October

We had two big events at the end of October: David's first Trick or Treat experience and Delaney's Baptism. Because Haloween fell on Sunday this year the neighborhood did Trick or Treating on Saturday. David LOVED it. Previous to that night he seemed a little scared of his monkey costume but once he saw the other kids coming to the door in their costumes he asked me to put the monkey head on him. He did really well walking around the neighborhood and by the end was chanting "tricktreat, tricktreat, tricktreat". Delaney stayed safe (and cuddly in the stroller). Here are some pictures of David the Monkey:

Daddy and Monkey:
Enjoying the spoils:
On Sunday Grandma and Grandpa Hertz flew in for Delaney's Baptism to proxy for Mary Lauren and Matt who are Delaney's Godparents. It was nice to see them and Delaney was an angel during the Baptism with NO CRYING!!!!! David however, was upset he couldn't play in the water :-). Here is the family with the newly Baptised Delaney (who is sleeping peacefully):

Family Happenings

In the four weeks since Delaney was born (OMG has it been 4 weeks?!?!?) we have been keeping busy.....David is adjusting well and Delaney is growing quickly. David seems to really like his little sister and has even recently started calling her by her name rather than calling her "baby". He pronounces it Nay-Nay. Very cute!!!!

Mommy supervising David and Delaney time together.
David loves to touch and kiss Delaney as she lays on her play mat.
Sometimes he attempts to pick her up.....a bit scary.

We have started taking David to the playground on base quite a bit. He loves it most when there are other kids to run around with. The slide and the swing are his very favorite things and when we drive past the playground he says "WEEE, WEEE".

Recently we got a visit from Momma Shedd and Uncle Todd. It was a short but fun visit and we were so happy to see them!! Momma Shedd got some bonding with Delaney.
We went to the local pumpkin patch with Momma Shedd and Todd. Everyone had a wonderful time.......


While we have managed to have alot of fun together since Delaney came home, the truth is that having a toddler and a newborn is, quite frankly, exhausting. The other day Tim took the kids so I could go take a nap. When I came out this is what I saw:
Then, a few days later, I took the kids so Tim could get a nap and this is what he woke up to:
Other than that, we spend our days doing normal family things including baby baths:
And admiring our newest little precious:

David's First Haircut

This morning Tim took David to get his very first haircut...We were not sure how it would go but, once again, David surprised us and did very well (until the clippers came out anyway :-))We didn't realize how long his hair had gotten but soon enough he was looking like quite the little man:
And his reward for being so good? He got to sweep up the barber shop.....he'd rather do that than have a lollipop any day!!!
Doesn't he look so hansome with his new haircut???

Introducing DELANEY CHRISTINE SHEDD!!!

Our Precious little girl was born 15 September 2010 at 1316. She weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 21 inches long. We believe she is the most beautiful baby EVER!!!

She is perfectly healthy and left no doubts on her feelings to start :-)
Mommy and Baby are both doing well and we couldn't be happier!!!
The whole family is so happy to have Delaney, and David is really taking to "Baby"....
David did miss mommy while she was in the hospital so we had a little extra time when he came to visit in the hospital :-)
So far Delaney has been a dream baby......she eats well, poos well and sleeps so peacefully. We have really been blessed with a perfect baby!!!!

After the required stay in the hospital we got ready to finally go home....David was very interested in the preparations.
While we were in the hospital my mom came to help us out and took care of David for us. She was a true God send and David was lucky to have such a good time with Grandma. I will always be indebted to mom for her help in this time. She really took a load off of my mind as I knew David was in good hands and it was nice to have mom meet Delaney so early :-) Here are The Girls:
Once we got home Delaney continued to eat and sleep well.....
And David has not ceased to amaze us by how well he is taking to his new little sister....
Of course he still likes to clown around....here he is looking through the screen at us and making faces which he thought was hilarious and I am amazed we got this picture because we were laughing so hard.......

Baby Girl Pictures

We had a 3D ultrasound of Baby Girl taken today (I am 32 weeks along). Isn't she cute?? We think she looks alot like David and hope you enjoy. And, yes, she is sticking her tongue out in the last picture :-) (if you click on the picture it will make it bigger and easier to see).

San Antonio Trip

We recently took a little trip to San Antonio where Tim had hoped to have PRK surgery on his eyes. It turns out his eyes are pretty special so they don't make him a good candidate for the surgery. Although that was a disappointment we did have a fantastic family time in one of our favorite cities. We stayed on Lackland AFB while we were there and took time out to walk around the static airplanes. David is as fascinated as his daddy by all airplanes.....This first picture is a bit blurry because the camera was in AC and fogged up as we took it outside but I loved this picture.....Like Father, Like Son.........

We got to go to Sea World while we were there. It was a great time and David LOVED every minute of it.....did I mention "Like Father, Like Son"?
Looking at the fish was David's favorite part. I think he would have been happy here all day (and not just because of the air conditioning)
Mom took him to see the penguins but because the room was dark the pictures were not great...but this one summed up it all up:
And we watched the dolphins:
Needless to say there was plenty of time between Dad's Dr. appointments and Mom's shopping to just goof off. Here is David (with food in his hair) enjoying dinner time:

And, Ummmm did I mention "Like Father, Like Son"?

Just an Update.....

We recently did a major clean up of our screened porch to allow David another room to play in. It was something we've wanted to do for a while and it feels good to have finished the project. David has enjoyed the new space.

After watching mom and dad sweeping the porch, the broom became David's favorite toy :-) He is playing here.....this is not child labor!!
When he is not playing in the porch David still loves his house toy and is always finding new ways to make us laugh. Here he is "hiding" and popping out.
David plays hard. I mean he takes his toddler job of playing VERY seriously. He is soooo dirty by the end of the day. Daddy got a close up of his dirty little face and, yes, that is a ladybug on his lip.......
But playing isn't the only thing that makes him dirty......eating does too!!!