19 Months Old!!

I can hardly believe it! Daniel is already 19 months old!

How time is flying by. But were enjoying every moment of it.

Daniel is still between about 21 & 22 lbs and is getting taller by

the minute! But even as much as he loves food he just can't put

any weight on, but hey I say he just burns it all off playing as hard

as he does. Right now Daniel loves playing with balls and the

remote controls, and when he gets his hands on it he loves my cell

phone. He has become a little pro cruiser and continues to show

us how strong he is. He hasn't attempted to let go of anything while

cruising but I'm sure its just a matter of time. But he is still just the

happiest little boy and is constantly getting stronger!(the best

part for me is seeing him accomplish all he has, I won't say it hasn't

been stressfull, but I will say it has all been worth it!)

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Jason and Dad!

We spent Father's Day at my parents house but that morning it was just me and Jason hanging out then that afternoon we went to pick up Daniel at my parents house, and we got to hang out down there for awhile. We just watched movies, had a great dinner, including some great brownies for desert, and then as you can see the boys took advantage of this day and just lounged! (which they deserved) We hope all you Dads out there had a great Father's Day!

Weekend with Grandma & Grandpa

So the last time I was with my friend Viv she was telling me how great it was to have a weekend with just her and Randy, so I decided to take her advice and have a weekend with just me and Jason. So Daniel got to spend the weekend with Grandma & Grandpa Goins, while Jason and I got to have a date night. Daniel had so much fun, he got to go swimming and he also got to go see his Great Grandma Sorenson(who just loves him!) Plus I think he loved all the attention he was getting from them! On the other hand, Jason and I went and saw Fantastic Four: Rise of the silver and surfer, then we went to dinner at Tepanyaki(a great Japanese steakhouse). As much as we missed our little guy, it was so much fun to spend some time as a couple and do things we can't normally do with Daniel. The big shocker was waking up Sunday morning and not having a little one to take care of, we actually got to sleep in! Then later that afternoon we went to pick up Daniel at my parents house, with it being Father's Day we got to hang out up there for awhile and have dinner, and all spend time together. Then it was back to Springville, and back to our normal routine. But Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for taking care of our little guy! It was a much need weekend for Mom and Dad!

Nap time

So not only did Jason think it was nap time for Daniel but it was nap time for Daddy too.(hey when do I get my nap??) I know, i bet every child has a picture like this, but when I walked in the room and saw this, it was just to cute!! I guess Jason just has the magic touch, because I can never get Daniel to sleep like this.

Our little Morning Boy!

So we are not quite sure how to break him of it (j/k) but no matter how much we try Daniel is like clock work, come 7:00 a.m. he is up and ready to play, whether he is in bed at 7:30 or 9:00 p.m. he is up and ready to go! And as you can tell Jason is not the morning boy! When I come home from the gym in the morning this is usually what I find, Daniel playing and Daddy sleeping on the couch, or at least trying too.

Are they cute or what!

This last friday my good friends Meredith and Viv and her cutie little boy Britton got to come down, we celebrated my birthday and did our traditional lunch at the Olive Garden! It hard to believe we have been doing this for almost 9 years! We still talk about the days when we were in High School and we would ditch class to go to the Olive Garden or just go because and get the best desert in the world! We can't go as often anymore but, we still try to go for birthdays or pretty much and other reason we can come up with! But I sure do miss them! So it was such a treat to have them come down!

18 Months (and such a messy boy!)

Its hard to believe he is already 18 months old, we took him to the Doctor this week and and he is now 21 lbs and just over 30 inches long! He is still on the small side for his age, but boy does he eat! Daniel is now cruising all over the place, once he gets a hold of something, he is on the move! Still no interest in crawling, but we are still working on it. We are just so excited with all the progress he has made! Now that he is 18 months we got to take him to the nursery for the first time! Jason and I almost didn't know what to do with ourselves, but Daniel did really well, I actually don't think he even noticed we were gone, he didn't cry or anything!

(Can you believe those teeth, poor little guy, he just hasn't gotten a break from teehing, he got his first one at 15 months and it seems after one breaks through he has another just about too!)

This is a new face Daniel has been making, one day I was whistling at him and this was the face he made, it was as if he was trying to mimic me, but he gets his whole face into it,(so cute!!)

trying to unpack

Grandma and Grandpa's House

Some last minute time with Grandma before we head back to Utah!

Were going to miss you Grandma and Grandpa!

We went to Fun Land to play some mini golf and Daniel played in the arcade area. He loved the bat mobile but when we tried to put him on some of the others he got scared.

Thanks Grandpa for the swing! Daniel loved the swing, now if only we could have one in Utah.

Daniel had so much fun at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Grandpa set up a swing for him, which he just loved, and he also had fun swinging in the hammock. Plus they had a great toy for Daniel to play with standing, so even on vacation we were working on him getting stronger!

Busch Gardens

Daniel and Grandma burned out from a long day at Busch Gardens

Grandma Carroll, Jason, Heather and Daniel in front of Governor's Green in Williamsburg

Daniel got to ride the Carousel! He had so much fun! Here we all are at Busch Gardens.


Jason and I had some time to go off and ride some rides while Grandma and Grandpa watched Daniel.
Daniel with Grandma and Grandpa Carroll

We all got to go down to Williamsburg to go to Busch Gardens, it ended up raining on us but we all still had a lot of fun, we were hoping Daniel would be able to go on a few of the kids rides but with him not walking yet he was'nt able too, but hey he just enjoyed having everyones attention!

Washington D.C.

Walking the National Mall with the Washington Monument in the background

Grandma Carroll, Jason and Daniel

Daniels first ride on the Metro

The White House

This last week we had the chance to go back to Virginia to visit Jasons family. Out of the year and a half I lived there I really never got to see the city, so we decided to take a day and go up and do the tourist thing, we walked the National Mall, saw the White House, and was able to walk through some museums. We also got to see the Pentagon, Jason's dad works there so we were able to get a tour(sorry no pictures, security is really tight), we also got to see the 9/11 memorial, they have it on the side where the Pentagon was actually hit.

17 months olds! (he's growing up!!!)

Well we can't believe it, Daniel is now 17 months old! When we were up at the University of Utah Hospital the other week he weighed in at 21.2 lbs and 30 inches long! And he just keeps growing! He has now become a little dare devil when it comes to cruising along the coffee table, he really likes to test himself to see what he can do and well...what he can't do. Just the other day for the first time he attempted to go around the corners of the table and he did it, it takes him a little bit, but he does it! He still refuses to crawl, but we just keep working on it! We are just so happy with all the progress he has made and we can't wait to see what is next for him!

So this is where Daniel starts

And this is where he ended up.

Since my last post he has become quite the little pro cruiser, he won't go around the corners, and he will only go to the left, we try to get him to go the other way and he just refuses. So were working on that right now. But as long as there is something to motivate him at the other end, he goes for it, right now his favorite is the remote control.

Well I thought I would tell everyone, Daniel started cruising! He was standing up holding the coffee table and next thing I know he was at the other end, I wasn't able to get any pictures but as soon as I do I'll post them. It still takes him awhile to get to the other end, but hey its a start. We are just so proud of him!

Daniel's Dafo's

Daniel got his new Dafo's this week, he's doing really well with them. Right now he is only wearing them a couple hours a day to get use to them, but each day we increase the amount of time he wears them and hopefully we will see some improvements soon.

Learning about Animals!

When Daniel first got his animal train he was scared of it, then all of sudden its all he wants to play with, he loves to push the buttom to make it sing and loves to stare at all the animals.