9 month pictures

Today I got Dane's 9 month pictures taken. Great Grandma Barb went along with us to the photo place. They turned out pretty cute:)

9 months old!

Dane is now 9 months old! It seems like he was just a newborn and now in 3 months he'll be 1 year old! Time has flown by and we just love him more and more everyday! He is at such a fun age right now. We enjoy every minute with him and are so blessed to have him in our lives:) Today we went Cousin Austin's birthday party. Dane just loves spending time with his cousins:)

Dane is crawling!

Dane started crawling on February 1st during the Superbowl. Uncle Jimmie thinks he's going to be a Steelers fan now since they won. It's amazing how fast Dane can crawl now after a few weeks and he's pulling himself up to furniture, people, etc all over the house. I think he'll be walking before we know it! Dane loves that he can go wherever he wants now. He thinks he's so clever and just laughs while he crawls. He also likes to stick his tongue out while crawling. It's too cute!

Bath Time!

Dane just loves his bathtime! He gets so excited when he sees the tub filling up with water. It's a special time for him and Daddy because they take baths together in our big tub. I think Daddy likes it maybe more than Dane does:)

8 months old!

Today Dane is 8 months old! He's getting so big and doing new things everyday. We just love him to bits! Grandma Barb watched him in the evening because Josh and I went to see Spring Awakening at the Civic Center. Thanks Grandma Barb for watching him and taking these photos:)

Handsome Dane

I took some pictures today of Dane because I thought he just looked so cute in his little outfit. My friend Georgia in New Zealand had bought him this shirt. I know I'm a bit biased but isn't he just so cute!

Crib legs

Today was the first time (that I know of) Dane had his legs sticking out of his crib while he napped. Poor little guy was probably a bit uncomfortable while trying to fall asleep!

New Year's Day

Today Dane and I stopped by Grandma Barb and Grandpa Jim's house to celebrate the New Year. Daddy left to go ice fishing today with friends so we were alone for a few days. At Grandma's house we got the old Johnny Jump Up out for Dane to play in. This used to be Uncle Jimmie's when he was a baby. Dane had the time of his life and loved jumping up and down in it. It was too funny:)

Happy Birthday Daddy and Happy NYE!

Today we celebrated Daddy's 33rd birthday and New Year's Eve! We had Josh's family and a few friends over to celebrate with us and had a fabulous time. Dane loved looking at all the candles on Daddy's cake. Again it was nice to be home to celebrate with the family!

Great Grandma Sawhill

Today we went and visited Great Grandma Sawhill. Dane just loves visiting her:) He has lots of fun at Grandma's house as did I when I was a kid.

Merry Christmas!

Dane celebrated his first Christmas today:) Santa brought him lots of toys and he loves them all! We opened presents in the morning and then went over to Aunt Kerri and Uncle Steve's house in the afternoon to celebrate with the Widlund side of the family. It was a nice relaxing afternoon with lots of eating and playing Wii. Dane had a wonderful first Christmas!

Christmas Eve

Today we celebrated Christmas Eve. We went to the Christmas Eve Mass with the Lohmeier family. Then we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa Widlund's to open a few gifts before we went to Grandma and Grandpa Lohmeier's. It was fun celebrating Christmas with our family as it had been 4 years and it was also nice that Dane was able to spend Christmas with his family in Iowa! At the Lohmeier's we had a yummy meal and opened up lots of nice presents. The men did their usual Black and Tan pouring contest...Grandpa won! Dane had a blast on Christmas Eve...he had so much fun he only took 1 nap!

7 months old!

Dane is 7 months old today! We just can't believe how fast time goes by. This year we got our first christmas tree. Dane loves looking at it with all the lights and colorful ornaments. So I thought it would be appropriate for him to pose for his 7 month photos in front of our tree:)

Santa!

Dane met Santa today at our family Christmas party. He had just woke up when Santa called his name to give him his gift. Dane wasn't sure what to think! He didn't cry though!

Exersaucer time!

Dane just loves playing in his exersaucer. Josh and I love it too. It works perfect for dinner time:) We definitely recommend this to anyone with a baby. It can keep them entertained for quite a while!

Reading with Grandma Anne

Dane just loves it when his Grandma Anne reads to him! He loves spending time with her and gets so excited everytime he sees her:)

It's playtime!

Mommy and Daddy just love playing with Dane! He is getting so much more interactive and is doing something new everyday. He's starting to do a great job of sitting up and practices crawling with his daddy. Dane still loves to read books although he sometimes would rather just chew on them. He is super ticklish and is always giggling:)

Santa's little helper

Dane just looks adorable in his little santa hat:) He actually loves wearing it and he looks down at the mirror on his exersaucer and just laughs! Too cute:)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we celebrated Dane's first Thanksgiving! We were lucky enough to spend the afternoon with my family and the evening with Josh's family. Boy were we stuffed at the end of the day! We look forward to next year when Dane will be able to eat some of the yummy turkey dinner:)

Dane's Baptism

Today Dane was baptized by Father Vince at SS John & Paul Church in Altoona. He was very entertaining to watch throughout the whole baptism. He cooperated very well and interacted with everyone there for the baptism. He was a little angel:)

Happy 6 months Dane!

Today Dane turned 6 months old! Time goes by way too fast when you're having this much fun! It's so hard to believe he's already been in our lives for 6 months but yet it feels like he's been here forever! We went and got Dane's 6 month pictures taken and this time Daddy came with us so he could experience the photo place. Plus mommy wanted a family picture:) Dane cooperated very well. Mommy and Daddy didn't even have to try to make Dane smile as he absolutely loved the photographer and was all smiles for her.
Later that night Dane got to try baby food for the first time. Well he didn't like it so much. We were told to start with the green veggies. Sweet peas was his first taste of baby food and the poor thing dry heaved! Mommy and Daddy were laughing at all the funny faces but then we felt bad making him suffer through the few bites of sweet peas he got. Boy is our little man getting big!

Mommy's birthday

We celebrated mommy's birthday today. It was a lot of fun spending time with family this year as it had been 4 years since we have celebrated our birthdays with family. Daddy and Dane got me some really cool new Ugg boots to keep my feet warm with this freezing cold Iowa winter! Dane was pretty interested in the birthday cake. He'll get some soon enough:)

Rice Cereal...YUMMY!

Today Dane received his first food other than milk...rice cereal! He absolutely loved it and could not get enough. Dane did an excellent job of eating off a spoon too. Mommy fed Dane the first two times then it was daddy's turn on the third day. Dane sat in his new high chair too when daddy fed him. Dane just loves it when his daddy feeds him because daddy makes it so fun. It's so amazing watching Dane grow and conquer all these milestones. He's such a big boy!

Happy Halloween!

Dane celebrated his first Halloween by dressing up as a ninja. He sure was a cute little ninja too! He has some pretty crazy moves:) Since he's always moving and kicking I figured a ninja was the perfect costume for him. Mommy and Daddy got to celebrate halloween too by dressing up as "The Matrix." We had a great night out while Grandma Barb watched Dane.

Happy 90th Birthday Great Grandma Sawhill!

Today we celebrated Dane's great grandma's 90th birthday! It was a wonderful day and we had a great party for her too. It is so nice that we are home and able to celebrate these joyous occasions:)