Next time, you'll return my phone calls

I've come to the conclusion that being pregnant apparently makes Trix lose the ability to return phone calls or reply to texts. Posting this picture of her in all her glory is her punishment! Maybe she will call to request I take it down? ( which, btw, I will not, because it makes me smile with glee everytime I look at it)

Seriously, Chris, what were you thinking by giving me ammunition like this photo?? Do you know not me :)

Fall

Instead of "date night", we had "date day" today and spent it up in Estes Park, visiting the Rocky Mtn National Forest. In all my years of living here, I had never been. Brian loves to go for drives, coupled with the fact that the news had been claiming this weekend was "the weekend" to see the beautiful fall leaves, we thought it was a great idea. It was a gorgeous drive, where we each repeated " I love Colorado!" quite a few times.

We stopped for lunch at the Estes Park Brewery, where we were able to catch a bit of the Bronco game. The day ended with a nice nap for me on the way home, where Brian was able to listen to the rest of the Bronco game in peace. What more could you ask for?

Waiting...Just waiting... to be an auntie again....

I love being an auntie...I love my nephews...and, very soon now, I will get to assume that role again to two babies! One auntie role will be to the baby of my sister-n-law, Becky, (yes, a generic baby because they are killing me slowly by not finding out the gender...and yes, I hope Becky is reading this now!). The other baby will be my nephew out of pure love of my best friend Lindsey!

They are both due within the next few weeks. I guess we will have something to be very thankful for during this Holiday season.

Toby Keith at Fiddlers Green

Nik & Mike's hotel room...a little pre-party, college style.
How do you like me now?

Then there were 4...

For the last nine years, since Nik and Mike got married, it has always been the three of us- the three of us at dinner, the three of us at at the movies, the three of us laughing over beers.

Two days before our wedding, I was at lunch with Nik and Mike...again, the three of us. Half way through lunch Mike said, "Do you realize this is the last time it will just be the three of us?". It brought a huge smile to my face for the obvious reason of my marrige to Brian, but also because it was clear Mike and Nik were so happy for me and happy to count Brian as one of our own.

Last night, we all went to the Toby Keith Concert. As usual, we had a ton of fun. Half way through the concert I looked around and thought, "It's the 4 of us now." I finally found my guy, and Nik and Mike can finally stop worrying about my love life. I love that we are all going to grow old together, vacation together, raise our children together. It's a pretty cool team, if you ask me!

Blogging...

Thanks to Nikki, I have become semi-obsessed with blogs. I find myself disappointed if I pop into a friend's blog only to find the last post I read a few days prior.

Nik also deserves credit for sending me blogs of complete strangers who, in one way or another, are suffering some sort of tragedy within their lives. I almost feel weird reading these people's stories, but also realize they are sharing their stories for a reason.

There is on blog in particular, http://www.tysonaschliman.blogspot.com/ that I read all the time. It is written by a father of a 3 year old, who recently lost his wife to cancer. Rarely a day passes where I don't check it, and rarely a day passes where I don't end up tears after reading it. That said, his message is incredible and his honest struggle to move on with his life is moving.

It is a daily reminder that my troubles are really not that significant, and that I should live in the moment with my wonderful husband,family & friends. I forget to do that much, much too often.

Poor Finn

Finn, a 10 wk old Mastiff mix, is our first foster for Big Dogs Huge Paws. He is a really cute little guy, and is so fast I have declared him a "spider monkey" I have never met a more people-oriented puppy, and he is obsessed with being right by our sides.

This true love of Brian and I led to an injury tonight...Sadie was lying at our feet, and Finn walked by..god forbid. This is the end result- 3 puncture wounds. This is my attempt at a bandage :(

New blog look...

Thanks to Nik for my new background!

Happy One Month Anniversary to Us

One month down, 90 years to go!!