Sunday, February 27, 2011

8 months old!

Daniel is keeping very busy these days.  He loves to crawl around the kitchen and look outside the back door window and has gotten really good at waving hi and bye bye to everyone, including Buddy.  He is fearless; pulling up to stand on the couch, coffee table, gate, mommy's legs... just about everything and reach away... you can see the wheels turning.  He likes to bounce to music and clap with mommy and daddy when we cheer him on.
Daniel 8 months old
We FINALLY moved Daniel to his room for sleeping at night.  As much as I loved being able to look over at him sleeping at night, after a few nights of Daniel waking up almost every hour and Dan and I taking turns rocking him back to sleep, we realized that it was probably time for him to be in his room and surprise, surprise we ALL slept better.  Daniel is still not much of a napper, but he is getting better for everyone, except mommy.  We did have to let him "cry it out" a little.  I felt really bad about until I realize he was really playing us for fools!  Not only did he not have any tears when I would pick him up, but I would watch him on the monitor scream one minute and the next minute find his binky and pop it right in and lie his head down!
Falling asleep at the wheel
Some fun we were having getting Daniel used to his crib

Grrrrrrr!  Daniel has been growling lately when he's playing
or when he gets mad, like if I try to take him out of the bath too soon!


We had the Heddens over for dinner this weekend and Matthew
and Daniel were playing so nicely and started posing for pics!
Doing laps around the kitchen

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Blizzard 2011

Well, the Blizzard hit Chicagoland last nite and we were literally snowed in today.  We couldn't believe our eyes when we woke up to all the snow this morning.  Here's some pics of what it looked like in our neck of the woods.
Snow drift on our deck
Next year we'll play in the snow!
View out the front door last night, drive home from work last
nite was frightening to say the least
Backyard last night
Poor Buddy held it all night
The Winter Wonderland
Making a path for Buddy
The men of the neighborhood hard at work removing snow
Thank goodness for neighbors, our snow blower didn't work
Dan and neighbors creating a path to exit our cul-de-sac

7 months old!

These days, Daniel is learning many new things.  He is commando crawling all over the place and is SO CLOSE to regular crawling, he will do a couple of "steps" and then switch back to pulling himself forward on his belly.  He just started moving from his belly to a sitting position, and loves to play with giving his binky to mommy and then taking it back.  Daniel is also having fun "slapping five" and almost waves "bye-bye."
Daniel 7 months old
Mommy, you are funny!
The day of the Bears first playoff win
We were really hoping for a win against the Packers...
guess there is always next year!
Daniel and Jack playing during the Bears game


Daniel has taken a big interest in Buddy and loves to pet him
We are trying to teach Daniel "gentle" but Buddy loves getting attention again!
"Jack Daniels"  -kind of looks like they've gotten into trouble!
Thanks Auntie Lindsay for babysitting!
Look at me go!
PATTY CAKE PATTY CAKE!
So fun!
On the move!