As of late....

Gosh, it seems like time goes fast.  We must stay busy, cause I have a lot to blog about. 

September was a busy month, with a week spent in Utah for my brother's wedding. Well... I was in Gunnison for the week, while Chad was in Vegas for work and drove back to Gunnison just in time for the wedding.  It was a beautiful day and Connor and Ashley were a beautiful bride and groom.  Jordyn was over excited about wearing her sparkly new dress to the reception.  Adalynn was happy and content the whole day. 

 

 While we were in Gunnison, we threw a birthday party for Jordyn and invited all her Dyreng cousins.  She is obsessed about Jake and the Neverland Pirates, so we had a pirate/Peter Pan themed party and decorated pirate hats, traced shadows and found a treasure chest full of cupcakes on our treasure hunt.  Jordyn loved every minute of it.  Thanks to all her cousins/ aunts and uncles for coming to her party at the end of a busy week!

 

When we got home, I took some 3yr old pictures of Jordyn.

 

Chad also had a birthday.  Funny how I always get dozens of pictures of Jordyn's birthday but none of Chad's.  We also celebrated our 5th anniversary.

These flowers were gorgeous!  The picture does not do justice.



Other than trips, birthdays and anniversaries, things have just been going day by day.  Adjusting to 2 kids has been hard for me.  Adalynn has been anything bug easy.  But it has also been fun to snuggle with a baby again and to see Jordyn love Adalynn so much. 

Colorado Fun!

I feel like I have so much to catch up on.  We have had an amazingly fun summer/fall.  We have had lots of visitors and we have really had to dig deep for things to do in the Denver area.  The thing that is tricky is this... when our parents or friends come to visit there ends up being 4-6 adults with a toddler and a baby.  So we have to find things to entertain adults, but are also kid friendly.  It is harder than you would think.  This time, when both our parents came out for Addy's blessing, we found some entertainment in Golden.

We started at the Colorado Railroad Museum.  There was a train ride and lots of trains to climb around on,  which entertained Jordyn.  My dad was in heaven; who knew he was so interested in trains?  The rest of us stayed entertained by following Jordyn around or getting a lesson on the workings of trains from my dad.

This ride went around and around the train yard and I bet Jordyn rode it 5 times.

Afterward, we found some kind of fair.  I am not even sure what it was called, but it was like a carnival that stays put and does not travel around.  This was literally 6 adults following a 2 year old around on little rides.  Good thing we have Jordyn around to keep us entertained!  We bought a bunch of tickets thinking each adult would have to pay to ride with Jordyn, but surprisingly, adults were free.  So Jordyn went on LOTS of rides and was pretty pale and sick by the end.  Oops.

As you can see on Jordyn's face.. she is pretty terrified.  My mom thought it was pretty funny, as did the rest of us!

Getting into this flying banana was difficult.  Definitely not built for adults and I was for sure the biggest person on the ride.  I was glad the banana still went up with me in it!

All in all, Golden, CO did not disappoint.  We discover these great places and I am always reminded how much I like Colorado!

Addy's Blessing

We blessed Adalynn on September 1st.  We decided just to do it here in our home ward and asked out parents to come.  It was a simple Sunday and a beautiful day to celebrate our beautiful baby girl.  Things that stood out in her blessing were that she would be an example to her friends, guidance to look to her parents and sister for support, and that her unique talents will bless others.  Chad did a great job, and once again I am reminded of how blessed we are to have the priesthood in our home and throughout our family.  We were so grateful that both my dad and Chad's dad were able to stand in the circle and participate in the blessing.  We have the best families who keep making the trip to Colorado to support us.

We had a super fun weekend with both our parents here.  I will post more about our fun adventures sometime when it is not midnight, as it is now!

Fair Time!

We hit up the county fair a few weeks ago.  I felt like it was kind of a weak sauce fair, but maybe there was more going on than we were aware of.  We (mostly Chad) wanted to test the water and see what Jordyn thought of the rides in preparation for our Disney World trip in a couple months.  The results were mixed....

She loved the boat ride....

 

...and she loved the train.

 

 

but as for the ladybugs, well...

 

Miss Addy on the other hand was happy as a clam the whole time.

 



Sorry...but I am not sorry!

Do you get tired of looking at pictures of my kids?  I never will! I apologize if it is a little overkill lately.

 

 

My Girls

The other day, I peeked in on Jordyn during her nap and caught her having story time with her bunnies.  She lined them all up and read them a bunch of books. I snuck a picture without her knowing. It was just such a sweet moment! 

One night, Adalynn was having some tummy time and I decided to snap some pictures.  To my surprise, she rolled right over!  Jordyn didn't roll over til she was 3 or 4 months, so I was pretty shocked.  I have always kind of thought Adalynn was strong and held her head up well, but really, what do I know.  She rolled over a few times, and I was able to get it on video.

 

We Love Adalynn!

After 2.5 weeks of getting to know Adalynn, here is what we have discovered:

• She grunts all day/night.  Her nicknames all have some form of "grunt" like Gruntina, Sister Gruntsalot, Lady Grunt...you get the picture.
• She has the same mouth and chin as Jordyn.  I think she will have her big eyes too.  Her head is shaped totally different.  The bigger she gets, the more I think she looks like Jordyn, but not totally the same. 
• I love having a baby with hair. 
• She is strong!  She holds her head up pretty well.  The nurses said she has got some fight in her. 
• She spits up a lot, and soaks her clothes.  It is ok though, cause she has a lot of cute newborn clothes she needs to wear before she gets too big!
• We tried to let her sleep in our room.  She made it two weeks, which is longer than Jordyn made it.  She is just such a grunter, and I am such a light sleeper.  Not a good combo.
• I love her skin color.  She is much darker than Jordyn, and a whole lot darker than me.  She has barely even seen the sun and already has a better tan than I do.

Here are some newborn pics we took while my mother in law was here to help.  Not great photography, but I am just so in love with this baby that it does not matter!