Playing in the Buckets!!!!

Being in the Bucket is one of Dani's most favorite past times. It doesn't matter if it is hot or cold or windy. She just wants to be in the bucket all the time.
Look at the Budda Belly on the Cute lil Bug.
This is one of my favorite pictures. Dani loves to blow bubbles in the water. Some times she comes up sputtering but always after the sputtering she is smiling.
Cameron got used to spending alot of time in the bucket. He and Dani would fight over who got to hold the hose. They both wanted it because they would hose each other down. They have so much fun together.

The MONKEY...

Dani is such a monkey. She can crawl into everything and on top of everything. She loves to sit on the treadmill. She is the only one that uses it. :)
This cupboard was full of glass stuff that we had to empty out because Dani was always getting into it. There was no way to tie the handles together to keep the doors locked.
So Danilynn took over it and made it her own little place to play. (if you look at her little thigh you can see the reaction that she had to the chicken pox vaccine. That wasn't a fun thing for her. She was miserable, therefore so were we.)

Cousin Cameron Comes to Visit...

Cousin Cameron (Jason and Cami's Son) came to visit us for 10 whole days!!!! We had so much fun with Cameron. Dani had the most fun. There was always someone to play with. She would wake up in the morning looking for Cameron because she wanted to play.
They had a daily bucket session. Cameron got used to the water and by the time he went home he loved the buckets and the tub.
Papa's lil helpers. It is almost dangerous to the adult to open the dishwasher while the kids were on the ground. It takes everything you have to close it when you are done and not only that you are constantly tripping over one of the kids.
But they had so much fun!!! They REALLY enjoyed their time together. We are so sad that all of our cousins live so far away.

Happy 1st Birthday Danilynn!!!

For Dani's Birthday we went to Barney's Restaurant. It is like Sizzler, and super yummy!!!

Aunt Suzie got her the dancing hamster and it took her no time at all to start dancing with him.

Since Danilynn is going to have a little brother we wanted her to learn how to hold him and be soft. She picked up her little dolly and just loved on him. It was so cute!!!

She loves her phone. Smile!!!

Dani is opening her package from Grandma and Grandpa Walker. She especially loved the foam packing peanuts.

Grandma and Grandpa Walker sent her some bath toys and really cute clothes. She plays with her bath toys every night in the tub. She is a water baby.

Happy Birthday Little Love Bug!!!!

I made this crazy looking cake. I thought that I would be creative like my mom and makes my kids Birthday Cakes. Poor Choice. I will not be making that mistake for birthday #2 that is for sure.

Dani loves to share with her Daddy.

Yummy!!!

Check out those blue eyes!!!!

Look at these cute little hands. Daddy loves to hold and kiss these little hands.

Happy Birthday Dani!!!!

Dani was so messy that we had to let her take a dip in her bucket.

The tub toys were put to good use the very night of her birthday!!!!

Such a cute Girl!!!! We love you Dani and We Love having you in our Family!!!!

What a Messy Day...

I have started a very strong addiction to strawberries and cream. I love them on pancakes, waffles and shortcake. Danilynn has followed in my footsteps.
She would only eat strawberries if her diet was up to her.

Do you believe that this is latter that day? I have no idea what is all over her face. She usually goes through two - three onesies and three baths in a day.

This is her cheezy smile. When you say smile she pulls this face. So cute!!!!

Here she is for yet another bath. She would spend her days in the water if I could stand the heat.

IT"S A BOY!!!!!

We had quite the little drama getting our ultrasound today. I won't go into the specifics, but we had a wonderful experience seeing our little man in black and white. He looks healthy and well. We are so excited that he will be joining our family. We already love him to pieces.

Happy Easter...

We have been very blessed. Danilynn is growing up so fast! She is such a joy to have in our home.

Very Helpful Children...

While we were in Utah we stayed with my brother Jerrod and his family. Thanks again guys for taking us in. WE LOVE YOU!!!! Danilynn loved playing with her cousin Nathan. They would romp around on the floor for hours. They were so fun to watch. But they were also very "helpful" in cleaning up dinner. They are some cute kids.

Chinese Lunch with the Barber Family...

This is cousin Cameron. His dad is Jason, Jerms little brother. He is a cute cute kid and a ton of fun.
Look at that cute face... She was talking with her daddy and she always has a cute face for him.

Driving to Utah...

This is a happy face for someone who has a eleven hour drive ahead of them.
We stopped at the Burger King in Page because they have a playland. With Papa's help Dani crawled up the stairs...

with some coaching from Grandma she got herself over to the slide...

Papa had to help out just a little bit. again.

Then she was at the top of the slide. She loved looking down it. I was waiting for her at the bottom.

I had to pull her to get the sliding to actually happen.

But she finally made it to the bottom. With a smile on her face, ready to do it again.

Jerm's Dream...

Since Jerm was 5 years old he has been asking for the same thing for Christmas...a pony. This Christmas one of his friends offered him a free horse. I was freeking out!!!! A horse is a big deal especially when you don't even have a house. This is Canyon. He is adorable and old. Twelve years old to be exact. He is just a calm lazy trail horse. We all love him.

• Jerm loves him the mostest!!!! He was a wise man and decided that one new addition to the family was enough. (What with us expecting another little person in eight months.) We have promised to get a horse later on in life. After all the other things in life have fallen into place.
  
  

  Danilynn loved the horses. She wanted to be as close to them as she could.

Our Christmas Decorations...

I don't know if any of you truely know my husband, but...this is all his doing. I am not big with the whole decorate so you can see it from space thing, but Jerm is. He really wanted to go bigger and brighter than this, but if I ran the dryer at night it would blow the circut and half of the house would be without power, so I had to draw the line somewhere. We would have people driving by and checking to see if we had added anything new since the last time they checked. It was beautiful, but I felt like I was married to Clark Griswald from National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

Papa's Family...

Papa Jerry only has one brother and one sister left. This is Great Aunt Barbra and Great Uncle Charlie. Great Uncle Danny (Danilynn's Name Sake and giver of the dimples.) and Great Uncle Gene have both passed away. We thought this was a great picture and Dani is so freaking cute in it. You can see her dimples shinning through.