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!

Summer Fun

Summer is flying by so quickly that I am holding on tight to each day trying to slow it down. Fall will be here soon with lots of changes and I'm not sure I'm ready for it all. Before I get caught in a tail spin here are some fun pictures from that past few weeks of summer!

Eating a Ritz cracker for the first time

Feeding the neighborhood ducks banana flavored puffs

A visit from Grandmamma

Being Happy!!

Dean & John @ the dinning out

What Dean & John ate @ the dinning out....so gross

Playing with balls

tickle time with daddy

loving Gabby

love sitting on dad's shoulders

first time @ Lake Gaston

DB with friend Hank @ Wendy

wanting to walk more

family picture @ the lake

first boat ride @ the lake with the Martins!

Cool hair!!!!

Snuggling close to dad

Mango Belly

First posting of "the belly" for child #2. Feeling better now that I'm in the 2nd trimester, but I'm still crazy tired...probably something to do with chasing Mr. DB around the house and up and down the stairs! Baby is the size of a Mango this week and is making me very hungry! We will hopefully find out the sex next week at the 20 wk ultrasound!!

On a HOT, Hot Day in July...

many record temperatures were set @ the Farmer house. Not only was it the third day of triple digit temps outside...little DB set his own triple digit record.

Outside temp: 104

DB's temp: 103

It was H -O-T everywhere!!! Since it was the weekend the options for going to see a doctor were less than desirable, but by 5pm I was a nervous wreck and we loaded up for an urgent care facility where DB was diagnosed with an ear infection in his right ear and a sore throat. It's so scary to see your little baby not feeling well and not know exactly what's hurting him/her. I'm so thankful to live in the country that we can get medical care and medicine so quickly...and I pray that that continues in the future. We are on the road to recovery and DB is taking his medicine like a champ and sleeping a lot.

DB weighed in @ a whopping 24 # 12 oz and is 30 inches long!! (Made my back hurt even more knowing the exact number extra pounds I haul around on a daily basis)

Our little traveler

This past weekend we had the opportunity to go up to Annapolis for a wedding and Dean's parents were able to meet us there for a fun weekend. DB is a great little traveler and loves seeing new places and faces. We toured downtown and the USNA - did a little shopping at the midshipmen store - ate some great food and just had a great time visiting with family. DB was particularly interested in other children during our adventures and loves 'talking' to them. A very social little dude.

A family picture

In other exciting news DB got his first hair cut last week. Dean trimmed the back for us b/c we were starting to grow a tail!!! This is the finished product: