Colorado Trip - Day 5

Monday, June 27

Time to go back home!! All the weekend's festivities wore the little girl out! She slept almost the entire flight home.

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Colorado Trip - Day 4

Sunday, June 26 -

We went to make some returns. Courtney got some duplicates, things she didn't like. So we ran around town returning things. Then we headed to the mall.

We went into the American Girl store. I've never been to one before. I lived close to 2 of them in LA and never went in. I can't wait for Ryleigh to get older. It's like 6-12 year old girl heaven! Ryleigh loved the Bitty Baby section and couldn't understand why I was making her put the baby in the stroller back when we left lol. She got a miniature Rebecca doll that she loves. We are teaching her how to treat 'Becca nicely until she can get a bigger doll for her birthday.

We also had to hit up Crocs. Crocs are based out of Boulder, Colorado. When I first found them for lab/work in 2004 they were so hard to find. The kiosk they were selling them at was only temporary. I finally found them when I moved to Denver. Ryleigh has a pair of cute brown crocs (that she wore with her blue and white outfit) and I wanted to find that style in a bigger size in black for her and figured I'd have luck in Colorado since none of the stores by us had them. Unfortunately they discontinued that style. But Ryleigh did find some Crocs she loved!! They're color changing. In the shade they're white and pink. In the sun the white turns purple. They had cute translucent sandals too (remind me of the old jellies), but sadly Ryleigh has a midget foot at a size 6.5-7 and the smallest size they make the sandals in is 8/9. I found a cute pair of peep-toe translucent flats that are amazingly comfy!!! This is quite the feat seeing as how no other flat shoe fits my oddly shaped foot. There's always some pressure point somewhere - but not in the Adrina flat! I love em!

Here's Ryleigh showing off her new crocs. In the shade - they're white (she was actually just in the sun, so they're not totally changed back to white yet)! She also got a new bracelet of Jibbitz charms from Crocs too. She got Minnie Mouse and Tinkerbell!

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And in the sun - they're PURPLE!!

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Colorado Trip - Day 3 - Part 2

After the shower, we cleaned up and then Ryleigh asked to go to the park. Courtney learned quick not to mention things to a 2 year old unless she plans to follow through. They don't forget much!

She was so eager to go to the park she took off running as soon as we got out of the car.

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Getting ready to slide.

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Such a cute picture!

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Running from one thing to another!

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"No more cheese!" She told me she was done posing for pictures at this time.

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I think she loved the park! check out those green trees and that lush green grass! It was gorgeous in Colorado. I think this day it was in the mid to high 80s.

Colorado Trip - Day 2

For those who don't know, Courtney and I met in college at the University of Arizona. We lived on the same floor in our dorm (5AZ in the Arizona Sonora dorm). We both had crazy roommates and bonded over them. She was also a dance major, so we bonded over dance too. We had many adventures that year (just hit the F8 key!). Sophomore year I knew I was going to do a student exchange program, so I didn't want to leave her with a random roommate second semester, so we opted to have random roommates again. Junior and Senior years we lived together in apartments off campus. We have too many inside jokes to name. She is a business person who does dance on the side. I'm the science geek with a job where I swim in blood and she can't stand the B-word, the v-word (veins) or the a-word (arteries). We both get annoyed by stupid people who are never on top of things. She was the maid of honor in my wedding and I was her matron of honor while 32 weeks pregnant. Courtney is having a little girl at the end of July and I'm so excited for her!!

Friday, June 24 -

We got things ready for the shower. Courtney's mom came over and brought all the stuff she had for the shower including boxes I'd sent her. So we put together things for the games. We cleaned up the breezeway and the house. We ran a few errands to pick up a few things and started decorating for the shower.

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Colorado Trip - Day 1

June 23, Ryleigh and I flew to Colorado for my best friend, Courtney's baby shower. Such a different experience traveling with a more independent child, who's potty trained (no diaper bag!). Ryleigh had just finished up a lesson block at school talking about transportation. So she was totally stoked for an airplane ride. Chris dropped us off at the airport nice and early. We had some time to watch the planes take off and land before getting ready to board our plane.

See how excited she is!

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Waiting for Courtney to pick us up! Someone's tired!

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We went to lunch and then home to let the little bugger take a nap. Courtney teaches at a dance studio. She teaches 3 and 4 year olds on the weekends, while her friend teaches a 3-4 year old pre-ballet and tap class on Thursdays (the day we arrived). Her friend let Ryleigh take a trial class, even though she's not 3 yet. Parent's aren't allowed to watch as it's too distracting for the kids. But the teacher said Ryleigh did great and had a lot of fun. She even liked the tap portion of the class. Apparently a lot of kids get freaked out during that part due to the noise. So now we'll have to consider dance class this fall.
"I like dance class!"

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Grilled pizza for dinner was yummy too! Fun filled first day in Denver (okay we were actually in Littleton).