13 months old

Dane is now 13 months old and hallelujah he is sleeping through the night!!!! I wasn't sure the day would ever come that he would stop waking up at 5 am to eat but he finally did. Unfortunately I can't get my body to stop waking up then. He is now walking all over the place and almost running. He is completely off of the bottle too. He has about 8 or 9 teeth these days but it is hard to get a good count because he has no hesitations when it comes to biting you if you stick your fingers in there. He does like having his teeth brushed so we are taking care of them. He is talking like crazy too. Most of what he says I can't figure out but I think he is using the words milk and more correctly. Tonight he talked for like 45 minutes and I have no idea what he was saying. His new thing is social laughing. He will just bust out with a big fake laugh. I just can't help but crack up when he does it. Most of the time he will get this big ear to ear cheesy grin to go along with it. He is also mocking people too. Jacob has been sick lately and in the morning you can hear him in the bathroom clearing his throat. When Dane hears him he will start making the same noise. This is a really fun age. Dane loves to play with his dad no matter if it is with toys, wrestling around, or assisting him on his xbox. It is one of the most heart warming moments when I get to sit back and watch the two of them play and laugh together.

Taking a good pic of Dane these days is nearly impossible. The little guy always blinks!

That classic cheezy grin I mentioned before.

Dane playing with his favorite toy outside while daddy raked up leaves.

Styling in his awesome hat that our talented friend made him. Thank you Susan so much!

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.