Christmas #1

It is a wonder of technology that I have any pictures to show of our Christmas. The camera was accidentally formatted before we downloaded the pictures.

Despite our little technical glitch we did get some fun family time on camera.






Daniel's Grandparents were able to spend a few days with us over Christmas. Rather than overwhelm the little man with all his presents at once, we let him open a couple a day. By Christmas morning he was a pro at opening gifts (even mine).

Every Day Silliness

Daniel has such a great sense of humor and we have so much fun just playing. Here are some fun playtime pics.

2010 Christmas Tree

In attempts to return the emotional undertones of our home to some level of normalcy after the loss of a second baby earlier that week, we headed to the tree farm to find our Christmas tree. Santa was by-passed this year as just looking at him made Daniel upset. We wondered around for about an hour before picking the "one".



Kat's parents came for a short visit that weekend, helped with the decorations, and tried to keep Kat off her feet. Daniel helped prepare by mowing and decorating. He also enjoyed pulling the ornaments off the tree and telling us "No! They're glass. Don't break them." Oh Well.

18 Month Check Up

Daniel had his 18 month physical yesterday. I can't believe how fast he is growing up! Finally he has grown too - he has gone from the 25% height bracket and 15% for weight to 75% and 25%. Graciously he has remained very healthy, although now that he is spending more time with other young kids he has seen a few more runny noses than before.
I don't know much about little kids so I assume that what Daniel does is normal, so to speak, but the doctor has always seemed amazed at his physical development and this past visit they whole office was surprised by his verbal development too. A child his age should have about 10 words in their vocabulary - Daniel speaks in sentences, knows about ten songs including ABC's, can express several of his feelings into words, knows more animals and their sounds than Jason, and knows most of his colors.
Basically Daniel is awesome.