2 Months Overdue

I know that once baby girl enters the world I will hardly have time to do any blogging, so it was now or never to get these pics and videos up as Emily is due in 11 days! Emily's family came for a visit back in July and it was a very busy week full of lots of activities.

We started the festivities on a Sunday by celebrating Cole's 2nd First Birthday (which was already blogged about back in July). We took some time to celebrate Alycia and Al's birthdays as well. I had to work on Monday, but they had a great time exploring a local park and living through one of the most intense hail/wind storms to ever blow through Littleton. I came home from work and the power was still out!

On Tuesday we headed north to explore Fort Collins. We first stopped at the Swetsville Zoo, which is really a sculpture park and isn't a zoo at all. Here is a picture of the sculpture that greeted us in our parking space.

Here are the Bentley ladies and Cole in front of a sculpture of a two-headed dragon.

Most of the sculptures were made mostly out of steel and other metals. Emily kind of looks like this crazy metal bug.

Next we hit up downtown Ft. Collins where the ladies did some shopping and Al and I ran back and forth to our parking meter to feed it more quarters. We also had a great lunch at CooperSmith's Pub & Brewery.

Finally, we went to the Anheuser Busch Brewery and took one of their guided walking tours. Cole did a lot of the walking himself as this was his newest skill at the time. The tour began with a look at their famous clydesdale horses and beer carriage.

Then we got to see the entire process on how they make their beer. Here is a shot from the lager cellar. That's a lot of beer!

The next day was a big day for Cole as he got to experience a real pool for the first time. Here are Em, Mimi, and Grandpa getting Cole situated.
He was a little shell-shocked at first, but by the end of the day he was loving the pool.

The rest of their time here was spent just hanging out and getting quality time with Cole. Here is a video of Mimi teaching Cole how to rock out on his drum.


Mimi is schduled to fly in on the due date (October 15), with Grandpa scheduled to follow soon after. And Alycia will be visiting for a week over Thanksgiving, so we'll get to see them all again very soon!