Happy July!

Our new house guest arrived this week, University of Florida baseball and football player Riley Cooper. Riley is most likely being drafted by the Texas Rangers but playing for the McKinney Marshalls for the summer (so we are his host family!) We all chilled by the pool his 1st night talking Gator sports and reminisced about Gainesville memories. Good times, good times! He will be here until early August and Trey is loving having someone to talk football with!

Dantes is doing great! He continues to love all new foods he tries and is starting to get a little temper when he eats it all and still wants more. But he is so stinkin' cute you just have to laugh at him! He is also swimming almost every day and really starting to show improvement! He is great at holding his breath and not sucking down the water!

Last year at this time Jake went to doggie heaven. I still think about him almost every day - so many happy memories. Crazy to imagine that the year has flown by so fast, and oh how our lives have changed! Well hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July holiday!

Dantes has his 1st tooth!

So sorry I haven't updated in forever. But now that there is more going on with Dantes, I will try to update more! Anyways, Monday morning I noticed his 1st tooth starting to make its way in! The second one is now starting to poke through as well. So he will have his 2 bottom teeth pretty soon! Too hard to capture in pics, but soon enough! He also started food (sweet peas and sweet potatoes) and likes them! He is really eating alot, so guess that explains why he is already 19 lbs! He is getting so big so fast. He is almost able to sit up by himself and now he prefers sleeping on his stomach, as he rolls on his tummy as soon as I put him in his crib! Speaking of sleeping, he is up to 9 to 12 hrs straight, so yeah for that! Trey and I are fine - just loving being parents! It is so much more fun and easier than I ever expected! But luckily, he is such a great baby - I mean little boy! Texas summer is here and nice and hot. We all spend lots of time in the pool! He like playing with his toys in the water and the tanning ledge is wonderful. He will start swimming lesson in a few weeks, more like survival swimming skills, like floating. But he loves the water and doesn't mind getting his face or ears wet! But he has been taking baths in the big tub with us since he was about 1 month old, so he is very used to water! Trey has been playing golf more often and I have jumped on the P90X routine, so working out at home with those DVD's and really like it. Well guess that's all for now. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer!

Dantes is here!

OK a little late in this post, but hey its been a little crazy lately! He was born 12/30/2008 at 8:57 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 0.3 oz and was 20.5" in length. Well we just had his 2 week checkup and he weighed 8 lb 9 oz and was 21.5" in length.

Being parents is incredible! And its true that you must nap when he naps! I learned that the 1st day home. He is a great eater and sleeper. So far we have had only 1 crazy night (think he had gas!) where I didnt get much sleep (ok about 2 hrs) but luckily I got to sleep in that next morning.

Overall, the newborn stage is going great, better than I expected. Labor was more difficult than I expected (I have much more respect for all Moms!) and the entire process of bringing a life into this world is truly a miracle!