A new member of the family!

This is our new dog Bruno!

Now Buster has a friend to play with.

Dennis went to the doctor the other day for his 4 month and his doctor was once again, very impressed with Dennis. He weighs 13 lbs 4 oz. which is the 25% for his age!!!! And he is 23 inches which is the 15%! For being 7 weeks early, he is doing pretty darn well. Everytime I go to the doctor, he asks me a series of questions about Dennis' development. Last time, they asked if he was coo'ing.... which he wasn't really... just grunting. But, the next day or two, sure enough he started! And same with this time. They asked me if he was yelping for no reason but to excersize his vocal chords, and if he started grabbing things and bringing them to his mouth which he wasn't yet. But now he started to do both! Yahoo.

4 months!

This is Dennis when we first brought him home...

This is him now. Our boy is growing so big!

Watch this video to see how much fun he has in his bath.

Kaysville Christmas

We had so much fun at Christmas this year. It was our first Christmas in KaysvilleEvery year we draw names and make that person a gift. This year Kristen drew Dennis' name. She made him a box with shapes inside that make noise when you shake them. Dennis drew Taylor's name and made him a shirt that says, "worlds best uncle".Taylor drew Kristen. He made her a white board with cork board cut outs of a tennis ball and racket. Camille drew me. She made me a watch with a beaded band.
I drew Katrina and made her a necklace and some earings. Katrina drew Camille and made her a wall hanging that you can clip quotes and pictures onto with clothes pins on chicken wire. Ryan drew Benson and made him a bug jar. Benson drew Ryan and made him a book with a secret hiding place in the middle. Where he found a brain teaser (special design by Benson). We played a lot of Wii. Mario kart was so fun. It took up our whole vacation. One day we played for 13 hours (or at least it was on that long).

Once Dennis got over his cold, he was all smiles!

He had plenty of people to hold and love him.

He got to meet his great grandpa Dennis- Who he was named after.

Nonnie loved being with her grandbabies.
And Benson loved Dennis... sometimes a little too much.

Here Dennis is trying to convince Camille to come out to St. Louis and take care of him.

We put a puzzle together of the world. Where is Maldives?

Benson wants to play baseball for BYU. He is trying to convince his parents that the true blue is for BYU. Ryan got to meet up with his good friend Kevin.
We had such a wonderful time. And, we're now well rested and ready to go back to work.

Daddy does it all

Cracking up

Dennis has been very interactive recently. He has been smiling and following you with his eyes for some time now. But, one evening, I heard Ryan laughing in the other room so I came running to find that Dennis was laughing too. I caught the very tail end on tape.

Laying down on the job

We think Buster is the best dog in the world. Today, Ryan had the task of cutting his nails. Check out how he got Buster to stay still.

Dennis wants to say...

I LOVE YOU! to...
Nonnie & Pappa
Grandma Robyn & Grandpa Ron
G G June

watch the video for his message:

Thanksgiving and Beyond

Here is my big boy- 3 months old now!- standing all by himself- with one hand for balance.

We went to Minnesota for Thanksgiving. Dennis had so much fun getting to meet some of his relatives for the first time. And as always, he loved being with grandma & grandpa. Here he is with his mom, grandma and great-grandma.Here is Dennis with his new cousin, Jory