We had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Daniley got some clothes and toys, but this year we kept it pretty small. She looked so cute in her many Christmas outfits! The best part of Christmas was the time I had off work to spend with her! I don't have vocabulary to express my love for this baby, and every day she just grows on me more and more.

Despite her wonderful presents, it didn't take long for all the excitement to succumb to deep sleep!

MMMMMM...
My fingers taste so good!
And so do Honey's!

Merry Christmas!

This is Daniley's first sleep-athon in her crib. At night I find it most convenient for her to sleep with me (no hate email, please). Somehow I managed to get her to sleep in her crib. It was just a nap but it sure was nice to have her in her room her daddy worked so hard on!

Motherhood is so great....
It's so sweet and loving and kind and compassionate.
It's also DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS.
When I see things like this, I can barely regain composure of myself.
Daniley pooped her drawers so much that this was the inside of her pants.
And let me just tell you, that is what CAME OUT of the diaper.
hahahahahahahahahhahaha.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!! SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE DOLL!

Happy Halloween from our little Pumpkin!

I been swimmin', and boatin', and floatin', and maybe even a little skinny dippin'!!!!!!!!!

She is so cute when she sleeps!!! Every morning, when she sees my face so grins so big for Mommy. It melts me on the spot.

Daddy has learned to multitask...
With the one hand...feed the baby...
With the other, play the Wii!

This PROVES I have no business cooking! I nearly burned the house down. Some of you may not know that I don't have a sense of smell and I only have hearing in one ear. As it turns out, cooking is one of the most dangerous tasks I perform. I was trying to be superwife and start cooking something besides Chef Boyardee and sandwiches...so I started with a boiler of rice. Then I went to love on my baby and I totally forgot about the rice!!!!!!!!!! I didn't notice the entire house was filling up with smoke. I went to put her bottle in the dishwasher and as I passed by the stove, I noticed the mess (needless to say the open flame below the boiler was still burning just as strong as ever). Then the smoke alarm started going off. I then noticed the entire house full of smoke. The lid to this pot had cooked itself on, so I just ever so casually took it outside and waited for Dan to come upstairs and start screaming. The wierdest thing of all is that he never even did the usual "You need to [fill in the blank] next time." Yes, he always likes to tell me what I SHOULD have done. Anyway, this is supposed to be about the cooking, not the husband. Ha ha. I moved the timer down onto the stove and made a personal commitment to start using it, as it beeps when time is up. I just pray I hear it the next time I forget I am cooking. Another incident like this may provoke me to give up once and for all.

So, as you MUST have expected, I'm slow getting this blog updated. Well come on...I have a baby to take care of. :-)
So far Motherhood has been wonderful. Daniley is a very good baby! We are getting up only once or twice each night. She doesn't cry unless she's 1) hungry 2) has poopy drawers or 3) fighting sleep! Actually we have very little cries at all. She is so cute I just like to stare at her all the time. She makes hilarious faces at me and they crack me up. I laugh at her all day long!

Labor and delivery was pretty easy for me. I didn't feel anything thanks to the epidural. She was BIG...8 lb 9 oz! She was 20.5 inches long. This little hog can put away some food. At her Dr. appt. this week they mentioned she was weighing in at 95%. I said "what does that mean?" The answer: She is heavier than 95% of the other babies her same age. Oh well! :-)

We will be posting the rest of the photos from our photo shoot on dropshots, since the blog is not really the place to post 55 photos. View the other pics at www.dropshots.com/danicadear

Mommy is so in love!

Almost 2 weeks ago I was having some intense cramping. After just dealing with it for a night and most of the next day, I finally called the Dr. to inquire. Of course she wanted to see me. So when I got there she discovered that I was dilated 3 cm, and sent me "downstairs" for monitoring. ("Downstairs" is where babies come from!) I never defined myself in labor or out, so they kept me the night and then sent me home. Two weeks later, the doc keeps telling me she is so shocked I haven't had the baby yet. So I guess I'm due just any day now. We did schedule an induction for Wednesday, August 27 if Daniley hasn't arrived by that time! So at worst....one more week!!!!!!!!!!!! We're just so excited we can hardly wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HERE WE ARE! CLASS OF 1998!!!
Saturday night was our class reunion and boy did we have a great time! Many of my mates showed up and everyone was so nice and sweet and surprisingly good looking! My how we've grown up! I was the only preggie pop in attendance but I didn't miss a beat!

This is my high school friend Jana. I don't get to see her much because she lives in Mississippi. I enjoyed catching up with her!

I did my BEST to dance the baby out but it didn't work AT ALL. I woke up Sunday and she was as high as she'd ever been (in other words, no dropping yet). Although my efforts failed, I did get some good exercise!

This picture pretty much sums up the night!

We had a party for Dan's friends, and there were lots of babies here getting the place primed up! :-)
We had such a great time and can't wait to add our little Daniley to the mix!

I don't know what we're doing but it must have been funny.
It sure is funny now. What a hilarious (and horrible) picture of me!
Bear no shame! LOL.

We had a baby shower for our family and a few friends.
We got some really nice things!
We thank you all for your generosity to us and Daniley!

Here she is...finally!
I am embarassed to say that I have had these pictures for quite some time, but I have just lacked the time to get them on the blog. And I'm SO SMART that the only way I could figure out how to do it was to take a picture of it...and then I had focusing issues being the great photographer that I am....but I think you can see...she looks just like me!
Do you mom's stress about photos like I do? I don't think I'm going to be one of those with the camera out all of the time, and I'm scared I'm going to miss the best moments! I don't see how you all have time to take all those photos and do all these cute blogs and such. It's all I can do to get a picure loaded up on here! It's SO embarrassing! I wish someone would show me how to get a video on here because I do have a digital video camera, believe it or not. I think I'm technologically challenged...but I guess sooner or later, I'll get it together.

Daddy checking for leaks!

Here are some pictures of the nursery we finished up just in time for our baby shower this past weekend. It looks a little cluttered because I have all my gifts displayed! Daddy did such a great job getting this room ready! He even installed the chair rail. His first shot at it ever and it turned out just perfectly, just like about 99% of the other things he does! I wonder if he would say such nice things about me??? Nevermind, who am I kidding?

I can't show you the whole bathroom right now because he's in there working. But you get the idea....inspired by Daddy....MONKEYS!

This is me these days. I am now 34.5 weeks and pretty large. But, I've been "large" for a long time, so at this point I don't feel any bigger than "usual." In fact, I've been big for so long that I actually don't think I'm all that big anymore....but my friends say that I'm just used to it....I'm PLENTY big!
This belly makes my butt look small....that's MY Theory of Relativity!