Merry Christmas!

It's been a while since we blogged. We had a wonderful holiday and, as usual, after all of the festivities and fun was over we were disappointed at the number of pictures we took (or didn't as the case may be). However we did get some good ones to share with you:

Daddy and David on Christmas Eve:

Mommy and David on Christmas Eve (and introducing David's top teeth!)
We went to Williamsburg with Momma Shedd and Todd. They completely spoiled David and he LOVED it!!!
While in Williamsburg we toured Jamestown. It was a Great Tour albeit cold:

This is Momma Shedd and an Early Settler :-)
COLD!!!!
We went to the Yorktown Pub for Yummy Clam Chowder and discovered David LOVES pickles....wonder where he gets that :-)

On Christmas David (who had already been spoiled by the Shedd's) was further spoiled by Aunt Mary Lauren (thanks for the noisy Elmo!!)
And by Uncle Stephen and Aunt Jenni:
All in all it was a WONDERFUL first Christmas for David. We are very thankful that we got to see and spend time with family and appreciate everything you did to make David's first Christmas so nice.

Santa Claus

This evening we went to the base Christmas Tree lighting.....and Santa Claus showed up for a photo opportunity :-)

Mommy and David in the wind and cold....
Daddy and David.....
David was all smiles with Santa....
And fascinated by his beard.....

Thanksgiving

We had such a nice Thanksgiving.  Ginny and her new husband, Dick, came for a visit.  We had a wonderful time but unfortunately were too busy eating turkey, playing games and enjoying company to take any pictures :-(

We did get a bit of a surprise on Thanksgiving Day.  David decided to walk.  He just grabbed his "scooter car" and walked.  Simple as that!  Here is a video of it:

Needless to say we are so proud of him but are finding it a bit scary how fast he is growing up!

Family Pictures!!

A few weeks ago I entered a contest and won and as a result we received a photo session with Addie Talley, a wonderful local photographer here in Columbus.  We were absolutely THRILLED with the pictures she took.  I've posted a small taste.  THANK YOU ADDIE!!!!

David's Growing Fast!!

David has been growing and developing so fast!!  He is now crawling all over the house, pulling himself to standing, and started baby babbling.  He absolutely loves to pull himself to standing in his crib and every morning it's an adventure to go in and get him and find what he is doing. It usually looks like this:

He has decided that the plastic tub we put his toys in is actually more fun that the toys themselves and it is fun to stand with too:

Another really fun place to play he has found is in the tupperware cabinet.  I have tripped on more plastic containers than I can count!!!

We still love to go on our walks...it's starting to get chilly so now we have to bundle up a bit :-)

Pumpkin Patch

David and I went with Amber and Miles to the pumpkin patch today.  It was a gorgeous day which was wonderful but David didn't like looking up into the sun.  We did the best we could with the pictures.....I assure you we had more fun than the pictures show :-)

All things David....

It's been a while since we blogged....Life has been good at the Shedd household and David continues to get big, be happy, sleep well, and be the apple of his parents' eyes. The following are some pictures of our times together:Evening play time
Daddy and David snuggling
Yummy!!
Jump Jump Jump Jump....
Happy Baby!

We had a fun play date with our friend Miles and we experimented with finger paints....

Finger paints are yummy.....

David has the cutest trick.  He has really found his voice (but has yet to find the volume control) and loves to scream happily in the evenings.  He will do this all evening until.....he sees a tag.  For some reason when he finds a tag on his blanket or one of his toys he will "growl" at it.  It keeps dad and mom in stitches in the evenings:

Favorite Activities

David is growing and changing so fast!  He now sits steadily and plays by himself.  He rolls over both ways and he is rapidly teaching his parents to watch him very closely.  Although he isn't crawling yet he's still pretty mobile through rolling and "scootching" :-)  His little legs are getting strong (and chubby :-)) and he Loves to jump!!  

This is David in his Jumperoo....one of his favorite activities!

David's other favorite activity is eating (hence the chubby legs).  He has completely mastered baby oatmeal, rice cereal and we have introduced him to baby food.  He has tried sweet potatoes and he seems to really love to eat "real" food almost as much as he loves to make a mess of his food :-)

Num-Num!!!

All about David

David is growing and changing and developing so quickly these days I want to keep updating the blog to show all of you how he's doing......

David has a very funny habit of covering his head when he sleeps.  No matter what position we put him to bed in we always find him with his blanket over his head.  This is what we found the other day.  It made us laugh.....

So we used it for a photo opportunity :-)
This is evening play time with Daddy.  I can't tell who is having more fun.....
This is day time play time.  PRECIOUS little boy!!!

5 Months Old

It's been a big month of developments for David.  He is now sitting up (albeit wobbly) by himself and he got his first tooth (with the second one showing signs of making it's appearance soon)!  He continues to amaze and delight his parents.  He is still sleeping well (8 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night) for which we are VERY thankful and he is getting very big!  I've posted a few pictures for you to enjoy:

He LOVES his thumb!!
And he LOVES his toes!!  Especially in the tub.
David continues to go to the Child Development Center on base two days a week when I have to work.  He really loves it and he comes home with all kinds of new tricks :-)
We recently had a fun visit from Tio Tyler and Tia Gaby and AJ and Austin.  This is Tim and Tyler comparing "lifting" techniques :-)
This is David sitting on his own.  Yes he is blurry because he's wobbly....at least he's happy!!!

Happenings

It's been a while since I've updated the blog.  We have been enjoying our time together as a family and gradually settling into some kind of routine.  David has been growing like gang-busters    :-).  He is now eating cereal and is rolling over back to front (I'll post video of that soon).  He has fallen completely in love with his daddy and Tim never fails to get a smile when he walks into the room where David is.  David has even been known to burst into tears when Tim leaves the room.  It is all very sweet!  I've posted a few random pictures:

Daddy carries David in the Baby Bjorn every night on our walks
Evening Play time.
MMMMmmmmmm  Cereal!!

Daddy and David practicing for football season!!!