When is she coming

I am getting pretty close to my due date and I am thinking she should be arriving any time. I feel and look like she should already be here. I am just amazed at how big your body and belly can get. I feel like I have a huge ball in my belly.
Brayden wanted to show off his belly too.
While I have the belly I guess I should use it for something. Cole rested perfectly on the huge belly.
This was the night before I had the baby, I think it is bigger than the first picture (is that possible).

Fourth of July

We celebrated Fourth of July a little early this year on the 3rd. There is a golf course near our house which is the University of Colorado's home golf course, and they have a big Fourth of July celebration. It was so nice that it was close to our house and because Jared works for the university they had a roped off section for all the families to sit in with an awesome view of the fireworks. Hailey and her family and my mom also joined us at the golf course. We got there about an hour before dark so we could let Brayden run around and do some of the bouncy slides they had. I was getting a lot of stares because of my huge belly. I heard several people say, "look at her"...oh well.
Brayden had a little fun going through the maze which ended in a slide. This was not his favorite, but he went on it with his dad.
We had a blast watching the fireworks and eating kettle corn. Brayden wasn't too freaked out by the fireworks which was nice. It was a lot of fun and I am really glad we went. The morning of the 4th we had a church party. They served breakfast and had some crazy games that were pretty entertaining to watch and then they had the kids bike parade. Most of the kids decorated their bikes, but not us we are always so last minute we didn't have anything to decorate with. The kids then ride around the hockey rink and wave and then crash into each other because there are so many kids. Brayden still can't reach the peddles so Jared had to push him around the rink. Brayden was having so much fun...
...until he crashed. There was a huge pile up of bikes so Jared tried to miss the pile up and cause Brayden to fall of the bike causing our own accident. He went from time of his life fun to tears.
You can see the tears still running down his face.
He stopped crying when I told him he was going to mess up his firework painting on his cheek. It was a lot of fun; I really like our ward.

Hailey had here baby

My sister had her baby! She had a big baby boy. He was 9 lbs 5 oz and he was long. The labor went pretty quick and she only pushed for a short time before he arrived. This is giving me some hope that this time around it may be this smooth for me. She delivered during the night so I was able to leave the Brayden and Kira asleep at home with Jared.
Kira stayed at our house while Hailey and Cale were in the hospital. It was a lot of fun seeing her meet her new baby brother for the first time. This is Kira taking her Brother Cole home from the hospital, she loves him so much.

Rocky Mtn National Park - Camping with the Westers

We had our final weekend of camping before the baby came. We decided to go with Hailey and her family to Rocky Mountain National Park again. We stayed at Moraine Park campground. We got up to the campground around 4 and starting getting the camp site ready. Hailey had bought a little chair for Brayden and Kira to each have. They thought it was so fun to sit in their very own chair that was just their size. As you can see they didn't do much sitting they were constantly climbing on the rocks around the campground and being really brave (a little too brave at times) as they jumped off the rocks.
After eating a very yummy peach cobbler it was time to go to bed and while Brayden had become a pro at sleeping in the tent this was Kira’s first time of the year. Our tents basically touched so what was said in one tent could be heard in the other. After getting Brayden to sleep in about 5 minutes Jared and I then listened to Kira for the next 30 minutes or so saying, “Hi Mommy”, “Hi Daddy”, “Go Nigh Nigh”. The next morning as soon as the sun came up around 5:30 so was Kira. I don’t think she understood why her mom and dad were still trying to sleep when it was light outside. We then heard her say, “Hi Mommy”, and “Hi Daddy” over and over again. Hailey later told us that she kept poking her finger in Cale’s eye trying to get him to open his eyes and wake up. She finally went back to sleep and we were able to get a little more rest before we started our day. The next day we rode up Trail Ridge Road, I am not a fan of the road, it is really steep and I have decided I am scared of heights.

At the top it was really cold and windy so we ate our packed lunch inside the visitor center. We decided to head back to camp in hopes of taking a family nap. It was fun crawling into the tent to all lay down for a bit.
We had smores after dinner and Brayden kept trying to sneak marshmallows out of the bag. The next morning we had breakfast and packed up and headed for home.

Kira turns 2

Hailey put together a really fun party at a park near her house. She invited some of Kira’s friends from nursery, Brayden and Crosby to join in on the fun. It was funny because Kira was the only girl at the party. I went over to Hailey’s before nap to help her get things ready for the party. We cut up fruit and made some salads. We headed over to the park around 5 to set up. We put up a banner, balloons, and table clothes. The theme was animals and the kids all got an animal hat that were really cute. Brayden was a giraffe. We ate pizza, salad, and fruit and then the kids played for awhile. All the kids had a great time climbing and going down the slides. Brayden like always was really brave and was climbing up things that we making me very nervous.
After the kids played for awhile we headed over for cake. Kira really liked the cake and was very sad when her first piece hit the floor, but she forgot about it as she finished every bite of her second piece.
After cleaning up the party Brayden and I went back to Hailey’s to watch Kira open her gifts. Kira got several gifts, but the best gift was the kitchen. Brayden and Kira played with the kitchen for about 45 minutes and would have played longed, but it was way past bedtime. The party was so much fun and Brayden had funny telling Kira “Happy Birthday” over and over all day. I am so glad that we live by each other so we can share these fun days together.

Brayden's Big Wheel

Brayden got a big wheel for his birthday and he still is not quite big enough to reach the peddles. That however has not stopped him from riding in. He tucks his legs up in front of him and the coasts down the driveway. He picks up a lot of speed and usually has enough momentum to make it all the way across the street on to the neighbors grass. He thinks it is so much fun, as you can tell from his expression.
Jared is in charge of this adventure. I am not fast enough to keep him safe. I just hope he doesn't realize that he could do this my his self. We could have major injuries.

Camping Rocky Mountain National Park

We had only been home two days before we were back camping again. The month of May is a great month for Jared to get out of the weight room and we have taken full advantage. We decided to go camping in Rocky Mountain National Park at the Aspenglenn campground. We were both glad to do some real camping, however we were disappointed we still got rained on. Once we arrived we set up the tent and the rest of camp and headed out to do a small hike. We wanted to hike up to a waterfall. Brayden was so excited to be hiking; he spent most of the hike in head of us or wandering off the trail to investigate something he saw.
Friday we had breakfast and headed to Bear Lake. It was a really pretty lake and there was still snow; which made walking around it a little difficult. There were some spots that were really steep and slick from the snow. Brayden also enjoyed seeing the elk that were all over the park. About 3 miles from our camp is a huge meadow that they come down and eat during the day. Brayden wanted to touch them, but I told them that they were too far away. He now says “too par away” a lot. That night we got rained on during dinner so we ate in the tent, it was still fun to be together as a family.