our weekend so far

We had plans to go camping this weekend, but on Thursday Corbin threw up and developed a moderately high temperature. So we decided to can the camping trip. And instead on Friday we enjoyed sleeping in, and taking long naps, and watching movies. By Friday night Corbin was feeling much better, and he was pretty sad that we didn't go camping. So, to try and make it up to him, we took him to the movie store and rented a couple of movies for him. Then we stopped at McDonalds and got him a Happy Meal and ice-cream cone. That cheered him up pretty well.


On Saturday we decided to go see 7 falls in Colorado Springs. I have wanted to go there since we first moved here (almost four years ago!) It is a 181 ft waterfall, that is actually comprised of 7 connected falls (hence the name 7 falls). You can climb a bunch of stairs to get to the top, and my legs were dieing by the time we finally got to the top. The second picture below is a photo of just the top half of the staircase, to give you an idea of what we were up against. Corbin got too nervous to climb the stairs by himself, so Clark was a trooper and he carried Corbin up to the top.

This kid loves playing outside.

sparkle

"Mom, I want to go to the car wash. Make the car sparkley, like my teeth."

Baseball

Yesterday we went to a BYU vs Airforce baseball game. We had a lot of fun relaxing in the nice, warm sun (and Clark and I have sunburns to prove it!) We sat on a grassy hill and Corbin loved being able to run around and roll down the hill. We actually ran into some friends from church, and so Corbin and their little girl played together for most of the game.

Corbin watching the pitcher warm up

Please excuse the terrible filming. I'm not good at playing baseball, and holding a video camera.

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"Look, Mom! It's a piano (pronounced plan-o) truck!"

A few funny Corbin quotes

"I need help! Call the fire hydrant!"

Clark: "Are you Daddy?"

Corbin: "No! I Co-bin!"

Clark: "Are you Mommy?"

Corbin (gets frustrated): "No! I Co-bin! I Grandma Gee's Co-bin!" (He actually says this one a lot when we tease him and ask him who he is)

And finally, for those who don't already know, Corbin is going to be a big brother! Baby #2 is due Nov. 8, and we can't wait to meet the new little one.

We were driving home from church a while ago, and it was the day after Clark told Corbin that there was a baby in Mommy's tummy.

Corbin all of a sudden says from the back seat: "Mommy, there's a turtle in your tummy?"

Staci: "No, there is a baby in my tummy"

Corbin: "Oh," then after a slight pause, "Mommy, there's a froggy in your tummy?"

Staci: "No, Corbin. Just a baby in my tummy"

Tarzan!

We had a quick family night lesson earlier tonight about Adam and Eve. At one point in the lesson Clark pointed to the picture of Adam and said, "So, Corbin, who is this man?" And Corbin replied, "Ummm...Tarzan!!"

I guess I can see the resemblance. :)

Nuggets vs Jazz

Yesterday, we got a really fun phone call. The office-managing partner offered us tickets for that night's round 1, game 1 playoff game, Nuggets versus Jazz! I couldn't help but cheer for the Jazz. The Nuggets won the game 126-113. It was actually a really close game until the 4th quarter, and the high scores made it really fun to watch. However, I think that my favorite part was the half-time show. It was performed by an ex-cirque du soleil member named Wolfgang Bientzle. Here are a couple of videos I took with my camera.

Sunday night we moved Corbin's mattress out of his crib and put it on the floor. It works as his new "big boy bed" until we decide what kind of twin bed to buy. I kind of like transitioning with the mattress on the floor because I don't have to worry about Corbin falling out of bed. I know some people think that Corbin is pretty old to just barely be moving out of his crib. But he has only tried once (unsuccessfully) to climb out of the crib, and keeping him confined in the crib made life easier.

Corbin loves his "new" bed. The first two nights he played in his room until finally falling asleep at 10 p.m. However, last night I only heard him playing for maybe 15 minutes before he went to sleep. We are definitely making progress.

Yesterday around 11:30 in the morning Corbin kept saying that he wanted to go to bed. I just figured it was because he wanted his paci (which will eventually be the next thing to go), so I told him he couldn't go to bed until after we cooked our french fries for lunch. So, Corbin went upstairs anyways. I went and checked on him 5 minutes later, and he was zonked out on his bed. I was amazed!

Happy Easter

We have really been enjoying life lately. Here is some of what we have been doing.

Corbin emptied all the toys out of this container and crawled inside saying, "I'm going down to the crawl space! See ya!" (we have a crawl space under our house for storage).

I found Corbin like this the other day, while I was doing some laundry. He is such a character.

Coloring Easter eggs. Corbin loved it!

We went to the park with our friends Kylee, Russ and Caden. Growing up, Clark would get a new kite each Easter, so we decided to go ahead and buy Corbin a spiderman kite. And it was a perfectly blustery day for kite flying. We actually had a hard time getting it to stay up in the air at first, because of all the strong gusts of wind. But I win the prize, because I'm the one that got it to stay up. We also had a little Easter egg hunt for the boys. Corbin and Caden kept racing to get one egg, and when they would sprint to get that one, at least 3 would fall out of each of their baskets, so they would then turn around and find even more eggs on the ground! It was really funny to watch, and it allowed the egg hunt to last longer than I thought it would.





We also watched General Conference that day (which was wonderful, I can't wait to read the talks when the Ensign comes out. It's hard to listen when you have a 2 year old clamoring for attention.) During one part, Corbin was on the floor playing, when all of the sudden he heard Elder Holland say the word stupidity. He immediately jumped up and gasped, "He said that naughty word! The prophet said the naughty word!" Clark and I had a really hard time hiding the laughter. Then I had to do some quick thinking and explain that Elder Holland was talking about some really naughty people, and that's why he used a naughty word. Pretty funny.

We made pear-apple pie for our dessert on Easter. We love this recipe. It is definitely a family favorite. Corbin loves helping in the kitchen.

Easter morning. Corbin went straight for the candy, and then had a major sugar crash a few hours later.

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