Cars

In the last few weeks David has been really into matchbox cars. I stated to buy them for him when we were out shopping or running errands for a long time. He hangs on to his cars and walks around the house saying "car-car". It's cute!

Anyway we where all out the other day and decided to buy the Cars Movie.........David was really excited and all he could talk about was "cars"

When we got home to watch it he didn't care to much about the movie and played with his cars instead, every once in awhile he would look up and say "car-car", at one point he sat in his chair holding the case and watched some of the movie. It was pretty cute so we took some pictures.

Here he is holding his case for the movie!
Watching the movie!
Looking up at the camera!

Cars

Bubbles!!

The other night David had a bubble bath. He really likes them, but we don't do bubble baths all the time (usually its just regular baths), so when we do, he really gets into it. It also makes it a little more G rated for pictures.

He has these bath toys that he loves to play with. In the bubbles he has to find them and it becomes a game for him. So much fun!!
Poising for the camera!
I just love this look of his, he has so many facial expressions. He is so much fun!

Bubbles!!

20 weeks already!!!

Well I am now at the half way mark in this pregnancy. I really do enjoy being pregnant, it is one of those feeling that's hard to explain to someone who has not gone through it. David really likes to give the baby (my belly) kisses and hugs. It is very cute!! This baby loves to move around all the time. Its great I think that I will miss that a bit when the baby comes this spring.

Here are some updated pictures for you.

David and me, you can see a little bit of my belly that he is sitting on.
Here is a better picture of my belly!

20 weeks already!!!

I love my son!

I love this picture of David playing by himself and looking up at us. He is starting to look so much older!
Reading, one of his favorite things to do. He loves to bring book to us to read to him, and then sometimes I will come into the room and he is "reading" his books to himself, it is so cute.
We bought this bin to organize our games and David thought that it was the perfect thing to climb into. (in the middle of getting ready for bed)

I love my son!

Daddy and David Playing

Here is a video of Chris playing with David. I thought that it was really cute so I thought I would share it. Enjoy!!

Daddy and David Playing

Ultrasound

Here is an ultrasound picture that I had taken earlier this week. Everything looks good with the baby. During the ultrasound the baby moved around a lot. It was fun to watch the baby move so much. I feel the baby move all the time, it is so wonderful to see the baby move at the same time as feeling it.
I love ultrasounds, they get me excited to meet the little person that is growing inside me.
God is so wonderful as to give this gift to moms-to-be, the joy of having a baby grow inside us.
I love being a mom!!

Ultrasound

And now for something else.....

There is one other thing that we have been meaning to share with everyone. We are expecting another baby this March. I am 17 weeks pregnant and everything is going really well. We have started to talk to David about the baby coming soon and he is starting to understand a little bit. He will come up to me sometimes when we are playing and give the baby a kiss and a hug (its cute he will life my shirt up to see my stomach and point and say "baby")

We are really excited about the new addition that is coming to our family. We always wanted to have our kids close in age since that is what Chris and I both had, we are praying that they grow up as friends. They will be twenty months apart.

And now for something else.....

Walking

As I explained in my other post it has taken David a little while to figure out and to become more confident in walking. He now walks everywhere, it is so much fun to watch him. Sorry that the video is on it side.

Walking

Summer Pictures

Here are some summer pictures......

Summer Pictures

So Its been a long time.....

First I am sorry that I have not been blogging over the last couple of months. We moved our computer downstairs and I am not able to get to it as easily with David. We have recently bought a laptop so I should be able to keep up a bit more with my blogging.

So here is an update. David turned one in July and we had a wonderful time for his birthday. I will post pictures a little later. David has also become more confident in walking, he first started to walk when he was 10 months old but fell and scared himself, this continued to happen until he was 13 months old. Once David got over his fear of walking he started to walk very carefully but he was still nervous about walking anywhere other then at home. For the last couple of weeks he has become more confident in his walking and walks in public places. Chris and I are very proud of him!! David now has 10 teeth and three more coming soon. He eats everything that we offer him it is nice not having a picky eater.
We took David camping for the first time and he seemed to enjoy himself, we are looking forward to camping with him next summer.

So Its been a long time.....

Family Photos

So we tried to take some family pictures a few weeks ago and these are some of the better ones.
The one on top of us looking up I really liked, I am not sure as to why but I do. The picture on the bottom is one of my favorites also so I thought I would share with you all.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!!!

Family Photos

Funny Faces

So a couple of days ago David started giving us a new look. He scrunches his eyes, opens his mouth and snorts as he laughs, its is so funny that when he does is I laugh so he does it more and we will laugh for awhile. It is so much fun.
I am really enjoying watching David grow up and discover his personality. He is one funny boy.
Here are a few pictures of this new face of his, its hard to capture the whole look but I am sure you can get the idea.
Also David loves to laugh, we will be playing on the floor with his toys and all of a sudden he will be laughing, I am never really sure of what he is laughing at but I do love to hear it.
I also added some pictures to our flickr!

Funny Faces

David doing Laundry

Well David likes to help me around the house, for instance when I do laundry he is always tring to get into the basket. So sometimes I put him in........I thought I would share some pictures. He also likes to follow me when I vaccum, I don't think he totally understands what the noise is but he does like to be clean.

David doing Laundry

Are Little Basketball Star

So its been awhile since I blogged..........David has been doing a lot of changing lately. He will be 10 months on Saturday, wow time has gone fast.
First of all he now has 6 teeth and three comming in soon. I guess he decided to get it all done now.
Second he loves to crawl around and find me in the house, it is very cute. When I am in the kitchen he looks for me and then starts to laugh when he finds me.
David is really wanting to walk on his own, and yesturday on Mothers day he took his first three steps by himself. I was so proud of him it was a great mothers day gift! It was very cool and the best part was that Chris was home to see it. I don't expect it to be to much longer before he is walking all on his own. Also about a week ago David decided that he didn't want to eat baby food anymore, so we started to feed him more normal foods (not mushed up) he is really enjoying it. He loves his vegies, fruit and he likes garlic mashed potatoes and mushroom soup. So far I haven't been feeding him meat or to much spice but he is really enjoying his food.
Not to much else right now but soon I will blog some more pictures and little stories for everyone.

Are Little Basketball Star

David has a New Cousin

Well I know that this is normally about David and our little family but today I want to share with you all about a new member of our extended family. Adrian Patrick Bjorndal was born this morning April 22 @ 5:30 ish and weighed 8lb. 12oz. He is the son of my brother and sister-in-law Isaac and Jana Bjorndal and younger brother to Logan. Both mom and baby are doing well and Logan is very excited to be a big brother. They are all happy and glad to have him here.

We are excited to meet our new nephew in May!!

Katherine

David has a New Cousin

Update on Flickr

For those of you that still check I updated the flickr!!!!!

Update on Flickr

Time for a Bottle

Well David and I have come to a new time in both our lives.........he has moved on to the bottle. David is now on formula 100%, this was a sad and happy time for me, sad because I will miss the special times that we had well breastfeeding but happy because we were both ready for the change. The first few times he would almost refuse to take the bottle but in the end after a few days of persistence on my part he took to it and as you can see from these pictures he is happy to have his bottle. In fact now when he hears it being shaken or sees it he gets excited. I am happy to have breastfeed him for over 8 months but it was time. The nice thing now is that Chris and I can get babysitters and not worry about being at home to feed him, this is a nice perk. As well Chris is able to feed him now which he is enjoying!

Time for a Bottle

Happy Easter

We just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter!!! We hope that you all had a good time with family but most of all remembering what Jesus did for us all. For he has Risen

Happy Easter

Growing up so Fast

Well time has really started to go by fast, David is growing so much. He loves to sit and play with his toys. He loves to laugh, he gets himself from sitting position to crawling position and he really loves standing and walking with help. David still hasen't totally figured out the whole crawling thing yet, what he does is crawl backwards and shimmys around the room. He has crawled a little bit but not consistantly, soon I am sure.
Also he is getting more hair all the time. He has more control over his hands and moves smaller objects. I have also started to give him Arrowroot cookies which he loves.
David is growing and keeping me very busy, we have a lot of fun together.
I will try and blog more to keep you all up to date.

Growing up so Fast

Puppy Outfit

This is an outfit that David's Aunt Tara brought him home from Europe. What you can't see is that it has ears, a tail and paws on the bottom, it is so cute. When I put it on David he started to laugh and play as he felt the material, I just had to take pictures and share it with you guys.

Thanks Auntie Tara :)

Puppy Outfit

Real Moms

I was tagged by Tara about real moms, well this is my opinion
of being a real mom.

Real Moms put there wants aside.

Real Moms eat there meals cold.
Real Moms don't sleep as much as they might want to.

But my favorite parts about being a mom are.......................

hearing him say "momma"

playing and laughing all morning just to hear him laugh.

discovering that blowing on his tummy is the funnest thing I have ever done.

seeing him smile just because he saw me.

watching him discover the world around him.

watching him learn how to move all be himself.

For all these reasons and more I love being a Mom.

Katherine

Real Moms

The Last 18 Days.............

The last 18 days David has been sick...........yes 18 days. It started off with a cold then he developed a cough which turned into a bronchitis then he got the flu (on top of bronchitis) Now like most people when they are sick David want me (his mom) which is ok. This just means that my house is getting messy and I am not getting very much done. Now in the beginning of this past 18 days he was still taking all of his naps in his bed. Now however he is waking up about 20-30 minutes into them screaming then as soon as I go in there and pick him up he falls asleep almost instantly. This happens anywhere from 1-4 times and then he will finally sleep through on his own. David will sometimes have a whole nap on me (I just want him to sleep) Also at night he wakes up now 3-4 times only for a bit, but for me this is weird because he has been sleeping through the night for a while now. On top of all this Chris is gone until Monday night at a Youth Conference in Calgary.

Well I am going to go and have a cup of tea in my messy living room :)

The Last 18 Days.............

Father and Son

Well this entry is all about father and son and there relationship.
Chris loves taking self-portraits and this is the first of many I am sure of them.

David had his first shower the other day. He joined his dad; at first David did not like the water beating on him. But the whole time David hung on tight to Chris as they cleaned up together.

Chris and David love to play together, when they play no matter what mood David is in Chris can get him laughing. They are so much fun to watch. I am excited to watch their relationship grow over the next few years.

Father and Son

Pretending to sleep

So I was trying to get a picture of David lounging on his daddy, but it seems that every picture he closed his eyes. Now it looks like he is passed out and we are propping him up like a doll or something, although the smile on one picture does let you know he is a bit of a fake. Oh well they are still cute pictures.

And now for an update on David. He sits on his own and as I wrote in the last blog he has two teeth and his third tooth is on its way in. He loves everything about his toes, as you can see in these pictures as he is rubbing his toes together, we have more pictures where he is sucking them. We never knew that toes could be so fascinating, but then again, we are fairly used to having them...

David has also found his voice, now he has been doing the baby talk thing for a while now but he is getting much better at control as he moves his mouth to make different sounds, not to mention adding a whole new area of high pitches (and I mean high). He will just sit and talk for a long time now, most of it being high enough to be understood by dolphins and other marine animals. It has really been interesting watching him as he surprises himself by his noises.

A new growth spurt is on the way, which means it is yet again time to say goodbye to some of our favorite outfits that are now sadly too small for him. It's amazing how fast he goes through it. It will be nice when he will stay in the same size for at least half a year. Oh well, on the plus side, there are a bunch of new hand me downs for us to go through...So goes the life of parents.


Oh, and we are going to start throwing more pictures on to our flickr account, so for those of you who have been frustrated that there has been nothing new for a while, good news.

Heimsoth's out

Pretending to sleep

He Has Teeth

Well David is really growing up these days. After three months of teething he has finally had a tooth broken through. On Saturday his first tooth came in and then today his second tooth came in. I think that David is feeling a little better now that they have broken through. One thing I find kind of funny is that David doesn't really like teething toys, he prefers to chew on blankets. He will put it in his mouth and then pull it out with his jaw locked on it. It looks kinda funny but it seems to help him.

David also started to sit up on his own without supports about a week ago, he has been sitting for a long time now but usually with pillows around him. He really is fun to watch as he discovers himself and his personality.

Katherine

He Has Teeth

A Special Friend

So we noticed over the last few months that there are certain people that David really likes. There are a few people that David is fond of, always staring at them, reaching for them, that sort of thing. But no one holds a candle to Jenna. Born on the same day, they met when each was less than 24 hours old. I don't know if that is the reason, or if it is something more, but David has a bit of a fixation on Jenna. It really became obvious in the last few weeks, as David started sucking Jenna's toes and fingers. Now, David doesn't do the toe thing with anyone else, this is rather special.
He also enjoys being very close with Jenna, and cuddles up every chance he gets. Young love is a precious thing, albeit a bit weird at this age, but still very cute.
It will be very fun to watch these two grow up together. Now I should add that Jenna also likes to be with David, there have been times that Jenna has started to suck on his fingers and then realize that they are not hers. They sure are fun to watch.

A Special Friend