We Miss You!

Dear Aunt Maria,

I miss you very much! Today I went to lunch with mom and some relatives and I had a total meltdown. It is because I miss you so much and I worry about you being so far away. I am glad you are furthering your education but it will be a long year without you! Mom is freaking out about you being so far away, and she wonders how she will ever clean the house again without you here to babysit. Thanks for being a great aunt and always buying me stuff and babysitting me! Come home soon!

Love, Deacon

Family Pictures

Our first family pictures! This gal is amazing at photography - she even got Terry to smile! Ignore the spit bubbles on Deacon, I guess he was really excited to have his picture taken!

What's So Funny?

I was getting Deacon dressed and I accidentally hit the doorstop. It made that funny sound which Deacon must have thought was pretty funny, because he started laughing so hard! I grabbed the camera and recorded this:

Deacon's First Christmas!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! I know we did. Deacon made sure of that! Christmas Eve was crazy! Terry got stuck in a major accident on I-15 and almost missed Santa, my car got stuck in the snow in my dad's driveway and had to be towed out, and we hit a major snowstorm on the way home. Luckily we made it home safely so we could enjoy Christmas day. Santa brought me a new laptop (yay!) which I am breaking in right now, and Terry got a snowblower. Deacon got a crazy bouncer which he won't be able to use for a month or so, but I bet he's excited!

Jill's friend Bill got Deacon to laugh for the first time!

Sittin' on Santa's lap!

Deacon screamed when Santa walked in, but finally settled down to sit on the big guy's lap

All cozy in my pj's!

Yumm...Terry's favorite

Playing with Grandma Jill!

Happy Christmas!

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2 Months Old!

Little Deke is 2 months old! Okay, it was officially on the 22nd, but I still don't have a computer so I'm behind on this kind of stuff. He is also an official lardbutt! Call it what you want - lardlad, chunky butt, oinker, dough boy, this kid is big! He went to the doc on Thursday and he weighs 14 pounds! He only weighed 9 at his last appointment. Yup, that's 5 pounds in 2 months. He is definitely getting harder to carry, but it's worth it! I just make Terry carry him in the carseat since I have no muscles. I know Deacon will kill me in the future for posting this picture, but he's just so cute! And fat!!

Random pics

Double Dizzle (as Terry calls him) is growing so fast! He goes to the doctor on Thursday for his 2 month checkup and we are betting he weighs about 12 pounds. He finally likes having his diaper changed and is starting to like bathtime, but he is still not sleeping through the night! He is on a strict eating schedule during the day (every 3 hours) and I finally caved and gave him rice cereal before bedtime. No luck! The little stinker is still waking up every 3-4 hours! It's a good thing he is so cute, or else I'd have to sell him! Enjoy the random pics of cute outfits.

Rockin' it in my overalls

All ready for bedtime! Too bad I don't sleep...

Ready to play ball! Thanks Aunt Tammy for this cute outfit.

Trick or Treatin' with mom