Lincoln City, Oregon

For Daneen's birthday, Del decided to take the whole family and a few friends to Lincoln City, Oregon. They rented a house right on the beach and it was beautiful. We had some gorgeous weather while we were there. We were lucky since it is already September. We went to the outlets and I bought a TON of baby girl clothes already. They are SO cute! We ate at some delicious seafood restaurants and we even went crabbing. It was a great trip, especially since Delson LOVED the beach and the sand. He could have played in it all day. I didn't mind him getting all dirty, but as soon as he figured out he could put it in his mouth, we were done. I can't handle the dirty, sandy mouth. Here are some pictures of him in the sand and a short video too. This video doesn't give a very good depiction, but he would crawl super fast through the sand and throw it up all around him. It was hilarious.

Big smile.

Playing.

Dirty bum.

Delson and cousin, Braden.

Family picture in front of the waves.

9 Months Old & Picture Update

Sorry it has been such a long time since I have posted anything about Delson. We have been out of town a lot, and when we are home, I'm too exhausted to think about getting online and updating the blog. But I know it is time.

Delson is changing and growing so fast. He is a speedy crawler and he loves to stand, particularly without holding on to anything. He is a great balancer, but he is too scared to take steps yet on his own. He will walk if we hold one of his hands or if he is pushing his push toy, but he's still too chicken to take steps on his own. Not that I want him to walk any time soon, but he is so close, and he gets frustrated so easily that I want to be encouraging. He had his 9 month check up yesterday. He weighed in at 23.4 lbs (90th %-ile) and 30.5" tall (97th %-ile). He is still a big boy. The doctor also told us to our surprise that he had an ear infection. I had no idea. He has not had a cold and he has been sleeping fine. He has been a little whiny in the afternoons, but that is normal, plus he has been getting his top 4 teeth in. So...he is a good boy. We have him on antibiotics now. He is such a sweetie pie and we love him very much.

We finally got our house gated off and so I believe the house is pretty well baby proofed now. And we are working on rearranging the house. I feel like there is a lot to do before our little girl comes and even though she is still 4 months away, we will be out of town a few more times before Thanksgiving and then Christmas will be here before we know it, so I need to get going now. I am definitely in my nesting phase again.

I hope you like the pictures!

"Look Mom! I have two teeth!"

Silly face and blue, blue eyes.

Bath time. He likes to put the bubbles in his mouth.

Cute boys.

Matching Daddy.

He has to put everything in his mouth. He doesn't even need hands anymore.

Naughty boy.

Playing in the laundry basket with cousin, Braden.

Sleep over with Braden when Dean and Sarah came over for dinner and a movie.

It's a GIRL!

Alex and I went to my ultrasound today and we were astonished to hear that we are having a girl. It still doesn't seem like it could be true, but I have compared Delson's ultrasound picture to this one, and if this baby is a boy, he is definitely missing a vital piece of anatomy. So...it must be a GIRL! We are so excited and so is the rest of the family, particularly Alex's parents. (It will be their first girl ever.) I think we will all actually believe it when we see her in person. Only 20 more weeks to go until we meet this new little girl. The ultrasound tech had a really difficult time getting a good picture of her face because she just wouldn't keep her hands down. She already wanted to play peek-a-boo. And the tech also commented that she is a mover because her head was up one minute, and then down the next and then up again. She was all over the place, so we may have another busy body like Delson. It will be fun to see how different and how alike the two of them are. Delson will now be a big brother to a little sister. SO FUN! Enjoy the ultrasound pictures! (Click them to enlarge.)

Profile picture with hand at her nose.

Baby feet.

The "GIRL" picture.

3D profile picture. She's already so beautiful!

Playing peek-a-boo. She has her hands over her eyes.