September!

Well, I don't have anything really exciting to blog about but felt like it was time I posted something. September is almost to an end and I for one am thankful! With the end of September comes the end of archery elk hunting. Not that I have anything against that in itself, but I'm ready to have my husband home again! Being a hunting widow is fun the first weekend, maybe even the second! But now that it's closing in on the 4th weekend without my hubby, I'm truly feeling like a widow! Cole and I have lots of fun together, playing and going on walks, and having fun breakfasts, but one of my favorite things is a nice Saturday morning, waking up next to Adam with no particular plans for the day, Cole getting up, we all have a nice hearty breakfast instead of a bowl of cereal, and then just do whatever we feel like doing! Maybe next weekend! Oh wait, of course Adam mentioned that duck season begins in October!!! I DON'T THINK SO!

Okay, so my attitude needs a little adjustment but I'm working on it!

Once October hits, I think my attitude will be better! It'll only be 2 more months until our new little guy arrives, my birthday is in October, and the weather will hopefully allow me to wear pants and a long sleeved shirt without sweating by afternoon! (my summer maternity clothes are no longer fun!) I truly love fall and can't wait to see the leaves start changing, feel nice crisp mornings and evenings, and maybe even bake an apple or pumpkin pie! I think I'm going to try an pumpkin pie from a real pumpkin this year!

Anyways, I thought I'd include a couple pictures for fun. One is of Cole being super spoiled and getting his breakfast on his new birthday beanbag chair and the other is a prego pic to show you the belly at 7 months pregnant! Hopefully by Monday I'll have some pictures of a nice elk to show you as well!

COLE TURNS 2 YEARS OLD!!!

So our little baby boy is now 2 years old! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. He is such a joy in our lives and has made us laugh, cry, and love him more than we ever thought possible! God truly blessed us with this incredible son and we are so thankful!

I started the day by going in and singing him happy birthday! (unfortunately I video'd it and I think my voice sounded like I've smoked a pack a day for 20 years:-) Anyways, he had the cutest smile on his face like, really, it's my birthday?. Adam was hunting so the two of ate German pancakes while he got to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, his favorite cartoon! Then we went to church and when we got home Adam was home.

We were planning on doing a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese's that evening but Adam's dad got sick and had to go to the hospital so we post-poned the party for another day and Cole got to go over to Granny and Papa's (my parents) house while Adam and I were in the ER with his family. Not the way any of us would have chosen to spend the day, especially Adam's dad! After his dad was admitted to the ICU we went and got Cole from my parents and did a little birthday present opening party with the 3 of us at home!

He was thrilled to open his presents! He got a new gun so now he can "hunt daddy elk and hunt a big deer" with Adam! He also got a keyboard so he can play us some tunes and a t-ball set! Of course Adam set is up right in our family room and Cole whacked the ball acrossed the room, luckily missing the tv, windows, or any decorations that aren't t-ball proof! He was so happy and it was so much fun to watch his face light up as he opened each present! He is truly the joy of our lives! And we'll get to celebrate again when we have his birthday party sometime in the next couple weeks!

Labor Day Camping!

I'm a little late on getting my Labor Day Weekend post but thought it'd still be okay. We went up near the Stanley area for a weekend of camping and archery hunting for Elk. Though not much was seen or heard in the way of elk, we had a great time camping and being with Adam's family. Cole loved finding our "camping bot" (camping spot) and digging up as much dark, fine dirt from around the fire pit as possible and getting completely caked in it! We saw a few animals in passing, including elk and deer, and heard a pack of wolves one night. The weather was nice and cool too which was nice. Getting snowed on while we were packing up to come home wasn't as nice though:-) I'm definitely ready for fall though, I'm getting tired of my 2 pairs of maternity shorts!

Cole's new room!

We moved Cole into his brand new bedroom on Sunday night. He has done absolutely great! I got some great bunk beds and he helped me move all his toys and clothes into his new room. He was really excited to sleep on his bunk bed and even climbed up the ladder to the top bunk once before we decided the ladder needed to be put away for another time:-) He hasn't gotten up at all yet! (It might have something to do with the rails we put along the whole open side of the bed:-) We're planning to remove one of them in the next couple of weeks once he's used to the bed. We'll see what happens then! We've still got a little while before the new baby comes in Dec. but thought it'd be good to get him used to a new room. This morning we went in his old room and he saw his crib and said, "I want to sleep in this bed.". He knows a baby is in Mommy's tummy but I don't think he has a clue that it means a baby will be coming and sleeping in our house, in his old bed, and will take up a lot of our attention! He'll be such a good big brother though and we can't wait!!!

Cabin fun!

We went up to my parent's cabin last weekend for a Bunn family get-together (my mom's side of the family). It was tons of fun! We floated the river on air mattresses, played croquet, fished, watched movies, played games, and did lots of relaxing! Cole actually went up a couple of days before Adam and I with my mom. It was the first time he'd spent the night away from both Adam and I and he hardly knew we weren't there! He spent time with lot of second cousins, finding bugs and frogs with Papa, and getting spoiled by Granny! It was a really nice couple of days to just relax, get my hair done, and be able to run errands without getting him in and out of the car but I was definitely ready to see my boy!

My mom has lots of fun toys up there for the kids and Cole found her elephant mask collection so he had to try it on along with Adam and Uncle Casey. Jason, Missy's hubby, caught his first fish on a fly rod so he was pretty excited! It was great to be able to be there, enjoying family!

Applesauce

My parents fruit trees are loaded this year and we had fun the other day picking apricots and apples. Not knowing what all to do with the fruit when I got home, I started looking for apricot recipes on the internet. I made an apricot pie, dried apricots, and some apricot turnovers that Adam really loved because I only got one of them:-) I also made some apple turnovers (Cole helped me roll out the dough) and decided to make a batch of applesauce to freeze. Cole got up from his nap just as I was getting the apples peeled. He loves helping and doing things himself and my apple peeler-corer-slicer was perfect for him! He was soooooooo excited! Here's a little video to show you what a good helper he is!

At the Lake...

A guy that Adam works with and his wife invited us to go boating at Arrowrock Dam with them this weekend and since we finally had a weekend that we were actually home, we took them up on it! It was really fun and nice to just relax out on the water and cruise around while watching the guys wakeboard! (I sadly had to take this summer off of wakeboarding in an effort to keep our second child safe:-)

Adam had some good attempts at 360's and tried a couple of backflips which looked really cool!!! He was a little sore today as you can imagine! Cole decided to get in on the action too once he decided the water wasn't all that bad and that Daddy wasn't going to leave him. Adam took him on his first ride on the inner-tube behind the boat and he loved it! When they went over bumps you could just see him break into a huge smile and Adam said he kept telling him, "More bumps, more bumps!".

It was a fun day, no sunburns, and we all slept long and hard after a good day in the sun!