Donny meets his grandmas

What a blessed little boy we have! He has already met four of his grandmas and will meet the other two before he is six months old.

Here he is talking to his Grandma Marie Whittaker

And smiling at Grammy Kathy Shire

And getting acquainted with Great Grandma Zella Kjosness

And admiring Great Grandma Clara Borovec

He can't wait to meet his other Great Grandma Clara in Chicago in August and his Great Grandma Donna Shire in Arkansas in December! 

Life With Donny

It's been too long since I updated you all with pictures of our growing boy.  Here he is at three weeks old with his Giraffe-er-roo:

Enjoying his first ride in the vibrating bouncy chair while we ate dinner:

Sitting at the table while we ate dinner (isn't it amazing how babies know it's time to eat!)

His least favorite past-time: the changing table

Donny arriving at his baby shower and Daddy serving cake:

Donny's favorite new toy, the Rainforest Jumperoo, recommended for babies ages 3 months and up.  But who can wait that long to try out a new toy?  Andy built it and put him right in it.  He was content and fascinated for over ten minutes - he doesn't really fit, but add a couple of phone books and he even jumped a couple of times!  We're going to add a product review to the website we bought it from recommending that 3 and 1/2 week olds love the jumperoo too!

One Week Old!

Here are a few more pictures of Donny and family.  His Grandma is a great photographer!  The picture with him and the giraffe was on his one week birthday.  I will post pictures of him and this giraffe periodically so you can all watch him grow with us!

We have a baby boy!

Donald James Earl was born on Friday, June 29th at 8:10pm.  He was 7lb 1 oz and 18 3/4 inches long. 

We are thrilled with him, and having a splending babymoon at home.  He's a little sleeper, letting us sleep for 6 or 7 hours a night.  And at one week old, he is just starting to make great eye contact with us sometimes - and I swear he smiles at us already!

Daddy can't keep his hands off Donny. Whenever he is home, he is hogging the baby.  He even changes most of the diapers.  Only one of them was too gross for him to handle.  Fortunately, grandma was close by.

Our New Arrival

We have been blessed!  Yesterday a group of our friends from our church community brought us a gift.  We have been struggling to make ends meet, and were feeling pretty hopeless about doing anything about replacing our 250,000 mile Toyota with lots of character (which I have been driving for ten years) - it won't pass emissions testing so we haven't been able to register it, and we felt like we were driving a ticking time bomb that could go off at any moment. It needs CV boots, a transmission, a new door for the gas tank, air conditioner repairs... We were pretty low.

And then, last night we were surprised when a friend handed us a set of keys to a 98 Ford Escort wagon in perfect condition.  I've cried every time I've told anyone about it - I'm crying now.  I just can't believe how loved we are!  Our precious new baby will have an air conditioned car to travel in!  And I won't worry every day if my husband will make it to and from work!  Maybe now I will learn to trust God to take care of us! We have good, good friends!

Below is our new addition, complete with a big red bow.

Ready to Pop!

So I thought you'd all like to see pics of Bad Andy and his woman just moments or days before he becomes the father of a noisy little Shireling. We went out to my sister's home and had a photo shoot yesterday - almost exactly four years after the first time we had a photo shoot out there when we first met in person.  I'm a bit bigger than I was then... I think Andy is a bit smaller - how does he do it?

August 2006

Friday, August 04, 2006

Expanding Territory Well, I am headed out the door today to go see my Andy for the first time in like 7 weeks!  I am so excited!  okay...I'm a bit nervous.  I always get nervous about plane trips.  As a matter of fact...I am posting today in case I don't make it so that you all know I love you.  Morbid?  I know.  Anyway, I fly out at 7:55pm and end up in Tampa, Fl at 6:09am... A 7 hour plus trip with a 48 minute layover in Vegas (do you think I have time for the slots?  or the money?) Assuming that I make it safe and sound, my new map of the US states I've visited is here.  It now includes Kansas, Missouri, and Florida!  It's fun to add a state here and there to my concoured territories!   11:19 am

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

melting It's 92 here and I hate it.  Summer is for lizards and Satan who enjoy the heat.  7:24 pm