Sick little buddy

Well, we had a good run of about 2 months, but Daniel has caught the latest bug going around.  Poor thing!  They called me from daycare yesterday saying that he was running a high fever.  One pediatrician visit and a copay later, we know that you can get an ear infection post-tubes.  Last night he also developed croup and was coughing most of the night.  Fever again this AM, and we are sending up prayers that Daniel gets well for Christmas!

After picking him up at daycare:

Picture taken at the Pediatrician's office; I was begging for a smile:

I think it's time for a haircut...

Party Time!

Daniel loved his first birthday party.  Since he can mimic some barnyard animal sounds, we thought it best to play up his strengths.  I hope to have a video to post soon of Daniel tearing into his cake. 

Look, Mom!  No hands!

Happy 1st Birthday, Daniel!

1 year ago:

Today:

We took Daniel out for his favorite meal on his birthday - spaghetti!

 

I look *very* excited in that last picture!  Ha Ha!

Last Friday night we took Daniel to the Galleria to ride the carousel. He loved it!

  We hope he gets to meet Santa next week and will post pictures at that time.

 It is so amazing how much Daniel has grown in the last year.  He says several words, including his name, and loves to make those animal noises.  He can clap and likes to try to clap my hands together when he is in my lap saying, "CAP! CAP!"  Daniel loves to give hugs and cuddle, too.  He is an expert crawler (not just military crawling), and cruises around the furniture.  I don't think it will be too long before he is walking.  All I can say is, we have a lot of preparation to do before that day!

Daniel has brought so many smiles to our lives, and we are very thankful to God for blessing us with such a precious gift! 

Cows, ducks and spaghetti

Daniel has learned a couple of animal sounds!  He has also perfected the art of eating *everything* with his hands. 

I can't believe that he is almost a year old! Everyone told us it would fly by and boy, were they right!

Punk

I picked Daniel up at school one afternoon last week and his hair was a mess.  I asked one of the teachers if they were playing "barber shop" or something.  She said that one of the other teachers was trying to give Daniel a mohawk. 

So, I sent him to school the next morning like this:

I think the correct term is "fauxhawk."

Little Turkey!

Some outtakes from our Christmas card photo session

Ravioli and ice cream

Isn't that every kid's favorite? See below for some pictures of our crazy little man after having eaten his 3-cheese ravioli:

Ouch!  See that molar on the back left???

Then we decided to feed him ice cream...he started "panting" for the ice cream and would fuss and get upset if I took longer than he wanted to give him another bite!  Several  entertaining videos are below. 

Recent Phone Pics

Daniel loves Mac n Cheese!

He looks like such a big boy here:

 In the carseat - garage sailin

Kiss for mama!

Eating limes at a mexican restaurant:

 Eating Lemon Ice Box pie at Wednesday night supper