Daniel loves to boogy

Further proof that this child takes after his father - when he feels the beat, he just has to boogy!

We went to the World of Wheels Car Show at the BJCC last weekend.  Daniel loved the cars! 

This is the card that Daniel picked out for Welles for Valentine's day.  I was in the middle of the CVS card aisle doubled-over and laughing hysterically.  Maybe it was just the kind of day I had been having, but it was seriously the perfect card for a silly boy to give his father.  AND - he picked it out!   

Daniel is very good at singing the blessing before meals.  It is the cutest thing, and I promise to record it in the near future. 

My parents gave Daniel two swimming frogs for Valentine's day.  Daniel named them "Witt" and "Too."  (or maybe he means, "Two?")  He consistently calls them by these names, so I know it wasn't an accident...we just don't know where he came up with "Witt?"

Speaking of Daniel's names for things, I am really going to miss when he starts calling Missy by her real name.  We have grown to love his nickname for Missy - "Chi-chi Lou-lou".  We've started calling her Chi-chi, too.

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!

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful time celebrating with both families. All of the children got great gifts.  We were truly blessed with health and happiness this year!


Giving Tyler a hug

Tyler's flower band on his head - getting face smash from Heidi

 Looking at Christmas gifts from Santa Christmas Morning!

On to Christmas Day events at the Scott's house

Opening his stocking

Dinner in PJ's with Mary Linnley

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Birthday #2 - A Car Theme!

We had Daniel's family birthday party at our house.  After he woke from his nap, I put his birthday shirt on - he kept exclaiming, "I two!"  when he would look down and see his shirt. We continue to feed Daniel's obsession with transportation and had a car-themed party. 

Traffic Light Rice Crispie Treats

Pavement (Oreo-topped) IceCream

Cars Publix Cake

Pop and Daniel

Daniel and Grandpa

Mary Linnley, Aunt Ashley and Uncle Scotty

Gigi, Daniel, Pop

Aunt B and Daniel

A new "lellow" Car!

Taking a ride in his much smaller "old" car

Mary Linnley and Daniel

  As he did the day before, we sang and Daniel danced.  Only this time, he started out on the floor.  Then, he glanced over at the "train table" and jumped on top to dance with even more excitement.  This kiddo never ceases to amaze us!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Daniel!

Daniel turned 2 today at 11:50 AM.  As he did 2 years ago, he woke me up at just after midnight.  Two years ago, my water broke in the middle of the night, but last night Daniel just wanted me to rock him back to sleep.  It was actually fun to reminisce about the whirlwind of December 9, 2009 as I was rocking him.  I took Daniel to School and spent the day getting ready for his two parties - one at School and our family party tomorrow.

On the way to School

At school, Daniel was in rare form after his nap.  He seemed to know that the party was for him and his two friends, Miles and Madeline (born one week after Daniel). 

Class party

Acting silly with icing

Silly boy

Class clown

After the kids snacked on birthday goodies, many of Daniel's teachers from his other class (the Waddlers) came to give him kisses on the cheek.  Ms. Rhonda sang and turned on the music so others could dance.  Daniel was feeling the beat and danced along with Ms. Rhonda.

"Dance, dance, dance Daniel!  Dance til you sing Hooray!..." and Daniel yells, "Hooray!"

After school, Leah and I took Daniel, Madeline and Miles to see Santa at the Brookwood Mall.  He was not interested in visiting with Santa however.  Sorry - no pictures!  We took Daniel to eat (for the second year in a row) at Salvatores in Hoover.  He had some baked ziti and a slice of pizza. 

Then we went to Krispy Kreme Donuts for some birthday dessert.  Daniel was fascinated by the donut factory and loved eating a donut.  All in all, he had a great 2nd birthday.  Tomorrow - our family party and pictures will follow in another blog post.

Happy birthday, buddy!  You make us laugh out loud and smile every day!  We are thankful to God for you!