1/4 into 2011

2011 has been a whirlwind so far! We've been doing tons of wicked fun, educational and exciting things! Hikes, library story times, lots playgroups, birthday parties, sledding, (many) trips to the park, library, bike riding, playing with trains, planes and automobiles on cold days, teaching Gavin more Spanish, baby showers, making gingerbread houses, going snowboarding in Breckenridge, checking out birds with our new binoculars, Superbowl party, composting, ice sculpture festival in Cripple Creek, home projects, volunteering and delivering meals for Meals on Wheels. Matt & Bryan went to a Denver Broncos and San Diego Charges game at the beginning of January!
Oh yeah; Matt got a new car and Lochlan got his first snowboard setup!
Also, we joined a new gym at the beginning of January that is complete with an indoor and outdoor water park! Unfortunately, Gavin hates the pool and the water slides and so he gets put in the child watch there instead. Lochlan, on the other hand, has NO fear and goes on the big water slides all by himself now. He is definitely a risk taker, which scares Mama, but Papa loves it!
Another exciting thing happened recently: I went back to work (very part time) for my old company, Overland Solutions, Inc. I worked for them for 5 1/2 years before we had Lochlan and didn't want to have to ever put Lochlan in daycare, so I didn't go back to work after my maternity leave was up. My old boss from here in Colorado contacted me and asked if I wanted to work again extremely part time, which equates to less than 10 hours/week. Matt & I talked about it and decided I should give it a try. I decided to use Wednesday as my work day, and I can work an hour here and there on a different day of the week if I have to. Lochlan is going to start going to a little Montessori program on Wednesdays and Gavin is going to keep going to his Montessori school half days on Mondays and Fridays and full days on Wednesdays. The school that we chose to send Gavin to is about 4 blocks away, so we can walk and bike to pick him up and drop him off. I love his school and am so happy he gets to go there. If he is visiting his mom on one of his school days, she brings him all the way up here to drop him off. Unfortunately, they don't offer any programs there for kids under the age of 3 (as of yet), so Lochlan won't be going to the same school as Gavin until he is 3. Bummer! We're definitely looking forward to when they can both go to the same place!
I don't think I've taken any photos in about a month, but here's what I have from January and early February. I have been really bad about posting any blogs and taking photos. Hopefully I can get a new digital camera soon and start taking some good photos. Our last digital camera was a casualty of the dog's water bowl. Whoops, Lochlan!





































These are all photos from my cell phone: