Just Julian

This is a post dedicated solely to Julian because he is that special. Julian joined the family and our hearts grew.  He is a pretty chill baby, as his late arrival foretold, making our busy life a wee bit easier.  He has beautiful lips, a nicely shaped head with just enough fuzz to make kisses really sweet, and big hands and feet.  He has been a frequent sleep smiler and has started to smile while awake as well.  He is growing fast, weighing in at 11 pounds at 6 weeks old.  He just got back from his first camping trip, the annual Hullabaloo, although he splurged and stayed in the ranger cabin rather than a cold tent.

Smiling for daddy

He likes to make bubbles.

Such great posture

Hail to the Victors!


Gearing up in warm clothes for the hullabaloo.

Family hikes

We've been enjoying some hiking over the past few weeks.

Here's Julian on his first ever hike, on Uranium mine trail at Fish Creek.










Here's Audrey hiking with Gammy at Mad Creek.




Here's Audrey and Dan heading to Spring Creek







And here's the view from our most recent, non-creek, hike in the Flattops.

Visitors

We had Aunt Mary, Uncle Dan, and Great Cousin Meghan for a visit over Labor Day weekend. Mary wrote all about it and posted more pictures on her
blog here.




And this past weekend we had Great Uncle David in town. Audrey had a great time with him but couldn't quite master the pronunciation so he became Uncle Davon. We had a great time swimming, playing at the house, riding the gondola for sunset happy hour, hiking, and revisiting some favorite books from Katherine and Ellie's childhood.

Growing

One week

Two weeks

Three weeks

Four weeks

Five weeks

Six weeks

Seven weeks

Eight weeks

Nine weeks

Eleven weeks

Twelve weeks on Halloween Eve

14 weeks

Four months

Five months

Six (and a half, oops)

Seven months

Eight Months

Nine Months

Ten Months

Fourteen Months