Playtime

This look means business. It is usually accompanied by very fast crawling with some very important place he needs to go.

Opening and closing doors, then opening and closing them again is a favorite past time for Daniel these days. To guard against smashed fingers, most of our doors no longer close. We improvised and put our own door stoppers on the tops of the doors.

Crawling is performed with one knee and one foot and both hands. I suppose he gets more traction this way, at least when he's wearing pants and can charge faster.

Dancing Fool

Auntie Jessica had to say goodbye to her niece and nephew as she headed off to college. We miss her a lot and she's only been gone a couple days. Hope you're having fun Jess!

Daniel has been dancing a lot lately. Almost everytime he hears music he starts moving and grooving. Sitting, crawling, or standing, it doesn't matter, he just bounces and dances. Here he's dancing with his Grandma at Aunt Nikki's house. We stopped to visit Darian and her parents on our way to drop Auntie Jessica off at college.

Wonder

In Action

Photos courtesy of Aunt Megan.

Clap Your Hands

The latest in a long string of new tricks, Daniel figured out how to clap yesterday. It makes spoon feeding him a little harder as aunt Tracy found out last night. But it's really cute, especially when he fusses and claps at the same time. He has yet to learn what clapping means.

Daniel helping his dad build our backyard fence.


The garden has officially started. We planted cucumbers, zuccini, peppers and some herbs yesterday. It's been a long time coming and I'm very excited about it.

Molly

As Aunt Megan likes to call her "Daniel's Cousin", Molly is the newest member of our family. Megan adopted this cute lab last week. Her and Daniel are quickly becoming friends. We need to visit Darian before Daniel starts getting confused.

Standing Tall

I came in the other morning to find Daniel standing like this in his crib. He's been pulling up on the furniture and even moving from the chair to the ottoman. He'll be cruising around the house in no time. But for right now, he's perfecting his crawling and he's very good at it, he's going all over the house. He's been bored the past month or two, not being able to explore. This past week he's been a new baby, happy all the time, so excited to explore everything. It's very fun to watch.