WOW! 6 weeks without a word

I am a better blogger than this! Where did the time go?

Well, we were just getting back into the swing of things after the holidays when...surprise...Daniel got sick.  This is one of the worst sicknesses he has had - ear infection/sinus infection (which, poor baby has had 11 ear infections in his life).  Yes - you still get ear infections even after tube surgery.  Unfortunately, he had a very bad reaction to the antibiotic, and ended up with what the pediatrician called an acid burn on his bottom from multiple chronic bouts of diarrhea.  All in all, he missed 6 days of school - poor buddy! Even now, his bottom is still red, although the pain has gone away. 

My mom, sister and I went to Callaway Gardens in January and had a nice trip.  We went to the butterfly house, walked around the vegetable garden, fed fish and ducks, went to the birds of prey show, listened to an organ concert at the Chapel where Welles and I were married, and ate some wonderful food. 

The church where Welles and I were married almost 8 years ago

Feeding the fish with Gigi

The lake in front of the Chapel

The day after we returned from Callaway, the City of Hoover finally came and removed the leaning tree!  This has been the topic of many a neighbor for the last 6 months or so.  After each thunder/wind storm, everyone would walk outside to see the fate of the tree.  Rather than wait to see what happened, Welles convinced the Hoover Urban Forester to cut it down.  He obliged.

We have spent a lot of time at the park with the weather as nice as it has been lately.  This is a picture from one of our many trips!

Nice weather in the park!

Last night, we went to Wal-Mart to pick up a potty for Daniel.  After picking out a nice one, Welles placed it on the floor in front of Daniel.  Daniel shouted, "OK!" and proceeded to pull his pants down...

Of course, we stopped him, but only after a good laugh!  He carried that potty all the way to the check out line and refused to let us help him with it...even though he was grunting and moaning about how heavy it was.  "Potty!  Heavy! Ughhh!"

Daniel's potty

When we got home, he immediately tried out his new potty.  Guess what?  He's a pro!  Daniel shouts multiple times after going in his new potty, "Mama!  I tee tee in potty!"  and "Daddy!  I tee tee in potty!"  He celebrates for at least 5 minutes - giving us hugs and kisses and shouting with delight each time.  We are proud of our buddy!