Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Mother's Day and Father's Day

This was year we celebrated my 1st Mother's Day and Andrew's 2nd Father's Day!
Dakota got me some beautiful flowers and pictures (of him) that I wanted! It was a terrific day! I was SO excited to have my 1st Mother's Day & what a day it was!!!
THANK YOU DAKOTA PAUL!!!! I love being your Mama!!!
5/8/10Father's Day ended up coming a little early this year, as Andrew's watch broke & Dakota was getting his Dada a new watch! Andrew loves his boy and his new watch & is looking forward to spending the "official" Father's Day with his son!!! I know they will have a special day together that Sunday!
5/25/10

Monday, May 24, 2010

Emily's Junior Year Prom!

On May 22, 2010, Emily attending her Junior Year Prom with her date, Seth. They had a fun day including: dinner, the dance & lots of stops for pictures. Here are some of our favorites at Midland's amazing Dow Gardens. Enjoy!
(Click on any photo to enlarge it.)
.....Breath Taking....
So pretty in pink (& handsome too!)
The lovely princess Emily!
Break time with Andrew & Dakota

E&S with Seth's friends - Emmy & Allie -all look fantastic!
Red Bridge Fun
Sisters
White Bridge Fun

Aunt Emmy & Dakota

Seth's new painted turtle friend - Emily's lovely shoe
...Under the Moon...

Friday, April 23, 2010

301 Days Old-Dakota Paul-4/8/10

Dakota is doing SO much these days! I don't even know where to start. How about I just mention the most adorable! Some of this stuff he has been doing for a while and some are his new "tricks"!
Dakota says: mama, dada & hi. He waves! He gives terrific kisses & awesome hugs!!!
He loves to walk around the edges of everything. He likes to dance in place & stand on his tip toes.
I cannot keep socks on Dakota, he thinks it is SO fun to pull them off!
He woofs at dogs! He thinks a duck's quack is a woof as well, so he woofs both ducks & dogs!
He totally loves to unroll the toilet paper and pull tissues out of the box!
Dakota drives every thing (even books) around on the floor while making motor noises!
He loves to ride on his daddy's shoulders, what fun!
He loves giving big smiles and then to play shy!
Dakota likes to jump on his knees! And on his feet in his crib.
He tells super long stories, with all types of syllables and sounds strung together. He mimics sounds we make too. It is so precious!
Dakota loves chocolate!
He is very good at rolling a ball back & forth with us.
He is pleased to clap his hands when he is happy or thinks he did a great job!
At "Babytime" he loves to crawl to the middle of the circle where he yells & shakes his hands with excitement, while the other little babies-all girls-sit nicely in their mom's laps! Tee-hee.
Dakota likes to dance & wiggle around when dada plays the harmonica to him.
He loves to be tickled! Dakota squeals and screams with delight when he is happy.
He problem solves, I am amazed at how he figures out how to do things and how to get items he wants that are just out of reach, etc
He loves "helping" me fold laundry!
Dakota still loves to read, we read lots of books every day.
He very much enjoys looking at pictures of himself and also in the mirror, he often squeals with delight!!!!
He loves being chased by his daddy! He crawls super fast when dada is in pursuit!
He absolutely loves to fall asleep in his mama's arms! And she loves it too!
Dakota enjoys hanging from the oven door, good thing it locks.
He throws a fit whenever needed, but that isn't too often.
He loves to play the piano!
He enjoys opening every cupboard & drawer we have. He finds lots of good stuff.
Just yesterday Dakota learned to blow his food out of his mouth & he thinks he is SO funny!
He does tons and tons more, but that is enough for this update!
Thank you for checking in. Enjoy the photos, we sure are!!











































Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Our Shamrock!

We're SO blessed!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

VOTE VOTE VOTE for Dakota!!!!!!!!!!!

Dakota is entered in a local radio station's beautiful baby (Baby Idol) contest.
Voting starts February 22nd at 10:00am EST.

You can VOTE two different ways: There will be a poll online at www.wiog.com where you can click to vote for your baby. You can also text in your vote…the number to text to will be on www.wiog.com when the voting launches.

Dakota's number is: 6

You can vote as many times as you want everyday between Feb 22 at 10am and March 12 at 5pm EST. We'd love it if you voted for Dakota every day, lots of times!!!

Go Dakota Paul! :) Thank you!
Dakota's proud family :)

Sunday, February 21, 2010

TEETH

I haven't tried to get any photos of Dakota's teeth as he's too quick for the camera, but it looks like I accidentally got a shot. Check out his pearly whites!!!!! These 2 came in on 1/22 and 1/23. They are the only 2 so far, but we are expecting more any day. (This pic was taken on 2/13)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Dakota is 8 months old!

It is HARD to believe, but yesterday (2/10/10), our Dakota Paul turned 8 months old! The baby days are flying by, I can't believe it. He is such a sweetie & so much fun!! We enjoy him so much, more than words can describe. Here are some pictures of him yesterday! (Click on any photo for a larger, more adorable view).