Flower Gardens

We live within walking distance of several beautiful parks now. The city plants a ton of flowers and about 2 weeks ago, I would say the flowers "peaked". Now that it is getting a bit colder, they aren't quite at their prime, but they are still so beautiful. In October, they will be put to bed. I was dying to get out here and take some pics of Truman with the flowers...

September - My favorite time of year in Denver

What a beautiful time of year here in Denver! Truman and I have been trying to stay out side as much as we can...we know the cold snow is on its way. Almost any time we have our front door open, Truman and Astro love to stand/sit at the door and watch the world go by!

August

Unfortunately, I don't have very many pictures for August. We spent our time recovering from the whirlwind of July and tried to finish the bathroom (completed bathroom pictures to come.)

The Craziness of July

July was a very hectic month. I have a bit of explaining to do. As you may or may not know, Jason and I lived in Denver for about 2 years. We then decided when I was about 6 months pregnant, to purchase a home in Highlands Ranch, about 20 miles south of where we lived. The house was beautiful, spacious and perfect to bring Truman home to. Well, it wasn't even 6 weeks after moving in that I felt we had made a terrible mistake. I was so home sick for Denver. I really missed the quaintness and simplicity it had to offer. There were several other reasons, but I won't bore you with the details. I tried to reconcile these feelings, blah blah blah, but they just wouldn't go away. Both Jason and I came to the point where we decided life is too short, who cares what other people think, let's go...

Well, without going into tons of detail, in June, we decided to put our house up for rent in HR in order to move back into Denver. 2 weeks later, it was rented out. We were scrambling to find a house to rent in Denver when Jason stumbled across this precious little house for sale. We ended up putting all of our belongings in storage and living with my parents for a month while we closed on the house and renovated the bathroom. It was a long and I mean long commute from Fort Collins for me 4 days a week (sometimes 3 hours round trip per day). During this time, Truman cut his first tooth and started to crawl. Here are some pics from the month:

Jason working on the bathroom in our new house...

Didn't we just do this a year ago??

Truman loved this tub at mom and dad's. What a cutie...

Truman begins to crawl...

Needless to say, by the end of the month, we were all very tired!

Staci Stec's Wedding

Staci and Zach's wedding was absolutely amazing. The photos really don't even begin to capture this magical event. Staci was just beautiful and it was so fun to see all of the family.

The bridesmaids luncheon

At the reception:Staci and Zach

Nanny was very popular with the young men. I was trying to capture her hot moves here...

The reception was gorgeous. I felt like I was attending a celebrity's wedding!

Aunt Phyllis, Staci (the gorgeous bride) and Cathy

Trip to see Grandma and Grandpa Martinkus

We traveled to Pocola, OK for Staci Stec's wedding (Jason's cousin) and what a wonderful event it was. Unfortunately, Jason and I are beginning to make a habit of not making our flights (we missed one last month when headed to David's graduation in Lubbock and ended up driving through the night to make it on time). Thank goodness that this time, there was still an available flight later that day that we were able to get on. It ended up being a long day in the Denver airport. Here is Truman entertaining us as he rolled around on the airport floor.We were able to visit with a lot of Jason's family. The picture below consists of 4 generations! I think they all look quite a bit a like...

John and Truman

Great Grandmother Mimi Martinkus and Truman

John found the cutest little radio flyer car for Truman. He loved it.

Annual trip to Pagosa Springs

Every year, we travel to Pagosa Springs in southern Colorado with my parents for a week of much needed rest and relaxation. We were so fortunate to have my little brother, David join us as well as Aunt Susan and Haven. We enjoyed hiking, biking, fishing, water rafting, playing games, hot tubbing and doing nothing. Here are some pictures from the week:

Truman's First Bite

Truman's First Bite (Kinda)

I had already given him a bite or two before this day, but this was the "official" day that we started feeding Truman. He is very interested in our food and drinks. I have tried to upload a video of Truman eating, with no luck. Any advice from my other bloggers?