Rocky Mountain High

So much has happened since our last posting. To quickly recap: we moved to Colorado Springs, I started my new assignment at Peterson Air Force Base and just returned from Squadron Officer School (SOS), and we're excited to tell you....wait for it....that we are expecting our next child! Surprise!!!! Now, for more explanation (not too much on the last bit of news though....he,he :)

The Move. We pulled out of Las Vegas on July 27th and have not looked back. Colorado Springs is probably the perfect city for us. The weather here is always cool. It does get hot but not so much that it's unpleasant. In fact, I don't think we've run our air conditioner since we moved in! I'm also getting used to running in the higher altitude. The first couple of times I ran I got a headache afterword. I think they refer to this as "altitude sickness" but that seems to have passed. Lawson, on the other hand, hasn't skipped a beat. He loves being outside and loves saying "outside" almost as much! Here are a few pictures of him a few days after we moved in. Same old Lawson...

Jaime is also doing well. She had several friends in Colorado Springs already and is staying busy getting the house "beautified," settling in, and meeting new friends. We had a lot of help getting things set up at the new house. My parents worked the "first shift" which was moving day and three days afterwords. Then Carla came up the next week and added her unique decorative touch to the home. Of course both grandmothers spent time with Lawson who is always a fan of undivided attention.


Grammie and CiCi have both come back for a visit while I was away at SOS. Aunt Ashley and Great-Grandma Nana came during CiCi's visit during the latter part of September. I know Jaime enjoyed the company and being able to show them a little bit of Colorado.

Our friends Anna and Reese came to visit as well. Lawson has a special place in his heart for Reese!

Now, for the BIG News. We're expecting! I'm chalking this up to the Lord's grace. It was not exactly planned but we feel overwhelmingly blessed to be able share our excitement with you. We don't have a clue as to the gender of our little one but I'm betting we're having a little girl. Jaime is due on April 20th and what this really means to me is that I need to get the taxes done early this year! The house we're living in is a bit bigger than our Las Vegas home and right now has a completely empty extra bedroom, which again points to all this being God's plan. When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. When God gives you an empty extra bedroom, you make another baby!

As always, we hope this finds you all well and enjoying fall!

First Haircut!

This was a big weekend for us (I guess I wouldn't be writing if I didn't have something significant to share). First of all, we have started packing and purging getting ready for our move to Colorado Springs. I'm sure everyone has gone through at least one move in their lives so you know how much work it is. Although it is a lot of work and stressful, we are still very excited about where we're going and are just looking forward to getting there... can't wait for July to be over!

So, by now you are probably thinking what could be bigger than moving? Well, if the title of this posting didn't give it away, Lawson got his first haircut this weekend! This was a big deal for us as Lawson's hair has been in need of a trim several months now. We both like his curls but there is a big difference between cute curls and a full blown bush so finally we decided it was time to schedule an appointment. Below is a slide show of the event. We weren't sure how he would react to a haircut but the place we went to was kind of like a Sports Clips but for kids. Instead of ESPN, Lawson was distracted by Baby Einstein (almost like anesthesia for toddlers) and before he knew it, he looked like a boy again!

Hope this finds you all doing well. The next time we update our blog will be from Colorado!

Father's Day Hiking Trip

For Father's Day we took a little drive up to Mt. Charleston to do some hiking. We climbed up to Cathedral Rock which was about 3 miles round trip. Lawson seemed to have a great time. Each time we stopped to catch our breath or take some pictures, the little guy would get impatient and start rocking back and forth in his carrier.By the time we got back to the bottom of the mountain, Lawson had fallen asleep. Don't know why we didn't get a picture of his nap but you'll have to trust me, it was pretty cute.The following weekend, Jaime and I spent the night on the Strip at Planet Hollywood. We had a great time. Our room was pretty fancy. It had a huge bathroom with two toilets!

We spent the afternoon poolside sipping drinks and then went to Serendipity for dinner at Caesar's Palace. Afterwords, we saw the musical Jersey Boys which was amazing! The story was very interesting and the music was phenomenal! We highly recommend it! Oh, and here's a fun Castle fact: Jaime found out recently that she's closely related to Franky Valli. For those of you that don't know who Franky Valli is, he was the lead singer of the Four Seasons, the group featured in Jersey Boys.

Even though we were only away from Lawson for a night, we really missed him and couldn't wait to see him again.