One small step for baby, one giant change for mom!

Wyatt has been standing, occasionally, on his own since about 10 months. On his birthday he took his first steps without Adam or My help. Since then his confidence has began to grow little by little. He's gone from crawling to walking on his knees and has really started to transition into a TODDLER. His newest past time is practicing his walking skills between me and the couch. I was lucky enough to take some burst photos of him in action. I just LOVE how he lounges on the couch before he takes off. He looks like a little model standing there, ready for his close-up!

It's a girl!!!!

Meet the newest addition to our household! Dharma whelped at 3:30 today and we have a new little girl! Have a look.

Wyatt turns 1 - YEAH!!!!!

Wyatt had his 1st birthday on Dec 27. We had just the family over and enjoyed a small party together. There was dinner, followed by presents and finally cake and icecream. Wyatt got his own little "smash cake". Things started off slow as he sampled a tiny piece of frosting, then a little more... and finally he just laid into it! He had so much fun!

To make the day and even bigger event - Wyatt took his FIRST STEPS! (I did the same thing on my first birthday! Way to go kiddo!)

It's kind of bittersweet. I think to myself, "Wow, my little boy is growing up!" I'm so proud of what he's learned so far, and it's amazing to see him grow and develop. Then I think again "Oh No! My little boy is growing up!" He's not going to be this little baby anymore who I can hold, cuddle and read books to. I'm going to miss all of that when he finally gets too big. But for now, I'll just hold on as tight as I can and enjoy every moment that I have with my "little" boy.

The Duck Says...

Wyatt is learning his animals sounds... the puppy says "woo woo" and the duck says - well click the video below to find out what the duck says. Don't worry, it's G rated! :)

Almost 1

Well it's been almost a year now since Wyatt was born. I can't believe it. He's gone from this tiny little baby who just ate and slept to this tiny litte boy who wants to do it all!





I've enjoyed the past few months here where he's really started to make some big changes. You can see his personality starting to come through. It's amazing. On one hand I love watching him grow up, but for every "big boy" thing that he does, it feels like I'm losing part of my little baby.


Here are a couple of video clips for you to enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well Thankgiving is over. We all ate too much, but had a great time doing it! It's so great to be able to get together with family and friends during the Holidays. I took time to think about it the other day and I feel sorry for other's who's families don't get together like ours does. We really are lucky.

Well - I hope you enjoy the photos from the festivities! Click on the photos and they'll open up larger versions.

Wyatt & Leah Playing

The aftermath of too much turkey.

Wyatt enjoying his first Thanksgiving Feast!
Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Dressing & Dinner Rolls! YUMMY!

Leah enjoyed her dinner too!

The 2007 Additions to the family.

Dennis and his one of a kind Lonna-T.

I think this should become the offical family uniform.

Don't let this picture fool you.

They're not watching football, they're deeply into the DOG SHOW. (Just kidding)

The Grandkids
We were all here but Sherri.

The Grandkids and Spouses/Significant Others

The Great Grandkids
(The family is so big, we have to take photos in "sets")

Trouble X 4!

Yes Lonna, that is an OHIO STATE BUCKEYE Shirt.
You know, that team that beat MICHIGAN.

The Sisters and Spouses.

More Scrappin!

A few weeks ago the weather was absolutely beautiful when I picked Wyatt up from Ruth's so I busted out the camera, turned him lose and started snapping. I got some adorable photos and decided to scrap them. I'm still working on his book and hope to have it finished for December. My goal is to do one book for every year. I'm pretty sure I'll accomplish this! :)

At http://www.scrapbook-elements.com/ there are weekly challenges. This week's Create it! Collect it! challenge was to take the Kit "PenChant" and make a quick page out of it (a quick page is sort of a template for people to use - they just drop their photos in). So here is my submission, plus what the page looks like after I finished it out with pictures, journaling and emblishments. I really think it turned out nice! The more pages I digitally scrap, the more I get hooked!