2-year photos

This is the trike he got from Daddy and Mommy for his birthday.

Some pictures of my expanding waistline (26 1/2 weeks pregnant).

Another party!

We had another little birthday party today for Dane to share with all his buddies here!

Dane wore his party hat just long enough for this picture!

Practicing his "big brother" skills on baby Jhett.
Carter oversees the construction in the sandbox.
Camden was the only one who wore the hat for more than 2 seconds. Then he realized it was more fun to pull it off and tear it apart!

After blowing out the candles on his cake. Now every time Dane sees this picture, he says, "Happy Birthday, Dane!"

Dane and Alyssa, his babysitter who lives across the street.

Dane opened this remote controlled loader from Bryanna first. It was such a hit that we had to take it away so that he would open all the other fun presents!

Wow- a basketball hoop! Just what Dane has been wanting! Thanks, Carter and Camden!

Playing with the racetrack from Alyssa.

Shooting some hoops!

Thanks to everyone who came and shared the afternoon with us. Dane had a blast!

Dane and Bree dance 'til they drop!

Grandpas and Grandmas

As I was going through our pictures from last weekend, I realized that they are mostly of Dane with his grandparents. Sadly, I didn't get any good ones of him playing with his cousins (whom he adores!) or aunts and uncles.

Grammy bundles Dane up to play in the fresh snow.

Shooting hoops with Grampy.
A kiss for Grammy.

Smiles for Great Grandpa and Great Grandma.

Riding the 4-wheeler with Grandma and Ellie (peeking out from behind Grandma).

Sharing a burger with Grandpa after some skiing at Andes Tower Hills, Daddy's old hangout.

Driving one of Grandpa's tractors.

A snowy walk with Grandpa.

Happy 2nd birthday!

We can't believe that our little baby is two already! Here are a couple of pictures from this date in 2006 and 2007.

We just got back late last evening from a weekend in the cold and snowy North. It was wonderful to be with family, but it was also nice to come home and sleep with our windows open last night! I will be posting lots of pictures sometime soon, but for now you can check out Grampy and Grammy's!

Baby sister?

No- we still didn't find out, but I thought I might catch your attention. Here are a couple of 3D images taken at our appointment this morning. Little Joey appears to be so calm and peaceful here, even though s/he was practicing all kinds of boxing maneuvers just before we started the ultrasound.

Same picture, just a little different angle.
Dane still insists that this is a baby girl! Hopefully he's not too disappointed if he's wrong! His little friend Bryanna (just 4 months older than Dane) couldn't wait to see pictures of "Dane's baby sister" when I picked Dane up this afternoon. Funny kiddos! We find ourselves referring to this baby as a "he," mostly because this baby already looks so much like Dane that we can't imagine anything else.

Almost two...

Dane's second birthday is approaching quickly. We are looking forward to a quick trip home over Easter weekend to celebrate his birthday early with both sets of grandparents and hopefully some cousins, aunts, and uncles too!

Dane recently has taken to wearing his sunglasses while we're in the car. When I put them on him, he always comments, "Mommy, it's dark!" Of course, they come off after a couple of minutes, and then he can't put them back on himself. He gets frustrated and can't understand why I can't just turn around and help him replace his sunglasses as I'm driving down the interstate in traffic!

We had a little park date with Renee and her boys earlier this week. The weather has been awesome, and the boys had a great time. Camden slept, but we had our work cut out just keeping track of these two. The swings were great- they kept the boys "contained" for a little while so Renee and I could discuss important Mommy things!
Just listening to some tunes!

Spring is here!

Dane slows down just long enough to smell the flowers.

Daddy left yesterday morning for a quick business trip and will be back tomorrow evening. We both miss him! Dane misses all the fun he has playing with his energetic Daddy, and I miss having someone to help chase this busy little boy. (I'm not exactly lightning-quick these days!)

More pictures...

of Grampy and Grammy's visit here.