Nate's Dad's Military Memorial

This was in Colorado Springs, CO on September 10th, 2010. Every year the Air Force Academy has a memorial service for every alumni that died that year. So John C. Pennock was honored that day, and Jan, Keith, and Nate all went. They said it was a very nice memorial.

Cute Copier!

Johnathan did the CUTEST thing in the world yesterday! I had gone on a jog with him in the evening (4:30ish), and when we came back to the house, I thought Johnathan would want to walk around outside for a little bit before we came in to make dinner. So he was walking around, and I decided I would keep exercising and do jumping jacks (which he smiled at) and then I did squats. Right when I started doing squats, he started doing squats too!!! It was soooo cute! He was doing little baby-squats. : ) I love how he mimics us all the time now.

These are pictures from our trip to Avon, CO (by Vail) with Dad and Teresa. There was this cute oversized chess set by the hotel.

Johnathan's observing and learning

I'm amazed all the time now how much Johnathan is growing up and becoming a big boy. Today he did the cutest thing. We were out in the side yard where the apple tree is, and he started picking up the bad apples, walking over to our neighbors (don't worry, we know them) garbage pail and tippie toeing up and throwing them in there! He was mimicking what he had seen us do a couple days ago. So cute! And he was helping too!
He's trying to run now. He still trips and falls a lot. But he sure does take off fast sometimes!
In the evening, we went to the park where there's a playground, an he LOVES the slide! He goes down it alone already. Of course there's a parent on each side. But we let him go down alone and he braces himself just fine. And he has the biggest smile on while doing it and then screams with joy once he's reached the bottom. He wanted to do it over and over today.
He's getting smart because he picks up the remote control and points it at the TV and pushed buttons. And now he picks up our keys and walks over to the door and tries to put it in the key hole! He knows where things go now! He's growing up way too fast! : ) We love him so much.

Scary allergic reaction

Johnathan today scared me to death. I fed him lunch around 1:00 and I thought to make him "Suddenly Salad" the ranch & bacon kind. I thought it wouldn't be a problem. But about 20-30 minutes later, he starts rubbing his eyes a lot (with food goober'd hands of course) and crying more. So I stop and get him down and after washing him off, notice his eyes are swelling shut and he's got erythema and red blotches all over his face. Ahh! He also suddenly had sneezes and lots of snot coming out.
At first I just thought he had gotten the sauce mixture into his eyes, so I quickly took him to the bath and rinsed his face a lot. He was soooooo sad looking, I almost cried. It kept getting so swollen in his left eye, he almost couldn't see out of it. So I called my pediatricians office and spoke with the nurse and she goes, "Wo!" and sent us in right away to see a doctor. Ironically we were going in anyway at 2:30 for a flu shot for him.
So we got there at 2:00 and of course it was a "hurry up and wait" situation. We ended up not being called back until 2:35 anyway. Kind of disappointing. But before I left home, I had given him 2.5 ml of Benadryl as the nurse instructed, so all his symptoms went away except for the hugely swollen left eye. The benadryl helped a lot. The doctor checked him and said, "yes, the dianosis is allergy". So I wonder what it was in that box that made him do this. Crazy! No more suddenly salad for Johnathan for a couple years! Man that experience freaked me out!

Stroller Bootycamp

I went to a "Stroller bootycamp" class today at Belly Bliss. It was great! It was at 9am and I basically paid $17 for her to kick my ass. She was a tough instructor and kept us moving the whole hour. We jogged, did squats & lunges, ran up hills, did jumping jacks, did abs and arms. I'm not in shape which is why this class was so great. Fun too. There were six mom's & babies there. And it was free for me because I actually had $24 credit left at belly bliss.

Tri-cities, WA trip to see Jen

So Johnathan and I went on a trip to Tri-cities, WA on Sept 4th thru 8th (over labor day weekend) to go see my sister Jen, her husband Eric, and Johnathan's cousins Laura & Leia. There's the 3 kids sitting in their chairs. We had a GREAT trip! Had so much fun on the goat farm. Saw lots of animals and Johnathan loved them all. I got to ride the horses with Jen and my Mom (who came to visit over one night). I flew into Pasco, but Jen lives in Benton City. Got to see Laura head off to her second day ever of Kindergarten. Leia is a whirlwind. My nieces are very cute. I'm so glad I went on this trip.

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