worst blogger of the year award goes to.......ME!!

wow. I knew it had been awhile since my last post, but I didn't realize it had been THAT long. Yikes. We have been busy with everyday life. Nothing too exciting. We did take a trip up to Thousand Oaks to visit Dirk and Cotty and their lovely kids. It was fun. I'm pretty sure the highlight for Baxter was the fire station. Duh. Baxter also somewhat conquered his fears of the swing at the park. Daphne has been keeping busy as well. She has had several lunch dates with her baby BFF Gretchen (daughter of chelsey and danny). Both kids are growing up way too fast, and are getting to be so big. Here are some pictures.....

Cousin Love

This is just too cute not to post.

Auntie Kerie has a fancy camera that can capture images of these wild and crazy kids, without the typical blurry issues. I am so happy to have these pics to post on my blog. Having Jackson as a cousin has been so much fun, and we all expect it to only get better!

The Holidays

My mom sent me some good pics from the holidays. I really should start taking my own pics, but I suppose my hands are a little full these days :)

Daphne and I Christmas morning.

Baxter at my Grandmas on Christmas Eve. He stayed in the playpen while we ate Dinner. Pretty considerate of him.

Grammy Pammy and baby D.

Sometimes Daddy lets Bax handle a real bottle.

Beautiful Aunt Anne and Daphne.

My cousin Nikki and baby Daphne.

Auntie Jac, Patty and Grammy having fun with Daphne in the kitchen.

Bax was so excited to open his first present of the season.

Yo Gabba Gabba shoes!

Showing off his new shoes. Thanks Jim and Jac!

Obviously these pictures are from various events. We had a pre-Christmas celebration so we could be with Jim and Jac. They left on Christmas Eve to go on their late honeymoon to New Zealand. Lucky!! We spent Christmas Eve at my Grandma Daphnes house, and Christmas day and night was spent mostly with Dereks family. I know grandpa John must have some pictures from all of the Middagh festivities.....hint hint :)

Let's Play!

Baxter and Daphne had fun playing with the Bumbo seat today. It was her first time in it, and Baxter is pleased to have the chair back in our rotation of seating options. Baxter recalls how hard it is to get in and out of the seat, so he was kind enough to bring Daphne a few items. It was important to get her the ballerina bear, and then a bite of a cookie. He is so eager to play with her, I cant wait to see them in action!

Four months!

Wow! Time flies. Our little girl is getting so big! She celebrated the big occasion by rolling over for the first time. Needless to say, we are very impressed. She is such a good girl.

Thank God for Camera Phones.

We would never have any pictures if it weren't for our camera phones. We are so bad when it comes to remembering our real camera (which I have a love/hate relationship with.....mostly hate). These are from our trip to Disneyland yesterday. Grandpa John got us in, and we had a blast. Baxter enjoyed a birds eye view of the new Christmas parade from Daddy's shoulders. He saw Buzz Lightyear, and just didn't know what to think. Gotta love D-land during the holidays!

Life

November 10, 2007

                                                                                              

February 26, 2009                                                             

August 18, 2010

Wow. Turns out a lot can happen in just three years. We have been busy. We have been happy. Life is good for us, and we couldn't have imagined we would have TWO kids. As I sit here trying to type with Daphne in my arms, and Baxter strapped into his high-chair eating breakfast (well, he has actually been done eating for awhile now, but it is a good way for me to get some stuff done. Don't judge.) I am so in awe of what Derek and I have made. Happy anniversary to us!