Davie's Five Months

Davie's footprints at the Midwife's Place.  

 Mom, dad, and Davie out on a date. 

 Davie trying his first rice cereal! He does a pretty good job. 

 Five months!!!!

Fourth of July at grandpa and grandma's. 

 Emma (our neighbor down the street/daughter of our good friends Matt and Kristen), Daniel and Davie. 

Daniel's trike (we got a new tire for it), and his life vest; getting ready for Okoboji!

Early Summer 2012

 Tummy time!

 Daniel's favorite summer time activity.

 Four months!

Springtime 2012

Davie has started smiling so much, and is so sweet!

 Three month photos. 

 Daniel enjoying bathtime.

We plead with Daniel to not put his whole body weight on Davie! He is usually sweet, but doesn't always know his own strength. 

Cory's Birthday and Easter

Cory turned 31 on April 3rd. Happy Birthday is best said with cheesecake!

Feeding the geese at Schramm Park and Fish Hatchery

I remember a picture like this of Daniel's cousin Anna Kate. Fun bath time!

Davison is 2 months old!

Daniel and his Young family cousins on the porch swing, Easter day. 

Picture with the grandkids on Easter Sunday. 

We put Davison in the bumbo for the first time! His neck is still not quite strong 

enough to spend a very long time in there. 

Easter egg hunting at grandma and grandpa's. We used the eggs that Reese and Liam dyed. 

Basketball is one of Daniel's favorite activities. He points out every basketball hoop that he can see when we are driving and walking around. 

Davison is Here!

Daniel loved my big belly. He would lift up his shirt and lift up mine and press his tummy against me. It was so cute!

Here he is, moments after birth. The Lord truly blessed our whole birth process, and things went beautifully in the tub. 

Going home from the birth center. 

Daniel loves his little brother! He frequently asks to hold him; "I wanna hold it", and then promptly says, while pushing him away, "Baby's cryning". I tried to spell it the way he says it, but it's hard to hear! Overall he is so sweet with him and really loves to see him first thing in the morning. 

Grandma Sheehan comes for a visit. Davison is being such a big boy, sitting quietly. 

Auntie Sarah came too! She was the first out-of-towner to meet Davison, and got to help us through our 2nd week with him home. What help family is!

Daniel's 2!!!

Family photo on Daniel's birthday. 

Opening presents in the living room. 

Part of Daniel's dinosaur collection from dad and mom. 

Family and friends at the party. 

Playing downstairs with friends at the birthday party. 

So, desserts are my thing, right? I mean, I love to eat them. I was trying to plan Daniel's cake, because you gotta have cake at a birthday party, but I knew he wouldn't eat it. So, I thought of alternative desserts, but the problem is, Daniel really isn't into dessert. Cookies, pie, pudding - they don't really do it for him, and he may take a bite of ours, but he doesn't run for them. He likes fig newtons. He may have enjoyed a couple while running around at the party, but I didn't think want to go that route. So, I decided to make something for the rest of us, which did turn out nice, but I feel kinda bad now. Daniel didn't even take one bite of the peppermint ice cream cake. I had candy, which Daniel had his fair share of, but when we blew out his candle, he didn't want to stay at the high chair and eat ice cream cake, so he got down and ran around. Another blunder: I didn't have any candles except the numbers 1, 3, and 0. Good one, Hannah. So, he had a number 1 candle to blow out, which is why I didn't post any pictures of that part. Next time, we'll skip the high chair and try REALLY hard to find a dessert that Daniel might take a couple of bites of in front of a crowd. The party was pretty fun, though, and I guess we're still learning, right?!

Christmas Morning 2012

This was Daniel's first gift Christmas morning! It continues to be a fun thing for him, although we are working on keeping it intact. In time.... :)

 Grandma and grandpa Lutterman were over for Christmas Eve and we opened a few gifts. It was a nice, relaxing night. 

Cory gave me a great white tea pot Christmas morning; so beautiful and I use it all the time. 

The nature box tower grandma and grandpa Sheehan sent Daniel.