OREO Messes!

Daniel is usually a pretty neat eater. He gets mad when he gets food on his face. Except for when it comes to OREOs!!! He knows what the package looks like and sounds like. He can track them down. Then he bugs you until you give in.... Then you get a mess!!

You'll Never Guess What Happened Today!!!!

Just watch this video and be surprised:

Amazing Baby Boy

I just had to tell a quick story. We went to the WIC clinic yesterday to get Daniel re-certified. They had to draw blood, and that is what this story is about. The lady sanitized his toe while he just sat and studied everything she was doing. When she pricked him, he didn't even flinch!! He just watched intently! After she got the band-aid on his toe, he lifted his foot up and examined the band aid!!! I am still in shock that he was so calm. I HATE shots or any kind of needle pricking me. He screams when he gets shots. I don't know why he didn't cry, but maybe this is a sign that he will be a doctor?

Anyways, he also went to the doctor yesterday. He has Bronchitis again. He's back on the nebulizer and throws up at least once a day. (He didn't throw up today and is more himself, so hopefully he will be all the way better by Friday.)

He took his first steps! Just three or four in a row, but he is getting braver and braver! We practice everyday!

My Baby Boy is 1!!!!

I can't believe it! The year has gone so fast! We had a Mickey Mouse themed party with family. It was so great! Thank you so much to my mom, brother, and Cody for all their help! (The cae would have been a disaster without Robert's art skills!!)

Daniel loves opening presents! Cara and Caleb (his cousins) were great helpers!

I can't believe how clean of an eater he is. He hates having food on his face!

Thanks to Andy who taught Daniel how to work his ball popper!

Daniel's First Hair Cut!!!!!!!

My baby is growing up, and I finally gave in to his need for a haircut... I was really sad to see his curls go, but a little girl in my Primary class asked if he had pigtails. So, it was time. Thank you Connie for cutting it for us!!

Before:

After:

Christmas!!!

Christmas was awesome!!! We spent Christmas Eve morning and afternoon in Preston with Cody's family. Then went to my grandparents for dinner. Then stayed a couple nights at my mom's. We had a blast!!! Daniel loved the wrapping paper! He got more presents than the rest of us combined!! Here are some pictures:

Christmas Adam - Cody, Daniel, and I had our own little Christmas as a little family!

Here is the bag I made for my sister-in-law, Christie! It is my favorite so far!

Our attempt at a family picture... Daniel was not cooperating.

This is my mom's tree. Guess how many of the presents were for Daniel!

He enjoyed the wrapping paper!!

Daniel playing with his new John Deer toy from Grandma Iva!

Daniel playing with my Christmas present: a karaoke machine!

Daniel enjoying a massage after a long day. Cody got that from Carrie, his sister. (We love it!! We all use it!)

Okay, I left the room for a second and came back to this: Daniel had unwrapped a chocolate-peanut butter Santa and was enjoying a little snack... It was the cutest, funniest thing ever! And: he didn't make a mess. He is a very neat eater!!!!

This was a great Christmas!

Random Acts of Kindness

With the Christmas season here, I love to watch people be nice to one another. I love to help out other people, and wish we were more financially stable so that we could do more. Carrie, thank you for bringing over that bag of clothes! I went through and picked out stuff for Daniel, then was going to take the rest to the DI, but I kept putting it off. (In fact, it's still not at the DI...) Anyways, a friend came over to use some of my scrap fabric to fix a toy. She was fixing it for a needy family that she knows of. They have a 9 month old boy and a 3 year old boy and no way to provide Christmas. I asked her if she needed any more clothes for the baby, but she said that everyone had stuff for the baby. Luckily, I remembered the bag for the DI. We went through and picked some clothes out for the little boy. I know that it was not much, but I wish I could witness the joy on his face when he gets some toys and clothes on Christmas!

The other night, Cody and I went out to dinner. We were getting ready to leave and our waitress came up. She said we had two checks. I thought that maybe there was a mistake on the first one, so we would have to pay separately. She then explained: before we had ordered dessert (I have been craving ice cream...) someone pointed us out and paid for our meal!!! On the receipt it says "Merry Christmas from a random stranger!" I couldn't believe it. I started tearing up! How sweet and amazing that someone would do that!

Anyways, I just wanted to blog about it. I wish that everyone would do more things like that all the time, not just Christmas. That stranger made my whole week better!! I have the receipt in my bag still. Even though I don't know who did it for us, they will now hold a special place in my heart. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and remember the real reason for this special season. Jesus Christ our Savior was born so that He could be our example. Then He lovingly laid down His life for us so that we could return to Him again.