Danielle's Last Day of Class

Our last day of our Baby n' Me class was last week. Danielle loves to go to class to play with the other kiddos. She loves her teacher Ann Marie and especially likes it when she sings (because she's so animated.) The classes are always fun, we get to meet different families and learn all sorts of stuff about their developmental stages. Now that class is over and it's nice out, we're starting to meet at parks around town. Here are a couple cute pics of Danielle and her friends in class.


Dani's first (and favorite) teacher Ann Marie. We are so lucky to be in her classes.


Group photo (left to right: LillyAnn, Danielle, Cody, Violet, and Joe)
You're probably thinking I'm a genius with them sitting so still. We sang to them. :)


Danielle's buddy Cody. He's the youngest in the class and isn't mobile yet. He's just chillin'


Here she is watching Teacher Ann Marie singing to the class... she LOVES singing!!

Busy Little BEE!!

Danielle's been quite a BUSY little bee!! She owns the house and is catching onto things so quickly. She's mimicing words we are saying to her and already has 4 words in her vocabulary... Momma, Dada, all done (pronounced all dahhh), more (pronouced moooooor) and ball (pronouced baaaaaa). Danielle keeps us on our toes but she's so fun to watch and she's getting quite the personality. We can't believe she's almost a year... time to start planning the big PARTY!!


Helping load the dishwasher


Playing tug a war with Skipper, she'd rather play with cat toys then her own toys.


Giving Skippy kisses


Reading books with Daddy


Catching bubbles

Danielle's best friend Sammie invited us over for a pool party and we had a great time splahin' it up!! It's so funny to watch the girls play in the water.


I LOVE the water!!!


Sammie trying to catch the water fall.


Clap your hands and make a splash!!


Sammie & Danielle waiting for the bubble show.

She's on the GO GO GO & havin' FUN!!

Well the quiet peaceful life as we knew it has gone to hell in a hand basket. :) Danielle has finally mastered the fine art of CRAWLING!!! She's really cruising now. Today she crawled into each room and found the cat food & water... no she didn't eat the food but she spilled the water all over herself. She's getting into EVERYTHING!! And she's as good at standing as she is crawling. I wouldn't be surprised if she was walking in the next month or so.


First time using a push toy. She caught on very quickly.


The day after she really started to crawl, we came in to find her standing in her crib. It freaked us out but it was funny at the same time so we had to capture the moment.

Danielle & I went with GG, my sis, and Avery to Port Orchard to visit some family friends. We had a nice time catching up and the girls loved playing with each other.

The girls having fun!! Avery, Dani, Kylie, and Payton


Danielle petting Ana... right after this pic was taken Ana got up and smacked Dani with her tail and made Danielle topple over... the dogs twice her size.


Payton pushing Danielle.


Swinging is her favorite pass time.

Hurricane Punky

Danielle has figured out how to get around now. She's really enjoying breaking anything not nailed down... Haven't gotten a really good vid of her crawling more than a few paces yet. She's still spending most of her time learning to walk instead of crawling.

Punky Cam: April - May 2007

Here are some recent videos of Punky. She's far more interested in learning how to walk than in crawling. She'll crawl 2 or 3 paces now to grab something but then sits back up.

Having fun playin' with friends!!

The weather has been beautiful the past couple of weeks and we've been taking advantage of it. We met Ronan for a picnic at Lake Padden. They love playing with each other and swinging!! And the we moms love getting out and enjoying ourselves too. :)


Ronan & Danielle picnicing.


Ronan's first swinging experience... I think he liked it. :)


Swinging is FUUUUUUUUUUN!!


CLASSIC Dani photo.... it was time for a nap!!



We had a play date at our friend Cody's house last week and had a BALL!!!

Danielle is really into BALLS these days. I think we'll get her a ball pit for her birthday!!


The kiddos... it's so hard to get them all to look at the camera at the same time.
From front to back: Dani, Tyler, Cody, Ronan & Graycn


Tyler & Graycn are saying... "HELP!! Get us out of baby jail!!"


Cody that was EASY!!


Danielle's new thing... holding onto the railing and trying to jump as if she were in her jonny jump up. She's also letting go and free standing for 5-10 seconds. It's hilarious!!

Happy Birthday Cousin Avery!!

Cousin Avery celebrated her 2nd birthday on Cinco de Mayo. She had a birthday in the park and we had a great time!!


Birthday girl Avery having fun with chalk


Making her wish...


Happy girl having fun at the birthday party!!


Danielle enjoying some of Avery's presents, her favorite was a box. :)


Logan and Avery drawing with chalk


She's taking over the wheel (I know, I know it's way too early for that :)


Can't get enough of swingin'

Danielle's turning into a little girl right before our eyes. It's amazing to see how much she's developing and catching onto things. We think she's signing a few words and saying mama, and dada. When she drops something she says "OH"! She's really active these days, although she's not crawling yet, she definitely will be any day now. She's so smart and its scary to think she's almost 10 months old... TIME FLIES!!!

Dancing in the Tulips

On Sunday we took a trip to see the tulips!! And we couldn't have asked for better weather. As you can see the tulips were in FULL bloom & so beautiful... we just hope these pictures can show you how amazing the fields really are.


Enjoying tulips with G.ma K




Sea of red


Daddy & Dani dancing in the tulips


Tulips Galore!


Punky all tulip'd out

Danielle's First Easter

We celebrated Easter Saturday with my family. They came to visit and have dinner. While they were here, we went to Lake Padden where Danielle enjoyed her first swing. She LOVED it. It was so fun to watch her. She was saying wee wee the entire time she was swinging. It was a HOOT!!


Danielle's first Easter basket... a bit big for her basket but I had to do it. :)


She liked the Easter grass better than anything in her basket, go figure.


The girls enjoying the chicks they got from uncle Bubba.


Weeeeeeeeeeeeee... she was actually saying it too.


Swinging is FUN FUN FUN!!


Her new rocking horse... a rocking Dino

We were invited to go to spend a couple of days with some friends on Orcas Island. It was really nice to relax, hang out and do nothing. It was so fun to watch Sammie and Danielle play together. They had a blast playing with toys, bathing together and talkin' baby. Sammie is pretty much crawling and we're hoping Danielle caught on... so far no signs yet.


Sammie LOVES her baths as much as Dani does


The things they choose as toys, bath wash. :)


Having fun sharing toys while the dog supervises.


Lounging around with Sammie.