Dane spreads the news

Jacob and I found out a few weeks before Dane turned 1 that we were going to have another baby, we are Due May 31, 2011. Since part of the fun is being able to tell the parents we decided to let Dane in on it. We ordered a cute shirt online and sat back to see how long it would take the grandparents to figure it out.





Lets just say that men aren't the most observant (right Bob?).

Surgery Day

Well we thought the day would never come but on November 2nd we actually went through with the surgery. We had to be there by 8:30 so we could do all of the pre-surgery screening and paperwork. We met with the Anesthesiologist, the Doctor, and the Nurse to answer any questions we may have had. All in all we felt really good about the surgery. The hospital does a great job of preparing you for what is about to happen. Once he was prepped and ready the nurse took him and we went to the waiting room. I am not sure how long everything took but about 50 minutes later they called us to talk to the doctor and he informed us that everything went great and that Dane was in recovery. About 15 minutes later we were able to meet up with him. I think the only scary part was while we were walking down the hall to meet up with him we heard this baby screaming with the intensity of a newborn and I was thinking to myself "that isn't my baby's cry" and it was! I just about lost it but the nurse assured me he was not in pain but instead was just scared from waking up in a strange place. They let me pick him up and he calmed right down. Once he calmed down and was able to drink some liquids they sent us home. The whole hospital trip lasted about 3 hours. The recovery took about a week and a half but he was running and playing that same night. He was on some pretty good pain medication so he was none the wiser. All I can say is I am so relieved to finally have it all over with. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers during this whole event.



On our way to Childrens Mercy Hospital. Dane was just excited that he was able to bring his sheep dog. His sheep dog is what he sleeps with and I do not let him take it outside his bed. You should have seen the smile on his face when I let him take it out.

All prepped and ready to go.

Halloween 2010

These pictures just do not do him justice I tell you! Dane was Chewbacca for Halloween and it was the cutest costume on him. Although we didn't trick or treat we did hang out with all of our friends and enjoy some chili.

Tucker as Popeye, Dane as a wookie, Asher as a dragon, Porter as a pirate, and Mattie as a lady bug.

12 month photos

Danes 1st Birthday

Danes first birthday was absolutely perfect! He woke up feeling great and in such a happy mood. He took great naps and the whole day just fell into place. I couldn't have planned it any better. We invited all of Danes family to come and spend the special day with us. We celebrated with his favorite food (tacos) and then watched him dive into his own personal birthday cupcake. After we cleaned him up, so he didn't look like a smurf anymore, we opened gifts and played until it was time to go home and go to bed. Thank you to everyone who made the day so special. And for those who are curious he had 5 hair cuts before his first birthday. If you estimated the amount of hair we cut off it would be almost 8 inches off the top. Can you imagine what he would have looked like if I had not given in and said he could get a hair cut????

Guess who is turning 1!!!!!

Here is my 1st birthday invitation, isn't it awesome? Thank you to Laura for doing this for us.

11 month photos

Me, Daddy, and Uncle Chris saying Go Huskers!!!

it is not easy being this handsome

I am turned around like a big boy :)

Walking on the porch is one of my favorite things to do