Funny story..

Well I originally started this blog to tell the fun story of Dan's hunting experience this year and discovered that the video camera was dead and the cord is MIA so instead you get to hear about little Jace and the fun that he is at this very moment. Friday I had the opportunity to leave for a night and go to women's conference down in Denver. Dan was in charge of getting Jace from daycare and of course the night time routine. I was super sad I missed this day of picking up my little man because they awarded him the "super dooper pooper" award because he actually went #2 on the big boy potty!!! We have been trying so hard to get him to use the potty at home but have been unsuccessful at this point. My second moment of Yes my kid does love me is when he saw his dad at his daycare he asked where is mom and then said he wanted to ride in moms car and not dads truck. Jace loves riding in dads truck so much that he cries when we all go in the car. The night time routine went well I still am not sure what those two boys had for dinner but Jace was still alive when I arrived home on Saturday. Dan however was not feeling so well....not sure how that happens but none the less it is no fun to be sick and have little people to take care of. Saturday it was a very wet and heavy snow storm in Cheyenne. Denver was just lots of rain. Saturday I decided it was time to go thru some of the old boxes of baby clothes from when Jace was a baby and we found some rain boots that were very small but Jace insisted on wearing them so our picks are of the snow after the sun had come out and Jace in his very small rain boots. Jace is very talkative at this moment in his life and I took him to my OB appt on Monday and he was very sweet to me while having a bunch of lab tests done he rubbed my cheek and told me it was okay it was for the baby, after which he proceeded to tell me and the doctor that his mommy was very big!!! It was so funny and spoken just like a true toddler. I love me family and can't wait to meet baby Dunn #2. Sorry to disappoint you but yes it is true we are still trying to figure out a name please wish us luck!!

Fall Pics

Here are a few pics that I have taken and played with on photoshop. Hope you like them!!

Fall

I can't hardly believe it is fall. I mean when did the weather change and where have I been. Hiding under a rock I guess, because I woke up and realized that the leaves were changing colors!!! For my birthday I got photoshop and a new lens and so this week I have been playing with them both unfortunately tonight I tried to upload some pics to share with you that I have edited and it made our computer crash for some reason so here a few pics that I have taken around town to remind us all that yes fall is here so bring on the beautiful colors and vibrant smells that make us love and enjoy this wonderful time of year. Happy Fall

Thomas the Train Adventure

Our little family, yes that's me looking a little large, who would of thought being prego with a girl would do that to my legs!! I look like I have stumps or ham hawks as I would like to say=) Jace and his best buddy Cooper!! I was telling the boys to show me there teeth and this is the picture that we got. So cute

Last Saturday we went to Golden Colorado to a Thomas the Train Expo at an old railway museum. I was a little worried because I am not all that into Thomas but the event turned out to be great and I would highly recommend it to anyone with children ages 1 and older to check it out!! We had so much fun riding a train with Thomas at the lead, getting fun tattoos of Percy Jaces favorite engine at the moment=), and seeing all the real life trains that they allowed us to get on and check out. We went with our friends the Merrells and the two boys had a blast running around playing in the dirt and looking at all the really cool trains.

Arizona Wedding

The new do

All the boy cousins from oldest to youngest

The effects of Arizona

Well our Arizona trip has come and gone...We left Wyoming with nice mild temps of 80 to go to over 100 degree weather and now as I write this it is 48 with a nice drizzle. Oh how I love Wyoming... We had a great time in Arizona, Dans sister was getting married so we took our last little vacation with just the 3 of us. It was so nice to spend time with all the cousins, Jace was a little overwhelmed by all the attention but I think he would agree that it was fun to have lots of people his size to play with!! During our stay we spent time playing of course with all the kids, and hanging out with all of Dans sisters and there husbands. We ate some really good food, helped prepare for the big wedding day and spent lots of time swimming. By Sunday night we were all so tired from the time difference and for me the late nights that I could barley keep my eyes open and still today I am trying to catch up on all my lost sleep.

On a side note I must tell my awful experience of cutting Jaces hair....so last week on Tuesday I took Jace to get a hair cut and he totally lost it inside the hair cutting place and the lady who was helping us really didn't make matter any better because the moment I walked in with Jace she rolled her eyes so I guess that should have been my clue needless to say I got this bright idea that I could cut his hair!! I mean really how hard could it be, well lets just say lots of stress and many tears later my little guy is closer to bald and looking like his daddy than he is to looking like a little toddler. Lesson learned be patient and let your kids look like girls it is in!!

Last weekend in August and our Labor Day fun

These last few weekends have been full of fun. Last weekend we went camping up in the Snowy Range area. We really didn't see many deer or elk but saw lots of poo that let us know they are there. We went biking and hiking and while we were hiking Dan spotted a bull moose laying down so we took some time to call him in so we could see his real beauty. On the hike we saw a golden eagle and a green caterpillar. We also saw a wolf dog on our way to camp and he visited our camp and then on the way out we saw him again. We at first thought he was a wolf but when he was closer to us at our campsite we felt he was just a dog that was lost. So sad to think he is still out there I gave him food and told Dan if he stuck around we would bring him to the animal shelter but sadly he ate the food and left and then we saw him on our way out and he would not come to us. We played with flashlights for entertainment at night. Mostly because I was paranoid of bears. We also used a dutch oven to cook with and I have come to realize that pizza on the fire is not for the Dunns to make because we burnt our pizza again!! The only other thing that we experienced while camping was a serious thunderstorm that washed the road out and Dan had to practice his backing up skills with a trailer I might add on a very narrow mountain road=) Dan did great even though I really didn't have much faith in him... I know I am bad but it really didn't seem like we were making progress but obviously we made it out and Dan did a super good job.

This weekend we went down to Rock Springs and hung out with the Jorgensens for the weekend. We left Friday and the older boys went out hunting with their bows so Natalie, Parker, Jace and I went to dinner and after we put Jace to bed we watched a chick flick. The boys arrived back late and told us the were so close to some really big bull Elk but didn't even know they were there. Saturday the boys left early in the morning to hunt again so we hung out in the morning Jace and I went for a walk and Jace got to play with his cousin Parker. Jace really wants to be big like his cousins!! Parker had some friends come to get him to play outside and Jace was adamant that he go to so we all went outside to play with the "big boys". That afternoon we went out to the lake and played in the water. I think we all enjoyed our time lounging in the sun and playing with our children. We spent Sunday morning lounging around and just hanging out. we enjoyed having a relaxing weekend with Dans sister and her family. They are always so good to us and we can't thank them enough for having us this past weekend.

Boy or Girl????

Well the results are in and we were given a 90% chance that it is a girl!!! I am so excited but yet I don't want to get my hopes up. I mean I would love a boy as well but all the pretty girl things that are out there just make me want to have a little doll to dress up. Our experience last week for the ultra sound went good the baby was moving so much the doctor actually spent 40 min trying to see everything she needed to see.. We tried to get some pics of the little figlet in the womb but there was just so much movement the pics really don't show much. I am now 23 weeks and I feel that I didn't realize that when we had the early ultrasound with Jace how lucky we were to really see things clearly!! (Thanks to Dan sister Jessica, Thank you so much for showing us our little man=)) I felt like going in at 22 weeks things were just to cramped in there. I kept asking the doctor is there enough room?, and she kept saying yes you are fine but it really did look really small in there even though I am feeling super big. So due to not seeing all the vital parts to the baby the doctor has ordered another ultrasound in 4 weeks so we should know for sure in September so be looking for an update.