Thursday, we found out he had lung cancer. I told him to lay off the cigarettes, but apparently he didn't listen :) So, after 11 and a half happy years we had to put him to sleep. How's this for a depressing post? Anyway, he had a happy little life. He did a great job being our dog.


This was his last walk this morning before we had to take him in. He loves his morning walks and this morning was no different!

Here he is with grandma.....although, she always said, "I am not that dogs grandmother! You didn't give birth to him!" Thank goodness :)

Harley loves kisses!

He was even running this morning! Must have known he'd be in dog heaven shortly :

Harley and his brother from another mother, Jack.

This is my favorite :)

It's naked hot in Colorado!

It's just too stinkin' hot for clothes! Fortunately for those around us we live at my parents so we have to stay clothed. It has already been such a lovely summer and I must say I feel bad for my Utah friends. It's a lot hotter there! We have been having lots of fun in the sun! Jay finally learned to wakeboard on Saturday! Unfortunately I was.....of course....busy feeding Jack and wasn't on the boat to get pictures. Maybe next time.

Jack is a great alarm clock. He wakes me up every day at 6:30 when it is still cool enough outside for our morning walk. I love living in the country again! Too bad Jack can't stay awake long enough to enjoy the scenery :)



Here is Jack in the jog stroller....however we haven't made it to jogging yet...just fast walking :)

This is what it looks like on our walk. I love the trees!

Here is the view from our back yard. Jay is having a hard time living so far away from the city. I am loving it!

I am brainwashing Jack from an early age to be an Oklahoma fan. College football starts in one month! WAHOO!!!! (Thanks to Jami and Scott for the sweet onesie :)

Just our cute kid.

Back to the Promised Land

We made it! We have finally moved back to Colorado after two and a half years! We are so excited to be close to family (literally.... as we live in my parents basement) and to get settled in! The trip over was lovely. Jack only had one tiny meltdown and a blowout/spit-up where we both had to change outfits. Jay drove the trailer over with all of our stuff. Now that he is an experienced trailer-puller, he can buy me a horse :) Ha! Jay has been super busy with a landscaping job. I haven't seen much of him since we got here. He will be done with that this week and then he will start to build up his paint business. Once we get that in order we can look for a place of our own! I can't wait!

Jack is doing great and growing like crazy! He adjusted to the move quite well! He is loving living with his grandma. So, he should be a spoiled brat in no time :) I had my first paranoid mother moment and took Jack to the Dr. for funny colored poop (you gotta love blogs which include poop stories....it doesn't get better than this). Well, apparently he was fine, maybe just a little virus....but they weighed him while we were there and he was 10 and a half pounds! I had to put him into 3-6 month onesies last week. The kid is huge....and really cute.

Anyway, that's about it for us. We have some fun summer plans ahead of us so our posts should get a little more exciting :)



This is Jack's new Pterodactyl shirt. It actually won't fit for a while though. We thought it was fitting since he kind of looks like a Pterodactyl. Plus on the shirt it says "I have a long pointy head"....which is also fitting for Jack :)

This is proof that I'm not qualified to be a mother. While I was trying to take this picture, he rolled off the pillow I had him propped up on. He bumped his head on the floor and was thoroughly traumatized. What a baby :)

Here is Jack working on his muscles by doing push-ups.

This is Jack's blessing day....well actually we forgot to take a picture that day, so we took this after church yesterday. We figured it counts since he is wearing the same outfit. Plus, I get a little skinnier each week, so current pictures are always best.

This is our cute kid's smile. I have yet to get a really good picture of him smiling, so this will have to do for now. Just imagine how cute it really is! :)

Farewell to the Ghetto

When Jay and I were engaged we planned a trip to Utah to look for apartments. Unfortunately we planned it for 3 weeks before the wedding...which was about the same time that my nervous breakdown set in. Needless to say, we didn't make the journey and just found our apartment online. Much to my dismay, our apartment ended up being in the ghetto. We decided it would just be a temporary place until we could find something better. Two and a half years later, we are finally moving and I am finding that I am going to miss our first place! However, the appeal of moving out of Utah outweighs the sadness I feel for our tiny little Harlem.

Things I will miss about the ghetto....

1. The Hookah shop across the street where you can buy all of your marijuana needs and if you get the munchies, they also sell tacos (brilliant business idea, if you ask me).


2. The Mariachi band that lives beneath us.

3. Our angry Haitian neighbor with her long strings of profanities. (Luckily, they have never been directed at me, only her children)

4. The entertainment of someone getting rear-ended nearly every day at our intersection. (I can only laugh because it has happened to me 4 times since we have lived in Utah. I will love feeling safe on the road again in Colorado)



5. Our pool. Even though it is probably full of e-coli and HIV during the winter....they clean it up pretty good for the summer months.



6. Last but not least, the panties that are usually draped over the railing by the laundry room waiting for someone to claim them.

Durrant Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Super Duper Mom

Sometimes I get a little over ambitious....or think that I am more creative than I really am. Well, the past few weeks have been no exception. Now that I am a mom I feel like I should be better at mom things...you know, scrapbooking, crafty stuff, blanket making...the works. Well, unfortunately I'm not creative or crafty....just ambitious. When I found out I was pregnant I decided that my children should have home made Christmas stockings like I had growing up. So, I bought these very elaborate stocking kits thinking of the wonderful Christmas' ahead and how much my kids would love them. Well, here they sit, shoved under a chair in my living room, with an hours worth of work done before I realized, I can't even sew sequins on a piece of felt! So, after that I gave up on the blanket idea (luckily, other talented women have made lovely blankets for Jack). I decided a few weeks ago that I would make Jack's baby announcements. I had my brother-in-law take some pictures, and Jay took some pictures, I spent a little while at the craft store looking for ideas when reality set in. I can't even tie a bow to stick to the top of card stock :) Then I got home, looked around the house and saw the moving boxes and the ever growing stack of spit-up laundry, realized I had to feed Jack for the 257th time that day and decided that no one cares when they get birth announcements, they cost too dang much to mail and I can just post the pictures on my blog :) So, long story longer...here are some more cute pictures of Jack :)


Here are Jay and Jack's feet. They are almost identical! Long stinkin' toes!

This one is my favorite...I love naked baby pictures :)

Jay hates this picture. "Jack is going to run for president one day and this picture is going to come up and people will think he's gay". I saw a cute announcement that had a picture like this....the baby is supposed to look like a present. Well, this just makes Jack look like a girl or a fairy. Plus, he peed on the sheet while we were trying to take it. I guess we will save this idea for when we have a girl :)

House Arrest

The past three weeks have been fabulous! Jay has been able to be home with Jack and I. I love hanging out with our little family. However, I can't wait until Jack is a bit older and we can actually leave the house. As much as I love watching The Bachelor marathons and staying in my pajamas until noon, it will be nice to join civilization again. 3 more weeks and hopefully his little immune system will be tough enough so we can go to the mall or something :)

Jack had his two week appointment last week and had already gained a pound. The Dr. told me to let him sleep as long as he wants and not wake him up to eat since he is apparently gaining weight like a champ. This is great news for me! He sleeps for 4-5 hour stretches at night before he gets hungry! Wahoo!! I can't wait for them to get a little longer. Although, I'm amazed at how well I am adjusting to less sleep. I suppose sitting around the house all day doesn't exert too much energy, though.

Here are some more recent pictures of the little munchkin.....


Jay was a little bummed out when he realized how boring newborns are. However, he still finds a way to entertain himself....

Jack sits in his chair and stares at the wall. Apparently we have fascinating walls.

Here is Jack looking like a little old man. His arms are too long for his outfits already. He is sporting the 3/4 look :)

Jay and Jack napping (yes, our child sleeps in a nightgown like a little girl....they are just so easy when you have to change a diaper in the dark!)


My gosh, isn't he cute when he sleeps? :)