Santa Fe

We took a vacation to Santa Fe! Which I have to say is really cool! I will post multiple entries from the trip over the next few days.

We rented a house for 6 days and it was wonderful. It was a cute two bedroom place, 2/3 blocks from the downtown area. The time we were in town, the downtown area was have a festival of music every lunch and dinner there was live music from local and national bands. The music was hit or miss with the bands, but for free hey, I will sit in the park and listen. Lucy loved the music and loved to dance. For some reason she really liked dancing and kicking the small rocks that were under the trees (instead of mulch or grass). We went on some hikes, did a day tour of the surrounding area and got some sweet pictures. We went and got the coolest nick knacks to remember the trip and ate at some really, really good places. We also went to some outlets and to Albuquerque. Overall a really cool trip and worth going again.


This was the first picture we took in Santa Fe, look carefully and you will see why.


We were stopped at a stop sign and glance over and saw it. We laughed so hard we just had to take a picture.

Lucy being Lucy

I found this video on Dave's phone. I don't know if it ever got posted to the blog, so here we go!

Grant

Here are two cute videos of Grant. They are long and probably I'm the only one who wants to watch them over and over again, but that's okay. I love my little man!

Please ignore me, Grant is the whole show.

Skills

Lucy has developed a new skill and a new habit every morning.

Sewing

Yes I am still sewing. I got an idea for a dress for Lucy off of facebook and this is how it turned out. The pictures aren't that great, she did not want to model, she just wanted the camera for herself.





It was made out of an infant towel so when we go to the pool we can just pull off her swim suit and through this on her for the walk home (she rides in the stroller). It keeps the seat dry! It is also comes in handy for when Dave takes her to the athletic center's pool she just slips this on and then rides home in the car, without getting her car seat wet.

1. To make it just get an infant towel.
2. Cut off the sides as straps.
3. Sew 5-6 lines with stretchy thread length wise to be the top of the towel dress.
4. Steam iron the stitching so it scrunches up.
5. Sew the back together.
6. Attach the straps. (Either to tie together at the neck or to be normal straps along the shoulders.)

Capes

So a few weeks ago Dave's work did a chili cook off and they had to do some type of spirit item with it. His team decided they wanted capes. Needless to say I have never sewn so fast in my life. It took me 3 hours Monday night to make a template and to make one. Then all Tuesday to put the other three together. I then ironed on all of the decals on the back. Dave and his teammates loved them! I was just glad they were done! We didn't win the award for the best spirit. That went to the mock mariachi band. Dave's chili won! Apparently it was a land slide too. There weren't even left overs for him to bring home for me to taste. I guess it was that good!

This is the cape. The logo says collateral damage.

Grant Update

So here are some pictures of Grant. As you can see he is just growing in leaps and bounds. He is such a boy. All he does is eat, sleep, and make noises. He is the loudest, eater and sleeper I have ever met. He is super strong too. To the point that I had to buy a jumperoo for him because all he wants to do is stand up!

Lucy Antics

Here are some random Lucy antics and pictures. She is getting big and getting crazy!