Halloween

Randomness from the past few weeks

Life is a little busy right...OK a lot!! Each day brings us closer to moving and although we are extremely excited about the move...it also seems like there are many things that have to happen before we pack our bags. Little DB is getting so BIG and changing so much each day. He started walking right around his birthday, but is mastering the skill more and more each day. I've taken a couple of videos and can't wait to share them. His vocabulary skills impress me everyday. He knows so many words (head, nose, belly button, toes, shoes, giraffe, dog, hot, book, etc.) and learns more each day. He sticks to saying "Mama" "Dada" "GabGab" and pretty much everything else right now is "Baaa" or "Buuu"...although he has been known to make the sounds of 'K' and'H" and "G." We have worked with the child for 6 months on clapping his hands together (he would just bang them on the table) and I turned around tonight and he was walking along and clapping his hands!!! CAUGHT! He's known how to do it for sometime now just didn't want us to know. He had the biggest smirk on his face....little turkey. Without further ado...I'll leave you with some recent pictures.

Photo shoot day after birthday

say cheese

Where is DB's head??

We have visited dad at work a few times because he has been working such long hours

Here I am walking

Dean and I at the Helo Ball

We spend a lot of time watching the bulldozers outside our windows because they are replacing the sewer lines in the neighborhood. Gabby & I are not sure how DB sleeps through most of the noise, but we have been fairly lucky b/c our house shakes most of the day!

ONE

Our baby is ONE!! What a wonderful and precious year it has been. DB is such a happy, sweet loving little boy and FULL of energy! Here are some pictures of his first birthday - baseball theme party!

Really enjoyed opening the cards

The perfect toy to help him learn to walk

Mickey's walk & ride airplane! He LOVES it!

OK - the Cake pictures are out of order - sorry!

First birthday cake - chocolate chip pound cake with butter cream icing

YUM YUM!! Not shy about digging in

A little help blowing out the candle

The 'extra' cake that the rest of us ate!

'All for me???'

His face says it all - we were a little out of tune for the song!!

Dad & DB

Birthday morning w/ balloons

Table

Opening gifts!!

The cake! Not too bad for homemade

Family picture with cake

Hank & DB @ the party

Visit from Uncle Scott & A new Perspective

Uncle Scott came to visit us last week and we loved having him here! DB enjoyed crawling all over Scott and wanting to be next to him on the couch! Sadly I didn't take very many pictures...and all of them include Mr. Pacifier. Thanks for coming to visit Scott - we know you will be a great law student!!

Family Resemblance??? I think so

The Farmer boys

DB in his new car seat - he is getting used to the new perspective on life!

Beach time

Standing alone and playing in the sand!

This is for all you stay-at-home-moms: DB loves watching the washing machine - no really LOVES watching it and this is how I spend a lot of my time when we are washing. He loves to stick his face in the window and watch the clothes go round n' round. This is exactly why I'm not more productive during the day - I would rather DB enjoy the little things in life that make him happy ;) I guess that's not so bad!

Sugar and Spice and All things Nice

Today we found out that the newest addition to our family is a girl! WOW! How blessed we are to raise a son and daughter...I'm still a little overwhelmed! Dean and I were accompanied during the ultrasound by DB and Uncle Scott. She had a ton of energy and was moving around as if she was excited to see that we were peaking in on her little cocoon. Our precious little angel already has the perfect name picked out - Mattie Elizabeth - named after both of her maternal great-grandmothers. It's neat to see these names come to fruition since they were picked out about four years ago before children were even a thought. We are praying for our little girl to arrive healthy and happy sometime in December or January (hopefully December).

I did the best I could sans a scanner for the ultra sound pictures.

Love the picture above of her face...she looked right into the ultrasound wand a lot during the exam. Must be very friendly already!

Thanks for checking in on us!