My baby is getting so big!

I can't believe David is almost 1 year old. Where has time gone? I wish I could freeze every stage of his life so far and not let him get bigger.

Mom's visit to DC

I haven't posted in a long time! We moved into our house in November and since then I have been scrambling around everyday working on a project to improve our home. I've been so busy I've hardly had time to breathe. Thank goodness my mom came into town for 10 days and was able to help me out with David and some other projects around the house. She came just in the nick of time.

My mom just turned 60 (you'd never know...she looks so young) and had never been to NYC. Dan and I decided that for her birthday we'd take her to New York to celebrate. We spent the days eating, shopping for fake purses in China Town, saw the musical Billy Elliot and ate some more. We had a great time! Here are some pictures of our trip:

We spent a lot of time on the Subway

David doesn't find history very exciting!

Times Square

Central Park

We also went to Annapolis, Maryland one day and enjoyed the beautiful weather! We ate delicious sea food and walked around the Naval Academy.





The main part of my mom's trip consisted of yard work. My mom got a bee in her bonnet and could only think about redoing our front yard. My dad is a landscape architect and sketched a plan, and my mom spent 5 days digging out flower beds and making our front yard look beautiful. I felt bad knowing my mom was spending her whole vacation doing yard work, but she insisted on it....so I let her do it!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

We're going to replant our grass because it's in pretty bad shape. Once all the plants fill in it will be gorgeous. Thanks mom & dad for all your hard work!

Doin' Laundry with Mommy

How did I get so lucky to have such a happy boy?

The other day at the mall, a woman stopped us and told us we should get David into commercials so he can pay his way into college. We had to laugh at that one. He's cute enough...that's for sure! :)

Happy Valentine's Day

Thanks for reading our blog!

Love,
Dan, Mer, & David

So grown up

Poor poor little boy

David has had a nasty cough and cold since we got back from Utah 5 days ago. I didn't think much about it until today when he fussed, pulled on his ears, and cried ALL day. He's such a happy baby so I knew that something was wrong when he wouldn't stop fussing today. Dan and I took him to Instacare and the doctor who helped us was a moron. She seemed like she was afraid of babies because she hardly checked him out and then came back with the news that we needed to take him to the Emergency Room. She was afraid he had pneumonia because it looked like he was having a hard time breathing (how would she know, she barely even checked him out)?

So, we headed to the hospital and spent forever there as the doctors looked him over... no pneumonia! I'm so grateful to know that he's okay, but at the same time so irritated over the incompetence of some doctors. I know she was trying to cover her butt and didn't want to diagnose the wrong thing, but seriously? If she would have checked his breathing she would have known he didn't have pneumonia and there would have been no reason for a scare. Anyway, sorry about the rant! Here is a cute picture of my cute boy in his cute hospital gown! Did I say he was cute??

The nurse at the ER said, "Oh wow, he's a chunker"
I don't know why she thought that :)

Christmas Vacation - 2009

We just got back from yet another trip to Utah! We were there to spend Christmas with my family and we had a great time - too bad I had to return to real life here in VA. It was the first time in 3 years that my whole family was together, so it made Christmas extra special!

We went to the Hogle Zoo lights and David was mesmerized by all the glimmer!

David, grandma & cousin Katie

My mom bought these hats for David & Katie and we couldn't stop laughing at them;
they were so cute!

I taught my sister-in law Lesa and her kids a few cake decorating tips!


CHRISTMAS MORNING:

David opening a present from grandma & grandpa


oooh - an outfit! Just what he wanted!

Happy Family

Not such a happy baby - Christmas wore him out!

Hangin' with Grandpa R.

Christmas day exhausted the babies!

The day after Christmas we drove down St. George to spend time with Dan's family

Dan's dad, step-mom, and David

David & Grandpa J.

I was lucky enough to get to spend some time with my best friends from high school - it has been way too long since we've all been together. We laughed our guts out as we reminisced about all the stupid things we did when we were young. Thanks gals for taking the time out of your busy holiday schedule to come see me!

I hope you all have a happy & prosperous new year!
Here's to 2010 (geeze, I'm getting old).