The big news is ITS A GIRL!!!

Well as most of you know we are having another baby at the end of May and on the 17th we found out we are having a baby girl. The ultrasound looked good but we have to go back in 5 weeks for another one so they can get all the photos that they need. I guess she was sitting right behind my belly button and just refused to move no matter what the sonogram lady did. She said that she was stubborn but I was really hoping she was just lazy. I could use one with a little less energy than Dane has. It took us a while to get over the shock but we are very excited about her. I guess we were just really in boy mode so when we heard we had to stop the wheels from turning and switch gears. We are working on a name for her but are torn. We like the names Keira Marie and Brynna Marie. For some reason we just can't commit to one over the other.
I have started picking out bedding and paint for the nursery so now I just need to get the office cleaned out (where oh where will all this junk go??). So far I am thinking the bedding will be pink, green, brown, and white and the walls will be green. I have yet to go out and buy a cute girl outfit and I think I am scared to because once I start I wont want to stop. Girls just have the cutest clothes and I am so excited about getting to put cute little tights on her. Jacob and I are excited about having the opportunity to raise one of each. Here is to praying for a healthy, laid back, sweet baby that loves to sleep just like I do! (no really God that is what I want ha ha)

14 months

Dane is running full throttle these days. It amazes me how much he understands what you say to him. He talks all the time now. We can't seem to make out much of what he is saying but he sure has a lot to say anyway. He has started saying "Joe" much to my moms annoyance because he loves his good friend Joe (sisters boyfriend). Joe plays with Dane all the time and when you mention his name Dane will just repeat his name over and over.

Danes favorite thing to do these days is read books. I am really trying to encourage him to like reading because I think it is so good for him. Every night we read 3 to 4 books right before bed. Goodnight Moon and Cliffords Animal Sounds are by far his favorite books but we also read a night time bible too. The night time bible has a little song and hand motions that go along and he gets really excited when it is time to sing the song but he is not really into the bible stories yet since they are really for a child a little older. I figure it is never to early to start such a good routine right?

Here are some pictures of Dane in late December / early January.

Playing on the fireplace in our neighbors house instead of helping daddy rake leaves.

Outside to finally go help daddy get some work done.

Resting after a hard days work. This picture is just the best!

Christmas Time 2010

We had a pretty busy Christmas this year. We started off our celebration in Omaha with Jacob's family. It is always so nice to spend time with the extended family. Dane did so well with the traveling.

When we got home we celebrated with all of our close friends. Dane even got a visit and present from Santa. Lets just say that he seemed less than excited about it. I think he knew there was something not quite right about that Santa.


On Christmas Eve we went to my moms house and Dane got to open his gifts. He had a blast with this ball popper that she got him. He seemed to be a little interested in unwrapping the gifts but I know that next year will be even more exciting to watch him.

Christmas day we were with Jacobs parents. Jacob ended up having to work so we were not able to stay long. Dane got a really cool push / ride toy that he really enjoys.

Fun with the ball popper.

Dane on his power wheels 4 wheeler. He will only ride it if you push the button. If you are not there to do that then he will just push it around the room.

Daddy helping Dane open up his gift from Grandma.

This would be the "not so excited about Christmas" that I mentioned

13 month update

Story time with daddy

He likes to listen to the Halmark toy sing Jingle Bells.

Jacob said we had a good picture of Dane by the tree, obviously not! haha

It seems so crazy to think that Dane is starting to understand things that I say. Our parent educator said that his vocabulary should really start to build now and that we would notice more by what he understands than what he actually says himself. Just in the last week or so I have noticed that he understands when I say lets take a bath, do you want to lay down? and are you hungry? I just didnt expect him to really understand me already. Sometimes I wish I could just push pause you know?

Right now we have our tree up and it has not been the challenge I thought it would be but he does like to test me by touching it when he knows he is not supposed to. I figured he would really think the tree was neat but so far he doesn't seem to care too much about it. He does like to look at the lights people have on their houses though.

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.