Carousel at Denver Zoo

Johnathan is addicted to this thing! He gets so sad when it ends.

He has said, "Daddy, Ride Panda?"

: )

Future Trumpeter video

I'm so proud! We are so proud! : )

Liana Corwin was born!

My sister Jen's baby was born (3rd daughter!) on Saturday, March 19th, 2011 and 2:05pm. They named her Liana Mabel Corwin and she weighed 6 lbs 6 oz, 19 1/2 inches long. And look at all that bright red hair! So cute! I'm happy for you guys Jen and Eric!

The proud bigger sisters, Laura and Leia!

Seriously, this is how Johnathan woke up this morning:

Nice Mohawk Dude!!!

Two more stories...

Yesterday I had a scary moment as a mom. : ) Kinda funny now looking back on it. So yesterday after his nap, Johnathan was having fun running around and playing. Well then he ran into his room and shut the door (he likes to play that game sometimes). But this time, he LOCKED THE DOOR!!! So he locked himself into his room! I went up to the door saying, "you silly, did you shut your door"...tried to open it, and it was locked! I go, "Oh Nooo Johnathan, can you unlock the door?" And he yells out, "Yeahhh!". But of course, he doesn' know how to unlock it. So I started panicing and saying, "Hold on Johnathan, Mommy will come get you." I got a nut pick out from a drawer and tried to put it in the hole in the doorknob and messed all around trying to unlock it. It did not work for the life of me. Maybe 5 minutes had passed now and I was freaking out saying, "Are you okay Johnathan?" And he'd go "Yeah". Then I'd say, "Mommy's trying to unlock your door". Then he started crying because he could tell I couldn't get in. So I started calling everyone because nobody was answering their cellphone. I called Nate, then I called my Mom, then Rachel, then finally got ahold of Jen. She basically said to keep trying and if I can't get it, call a locksmith. Luckily I never had to do that. I started calling Nate over and over and over again till he finally answered. He told me there was a little rod key thing above some of the doors that is for that purpose. I found one right above HIS door, and put it in the hole, and turned it right away. Probably 10-12 minutes had passed, but he was alright inside. I just had that panicked feeling of being separated from your child. : )

The other story is that same day, I was around the corner taking clothes out of the dryer. And Johnathan ran up to me and goes, "Beeeeeee!". He calls all bugs "bee". So he was saying bee very excitedly and pointing towards the kitchen. So I go, "Okay bubba, show me the bee". So he takes my finger and pulls me down the hall and into the kitchen and then points to the floor. It was a SPIDER crawling really fast across the floor! I grabbed a tissue and got it and told him, "It's a spider bubba! And Momma got it!" Thank goodness he came running for me to show me. I have a good spider scout now! : ) hee hee. (Two actually...him and our cat Denver).

At the Zoo with Marcela

Johnathan LOVES the zoo now! Especially riding the little train they have there (no pictures of that).

Funny Pastor Jim

We still go to the church that has the pastor that married us (Jim Walters). He also came and visited us shortly after Johnathan was born. He's very friendly to us. Today, he said the funniest thing while we were passing in the hall. He looked at Johnathan and then us and said, "Who are you and what have you done with your baby?" : )

Saying funny things...

Johnathan sometimes says or does the funniest things. I have to preface this with saying we rarely go out to eat. Maybe once a week at the most. But today, it was such a nice day, as we were driving home from Costco, I rolled down my window. And as I was rolling it down, Johnathan in the back goes, "Nuggets!" : ) Apparently now he thinks whenever we roll down our window, it means chicken nuggets will be coming through.
He's also real cute because he knows our street now. When I turn into it, he yells out with joy, "Hooooome"!!!

Toddler Snow Field

I love this picture. It's like he's in a field of snow and pondering life's most perplexing situations. : )

Cool Dude and Hot Fire

Izzi and I Skiing

My good friend Izzi and I went skiing at Copper Mountain on February 9th, 2011. It was an awesome day, blue sky, very cold, but amazing powder. We did some black runs in the trees where the powder was so deep, I could have waded up to my hips. I got to meet her boyfriend Matt who is a great skier as well. All 3 of us had so much fun, it made me miss skiing. But this will be the only time I get to go this year.