Going Home

COLORADO! Temple got his first trip home to Colorado over the last couple of weeks in September. He did really well on the drive there and was a big hit with family, friends and strangers alike. He likes to be held, which is nice. He's pretty friendly, also nice. And he only really cries when he wants something.

He grew by leaps and bounds during his first few weeks. As previously stated he was up to 9 lbs. 14 oz. by his 2 week appointment. Then, since we were going away for two weeks they wanted to see him at 3 weeks and a day for some shots. He had shot up to 10 lbs. 11 oz. in barely over a week! I hope everyone who has doubts about breastfeeding gets a chance to read this :-b

Everybody likes to hold Temple when he's sleeping. His Nana liked to hold him every moment she could. Temple liked it too. These two are going to be fast friends. No need to worry about any spoiling going on ;-)


His granddad was happy to hold him whenever he was free, which wasn't really all that often. Temple would like it if Granddad could come visit when the Army says its okay.

As this was Colorado in the fall Temple got to some of the wonderful aspens when he was going over Kenosha Pass to South Park. No foul mouthed cartoon characters, just a dad's conference of diabetic people who like mountain sports. Temple is quite the accoplished camper now having weathered a few nights in the tent when the temperatures got down into the high 20's. We hope he enjoyed the fall colors even if he can't quite focus on things that far away yet.


While out west Temple got two things that should make life a bit nicer. First he got the crib that his Granddad and Granddad's friend Bob have been working on for months. This beautiful piece of furniture was fashioned of fine sugar maple that used to make up the gym floor that Temple's mom played high school basketball on. How cool is that? He likes to sleep in it but he seems to like sitting in it watching the mobile that his grandma gave him even more. Go figure.



Then later on when the family was in Boulder, Mom picked up this cool baby wrap. Now Temple can get to ride around with mom when she's on the go. Let me tell you this thing does wonders for calming down an angry baby. And, as if holding the little guy close to mom's heartbeat wasn't good enough, it's made of stretchy material so he can move around pretty comfortably when he's in there.




All of the travel and meeting new people was fun but Temple did get pretty restless on the drive home. There was plenty of crying and LOTS of stops on the way back to the Delta. However, once he got rested up back home he was back to his regular happy self.



He may not be all smiles all the time but he can sure be a lot of fun when he does smile. We'll try to put up pictures soon that feature his special new Tummy Tub from Deutchland. Das ist ja prima!