Welcome To Colorado

We have finally made it here to Paonia Colorado! We have been here only about 4 weeks and it's been adventurous so far!

Here is the house that we are renting. It's 4 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. The living room is HUGE & very comfy!

We knew when we rented the place that it had a pretty nice yard. We just didn't know how nice. There are about a million flowers that have bloomed, and more continue to pop up. We've also found out that there is Dill, Tarragon, Strawberries, Carrots, Rosemary, Thyme and other edibles that are growing in planters in the back yard! Guess who gets to weed and take care of it all? Yup ME! Weeding, watering and mowing the lawn has now become my full time job, as well as cleaning the house and taking care of Jordyn. Cody does help though, thank goodness!! We'll see if I really do have a green thumb!

On June 1, 2010 Jordyn fell off of an office chair and broke her arm right above the elbow. The Humerus bone was broken completely through so it required surgery. The pic above is here waiting in the ER.

She ended up having 3 pins put in her arm. She had a splint & ace wrap on for the first week to let the swelling go down. On Thursday she was finally able to get her new hard cast. It's Lime green! She'll keep that on for 5 more weeks.

Throughout the whole thing she's done so well. Even right after she broke it she didn't really cry like I would have thought. She whimpered and cried, but it wasn't hysterical or screaming. The only time she got really upset was when they had to do the IV 3 times. After surgery she took pain medication very rarely. Most of what she took was over the counter Motrin. She's had a couple of moments where she gets upset at herself for standing on the chair. We keep telling her it was only an accident and she's not in trouble for it. I think she's learned not to do that anymore!

We've also taken in some of the local happenings! Yesterday we went to Crawford Pioneer Days. There they had Outhouse Races! Yes, that's what I said. Teams build outhouses (not functioning) with a theme and race them on a small track. Winner gets money and an outhouse trophy. Mobile Movement(above) won this year. For some reason I can see Cody, my dad, & Larry Morwood doing this next year! They also had fireworks over Crawford Reservoir last night that were amazing. These small towns do some pretty fun & kind of weird things, but everyone so far has been very friendly! So far, I like it!!

I am now currently 17 weeks into being pregnant. I feel really good! I have my energy and my appetite back, finally! I met my new dr, Dr Bader, on Friday. He's a pretty funny guy. The appointment went really well. The baby's heartbeat was really strong and great. We've scheduled our ultrasound for July 9th. I can't wait to finally find out what we are having! I've been noticing a little bit of fluttering movement recently, so that's been great!

So far, Colorado has been treating us pretty good, other than Jordyn's mishap! Although we miss our families a lot, it's been a good change. Hopefully it just continues to get better!

I'll leave you with a picture of me & baby @ 17 weeks. I'll also update this a lot more now that the internet is up and running! Until next time!!