Road Trip!!

We decided to take a last minute road trip this past weekend. I'd been wanting to go to the Grand Canyon for years (neither of us had been), and we had Thursday off of work, so Robert and I decided to go!

We left Wed. evening and drove about 3 hours, then finished the drive Thurs. morning.

Entering Arizona:


Thursday afternoon we spent at the rim of the Grand Canyon. It really is quite a sight, you can't even see to the bottom in most places.


Friday we decided to hike below the rim. We didn't know how far we would go, but decided to pack a lunch. We ended up just going three miles down, eating, and hiking back up. I was a bit slow on the down, but it actually took us less time to hike up than down.

Getting started:


On our way back up:


There are free buses that run through the park and stop at different scenic points, so we decided to ride out to one end after our hike:
Saturday morning we went back to the park and had a nice breakfast, and again walked along the rim, we were still tired from the day before, so took it easy.


That afternoon we packed up and headed south to Sedona where we had a really nice hotel and stayed two nights. On Sunday we were able to have lunch with my childhood friend Lindsey and her husband who drove up from Phoenix to see us. In the afternoon we headed to Red Rocks State Park to do some more hiking (notice a theme yet?).


Monday morning we left early and headed back to New Mexico. Lynette (Robert's sister) was being awarded her CPA certificate in the afternoon, so we were able to make it back in time to see that.

Halloween

David and Amelia talking about their first Halloween and how silly their mom's are for dressing them in matching diapers:

All dressed up:
With his bee friend Hope and bear-y friend Amelia:
Checking out his loot:

David is thinking about his cousin Sam in the Airforce:

Happy Boy

Reading his book:
I like to think he agrees with the saying on these pajamas:
David has figured out how to open the cabinets, which he finds very entertaining.
Playing with Mommy's computer:

Showing off his artistic skills:

Hanging with Daddy and Kira:
We took David to the Albuquerque balloon fiesta, unfortunately the event was canceled due to weather, but he enjoyed playing in the grass anyway.

9-months!

David had his 9 month appointment on the 28th, he was 19lbs 6oz and 29" long. He is a tall skinny boy and the doctor was impressed with his demeanor.

It is amazing that David has now been here longer than I was pregnant with him, time really does fly when you are having fun.

David thinks the level is great, some day his dad and grandpa will have to teach him how to use it.
Flame is very patient with David, and David loves him.

On another note, I'm doing much better. I have to wear my wrist brace for another 3 weeks, but I no longer am wearing the brace on my right arm, except for when I'm taking care of David on my own, since I can't pick him up without it.

Ouch

Here is David watching the first Broncos game of the season:
Out for his first bike ride:
I tripped over Flame this weekend and hit the pavement all wrong, this is not a fun reason to be off work :(

Sweet boy

Today LANL (our employer for those that don't know) had their yearly picnic. We stuffed ourselves and walked around a bit. Next year David will have fun in the bounce houses and getting his face painted.

Just hanging with mommy:

I made David a book from a fabric panel last week, he seems to like it :)


He also seems happy with his new alien bib that I sewed this afternoon.

Army crawl

David started army crawling in the last couple of weeks. Curiosity of Kelly's Great Dane Pique really increased his motivation.