My How Time Flies

Surprise! This blog has not been abandoned.  It is amazing how much time two little boys take.  I'll try to list a few recent events.  Davis cut his first tooth on February 8th.  It is the front bottom right one.  The left one has been trying to break through for days but still hasn't made it.  He also started sitting up last weekend.  He pretty much stays up for 15-20 minutes at a time.  Destry loves being a big brother and is always concerned with Davis.  He is pretty gentle with him most of the time but once in a while he gets a little rough.  I think he just can't wait for Davis to get bigger so they can play more.  I just updated the February photo album so check it out.

It's Been Awhile

I won't even pretend that is hasn't been months since my last post. After moving, enjoying the summer and getting ready for baby ????? , there really hasn't much time. Plus, we only have had wired internet so I don't get online much. Well, we are only 4 days from our due date, Tiff had some contractions this morning but they stopped after a few hours. I have finally updated the July and August albums so check out the photos.

I'll try to write more once the new boy arrives.

It's a Boy!

No April's Fool. Baby number two is another boy. We are very excited and Little D can't wait to show his little brother the ropes. If this one is anything like Destry, we are in for a lot of fun!

The Number 2: Baby #2 and 2 more teeth.

As most of you know by now, Tiff and I are expecting our second child on August 22. We found out just before Christmas which was perfect as it gave us an opportunity to tell my family in person. When we landed in IF for Christmas, Little D was wearing a shirt that said " I'm going to be a Big Brother". On our way back, Tiff's parents picked us up and we had D wear the shirt again. We started telling other family a few weeks ago and everyone else this over the past few weeks. We are very excited and can't wait to meet our new addition.

Little D has been sick the past week or so with a sinus infection. To add to the fun he cut two new teeth this week. He got the bottom left back molar on Tuesday and the right one today. He has been a bit cranky but who can blame him. All things said, he has still been pretty good.

Here is a photo of our new little one.

It Was Only a Matter of Time

For those of you who know my son, this will be no surprise. When I got home from work tonight, Tiff and Little D were upstairs in our room watching Sid the Science Kid and playing cars. As I was changing out of my work clothes, D was trying to get off the bed. This was no big deal as he does it all the time. I had my back to him when I heard a loud THUD! He started crying, which with him you know is bad. I jumped down to pick him up and saw it immediately. I grabbed him in my arms and turned him away from Tiff as she was approaching. I told her, "you do not want to see this" as I knew when she saw it she would be upset. She tried to see again and I told her again that she does not want to see it. Finally I let her see it and she got a bit more worried. I tried to play it cool so that she would not know how worried I was.

We came downstairs (D made sure we grabbed his cars) to put some ice on it. As my mom is a nurse, I tried to call her for advice. She wasn't home but my dad said she would be home shortly. Tiff grabbed the number for the Pediatric ER Hotline (I am glad she knew where it was cause I had no idea) and called. They said they would have a nurse call us right back. In the meantime, we tried to put ice on it but he just wanted to eat the ice. So we put him in his chair and gave him ice to eat (the kid loves ice). I tried to put ice, a cold pack and a washcloth on it but he was not having any of it. The ER nurse called about 5-10 later and asked Tiff a lot of questions.

Anywho, looks like he is going to be fine and he acted pretty normal for the rest of the evening. We are to wake him up and check on him after he has been asleep for two hours and then two hours after that. I always knew it was only a matter of time before something like this happened but it was still pretty upsetting. Seeing a huge goose egg on your childs melon is not fun. Of course I had to grab my camera because I would never be able to describe how nasty and big this lump was. It had gone down a bit by bedtime and wasn't as colorful.

So, how was your evening? Here are a few photos of the horn growing out of my sons head.

I'm Sid the Science Kid

Hope you all had a great Halloween. This afternoon, after Destry took a four hour nap, we carved pumpkins. Destry colored while Tiff and I carved our masterpieces. Check out our work.

After we finished, we started getting ready to go trick-or-treating. Destry dressed up as his favorite TV show character, Sid the Science Kid. We then headed to downtown Duvall to trick-or-treat at all the local businesses. Destry loved to grab a piece of candy and put it in his bag. He would say "bye-bye" to everyone each time we left. He had a great time and chowed on an apple fritter Tressa gave him at her bakery. When we finished we headed over to Michelle's house to visit. He snagged Michelle's stash of candy and for the first time counted. He was counting soda cans and counted "two, three, four, five". Missed a number but exciting none the less. He has never done that before so we were quite shocked. We then came home for a bath to wash out his hair color, ate dinner and headed to bed. Here are a few photos of our night. You can see more in the photo gallery.

Getting Ready

Sid the Science Kid

Making his selection while trick-or-treating in Duvall.

Trick-or-Treat!

Just in Time for Halloween

Destry got his vampire fangs just in time for Halloween. His top two canines came in on Monday. One more to go and we'll have all but the four back molars. Hopefully those go better than this last round. After two weeks of not sleeping, he has finally started back to his old routine again.

18 Months and Lucky Number 13.

It seems like Little D has had 12 teeth forever. After several weeks of cutting, tooth number 13 finally broke through today. It's his left bottom canine. From the looks of things, the other 3 should make an appearance soon. Also, he had his 18 month checkup today. He is 32 1/2 inches tall and a tad under 24 pounds. The Doctor said everything looked great and that he is developing perfectly. He got four shots and only cried for a minute then was back to his old self. Tomorrow our little boy turns 18 months old. Man has time flown by. Before we know it he will be embarrased by us and asking to borrow the car.

Sorry Grandma Lee and Grandma Johnson

It has been quite some time since I have updated the blog and the photo albums (as the Grandmas have let me know...several times). But hey, I have an 18 month old, that's a good excuse, right? Anyway, I have finally updated the albums. I added a few new photos to September's and started the October. Sorry this took so long. Enjoy!

New Photos

I have added some new pictures to the August and September albums.

Labor Day Weekend

Despite the rain, we had a great labor day weekend. We headed out to the cabin Saturday afternoon to spend the day with family. Everyone had a great time hanging out. Tiff's cousin Michelle was there and Destry got to play with her daughter Sadie who is a few months older. They had lots of fun and even shared toys. The weather cleared up long enough for us to feed the ducks. On Sunday, some of Tiff's college friends came out with their families. Destry had fun playing with Samanta, Nate and Nolan. Destry, Samantha and Nate are all within a few months of each other. The rest of the weekend we just relaxed as the weather was pretty crappy and we really couldn't do anything outside. Destry did expand his vocabulary this past week. He now says football (I am pretty amped about that one), boat, apple, Buzz, blue and many others that are escaping me right now. His animal noises now include quack, woof, meow, eee eee (monkey), baa, roar, sssss, bzzzz and moo. He is a regular Dr. Doolittle. He can also now walk down the stairs which scares the crap out of me. It was really great to be able to spend the weekend with so many great friends and family.

Sharing with Sadie.

Sadie and Destry eating.

Feeding the ducks.

Sam, Destry and Nate playing.

Destry and Nate.

Destry playing cards.

Finally

I finally updated the photo album for August. I have been slacking lately, sorry. Little Destry has become quite the chatterbox lately and has really started saying words. He seems to pick up a new word or two everyday. He of course says mama and dada (which actually can mean either me or ball, not sure why). He also says night-night, Elmo, baby, puppy, bubble, grandpa and many others. This weekend at the cabin, he started saying ducky when we were feeding the ducks. He can also tell you that a dog says woof-woof. His new thing now is to honk noses, he thinks it's a riot. He loves going to the cabin and Broho where he can run around, swing and slide. He could swing for hours if we let him. Speaking of running, he never walks, he always runs. He is like Forest Gump, if he is going somewhere, he is running! The last week or so he has really enjoyed reading books. He will bring you a book and shoves it in your face until you read it to him. Before you finish the book (and he knows when it is getting to the end) he is already reaching for another. Sometimes he just wants you to read the same book over and over (and over and over).

Exploring at the cabin.

Feeding the ducks.

Reading with mama.

Reading with grandpa.