More Generous Gifts

Because Dagney is only a year old, we decided to open one or two gifts a night. Here are some of the special moments over the past week!

Dagney got a beautiful orange dress with matching orange leggings from Uncle Les and Aunt Sandy.

Uncle Kent, Aunt Jenny, Cousin Maddie and Cousin Sophie got Dagney I wonderful pink dress, a pink halter top and a pair of pink hot pants. We got this cute picture of her posing for mommy.

Uncle Adam, Aunt Jessie and cousin Emmet got Dagney this ultra-cool gear toy. It did not take Dagney long to figure out how to push the button and watch the gears twist about!

Uncle Jake and Aunt Kara got Dagney a cute fishing toy with some magnetic fish and and a magnet fishing pole! Dagney loves tasting the fish.

Uncle Jake and Aunt Kara also included this cute blue dress, but it was just a little too small for Daddy. Daddy was quick to point out he is working out so the dress may fit next year.

One Special Day

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Dagney. Happy Birthday to you!"

"Cake?"

"CAKE!"


"PRESENTS!"


A big thank you to our friends and family who helped to make Dagney's first birthday as special as possible.

My Girl Likes to Party all the Time

While Dagney took her early morning nap, Mom and I set up for her first birthday party! The weather is beautiful and the gifts are wrapped, Dagney should have a wonderful day!

Marriage?

Let me say, getting married to my wonderful wife has been the greatest treasure I could ever hope for. Okay, so maybe my wife is now full term and I just want to make her laugh and smile. Now that we have a child, our family and love continue to grow as we expect a second baby girl in the next 30 days. My how time flies and things change. It seems like yesterday my wife and I got married at the Waterloo Village.

So are we still having fun? Of course, now we take goofy pictures while standing behind some painted wood cut-outs. Having fun is just the type of therapy needed when it comes to raising kids.
We hope all our family and friends are enjoying life as much as we are!

Happy Mother"s Day!

We were so excited that Grandma Connie came to visit us this weekend for Mother's Day. We all went to brunch at a local restaurant to celebrate the holiday with the Craft family. Dagney got to try watermelon and cantaloupe for the first time (loving both) and all the Mommies (and Grand-Mommy) got to kick back while the men watched the babies. Cole was a bit tired, but hung in there for all but 10 minutes of our 2 hour stay. A great first Mother's Day!

Where's my food Daddy?

Our first Mother's Day!

Our happy family.

Finally - my food!

Dagney and her hero...Daddy

Not sure what all the hub-bub is about...

Dagney loves when Daddy turns her upside-down.

All the moms.

Cole finally falls asleep - right before we leave, of course.

Our great friends Dave and Janelle.

More, Please!

Its been about a month since Dagney first learned the sign for "more" and I finally got a picture of it for the blog (I'm so excited for her Aunt Kara to see!). It's her own rendition, of course, but we know what she's saying! Whether she wants more tickles from Daddy or more banana chunks, communicating with your 11 month old is an amazing thing...and she tends to amaze Josh and I each and every day. I'm sure you have all noticed that Josh has been doing all of the blogging lately - and doing a great job, I might add. I've been feeling the effects of being in the stages of late pregnancy and by the end of the day I need to put my feet up. Thankfully yesterday was my last day of work and I get to spend the next few weeks at home with Dagney as we await her little sister. Emotionally, life just couldn't feel any better than it does right now.

BFFs

Jenn Bunkers and Jennifer Keller...Grace Keller and Dagney Bunkers...we're all BFFs when it comes to the Kellers and we were so happy to have them over as guests.


Obviously the highlight of the weekend was getting to see Grace! She is as beautiful as Jennifer had described and we were all so excited to get to spend some time with the two of them. We can hope for them to return or possibly escape down to the Kellers to see what outstanding home improvements Mike has surely made.


Was there any doubt that Jennifer Keller would be one of the Greatest Moms of all time? We wish her the best this coming special weekend, she certainly deserves it!