SEVEN Months!!!!

Oh my goodness, our little man is seven months old already! He amazes us every day and we still cannot believe that we were so blessed with such a wonderful and beautiful little boy. Cache is sitting all by himself (we are still working on the crawling), he babbles and squeals constantly, he has started to feed himself crackers and he has TWO teeth on the bottom!! He is 21 pounds and is wearing 12 month clothing already! He is such a good baby and we could not be more proud to be his parents!

Trying to show off my new teeth

We went to the zoo last weekend and saw lots of animals!

Orangutan

Black bear, sleeping in the tree

Good Times, Good Friends

Our friends Scott & Michaela came out to visit us from Utah at the beginning of September, so we decided to show them the perks of living in beautiful Colorado. We took them to Rocky Mountain National Park and did some hiking, and then we took them through Estes Park. It is getting close to the "rut", so tis the season for seeing a LOT of elk in Estes Park. They were so close to us, and we even got to hear them bugle.... so amazing!! To top it off, we saw a black bear on the way home, but we weren't able to get the camera out fast enough to get any pictures. They definitely got a good taste of Colorado, and we hope they come back again soon!

Yes, that is the sideview mirror!! He was so close to the truck!!!

Beautiful

The elk make themselves at home on the golf course during the rut (mating season).

This one decided to hang out in this person's driveway!!

Some big boys

Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park

Hiking is hard work!!

One of the lakes that we hiked to

Rocky Mountain National Park

Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

Our friends Scott & Michaela came to visit us from Utah at the beginning of September. Scott had never been to a major league baseball game.... so we went to three Rockies games!

Born a Rox fan!

Cache Hammond, MVP

Scott's "game face"

Cache & Michaela

Smiling for the camera

Labor Day Camping

For Labor Day weekend we headed up the Cache La Poudre Canyon to go camping, just the three of us. It was already starting to get a little chilly in the mountains, so we mainly sat around the fire and watched movies in the trailer, but we were able to squeeze in a little hiking and some MUCH needed rest & relaxation!

Hanging out by the fire with dad

This kid never stops smiling!

First hike in the baby backpack.

He didn't seem to mind it at all!

Cache & Mommy

Estes Park Retreat

At the beginning of August Kyle's family visited Colorado, and we rented a beautiful cabin in Estes Park for the weekend. It was a busy weekend, but we had so much fun!

The cabin

So relaxing....

Our baby boy

Look out, here comes trouble!!!!

The boys with Grandma & Grandpa

Our Little Family

Robert, Holly & Wyatt

We all went to the fish hatchery to let Wyatt catch a fish. It was hilarious to watch him wave the pole back and forth, and he was so excited when it came out of the water!

Estes Park, Colorado

Go-karts... so much fun!

Even Wyatt got to go... he was so excited

Cache stayed on the side lines with Aunt Holly

Kyle even got his dad to go down the big slide!

A Shared Tradition

At the end of July we headed to Utah to go camping with Kyle's family. (Well, they are my family, too...) =) Kyle has camped at the Spruces Campground every year since he was a baby, so I cannot tell you how excited he was to take Cache. We had so much fun, and our little man is quite the camper!! He loves being outside and kicking back with dad. We had a moose that wandered into our campground and made things a little exciting... We hope to keep the tradition going and we hope that Cache's memories will be as great as Kyle's.

On our way to Utah... You relax dad, I'll take over for awhile!

Abby is still not sure how she feels about sharing the back seat, but she
is starting to realize that Cache isn't so bad after all.

The moose !!!

This is what happens when you let dad feed him. ;o)

Kicking back with dad... I LOVE camping!

Cache and cousin Wyatt

Not so sure how I feel about this hat, mom

I have no clue what he was so shocked about... lol

Happy camper