Pool Time!

I took Trevor to Palomino Park to spend a little time in the pool! Chris and Blair had a little BBQ/Volleyball/Pool party and we joined the fun. Blair's friend brought her little girl Kiara and they played in the water for hours.

He had more interest in playing on the steps than actually swimming around, but all in all he had a great time!

I was so proud of him for playing well with her. He doesn't spend a lot of time around kids his size and age and usually wants to hang with the adults, but they seemed to get along really well. Not to mention that she is a doll.

Grandpa Don

What a year this has been for my family so far. I suppose we should consider ourselves very blessed that the passing of loved ones has come very few and very far between until lately. We lost my Grandpa Don earlier this month and it has been a hard time for my Step Dad and my Mom.

My Dad has spent the majority of this month in Arizona with my Grandma Shirley helping her get through the arrangements and getting Don back to Denver for his burial. He was buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery and the ceremony is something that I will never forget. This was my first Military funeral and if you have never experienced one, once you do you will not forget it.

It was very regimented and silent. The flag ceremony is interesting and again mostly silent. The gun salute, although done with fair warning is still soul shaking. It is nothing shy of appropriate for the people that earn that ceremony.

If you have not had an opportunity to visit Arlington National Cemetery and feel the energy in the thousands and thousands of acres of headstones and witness the Changing of the Guards, this will get close. Arlington will take your breath away and leave you speechless. I hate to suggest that visiting a cemetery should be at the top of anyone's list, but it is an education in itself. To see the headstones of the people that served this country in not one or two, but three and four wars is sobering to say the least.

I am looking forward to Shirley coming back to Colorado to stay. We had not seen them since right after Trevor was born and it will be nice to be able to spend more time with her once she is back.

Obviously Not Enough Sugar!

Today we went to see Doctor Furr to get the all clear for day care. He was really good considering that he hasnt had to see the doctor for a long time. He got a clean bill of health and I promised him an ice cream cone for making the trip! He cried a little at the doctors and it was close to nap time but I never thought that he could sleep through this!

SLACKER!

Trevor's First McDonalds Ice Cream Cone!!!









So it's been over 2 months since I have posted anything on our blog, so this ones gonna be a doozey! Lots and Lots has happened since our last post. Life in our little house has been exciting. I will try and keep this in order... wish me luck!

On May 10th, we lost my Uncle David. He had been fighting rhumetiod arthritis for a while and coupled with cystic fibrosis, it just wasn't a battle he was going to win. Most of you reading this blog have already heard the story but if you havent... The beauty of this story is that after 12 long years of "dating" his girlfriend Roxanne, they finally got married. It happened to be in his ICU room at Rose, but it happened! The hospital staff there were AMAZING. If you didn't see the story on channel 9 news, YouTube, CNN or many of the other channels or sites you can google it! Anyway, the short story is the hospital made their cake, the flower shop made her bouquet, they brought in the minister, all friends and family were there including the entire ICU staff and the amazing Doctors that were by his side, channel 9 news cameras filming, and they FINALLY got married! It was such a happy day! Less than 24 hours later, he passed away, but we are all content with the fact that he had the most amazing last day here!

Ok - sad stuff out of the way...

May was here and gone with all of that, so we'll just move on to June...

Rob's Mom and Dad came for a visit! We always get so excited when they are here. Its not that we do anything exciting, but just the fact that they come to visit is enough. They live in Manassas, VA and its a long trip for them. We usually just spend time at home visiting, eating and playing with Trevor. Rob's dad is a HUGE soccer fan and we watch a lot of "football" while they are here. We had people over like normal so Bob and Virginia had a chance to see everyone at once. They spent a day with my Grandparents which is so nice. It is kinda crazy that my Grandparents and Rob's parents are the same ages but it works out great. My parents are gonna have to get their playmates out of my brothers I guess!!

We took them to Landsdown Arms for dinner which is as close to English Pub food as we can get here in the "Ranch". They had a great time and we learned a little bit from Dad about Irish and English Fare... Smashers, Bangers, and Blood Pudding. I can handle the Smashers and Bangers but Im out on the Blood Pudding! I stuck with good ole' fish and chips - SAFE!

They were here for a week and it always goes so quickly. I wish they would move here, but maybe soon we can travel there and visit. It would be nice to take Trev in the summer and get to the beach!

We've been having these cookoffs almost every weekend this summer. Chris and Rob have this man competition with cooking. So far its been ribs and burgers, but its been good times and good food. We had a burger cookoff and believe it or not, my Grandma and my Aunt got in on the competition... It was fun... WAY too much food but a great time.

Christopher introduced my 82 year old grandfather to Beer-Pong. Can you believe that? Not to mention that he is totally GOOD!! They were killin' em!

The weekend of Father's Day Joey moved home from Arizona! Yippee! Its was a great weekend! I had all my boys here for Father's Day. We had a big BBQ with the family and some friends. Joey is staying here with us until he gets settled and we are so excited! I know Trevor is loving having some Uncle Joe time!
This was also the day that we found out that there is going to be another baby in this crazy household! YEAHHHH! Blair and I had gone shopping to get all the goods for grillin' that day. She was convinced that I was pregant and we were buying a test. We were headed to Costco, and everyone knows you dont get one of anything at Costco... Anyway... she grabs the tests, we pay, leave and head home. Rob sees what we have in the box and rushes me upstairs to take the test.

There's one line, two lines... Oh my gosh... and then I hear Rob laughing, "Jennifer, you guys bought ovulation tests!!!" So I scream for Blair, she comes running up the stairs so excited and I break the news to her that she grabbed the wrong box! We should have known that 10 bucks for 10 pregnancy tests was just too good to be true!! So, Rob proclaims that he has to do it himself if it's going to get done right, and off to the store he goes... 10 minutes later with a pregnancy test in hand, he comes home.

I snuck off to take the test. And sure enough... one line, two lines - BABY!!!! Blair was the only one I told, and thought Father's Day was the best day ever to spill the beans! SO.... I took the card that I bought for Trevor to give his Daddy on Father's Day and wrote... "Happy Father's Day, Love Trevor and Baby #2." I thought it was pretty cute, and made it obvious what was going on... HA - Boy was I wrong!

Rob opened his gifts and his card, read it and looked at me puzzled. His response was - "Well go take the test then." I about died... are you kidding me? You dont' get that? I rolled my eyes and before I knew it, my Mom had snatched the card and read it herself... "I dont get it. What am I missing?" Aunt Kath next,"I dont get it either, what's going on?", and then to the boys. Chris first, "Are you kidding me? I get it. How dont you get it?", and then Joe - "How do you not get this, did you read the card?"

As I am dieing because I really thought I was being cheeky, but clear at the same time, Blair yells... "I have an announcement, Jen's having another baby since none of you can read!" And then... THEY GOT IT! Holy crap! So... there's the story. It was probably one of those things that was much funnier in person, but I just couldn't believe it. Plain English people... Are you kidding me?

So - Lets see what happened after that bit of news....

We had a little get together at my Mom's with all of the Hargrave girls! Its so fun to get everyone together. I never get to stay very long when I have Trevor in tow, but its just nice to see everyone at once! We sit around and shoot the crap and talk about how crazy our family is... who doesnt do that?

And since then life has just been normal... Playing out side with Trevor, spending lots of time in the sprinklers and relaxing as much as possible.

I feel great, no problems, no morning sickenss and after going to the Dr.'s to seeing the little bean and hearing a good heartbeat, I am finally excited. Its just hard not knowing... I'm due on the 18th of February! That's so fun because Trevor was born 4 days after Rob's birthday and this baby is due 4 days after mine!!! Too funny!