Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Zzzz...


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A long day at the babysitter's sure can wear a guy out! Turn up the volume to hear Dane snore!

Sunday, August 27, 2006

First cereal!


Dane wasn't real sure what to think about the goop Mom tried to shovel in his mouth! Overall, he did pretty well, and we kept most of the mess contained to the bib and his face!!

Play time!

Toys in the tub!


Double fun- Dane gets to play in his Jumperoo with the grass between his toes!



Big brother Teddy comes to check things out and gets a grin from Dane.

As a side note, Mike got a little surprise when he went to pick Dane up shortly after these pictures were taken. Dane had been holding things in for a couple of days, but everything got shaken loose in the Jumperoo! The results were so substantial that we just hosed Dane down in the yard before taking him inside to be changed!

Thursday, August 24, 2006

5 months old!

It's so hard to believe that Dane will be five months old tomorrow! He just gets more fun every day! Below are some pictures of our rough life- our neighbors have been vacationing in Hawaii (poor them), so we have been watching their beautiful, newly finished pool (poor us)!






Thursday, August 17, 2006

Dane tried out his high chair for the first time the other evening. No food yet, just teething rings! He seems to like sitting up at our level!

Jumperoo


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Mike has been teaching Dane early about the importance of a good leg workout!

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Pour me a tall one...

Afternoon Siesta


Dane took a nap in the shade after a swim at Lyle and Karen's.

Sweet Baby Carter

10 days old

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Just playin' with my toes. They're my favorite toys recently, and they're always within reach!

"Oh- hi, Mom!"


Snuggling up with my Rookie bear from Grammy.


Time to wake up and stretch out a bit.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Cubby is here!

Carter William Shepherd was born today to proud parents Jeff and Renee. Here are some pictures of Dane getting acquainted with his new little buddy. (Actually, at 8 lbs. 13 oz., he's not really so little!!)

We were only at the hospital for 30 minutes, but Dane goes through clothes quite frequently these days. He's getting known among our friends for his not-so-quiet accidents. Thus, the two different outfits in pictures taken only minutes apart!!

Pround Uncle Kevin and Auntie Jessica (see link to the right) have some pictures on their blog, too!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

...like a weed!!

Dane's updated statistics from last Wednesday's 4-month checkup:
Weight: 14 lb. 9 oz. (55th percentile)
Length: 26 1/4 inches (95th percentile)

Dane loves to watch our dog Teddy play in the backyard.


Every girl's dream- two men that help with the housework!

"Hey Mommy, I love you!"

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Hammin' it up!

Just 2 days shy of turning 4 months old, we finally got Dane in for his 3-month pictures today!


Saturday, July 22, 2006

Little All-Star

Our sweetie was pretty exhausted after we played in an all-night outdoor grass court volleyball tournament last night. He did sleep a little in his playpen next to the courts, but not his usual 8-9 hour stretch. Cousin Ellie will also be happy to see that Dane has taken her advice and is putting his thumb to good use!

" Daddy, this grass tickles my toes!"

Video blogging


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This is just a rough video that I took yesterday of Dane talking to me. The lighting is awful, but I'm just playing around with this video blogging thing. Here goes...

Thursday, July 13, 2006

All smiles!


Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Last weekend

Grampy and Grammy just left us yesterday. They came to visit us last Thursday evening and enjoyed lots of quality time with Dane! They got their blog updated before us, so you can click on the "Dad and Mom" link to the right if you want to see pictures. We hope they can back again soon!!

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

On the move!

Dane has really begun to scoot himself around these days. His favorite toy is his activity mat with little fish that he can play with.
Turned just a little bit sideways (we lay him down straight with the mat).

We happened to look down tonight and Dane had turned himself a complete 180 degrees. He thought the little beach ball looked like more fun than the fish, apparently!

Mommy's Boys


Saturday, July 01, 2006

Another night at the ballpark!

We went to another 51's game last night with Jeff, Renee, and Cubby. If he's on time, we should meet Cubby in another 3 weeks!

Not a very exciting game... Dane decided to take a nap.

Cubby and Dane



Wishing everyone a safe and fun 4th!!