DAVID IS WALKING!!!!!

One week before his first birthday David amazed us and started walking!!!! Well, ok, it's really more like "tottering" but to his proud parents it's amazing!!! Enjoy......

Finally Updating....with BIG NEWS

It's been a while since we have updated our blog. Since Christmas David has been growing by leaps and bounds and is now very close to walking. He continues to completely own his parents' hearts!!

One of his favorite activities is playing in the tupperware cabinet while mom and dad work in the kitchen. We only hope one of us doesn't break an ankle on all of the tupperware that is perpetually on the floor.
While banging tupperware is fun what he really likes doing is helping Dad with chores: here doing dishes with Dad....
And helping with the laundry:
Other than banging tupperware and helping Dad his other favorite activities are bath time and eating!! If he hears the bath running he will crack his parents up by RUSHING into the bathroom in whatever state of undress he may be in.....then the splashing begins!!

As for eating, he continues to "sing" (i.e. groan) while he eats and for the most part is a great eater!! He is very comfortable with table food and surprisingly enough his FAVORITE thing to eat is green beans!! I love this video because (for those of you who don't believe me) you can see him choose to eat a green bean over cheerios (which are also on his tray).

We are so proud of David and can't believe how much he has enriched our lives. He is going to be a FANTASTIC big brother!! Yup, that's right God has blessed us with another child!! We are expecting our newest bundle of joy on Oct 1st!! We are beside ourselves with joy and excitement!!!! Here is the fist pictures of David's little sibling:

I AM GOING TO BE A BIG BROTHER!!!!!!!

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 :-)