October

Luke and I got a much needed weekend away in October compliments of our parents!  Thanks for sending us away as a reward for Luke passing his licensing test!  We stayed at this awesome lodge just outside Estes Park.  Here's our view:

We hiked in the snow in Rocky Mountain National Park.  We found this awesome rock cropping and watched elk spar.

 Lily Rock Hike:

 Shopping in town:

Viv modeling her hat!

 Bubbles with Dad:

 We went western for the Fall Festival at church.  Viv hated her costume...as you can tell:

 Uncle Erik and Viv:

 Viv is 18 months now:

~ She is 26#9 oz (75%) and 33 1/2" (90%).

~ She loves watching Elmo.  She asks for "Elmo ABC" or "Elmo's song."  

~ She climbs onto the chairs and the table.

~ She so independent!  She wants to do her own thing and will throw a fit if you interfere.

~ She has at least 200 words and is putting together sentences.  People (who will remain nameless) like to teach her phrases - Shoot, Come on Man, Gosh, Nice, Oh man....

~ She is starting to dance.

~ She calls herself "Gigi" because she can't pronounce the V.  It's so cute that it is sticking and we find ourselves calling her Gigi. 

~ She will play peek-a-boo with anyone.  

~ She finds purses of mine and says, "go shopping."

~ She knows that King Soopers has free cookies and Costco does not.  

~ She has an amazing ability to remember names and faces.  She knows grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, kids from church, Sheema, Chandra, and the list goes on =-)