Well, not quite a month later, and well no pictures. Sorry. I am just writing real quick before bed. Daniel is walking!!! He started taking a step about 3 weeks ago and just this week he will take several! He is so proud of himself. Daddy and Mommy are proud too. He can toddle almost across the room. I have it on video. I don't know how to get that on here. But soon, real soon I promise pictures. We went for his 1 year on Wednesday. He weighs 28 1/2 pounds and is 32 inches tall. At 13 months he is as heavy as a 4 year old at church. Because he is so tall, he is not fat. Daniel is eating pasta, chicken and rice, bread. He's almost completely off baby food. It's now the supplement. Daniel says dog, door, yeah!, thank you, and lots more. Well bedtime. More later.

Snow Day!
Our first big winter storm this winter has created 2 snow days!! School was out today and will be out tomorrow! It's nice to have the break, but I'm not too fond of having to make them up. It was nice to have the day to spend with Daniel. He is so close to walking. He is playing ball. He will pick up the ball and throw it over his head and watch it bounce. It is so amazing to watch his brain work. To watch him change from day to day. Yesterday he was eating "O's" and shredded motz. cheese. I looked over and he was trying to put the cheese in the "O's". It was really amazing. Daniel loves to open and close lids. Scott taught him how to put the lid back on the baby food jar, he doesn't screw it back on, but he enjoys placing the lid back on the jar! It's hard to believe that this thinking, changing, self-motivated, on the move little boy is the same so very helpless not so little baby we brought home 13 months ago. Wow! I promise pictures next time I post. Maybe Daniel will give me a break tomorrow long enough to download pictures.

Birthday Boy

Well this is several days after Daniel's much anticipated 1st birthday, but we've been sick off and on since Thanksgiving, much to my dismay he does have my lungs. Daniel started out with a cough and runny nose and then progressed. He took a round of antibiotics and seemed to get better. Then about a week before Christmas break, he got worse. We went in and started our second round of antibiotic. By the end of the week I saw no improvement, so I called the Dr. They said wait for 3 more days if not better come in. Daniel was not acting sick, just had a junky cough. We had his 1st Birthday on the Sat before. It was a blast. Daniel liked playing in his cake. He didn't distroy it, he just patted the cake and smiled. Daddy fed him a piece. He was not impressed. Daniel enjoyed opening his presents! It was more fun for Daniel than I expected. Needless to say birthdays are a big drain on Mommys and Daddys!
So we went to the Drs on Christmas Eve and came home with more antibiotic, 2 sore legs from shots and a diagnosis of pneumonia. The shots helped a bunch! Daniel was doing better and enjoyed Christmas with both grandparents. He was still coughing, but had fun ripping wrapping paper off of everyone's gifts. It's nice to have your own personal gift opener. :) I would love to put pictures of birthday and Christmas, but I don't know that I have still pictures, just video. Anyway I'll look and see. Hopefully in the next day or so I'll have some time to write about all that Daniel is doing now.
Wow one year, doesn't even seem possible!

We decided to take a Halloween picture of Daniel. Here's the progression....




Here's the cool guy Daniel in Mommy's shades!

Daniel is almost one! It's hard to believe that this year has gone by so fast. Everyone told me it would fly by, and boy were they right. Daniel is a very happy boy. He enjoys playing with his toys. We put his toys in a clear tub. He loves taking his toys out and putting them back in. Here he is showing Mom that he can dump his tub over.


Scott made some pumpkins out of disk blades for our hayride. Here I am showing Danile what Daddy made.



I love the black and white pictures of Daniel.

Well it hasn't been exactly a month. I've been so crazy lately. Sorry for no new pictures. Here are a few. Daniel is crawling everywhere, has eight teeth now. He is pulling up and cruising, but not walking. Right now he has the head and chest congestion. We didn't get to go trick or treating because he didn't feel well. I still have pictures from our Hayride party. I'll post later.

Daniel picture update......
He crawled on top of the tub all by himself.

Long distance hug!!!!!!!!
He knows when to cheese it!!!
Daniel has cut his 7th tooth!