Prayers for Stellan

Please pray for Stellan today as he goes into surgery for his heart today.

Delani's new moves....& Easter

She is officially on the move!



Delani has Ellery beat by about a month. Ellery started walking at 10 months. Of course, Delani would rather crawl if she needs to get somewhere real fast but she is taking more and more steps. She just looks too small to be walking, doesn't she? As you can see, Ellery doesn't like the attention that Delani is getting with her new moves! This video was taken on 04/14/09.

The night before the first video was taken, I was attempting to get a video of her walking but she decided that she just wanted to climb instead. She is a little dare devil, isn't she? I don't know how to rotate the video. Does anyone else?

This post is going to be all over the place! I was so excited to share Delani's first moves so I am going to go back to last week! Delani started getting a cold last week. I was all paranoid because I was supposed to go to the casino with the girls Friday night. Instead of sending her to daycare on Thursday, I sent her to G-ma's so that she could rest up and hopefully feel a better. Friday they went to GG's. I did end up going with the girls and we had a great time even though we were all big LOSERS! Andy took Ellery to an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday morning. Between Ellery and Mayson they collected 1 egg...yes 1! Mayson got scared from the clown (who blames her) and so Ellery wouldn't go without Mayson. Saturday afternoon Mayson came over while the guys went and golfed and Audree went to work (haha)! On Sunday, Ellery woke up to find that the Easter Bunny brought her a brand new big girl bike, a Dora one at that!! She was so excited, it was cute. The Easter Bunny must know that Delani loves to eat because he brought her a bucket FULL of treats. In the afternoon, we went over to G-ma Cooper's to celebrate with the rest of the family. G-ma Gert had gotten the girls a wagon for Easter!

Coloring Easter Eggs- she was a bit tired!

New Bike!

Delani's 1st Easter morning

Delani can really cruise in this walker (and eat snacks)

Future Motocross Racer?

Ellery, Delani & Avery riding in the new wagon

Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

9 month check up

Delani went for her 9 month check up on Friday. She must already know what happens when we go there. She screamed the moment I put her down on the table. If I wasnt holding her, she was not a happy camper. That is just not Delani at all, she is the happiest baby ever! Anyways, she weighed in at a whopping 18#9 oz(50%) and was 28 in long(55%). Once again, I thought for sure she would weigh more than Ellery at 9 months. Ellery was 18#8 oz(50%) and 29.5 in(95%). Delani must just carry her weight completely different than Ellery did, although Ellery was a bit longer. Delani has quite the pot belly but I must say it is cute as ever. They said that everything looks good and that we could start giving her more of a variety of foods, which we already had. He also said that we could start trying regular milk at 11 months if we wanted too. I'm happy and sad about that. Happy that I won't have to buy anymore formula at $15 a can but sad that my baby is growing up WAY too fast. Delani had to get only one shot. The last time she was supposed to get the hib there was a shortage of it so she had to get it this time. She did really well with it though, she is such a tough little girl! Delani is beginning to take more and more steps at a time. I have been trying to get a video to post but by the time I push record and it actually starts recording she is down already. It won't be long though!! Delani's favorite word right now is "Dada"- No, I don't thinks he really knows what she is saying. She also says "baba" but I have been completely unsuccesful at "mama". She is truly a 'daddy's girl'. She also loves to make the 'raspberry' sound and thinks it is the funniest thing in the world when you do it back to her. She is growing up way to fast (can you tell I'm going through baby withdrawls already?!?)

I am so thankful for my 2 healthy baby girls! (I know they really aren't babies anymore but they are my babies!)