Hylie at Two Months

Shortly after we moved to Chicago, look who celebrated her two-month mark:

At her check-up, she weighed in at 14 lbs. 3 oz. and was 24" long.  She's at the top of the charts for height and a little OVER the charts for her weight!  She also got her first vaccination shots...I do believe Mom cried more than Hylie.

A Visit with Nana

On our way to Chicago we were very excited to visit with Geoff's grandmother, Nana (Muriel Redmond) in St. Joe, Missouri.  Hylie is her first great-grandchild, so we were thrilled to give them the chance to meet each other.

When we first arrived, Hylie and Nana didn't waste any time getting acquainted

I love how Hylie's now able to really start focusing on people's faces.  She truly was checking Nana out the entire time she was being held.

Geoff's Aunt Margie and Uncle Howard were also able to join us for the occasion

We had to get a four generation photo

Visiting with Nana was such a treat for us and we think she enjoyed it as well.  When we went down to dinner, Nana went to every table and announced that a very special guest was with us, her first great-grandchild.  We love you Nana and were so grateful for the visit!

Movin' On Out!

I've decided no matter how much packing you do, there is always more packing that needs to be done.  But I'm glad that we're moved and most things made it to Chicago intact.

Geoff's parents were oh-so-wonderful and flew in to Denver to help us wrap things up with packing, load the truck, then drove with us to Chicago, and helped us unload everything as well!  We truly could not have done it without their help.

Loading our 23 foot Penske Truck

Grammy Woodhouse getting in some quality time with Hylie

Smiling with Pappy Woodhouse

Hylie got a couple of workouts in with Pappy.

Our almost-empty house...

The almost-full truck!

Geoff ready to hit the road

Unfortunately, the move didn't occur without any 'incidents'.  Geoff missed a step while carrying my butterfly chair and his ankle was badly sprained.

Geoff and I certainly packed up a lot of memories from Denver.  That's where we met, fell in love, got engaged, started our married life, and where our beautiful daughter was born.  How we love all our good friends and wonderful times, but we are excited to see what Chicago has in store.

Garden of the Gods

Once Geoff and I knew we were moving to Chicago, I put together a 'Bucket List' of things I would like us to do in Colorado before we left.  Being that we were busy packing and taking care of Hylie, we got one item done on our list!  Ha ha!  It was a very wonderful item, so I'll take it!

Just south of us in Colorado Springs is a beautiful park called "Garden of the Gods".  I call it my mini-Zion because the amazing red rocks remind me of Zion National Park in southern Utah.

One of the famous rocks here is called 'Kissing Camels', so Geoff and I had to try our spin at reenacting it.

Part of the trip Hylie did a little bit of this:

But she also did a lot of this:

This is one of my favorite views of the park

Geoff was also a trooper and strapped Hylie in to go on a hike to see the "Siamese Twin" rock formation.  He made the comment that he now knows what it was like for me to be pregnant.  I'm not sure that carrier truly does the job of mimicking pregnancy...

Finally!

Before Hylie was even born I saw this idea on the internet and wanted to recreate it with our baby's cute little feet.  I cannot tell you how difficult it was to get a picture of Hylie's feet to work with this photo, but I finally did and am pretty pleased with how the whole thing turned out!

One Month!

Geoff's not the only one celebrating landmarks.  As hard as it is to believe, Hylie's already one month old!  She truly is such a delight in our family.  We love her occasional smiles, her warm snuggles, and her ability to make each day an unpredictable adventure.

To celebrate her one month anniversary we took pictures...lots of them.

Happy Birthday, Geoff!

Well, Geoff did it again.  He managed to be out of town for his birthday just like last year!  Many of you left delightful voice mail messages for him while he was going from connection to connection and he enjoyed having his phone explode with voice mails that didn't have anything to do with work and only left a smile on his face.  We were able to celebrate his big day on Friday, September 14th and enjoyed having some friends over for tacos and pudding parfaits.

Geoff joining in on the singing

Making his wish!

Happy Birthday, Geoff.  We sure love you!