Things are a changin'

Well, it has been a while.   Guess that is what happens when life gets busy...the blogging suffers.  Despite the lack of posting to document the progress in our life, we continue on and we are blessed each day.  Dalton LOVES his time with family...check out that smile!

Let's see...it has been almost 2 months since my last post.  (Shame on me!)  We have survived Dalton's first high fever, a bonus to the Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease which he picked up from who knows where!  It seemed like from mid February thru March either Dalton or I were sick...Amidst all that there was report card writing and parent teacher conferences...fun fun fun!  (sense the sarcasm?!)

Cool things are happening though.  Dalton is crawling like crazy!  He started about a month ago, which surprised us all since he showed little interest in this route of locomotion...Guess he figured getting somewhere on hands and knees was better than getting nowhere, or barely there, by rolling around. He is also becoming an experienced eater of baby food and "adult food",  as we like to call it.  Did I mention he has his two bottom front teeth?!??!  He is laughing and talking a ton too!  I will post video soon as soon as I figure that tech challenge out.  (I am lame, I know!) 

 I love how he is sitting on his knees here.

Dalton is cruising around walking along the furniture and standing on his own.  He is so close to walking! Just hoping I see it first! 

Even though I was sick, my dear friend Ruby still came for a visit town the end of March.  Dalton was taken by her yet again!

We had a great visit with Annika, Greg, and Kellyn at the end of March to celebrate my sister and my birthday...the big 35 for her, 32 for me.  The weather was a perfect 70 degrees so we headed out to Heather Farms Park for a picnic and walk.

 Kellyn and her Uncle Trav...two great pals!

 Dalton ADORES his auntie!

 Got the giggles for Greg...

 Checking out the park, fighting that nap!!!!!

 Each morning Dalton couldn't wait to see Kellyn...He crawled onto her lap to cozy up for some Saturday am cuddles!

Easter was spent with family and we enjoyed it very much.  Again, we are very blessed.

Dalton got a chance to hang out with two of his cousins, Emma and Lauren.  They loved entertaining him and I loved the break!

Lauren is one strong little chicky...holding 24 lbs of her lovable cousin.


I will leave you with one of my favorite photos from this past week.  We call him "Sprout" here.

This week I have Spring Break, so I am enjoying EVERY minute of time I have with Dalton.  (I am also realizing that being a stay-at-home mom is as hard (or harder at times) than being a full-time working mom!)  I might even have some time to figure out how to post some of the videos I have been taking.
Adios for now...hope to better about posting.  Sad that it takes a vacation to catch up!

Fun with Grammy and Poppi

This will be a short post in terms of words...My parents are here this weekend for a visit and we couldn't be happier about it.  Today we headed up to Mt. Diablo to the summit.  It was a mildly foggy day out, but when we got to the summit, we were above the fog and the sun was shining....AHHHHH!!!  BEAUTIFUL DAY!!! 

 

Mt. Diablo Summit at 3,849 feet ...Mt. Diablo is the Base Meridian for maps.

 

Dalton was such a great kiddo today!  He loved his backpack!

 

 Mom and Dad at the Lookout

Dalton was one tired boy!  He fell asleep in the pack...Cute!

 He was one happy boy when he woke up and we ate some delicious lunch.

Last night, my cousin Marlene, her husband Mike, their boy Trevor and my Auntie Kath (aka Auntie Nana) came over for a visit.  Here's a couple cute shots. 

 Dalton with his Auntie Nana and cousin Trevor...One happy boy!

Ok...below is a funny one...
Ok...Kinda sad when you look at how unhappy he was trying strained chicken for the first time...Let's just say he liked it about the same tonight too. 

We'll have to try again in a couple weeks:)

More fun tomorrow!  

New year, new cat! Kid and cat conversations...

"Hey, check me out!  I am feeding Arnold!  That's right, piggies need to eat too!"

  "I just LOVE Arnold, the snoring and talking pig!  His ear is the perfect chew toy!"

"Mom, can you PLEASE leave me alone!?!?!  I am trying to read here!"

Enter Bert and Buddy....

"Now that is close enough there new cat!" Bert snarled...."Your name might be Buddy, but you are no friend of mine...at least not yet!"

"I said, STEP BACK CAT!  Am I not making myself clear?!?!"

"Fine, I will just rest here for a while, until you decide to like me!"

Well, a couple days have gone by and Bert seems to be liking Buddy a bit more.  He sends an occasionally hiss his way, I think just to remind him that they aren't quite pals yet.  We are sure that in no time they will be though.  Bert really is the one who is a scaredy cat!  Buddy has settled in quite well and is about 10 months old, so he still has some kitten spunk!   We love him already and hope Bert learns to love him too!  We still think Bert is thinking, "Nice try Mom and Dad, but if you were going to try to trick me, the least you should have done was bring a white and black cat like Oscar!"

Oh, more adventures ahead....

Christmas adventures

Dalton eating carrots...a favorite food!                                      Dalton with his cousin Trevor

Dalton just LOVES Bert, our cat...He squeals when he sees him!   What a happy boy!
Here he is with me on Christmas Eve.  Loved his shirt...it said "What Santa doesn't bring me, Grandma will!"  Which is soo true...

Dalton's first Christmas!  He loved sitting in between all the presents Christmas morning.  Of course, his favorite gifts were the wrapping paper and bows.  Oh yeah, he also LOVED this small egg spatula that Nanny put in my stocking.

Christmas morning breakfast..YUM...prunes and rice cereal. LOL!

He got the BEST gifts from everyone this year...Cowboy hat included!  This gift was from Auntie Candace and Uncle Derek.  The hat came with a plaid pea coat...awesome!

One tired Daddy!  Of course, look who keeps on going!!!  Dalton is so active!  We feel so blessed that he is so happy and busy!  (even though, some days I wish I had that energy!)  This is Christmas day in the evening before we headed to Auntie Shirley and Uncle Dan's, which is always so much fun!

Dalton loves his cousin Emma!  He also got the cutest stuffed polar bear, which Emma and her mom, Diana, made for him at Build A Bear...They named him Blizzard.  He even had a Santa hat!

Dalton had special Christmas PJs from Auntie Shirley and Uncle Dan...They were darling!

Dalton and Uncle Dan...Check out that smile!  He just LOVES Uncle Dan too!

After a wonderful Christmas with Travis's side of the family, we headed up to my parent's from our family Christmas and to celebrate Dad's 70th birthday!

The Beer Family Christmas began with an ugly sweater contest, which Kellyn judged.  She came up with her own outfit even.  (That kid is such a hoot!)  She came out in heels carrying a briefcase (actually a Backgammon case) and a huge pen and spy glass (a kaleidoscope).

Here she is in all her glory!  Judge Kellyn.

Dad's ugly sweater, created by Annika, had actual Christmas lights attached.  Dad decided to plug in to show it off.  Yes, it even blinked!  :)  Notice Mom's ugly sweater...Personally I think that took the cake on UGLY!

Dalton is at the stage, where EVERYTHING goes in his mouth.  Fortunately at this moment it was just his fingers.

Dalton and Auntie Niki.  He loves his auntie!

Daddy and Dalton went outside.  That morning it snowed a couple inches, but by the afternoon it melted.

Kellyn, Dalton and me enjoying the day together.

A bonus on our visit...We got to see my dear friend Jillian and her sweet lil girl, Lily!  I have know Jillian for 23 years!  I can't believe we are both mommies now!  It is so fun to have my girlfriends, like her, to chat mommy things with.

Here's our little cherub!  He loves being down to his diaper and takes the opportunity to chew on his toes...too funny!

Just thought this was a cute shot...plus he was wearing his new outfit "01 with the ladies".  He really is a charmer!  :)

Dalton tasting snow for the first time!  Of course, he had to wear his cowboy hat!  (Trav and I love this hat!)

Here's the family on Dad's 70th....actually this was a couple days later when we threw him a party!  

A new favorite skill...chewing on his shoe!  

Well, there's just a quick update...Hope you all are doing well!  We are enjoying the weekend!  We just adopted a new cat.  He came on Friday and is a bit shy right now...Hopefully he will get comfortable soon.  (I will take a picture on him soon and post, just don't want to scare him right now.)  Happy 2010 everyone!  Many hugs!

Happy Holidays!!!

So we figured we'd post a Christmas photo shot. We are already enjoying the holiday season!!! I love this time of year! I have 2 weeks off and am lovin it! Now it is even better than year before because I have time to spend with Dalton! PRICELESS!!!! We are blessed to have each other. Hope to post more soon!