snowmass co plates & new routines.

we headed up to snowmass again to see tab benoit perform on fanny hill. we love our thursday night concerts! it's just too bad that it rains every time! it dumped just before the show, so other than the chilliness, we weren't threatened by lightning & raindrops all night. you just can't beat free outdoor entertainment for oliver, beautiful colorado skies & a cheap bottle of wine =)

i recently became an official colorado driver. despite the numerous states i have resided, i have always kept my iowa license plates, so this is huge! but i guess it's time for the old plates to be retired. hello co!

this weekend, i plan to officially oliver-proof our home. and we are going to keep working on our naptime/bedtime routine. we have adapted the ferber method. it's more of a quasi-ferber method. i hate the idea of letting your child cry it out...of course, the second i heard my child's first cries i never wanted him to have to cry (so i'm a first time mama & a giant sap, whatever!). mike, on the other hand, has always wanted to try to ferber-method. so, after deciding we needed to do something about the fact that oliver spent more time in our bed than we did, i finally broke down. i read up on it & we started a couple of days ago. luckily, he has adapted to it quite well. the first day/night was horrible though! he has his daddy's stubborness ;) & he will cry an entire 10 minutes if you leave him there. it makes my chest hurt & i end up pacing around until the exact second i can go in to comfort him! but like i said, he is getting used to calming himself & he has slept so much better through the night. i give him a lot of credit because we're giving him a lot to take in right now. we have started giving him a sippy cup, so he can explore & hopefully figure out some self-service. also, we have tried some new foods & snacks to broaden his palette. he does so good eating, but we are going to have work a little harder with the avacados =)   

and there's also another wedding in the future...congrats to our friends paul & sonya, who are now engaged! last weekend they left for a vacation to nantucket.  mike & i were aware of the proposal already though, as paul had a couple too many mango margaritas at mountain fair a couple weeks back & spilled the beans to us ;) i really don't think sonya had any idea, so we can't wait to hear all about the proposal & the rest of their trip! congrats you two!!!

nantucket beach.