He is a climber!

A couple weekends ago we attended a b0day party for a very special friend of ours - Mr. Matthew who turned 4! While there David Michael took special interest in the stairs, having seen the other children run up and down them several times. He made it all the way up on his own. Pretty impressive, since we have no stairs for him to practice with! His one source of trouble was his desire to WALK up them, rather than crawl! =)

The week after, we caught him red handed! He had found a way to practice at home when we mistakenly left out a perfect prop! We won't be doing it again!

Premier Rally!

David Michael, Mom and I packed up and headed to Columbus, Ohio this past weekend for regional rally with Premier! It was actually somewhat stressful, but it had its fun moments. I enjoyed the training sessions, seeing the new jewelry, and being reminded of what an exciting Christian company Premier truly is. Now if I can just determine what to do with my life... Anyway, here is one such fun moment. Mom is so goofy. =) She is singing and dancing. Then she realizes that her singing may be effecting her speed, when she sees a cop. She slows down. Then goes crazy. David seems not to notice so much although he did clap a bit to the music.

He's snapping, clapping and dancing!

Wow! Snapping? I think I was seven before I mastered that skill! I can only attribute it to the early days of his life, listening to Bob Dylan, and Granny dancing around to the 60's music with him just about every Wednesday since! Last night we saw that he was trying to snap. When we listened carefully we realized he actually WAS snapping! So cute. Stephanie was over for dinner. We tried several times to get in on video, but as anyone with a baby knows - he'll never do it when you want him to! This was my best attempt!

He's a toddler!

Our Christmas!

I must say that this Christmas was absolutely amazing. Not only did the Christmas story hit home more having given birth to our son this year, but our families went the extra mile to make this Christmas amazing.

My Dad made this fantastic toy chest for David Michael. It's so perfect and I am sure that it will be cherished for many years. My Mom made me a quilt for our bedroom, which is gorgeous.

My Dad also pulled out the big guns giving me prayer books and a rosary that had belonged to his grandmother. What a precious family heirloom.

I know that Christmas is not about what you got. I got a ton of crazy gifts as well as the ones above that cost lots of money and will hopefully make my life easier, but none of them are quite as special as these heartfelt gifts.

Well, Stuart got me tickets to see Wicked this coming May. That was pretty fantastic as well. =)

David Michael got entirely too many toys. I am thinking next year of having each side of the family draw names to decide who gets to buy him a toy. Anyone else can choose either not to give or give him money for his account. Maybe clothes - those are helpful. =) Not to be rude...