This week was cousin fest in Denver. Maddy and I got to go see Bethany and my sister Cindy and my brother in law Brad for a few days. My parents came up yesterday as well so it was a great time. Bethany is a sweet, sweet baby. We didn't do much, but that was fine with me. I've been to busy lately and it was nice to relax and just enjoy some time with the family and with the girls. We went on walks, sat outside in the beautiful autumn weather, watched some Rangers games, and played with babies. It was so neat to see what a great mom my sister is and to know that Bethany has great parents who are going to do the best job they can to take care of her and teach her what she needs to know. I am so excited to see her again in a couple months at Christmas. Here are a few pictures from the trip: Bethany was amazing at tummy time! This girl is going to be crawling before we know it. Maddy was showing Bethany where her toes were. Love the expression on Cindy's face. :) Bethany's big smile! Maddy got a dollar and a butterfinger bar from Uncle Brad and would not let go of either.
Yawning. haha Dad asked the same thing. These are some awesome pics. I have the cutest granddaughters in the world. Figures since I have the cutest and the most beautiful daughters in the world!
It looks like the last update I posted on animals was about going to the sale barn and getting cows. As a reminder we got a calf/cow pair and a "weaned" calf: Chloe, Midnight, and Mooey. Chloe and midnight are some kind of black angus mix and midnight is part Holstein. Midnight and Mooey will eventually be our meat cows. We hope to AI Chloe sometime in the near future for another calf. Midnight, her calf pictured below (much littler in the pic than he is now) is a very good looking steer. He could go to the fair if he wanted. This is a picture of him getting out of his fence and coming in the yard. He still gets out from time to time. Having a mama calf keeps both the steers in line though. They are much better about not getting crazy, unlike some other steers we could name from the past, but won't. We ended up having to feed quite a bit of hay this winter as we had snow cover from November to end of March. We got our barn built about January and began collecting more ...
Back in April, we decided we needed to do a short family getaway after the semester was over. The last time we'd been on vacation just to vacation (not going to see family in CO) was when we went to San Antonio when Maddy was 3 months old. We found Beavers Bend State Park close to Broken Bow, OK and decided to go there. We booked a cabin in the state park and eagerly awaited the day we could take off for our getaway. We left on Sunday afternoon and stayed through Tuesday afternoon. It was short, but so fun and relaxing. We had no computer and no cell phones while we were up there. We just got to enjoy being around each other and the beautiful scenery. We built a fire and roasted some marshmallows. Also popped some jiffy pop. Aaron had never done one of those before. This is a 100 year old cabin they had at the visitor center. I like the mud chinking ( I think that's what it's called). A couple named Comma and Mabel lived in the cabin when the CCC was building t...
Many of you have probably heard all ready, but Aaron and I got some devastating news today. Our baby will probably not survive outside the womb. They did an amneostasis this afternoon to test for chromasomal defects, which is what they think it is right now. I know I am spelling everything wrong so I hope what I write makes enough sense for everyone to understand what is going on. The specialist we went to see feels that it is triploidy or triamias 18. Those may not be the right names but they are two of the three chromasomal defects. The other is down's syndrome. He did not feel that it was down's. The other two defects are fatal so if we carry the baby to term it will not live but for a few days or hours if one of the defects above is the problem. We will know in 2days. If it is not one of those then we will have to go to a cardiologist and a genetic counselor. The baby had clubbed hands and feel and it's heart is not formed correctly and is not in the right place. Becau...
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