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<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Stopping in No Name for a rest room and milk break.\u00a0 We made the trip with just two stops (right, Ben?).\u00a0 On the way home we made only one stop.\u00a0 Not bad!<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Grocery shopping on arrival.\u00a0 With my family it’s all about FOOD!\u00a0 Jack got a lot of experience with solid foods over the weekend. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0His first balloon, dinner with Richard, parents, and Amanda.\u00a0 Jack handled it pretty well, considering how overwhelming a visual and audio experience Red Robin can be, the strong desire for family to pass him around, combined with having spent five hours in a car seat.\u00a0 He’s such a good kid.<\/p>\n
Not many\u00a0 pictures from Saturday morning and afternoon.\u00a0 Where I wanted to kill our dog for going #2 in the bedroom at 6 AM.\u00a0 After the sun came up all was better.\u00a0 The smell was gone, Jack was cute, family lazily emerged from soft beds having enjoyed sleeping in.<\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/div>\n\u00a0My mom gave Jack a spool of ribbon to play with.\u00a0 Ribbon and yarn and cloth = his favorite things. Can’t wait for this guy to try spaghetti.<\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/div>\nWe had lunch at Cafe Rio together before splitting to go shopping.\u00a0 Andy and Jenn took the dogs out and went downtown.\u00a0 Amanda and I went a little crazy at Ulta.\u00a0 We all met downtown in the yarn store and got Palisade Peach fudge across the street before hurrying back home.\u00a0 During all this Ben took Jem and Jack over to Grandpa Rick’s for playing.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\nThat night Kristin and family came over!\u00a0 Coral is so crazy cute.\u00a0 I took a bazillion pictures of them (all on flickr).\u00a0 I love how they’re looking at me like they need a cue\u00a0 Uhh, are we supposed to play together or something?\u00a0 At most, they poked each others’ faces.\u00a0 Love it.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Comparing baby shapes. . .<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0We made several attempts at getting me and Kris together with our babies.\u00a0 Not very successful.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0I think this is as close as we’ll get.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Jem was determined to sleep in Amanda’s bed that night.\u00a0 She was not amused. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n\u00a0Beautiful clouds Sunday morning.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<\/a> My folks enjoyed the excuse to get out their hard chairs during church to keep Jack quietly happy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n \u00a0Back home for a quiet afternoon.\u00a0 Jack does his “Behold!!” pose for bubble wrap.\u00a0 Ben pointed out that it’s like what Link does when he acquires a new item in The Legend of Zelda.\u00a0 <\/p>\n Love this.<\/p>\n Pasta making!\u00a0 I had a birthday lasagna with salad and garlic bread, with chocolate caramel cake for dessert!<\/p>\n In the hyperactive state right before bed, playing with Grandpa and Amanda.<\/p>\n \u00a0Back on the road home.\u00a0 Here we are after a snack break in Eagle.<\/p>\n \u00a0The roads were nice (this is Vail) and somehow we missed the Idaho Springs ski-traffic jam.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n