July 7th, 2010

Vacation: From Home to Boulder

Cue the vacation photos!

At a desert rest stop, first day on the road.

The view out the window sure changed when we got to Colorado.

The creek that runs through Boulder was high.

Took the Coors Factory tour in Golden. I felt like I was in the opening credits of Laverne and Shirley.

First time in the pool!

We had fun swimming.

At the capitol in Denver. It was sweltering and a quick visit.

At the Colorado State Train museum

Riding the rails.

Rocky Mountain National Park

That's high!

Moose!

Babywearing at 8000 feet.

Alluvial Fan at RMNP

Next up: Ft Collins, Steamboat Springs and the drive home. I bet you can’t wait!

June 24th, 2010

First Swim

One of the perks of traveling is access to pools. We really only have pay to swim pools in town and I hadn’t decided whether we would do the baby swim class this summer and wanted to introduce Spencer to the water before I paid for classes and had him scream in terror all the way through. We are staying with my husband’s aunt in Boulder and her complex has a pool. We took Spencer tonight and he loved it.

Getting his feet wet!

We started out with him just sitting on the steps and he seemed a little confused, like the pool was a giant, cold bathtub.  After a few minutes, he seemed to take to the water. I went in and carried him deeper in the pool. He started kicking right away and when I put him on his stomach he splashed his hands and kicked his feet in a really rudimentary doggy-paddle. I swear that if I had let him go he would have swam clear across the pool. We are going to have take him in again before we leave.

We made it to the deep end

His joy made me get over having to be in a bathing suit, which was slightly horrifying. The incident was also photographed; this served two purposes: we have a cute memento of the occasion and now I have huge motivation to start eating better and exercising. I don’t want to crop myself out of all of Spencer’s childhood photographs.

June 23rd, 2010

Boulder So Far

Colorado is just beautiful. I am a moron; however, and forgot that I get a bit of altitude sickness and apparently I am allergic to Utah and Colorado. As a result the last few days I have been a dizzy, runny-nosed mess. Spencer is doing great. Thankfully he is sleeping in the pack and play that my husband’s aunt was able to borrow, something that he never does at home. We had a great time at Pearl Street this morning and the went to the Boulder County Farmers Market this evening. It was a mad house and very difficult to navigate with a stroller. I should have used the Ergo for sure. Tomorrow we are headed to Golden for the Coors tour, woo! and the train museum. Spencer is being a real good sport so far, I hope he can keep it up.