So much to Share

So many things to tell you about and no idea where to start. Well I have told you that Darren is starting to crawl around. With that I have been propping him up on chairs and what not to let him stand on his own.

Next fun thing is that he is starting to hold his "banana" in the mornings. I have one for breakfast everyday. So I always give him a little in this handy contraption that we have(no idea what to call it). I think it is cute yet sad, my little boy is getting to be such a little man.

It seems like I hardly take pictures of my child while he is just playing. Its either eating or in the bath tub. He is loving his baths these days, which makes it hard to actually give him a bath. Splish-splash goes the water and I get a shower while Darren gets his bath. It is a win-win in the end really.

Now that the weather is getting nice(about time at the end of June!) I am going to start taking Darren to Grampa and GiGi's house to swim. So today was our first time swimming, he actually liked it. He then proceeded to pass out and nap, which was nice of him to give Mommy some relaxing time by the pool.

This is a lot to take in I know. But it is hard to keep up with this child as he is growing leaps and bounds. We have his 9 month check up in the morning which means shoots! It is hard to believe that in three months he will be 1 year old. Where is the time going!?!

Lesson Learned

Well as a Mom, I am constantly learning. A few days ago I learned a lesson about food and the high chair.

I set down the spoon and bowl of cereal on the highchair tray, stood up opened the fridge to get out the apple juice and this is what happened. I literally too my eyes off of him for about 2 seconds and a mess is made! Of course I had to grab the camera. No mess is complete with out a few pictures.

Look at Me!

I know that I have told you that Big D is starting to crawl. It is really more of a frog like motion, but none the less I am pretty excited. I got some of the action on film today so I thought that I would share. Enjoy!

Dan and I are very excited about D's new found movements. However, now I realize that it is time to baby proof. I feel like our house is a trap, for D to get hurt just about anywhere. The coffee table, the sofa, the chair, the recliner, the bookshelf, this list goes on and on! I am also sad now because I don't feel like I can have all my cute decorations out anymore. At least not where he can reach them. We could add more shelves to the walls, but Dan wouldn't be to excited about putting more holes in the wall! We have a start as my parents did inform me that they did find their baby gate, it is a extra wide one to fit in our arch way, so I can try and keep D contained, baby proof and still have nice stuff. Wish me luck as I have quite an adventure ahead!

B and T

B and T stands for Brandon and Traci. They were so nice to let me take some pictures of them. I am hoping to start some photography classes soon, and I needed some practice and pictures to show off.

I lent them Darren for some cute pictures! I think that they will make great parents some day.
And then on a note that isn't really about B and T at all. DARREN IS CRAWLING! I am so nervous now that he is getting around by himself so well. I guess next up for me is to grow those eyes in the back of my head. I am trying hard to take some video of him in action but it isn't the easiest thing to do. So I as soon as I get it I will post it, I promise.

Just Pictures

I know, I know it has been forever since I have posted cute new pictures for you all to look at. A lot has been going on for us lately. Here are some things that have been going on in our lives lately.

Amanda's graduation from med school. We went down to Milwaukee 2 weekends ago for that and had a great time. We had a nice dinner at the Water Street Brewery, and then went on a booze cruise along the River and out along the lake shore. I got to take some neat pictures of downtown Milwaukee at night. Then came Darren's first time in a pool/swimming and he is going to be a natural swimmer. Here are some highlights of some of my favorite photos.

This is where Dan proposed to me 3 years ago! It is a rotating restaurant that sits on top of the Hyatt as you can see. The Polaris has great food and was the perfect romantic atmosphere for Dan to propose in. We could see it from our hotel room and I thought that was pretty neat.

Darren's hair is looking more red to me every day. So last night after we gave him a bath we gave him a Mohawk!

And then here is just a cute one of him in a baseball outfit complete with hat and all.Other than these I don't really have much to report. Life will take a turn here in the next few weekends. I hope to be telling you all soon that Darren is crawling but he isn't there yet. He will be with in the next week or so I am sure. My little boy is growing up so fast!

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