Will has been saying such funny things lately. Today, Clark let him wear his gun around the house (without the cylinder) and Will said, "Shoot Mama," which immediately eliminated his gun carrying privileges. So Clark took the gun away and told him that he needed to learn that we don't shoot people. After that, Will said with tears in his eyes, "Need gun!"

Then tonight, he was tossing in his sleep and he said, "Yes naptime, yes naptime!" Usually he fights me about naps so this was quite amusing.

Will is passionate about trains. Hmm, I wonder where he gets THAT from? :) While I was making some cookies, Will made a "spice train".

Rosie has been SO sick lately, it truly is sad. She has had a constant runny nose for 8 days now. Then today after storytime, she got a bloody nose out of the blue and a severe rash all over her chest, stomach, and back. I think it might be chicken pox, but do people even get chicken pox these days? I don't know how she could've gotten it. I think I'm going to take her to the doc tomorrow. It's her second time this week.

Nephew, football game, and nutrigrain bars

I'm going to keep this blog brief because I really should be going to bed. We all got a NASTY head cold and Clark's family is in town so we're trying to get over it quickly. Anyway, we now have a nephew, thanks to Steph and Ryan! We all fell in love instantly.





We went to the UW Cowboys game last Saturday and it wore Will out. Throughout the whole game, he scanned the field and the crowds for Pistol Pete. He loves that guy!
Rosie has been anxious to start eating real foods and one of her favorites is nutrigrain bars. This is her first time with it. She loved putting the little pieces in her mouth. It was quite messy but oh so adorable!

9 Months

Rosie is officially 9 months old today! We took her to the doctor and she went from the 80th percentile to the 30th percentile for her weight. She is still in the 80th percentile for her height (I think she is going to be tall like her dad). Here's a pic from when she was born:


Here is Rosie tonight after dinner. She has changed quite a bit in the past 9 months. She is such a sweet addition to our family. She has a smile that can melt your heart.


Will decided to highlight Rosie's hair. And when I say "Highlight" I literally mean "Highlight". I found her with pink streaks in her hair. I tried to get a picture, but she wouldn't sit still and then I gave her a bath and it rubbed off, luckily! Here is Will's highlighter.

Denver and mountains

Clark took me to Denver!!! We left Friday around 4 p.m. and headed out for an adventure. Clark's original plan was to go to the Rockies game, but we got stuck in rush hour so we ended up getting to Denver later than planned. We were both starving by the time we got there, so we checked into our hotel and then went to Old Chicago's. Our hotel was so fancy! There were huge horse statues in the main lobby, tall ceilings, mirrors and lights everywhere, an outdoor pool, and 22 floors. We were on the 20th floor and we had a beautiful view of downtown Denver. Here are the horses!


This is us at Old Chicago's. We tried at least 10 times to get a good picture, but we couldn't figure out how to make it look normal without the weird flash. We were cracking up trying to get it to work.
Yay, we got a good one!


On Thursday, we went to the mountains with Steph, Ryan, and Betsy. After dinner, Clark and Will hiked down a trail to look for fish. Steph, Ryan, Betsy, Rosie, and I left later and ended up losing the trail and taking a crazy way there. We were jumping off big rocks and walking through really tall shrubs. We finally made it to the lake and this was what we saw:
I don't know how the couch got there, but it was so adorable to see Will and Clark sitting on it together, just waiting for us.

Here are my beautiful sisters-in-law with Rosie.

Playing

I was really nervous when I found out our kids would only be 18 months apart. I didn't know if I was woman enough to handle it. However, now it is so sweet to see Will and Rosie play together. Yesterday, they played the piano together and then played with Will's crane/tunnel toy.



My sister Carolyn and her husband and daughter spent some time in Laramie and it was so good to catch up on everything! This is her adorable daughter Lainey and Rosie playing together.

Our garden is growing!!! Not as fast as we hoped though. We're a little nervous that the green beans won't sprout in time. Anyway, we did grow two banana peppers successfully. Yay!!

On a side note, I am so excited for this weekend. Clark is planning some romantic getaway and I can't wait! As much as I love our kids, I love my Clark time! We'll try to take some pics whatever we're doing (Clark's keeping it a secret).