I wanted to take pictures before we changed out of this fun dress. Baby Girl did not, although the dogs from next door were interesting for a minute.
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I take a ton of pictures. I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone. My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week. So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored. Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.
A few months ago Baby Girl started moving. The walker from Grandma Anne help her find both legs, she forgets she has a left leg. Her 3-limbed army crawl is her go to move.
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I take a ton of pictures. I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone. My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week. So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored. Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.
Looking forward to more days like this at the pool.
Love my girl, some sun and a smart phone for the camera and music.
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I take a ton of pictures. I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone. My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week. So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored. Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.
Since this vacation town has a sweet spot in our story we want to make the trip up the canyon a tradition. This year we drove up after Baby Girls Brunch-Birthday-Bash. Our goal was to find a few spots to take pictures every time we visit. I think we did just that. Let’s just hope the water wheel and park bench stick around for a few more years.
It was a beautiful day, except for the smoke.
This is the view of the High Park fire from Estes Park.
We thought we were escaping the smoke, as this was traveling to Fort Collins. 
But there was also a fire on the west side of Estes Park. We followed some brush trucks up the canyon and entered an over crowed (Scandinavian Festival–who knew?), slightly on edge community. The police and fire workers did a great job controlling congestion and people as we waited for words like containment and evacuation. In the meantime we watched fearless pilots zoom between Lake Estes and the fire outside Rocky Mountain National Park (info on fire here).
Maybe next June we can enjoy Estes Park without large-orange-emergency-helicopters. We’re 2 for 2 — although it was exciting to watch this time.
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I take a ton of pictures. I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone. My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week. So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored. Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.
Her eye’s can penetrate my soul. Big, navy-grey eyes that see more than I want her to. She accepts all of me, as she teaches me to be accepted.
Our birthday brunch was delicious. To celebrate we used an oatmeal cake (aka baked oatmeal) with peaches and cream. Baby girl had hers with vanilla yogurt and really didn’t care for the cake. Along with bacon, Cinnamon Sugar Pull Apart Muffins, Greek Yogurt with fruit and granola, Egg muffins, OJ and Coffee, it was a feast!
Old and new friends came to honor Baby Girl with us. 
She had a whole room of people to wave to and then laugh
when she hum’ed her “I don’t know”.
Baby girl opened wonderful gifts and loved all eyes on her.
Our great photographer for the day caught Baby Girl’s handsome cousin in a still moment. It was wonderful to watch him engage her. He traded her old toys for a chance to play with the new ones and she loved ever minute.
Such a fun day, I’ll post our exciting return to Estes Park for 52 | 27.
One week old July 5, 2011…baby girl.
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I take a ton of pictures. I struggle to unload them off the camera or my phone. My goal is to post one picture and at least one word each week. So at the end of the year I have 52 edited pictures and a few words to remind us what we savored. Here’s to adding some structure to this new life.
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