Fun with food

Like most other children, Caroline sees food as both something to keep her going and something that should be played with at every opportunity. Normally when she starts playing with it, that's a sign that she's had her fill. Evidence of her creativity with her food is attached. One is with a banana peel, the other is what you can do with mashed potatos. Yes, we know she'll get even with us one day for posting these. Also included is a video - the bottle she chose to drink out of was a little big.

Dancing

Music has always attracted Caroline's attention. She loves the birthday cards that play music, music books and the TV or the radio gets her going. Her dancing is improving and she's adding new moves. Here's a demo. She kept this up for about 20 minutes.

Play time

Caroline loves her bikes. She has a smaller one and a larger one she received as a present but is only now big enough to ride. Here's a video of her after she bumped into the wall with it. She wanted some privacy.

Unfortunately for the dogs, she likes to climb on them too. Barkley runs away when she gets close. Bella, being the mild-mannered one (and a bit braver), stays put. Not sure she will keep it up as Caroline gets older. The second video shows why.

Snow storms

Hi,

We've had 3 snow storms since we've moved and another is due tomorrow. Fortunately, not a lot of snow in the first ones but the high winds made things difficult to ge around. We were warned our area gets higher winds since we're on a prairie area. Here's what it looked like.

Update from Colorado

HI,

Sorry for the delay in updates. The house is starting to resemble an actual living space and not a box collection. The computer is up and running so here are some pictures in no particular order from the last month or so.

Walt and Cindy

Giving Aunt Rosie a kiss!

Giving Grandpa a kiss

Caroline meets Lucy

The VCR bit me!!

I just gave my lunch to Barkley ;)

Now that I'm in here....

Think I can get up the steps before they know?

Caroline with her cousin Cassidy

Caroline's 1st Birthday

Hi,
Some way-delayed pictures from Caroline's 1st Birthday are below. She enjoyed her cupcakes immensely.

Moving status

Hi All,

We're set to move at the end of the month. Movers come for an early shipment of stuff on Monday with the rest being picked up next week. The first shipment will be basic necessities...aero bed, pots/pans, some dishes, some clothes etc. Basically what we'd need to survive.

Friends we have in CO are lending us baby stuff like a high chair and related stuff which will lighten our airliner load significantly. We already dropped off a duffle bag of winter clothes when we were there last week. They have a month to get our stuff there but I don't think it'll take that long.

The current plan, subject to change, is we fly off the island on Aug 27th. We'll be working out a direct flight to Denver so we don't have to worry about switching flights with the dogs. It's an issue in itself but when you add in the summer heat, not a good idea. Naturally, wrestling with the AF approvals requires extra work since we won't fly directly to C-Springs.