Ian Michael

ATTENTION!!!! NEW BLOG!!

2009-12-24T11:44:00.019-05:00

We want to let everyone know how sorry we are that this has taken so long. We have had so much going on. Between Dan losing his job, starting his own business working from home, and then adopting again, our new baby girl Sydney, then the holidays, needless to say, we have been super busy. Instead of trying to keep up 3 blogs, one for the family, one for Ian, and one for Sydney,...we decided to save time and make it easy, we would create a new blog to serve all purposes. So here is the new blog address and we will be updating the new one from now on. We hope you enjoy! Love to all our family and friends!
http://danroni.blogspot.com/

My First Haircut!

2009-05-28T16:18:00.006-04:00

Well,....daddy said that Ian looked like he had a "baby comb-over" so we decided it was time to get a haircut. I just didn't want to do it until now because first I wanted to have enough hair to cut off to put in his baby book. I also knew that after he got his haircut then he would no longer look like my little baby. It instantly changed him from my little baby to a little boy. It makes me a little sad but I knew it was time. He look so so cute with his new haircut! Daddy loves it too. He calls him his "little butchy hair boy".

Here are a few before pictures, and then some after pictures and a video of when we did it. He was tired before we even started which probably didn't help at all. My friend Kelli cut it while I held him and my other friend Caroline took the video. We didn't tape the whole thing, but he got very very upset towards the end. I guess he just couldn't take anymore.

He was so tired, but he still did good.

And now he looks like a little boy! So cute!

Ian's first swim of the season!

2009-05-23T12:30:00.004-04:00

It was really hot out this week so our neighborbor who has a dog that is as big as a horse (almost literally) bought a little doggie pool to bathe his dog but the dog was too big for it so he gave it to us. It is the perfect size for Ian! Thanks "Feeds". Ian was a little apprehensive, but then he kind of decided it was like the bathtub. He still didn't want to stay in very long. He looks cute in his swimming garb though. I tried to put on his 18-month old swim trunks and they were waaaay to big, so I put on his last year trunks, I think they are 6-month and they still fit him great so that's what he is wearing along with the hat that matches. He looks so cute in his sunglasses!

Ian has his first skinned knee

2009-05-17T13:22:00.005-04:00

This week when it was really warm out I put Ian's shorts on him and Daddy took him outside to let him walk around. Well he hasn't been walking very long so he is still a little unsteady. While in the driveway he fell and got his very first skinned knee. It didn't phase him though, he just got right back up and started walking around some more. I'm sure it's the first of many since he loves to explore and seems to have no fear. He seems to have a high tolerance for pain. It's either that, or discovering and getting into things is way more fun and important than some silly skinned knee!

His hair looks so blonde in this picture, but it normally doesn't look so blonde.

Random Cuteness

2009-05-11T15:14:00.002-04:00

These are just some cute pictures of Ian that we've taken.

These pictures were taken on Mother's Day at Grama Annie's house. The look on his face is just so great!

Then just a few more.

Ian and his big Sissy!

2009-05-09T20:46:00.002-04:00

Whitley and Ian love to play chase around the house. Whitley is such a great big sissy! Ian is so lucky!

Ian playing with Daddy

2009-05-04T14:37:00.009-04:00

Ian loves magazines and newspapers and likes to shred things whenever he does get ahold of them. One day he got ahold of a newspaper and started shredding it, so he and daddy just started playing with it. Who knew there could be so much fun with an ordinary newspaper?

Not sure if you can tell but Ian has such long eyelashes! They're beautiful!

Prom 2009

2009-04-18T19:31:00.001-04:00

Well, another Prom has come and gone. Whitley is growing up before our very eyes. While we are talking about Whitley, I just want to express our love and appreciation for her. We have been so blessed to have a daughter like her. She is helpful, kind, sweet, and just a genuinly good girl. We are truly dreading the day when she leaves for college. There will be a large void in our home that we all will feel, especially Ian who loves her so much and looks up to her. We love you so much monkee! That said, here are some beautiful pictures of a sweet little girl, who really isn't so little anymore.

This is her date Joe Packer. They have gone together the last 2 years.

This is the group they went with. From left to right, Whitley, Joe, Richard, Christina, Ashley B., Ashley S., Charlie.

The ice cream truck had just pulled up when we were taking pictures and wanted to see Whitley.

Whitley's good friend Ashley B.

Whitley looks so beautiful!

Whitley and Joe

Easter......

2009-04-13T20:13:00.006-04:00

After church on Easter, Ian went up for a nap and when he woke up we were going to go to Ravenna where Dan's brother and his wife live for Easter dinner, but here are some pictures of before we left.

This video is so cute because Ian had just woke up and we didn't tell him to give Whitley kisses, he just did it. It was so adorable. Also, since it is Easter and we have been especially counting our blessings, we wanted to let Ian's birth-family know how very greatful we are for the blessings of this little boy. He has brought immeasurable joy to our home and our family, and we just want you to know how much we love him and how much we love your family. We have been so blessed. He will always know how much he is loved by our family and your family!

Easter was nice. We had pretty nice weather, not super warm but nice. We went to Uncle Tom & Aunt Cory's house because they were having Easter dinner. It was nice. They went to a lot of work and we appreciate that. Here are some pictures of the whole clan.

Finally!!! I can walk at almost 16 months!

2009-04-09T10:25:00.009-04:00

So Dan and I decided that we needed to go to the temple so while Whitley was on spring break from school we went down to Columbus. Whitley played with Ian all day while we were gone. The funny thing is that that day she taught him to walk. When we left he wasn't walking at all and then when we got home he was literally doing laps around the house. It was so cute to see him walk. It's funny too because he doesn't know how to get back up on his feet, so if he falls, and he wants to walk again, he will whine until someone puts him on his feet again. so these clips are of his first day walking on April 8th, 2009.

Another milestone,.........I will now drink out of a sippy cup!

2009-04-06T20:13:00.006-04:00

All these months we couldn't get Ian to drink from anything other than a regular cup that we would hold for him. We think it was because it was too much effort to get just a little liquid out of some of the sippy cups so he just got impatient and would get really mad if we tried to make him drink from a sippy cup. I finally found one by recommendation of his pediatrician that has a straw and that he can get a decent amount out of quickly. It took some doing to teach him how to work a straw but he finally got it. YAY!

Sissy plays with me all the time!

2009-04-01T11:13:00.006-04:00

Whitley is always playing wih Ian. She can get him to laugh like noone else can. They are so fun to watch together.

This is "The Bee", as so demonstrated on Grampa Haws' children and Grand-children and Whitley is now passing it on to Ian.

Ready to be Daddy's little helper!

2009-03-12T10:04:00.002-04:00

I was fixing Ian's carseat which required the drill, and Ian just thought it was the greatest thing, so he came over to try it out. I took the drill bit out of it and he sat there pulling the trigger on and off, he loved it because it spins, and he loves ANYTHING that spins.

And this is Ian with his little bubble mower. Not quite warm enough outside, but soon,...........

Whitley turns 17!

2009-03-08T23:14:00.003-04:00

I can't believe that she's 17! One more year and she's off to college. It's scary for us as parents! This is the family birthday party at our house, we had Dan's family over. She really didn't do anything with friends because she has been so busy.

Lizzy, Whitley, Ian & Brian as Whit blows out the candles!

Aunt Lisa with Ian!

Cousin Lizzy with Uncle Richie

Cousins Troy and Brian.......

Aunt Lynn, Lizzy, Roni, and Brian trying to give cousin Sammy a kiss....

Uncle Eddie..........

The whole clan!

Look, I can climb the steps!

2009-02-23T13:17:00.006-05:00

Ian has been crawling around the house since he was 9 months, so we decided we would teach him to crawl up and down the steps. We still keep the gates up because he is not totally proficient at it and probably won't be for a while. But it's his newest thing now and because of that he wants to do it ALL the time.

Almost walking

2009-02-18T16:15:00.011-05:00

Here are some pictures of Ian almost walking. He still has to use his walker because he is afraid to do it by himself, and he still has a hard time turning his walker, so sometimes we still have to help him with that but he is starting to figure that out too. It shouldn't be long here before he is finally walking. As of now he is 14 months. You can tell here that he still doesn't bend his legs, they are stiff when he walks! It's so funny to watch!

He is also getting a lot more hair, just since his birthday he has really grown a lot of hair. I'm glad because he seemed like he had hardly any for so long. Now that he's getting hair he is starting to look more like a little boy instead of a baby! Time flies by so fast. Pretty soon our baby will be all grown like Whitley!

Ian loves to eat!

2009-01-29T20:12:00.004-05:00

Ian loves to eat, but he has also gotten quite picky. He likes almost all kinds of fruit including grapefruit which is funny. He liked it the first time I gave it to him. He loves cheeseburgers and fries, but we try not to give him those too often. He also loves raisins and he eats a bowl of oatmeal and a piece of toast every morning for breakfast, and he even eats cooked mushrooms by themselves. He loves bread, just like daddy and sissy do. Every time I open the refrigerator, he hears it open and comes running! Whenever it opens he has to be right there in it. I'm not quite sure what he is looking for but it is so cute! Sometimes he won't try what you have to give him to eat, he just seals his lips shut, but if I'm quick, if I know that it is something that he will like, if I can get a little on his lip so that he can lick it then a lot of times he will open up his mouth. Today he wouldn't eat pancakes but I put a teeny bit of syrup on his lip and then he decided that it was good. He also does this thing where if he eats something and decides he doesn't want it anymore, or decides that he doesn't like it, he will hold it in his mouth. One time he held some raisins in his mouth for about 40 minutes and wouldn't spit them out. Finally he got mad enough that they were still there that I was able to get them out. He also has almost all of his teeth. I'm still trying to teach him not to bite me when I'm trying to get that food that he holds in his mouth out. I have to bring half the fridge with me when we go to church just to keep him happy.

Daddy was saying for a while that everytime he saw Ian he was in his high chair eating, and that's not really too far from the truth! He's a hungry growing boy!

Tub Time!

2009-01-12T15:49:00.005-05:00

Ian absolutely loves the bath! I think he just loves water in general. He doesn't however, like to get his hair washed. He also sucks on everything in the tub. He likes to suck the water out of the washcloth. His favorite toy in the bath is the rubber ducky which there are now many bite marks in. He likes how it squeeks. I have a feeling he is going to love going to the pool this summer.

Ian and Whitley playing...

2009-01-09T14:11:00.013-05:00

Whitley loves to play with Ian and she is good with him. They have so much fun together. Here are some cute pictures....

I saw Santa Claus!

2008-12-25T15:29:00.008-05:00

These are some really cute pictures of Ian with Santa Claus. I love how Ian is just checkin' him out in some of them. Just the look on his face is priceless.

And more pictures on Christmas Day!

1 year Dr. Checkup

2008-12-23T16:38:00.021-05:00

Today Ian went for his one year Dr. appt. Here are his stats:

Height: 31 inches (85th percentile)

Weight: 20 lbs. 14 oz. (25th percentile)

Head: 46 cm (40th percentile)

This little man eats everything. He has gotten more and more picky, but sometimes he eats more than I do at breakfast and dinner. He eats most at breakfast. He acts like he has been on a starvation diet through the night while he is sleeping. Every morning he will usually eat half a cup of yogurt, a bowl of oatmeal, and a piece of toast, and don't forget the water. He doesn't really like milk, so we just mix his oatmeal with milk so he gets it but doesn't know. He drinks a lot of water though. He is a very good eater when he wants to. We have found that he will eat more if you put it on his tray so that he can feed it to himself, otherwise he may get mad and not eat. He has a little temper on him though. He is starting to show it when he doesn't get what he wants. Here is some pictures that we took on his birthday.

Ian is 1 year old!

2008-12-21T21:29:00.002-05:00

This year has flown by so fast! We can't believe that Ian is 1 already. At this time, we would like to acknowledge Ian's birthparents, Amy and Justin and tell them that Ian has been such a huge blessing in our lives that it is just too hard to put into words. We are so grateful for your selfless decision. We hope that you know that Ian is loved so much and is being well taken care of. We all adore him! May God bless the both of you and please know that we think of you often.

We had a big party for Ian. There was almost 100 people there. It was a lot of fun to see all those friends and family. Ian loved his "Smash" cake, and ate plenty!

Here is his birthday cake!

Way too much!

2008-12-21T20:26:00.002-05:00

Between Ian's birthday and Christmas and Ian being the latest addition to the family tree,.....there was just soooo many presents! As you can tell by the look on his face! :>) But we are so grateful to all of our friends and relatives and it was so good to see everyone!

Christmas Card picture!

2008-12-10T15:28:00.004-05:00

The first picture is the one that I sent out with our Christmas cards this year! I thought it turned out really cute with Ian showing a bunch of his teeth and his cute little vest and tie! He is getting to be quite the "poser".

Time for the winter garb!

2008-12-08T15:27:00.005-05:00

Here are some cute pictures of Whitley and Ian all dressed up to go outside in the cold. I love his hat, it used to be his cousin Brian's hat when he was a baby!

Cooking Baking Day '08

2008-12-06T21:26:00.005-05:00

Every year we all get together for cookie baking right before Christmas time. We usually bake them at Uncle Eddie's catering kitchen. It makes it a lot faster since we baked almost 2000 cookies this year. Everyone comes and has a good time. Daddy gave Ian more cookies than he probably should have had. This was also the day that we found out that Ian isn't allergic to nuts.

Dogs are the best!

2008-11-29T19:15:00.001-05:00

Ian loves dogs. We went to Ian's Aunt & Uncles house (Tom & Cory) for a post Thanksgiving dinner as they were out of town for Thanksgiving. The whole time Ian was just loving the dog (Moosey). He grabbed him, stared at him, and followed that dog everywhere he went. It was so cute!

Ian's first "kids meal"

2008-11-28T21:59:00.005-05:00

Every year we go and cut down a Christmas tree as a family tradition and then afterward we always go to Red Robin because they have the best burgers. Here is Ian eating his first "Kids meal". Dan was amused because Whitley just stopped eating kids meals when she was 14 because she has always been so tiny and never really ate that much, and here is Ian, not even one and we have to get him a whole kids meal just for him. Believe me,.......he eats it all too!

Hunting for the Christmas Tree!

2008-11-28T20:40:00.006-05:00

Today we figured out that Ian loves to be outside in the cold. We went to cut our Christmas tree down and it was very cold out and the wind was blowing and the snow was flying and he loved every minute of it, was smiling and giggling and having a great time.

I'm a daddy's boy!

2008-11-25T14:32:00.002-05:00

Daddy plays with me all the time. We all love to hear Ian laughing. It makes everyone happy! He's laughing so hard he almost can't keep his balance!

In this one he is laughing so hard that he falls over.

Brushing my teeth!

2008-11-23T14:11:00.004-05:00

Ian loves brushing his teeth! He has 8 teeth now and may be getting some more, he won't let me in to see if he is getting more. I think he really likes the toothpaste and chewing on the toothbrush.

More teeth brushing

Ian is 11 months!

2008-11-22T17:03:00.010-05:00

Some pictures of Ian on his 11month old birthday and some random cuteness!

Now he growls. It's so cute! He also does this gasping thing. Here are some cute videos. Dan has him laughing really hard here. He's a very happy baby!

Halloween is here!

2008-10-31T23:02:00.009-04:00

It was so warm for Halloween, it was about 65 degrees that night. We just wore our sweatshirts. Ian was a Monkey for Halloween. Whitley didn't dress up this year. You know,.....she's too old for that stuff. But she did want to carry Ian to trick-or-treat.

These pictures we were at Tom & Cory's in Ravenna for a Halloween party. The kids had a blast. All of Ian's cousins on Dan's side of the family were there.

Brian and Troy

Lizzy

And,....Sammy who of course didn't want his picture taken

Ian is crawling!

2008-10-23T22:31:00.003-04:00

Ian started crawling today. It was awesome because it was on Roni's birthday, October 23rd that he started to crawl! What a great birthday present! He's still a little shaky but doing very well for his first time!

Ian is 10 months!

2008-10-21T17:01:00.007-04:00

We can't believe Ian is 10 months old now. Soon he'll be one! Here are some pictures of the cute boy on his 10 month old birthday.

Rolling everywhere!

2008-10-16T16:16:00.003-04:00

I just took a bunch of pictures of Ian rolling around today. He rolls everywhere and gets caught in some hard to reach places. It's so cute. Sometimes he gets stuck and can't get out and cries or yells for me to come and get him. Here are some of the places he's rolled to.

Homecoming '08

2008-10-11T18:58:00.005-04:00

Can you believe it? Whitley went to Homecoming with Joe. They went to his Homecoming because hers was on the night of the Priesthood session. They look very nice getting ready to leave. Joe's mom was their chaperone for most of the evening as they couldn't find anyone to double with. They had a good time even though they said the dance was lame!

Alone time!

2008-10-11T10:24:00.006-04:00

Sometimes Ian is so funny! We have found that sometimes he just likes to be left alone. He really just likes to have some alone time in his crib! He has an aquarium that plays music and moves and a snoopy mobile that he likes. When he gets crabby and seems like he wants to take a nap we wrap him in his swaddling blanket (which he loves, he won't go to sleep without it, somehow it makes him feel comfortable, maybe even safe), so we wrap him up and put him in his crib. Then sometimes we will hear him playing with his aquarium or kicking it for sometimes up to a good hour. It's so funny! Perfectly happy like that, doesn't want to be held, doesn't want anyone to play with him, just wants to be in his crib with his aquarium! Here are some pictures and a video of him in his crib!

Apple Picking with Dan's Family

2008-10-10T14:39:00.015-04:00

Every year we go apple picking in the latter part of September or the beginning of October. This year we went on Saturday October 4th. It was a beautiful fall day! Ian got to have some of the fresh donuts and apple fritters that they make at the apple farm! He was loving it!

Getting Ready to Crawl!

2008-10-01T13:36:00.002-04:00

Ian is getting so close to crawling. He gets up on all fours and tries really hard. My guess is it will only be a couple more weeks until he is crawling. Sissy helps him a lot.

And here is some video of him trying. It's so cute! Sometimes he gets really frustrated and just lays down on the carpet and yells or cries!

Ian is 9 months old!

2008-09-23T17:07:00.027-04:00

So we went to the Dr. for his 9 month checkup. Here are his stats:

Height: 29 inches (75th percentile)

Weight: 19 lbs. 8 1/2 oz. ( 35th percentile)

Head: 45 cm (43rd percentile)

He's growing like a weed. If you ask me though, I could have sworn he was about 25 lbs. I couldn't believe it when the Dr. told me how much he weighed. He also had to get 2 shots. He got the last of his Hepatitis B vaccines, and a flu shot. He will go back for his flu shot booster in the beginning of November.

Now he is getting even more teeth. He now has 5 teeth in (3 bottom front and 2 top front) and is getting 3 more in. So when he is done with this round of teething he will have the front 4 teeth on both the top and bottom. That explains why he has been a little crabby! As of his 9 month birthday, he no longer wants anything to do with formula. He just won't drink it at all. I don't know why,......maybe he just doesn't like the taste of it anymore, the only thing he will drink is water! He loves it!

As of about 8 months he will no longer eat baby food. Well, he will only eat baby sweet potatoes if he's in the mood and baby bananas. Other than that, he wants nothing to do with it. He wants EVERYTHING that we are eating. Regular people food. Doesn't matter what it is. If we happen to be eating or drinking something in front of him, it doesn't matter what it is, he wants some. One time I was eating grapefruit for breakfast after he had eaten his own breakfast and he wanted some, so I gave him just a little piece because he was getting all mad because I kept telling him he wouldn't like it, but I gave him a little piece and you should have seen the sour look on his face. It was hillarious! Sometimes I think he can't possibly like what we're eating he just eats it because we are. Last night I made a Chicken Bruschetta sandwich which had a mixture of tomatoes, garlic, basil, and balsamic vinegar to put on top of the chicken, and he ate it. I couldn't believe it.

Here is baby talking. Dan swears he's acknowleding him as "Da Da!"

Ian loves to kick!

2008-09-05T10:48:00.004-04:00

Ian rolls his way around the house looking for things to kick! He will go from one room to the next kicking end tables, doors, walls, other miscellaneous furniture, and the window seals in our office.

Ian is 8 months old!

2008-08-24T15:07:00.027-04:00

Baby started to get his teeth!! He got 2 teeth on the bottom in the front this month and then when I started looking around I could see that he was getting 4 more. His upper front 4 teeth! It's so cute. Here is a picture so you can kind of see his new bottom front teeth.

He's been a little bit crabby because of getting so many teeth in at the same time. I have been giving him Tylenol when he needs it and these teething pills. They are Hyland's teething tablets and they really seem to work well. They are all natural you know Homeopathic but he is funny because every time he sees the bottle he wants his little pills. I don't know if he likes the taste of them or what, but it's very funny! Dan calls them his "Happy Pills". He rolls everywhere he goes. Sometimes when I'm just hanging out with him in the living room I will turn my head and find that he has rolled himself right under a chair and can't get out. It's so cute! He rolls around so that he can kick things too. HE LOVES TO KICK! Everywhere he rolls to it's to find something new to kick! Sometimes I wonder if his heels hurt he kicks so hard! There's a video above you can watch of him kicking!

Here are some more cute pictures of him!

He thinks he is so cute whenever we put something on his head. It's funny!

I love this profile picture of him! You can really see how big his cute little cheeks are! It just makes you want to pinch them! And that lip!

Ian rolling around knocking & scratching

2008-08-23T09:16:00.002-04:00

Ian is 7 months old!

2008-07-25T16:56:00.007-04:00

This is his cute little "gummy" smile! I love it. You can't get him to smile this big normally!
He loves his little jumpy seat! Sometimes he jumps so high I swear it's going to come off the molding!

I know that I say this everytime but I can't believe he is already 7 months! It's just going by way too fast!

Family in for a visit!

2008-07-17T22:55:00.011-04:00

The whole family at the grove.

Grandma Diana with the 2 grandbabies!

Some of Roni's family was able to come for the Ian's Blessing and our sealing in Palmyra. Her dad, Les and stepmom, Diana and her sister Angela, and her husband Kurt, and their three kids, Kade, Avin, and Cole. We did lots of fun things while they were in town. We sat out by the firepit roasting marshmallows, we went out to Amish country, we went to Palmyra for the pageant, we went to Cedar Point on a 90 degree day with about 85% humidity, and we went to the beach. It was so nice to see everyone. Of course we missed, Melanie, Gina and Lena. Hopefully we will all be able to get together with everyone sometime soon!

Ian getting ready for the beach!

We are a forever family!

2008-07-16T16:50:00.002-04:00

Today we were sealed in the Palmyra New York Temple. Roni's family was in town and wanted to see the pageant in Palmyra so we decided that instead of driving to Palmyra then coming all the way back to Cleveland and then driving to Columbus (which is our disrict's temple) that we would get sealed in Palmyra! It was so awesome! Ian was as good as gold the whole time until the sealer put Ian's hand on ours and we had to hold it there. He didn't like that at all and started crying at the top of his lungs. We will always remember how we felt finally being sealed as a family!

Ian's Blessing

2008-07-13T20:44:00.009-04:00

Today Ian was blessed in Church! It was so neat. Dan of course did the blessing. The following people stood in: My dad, our Brother-in-law Kurt (my sister Angela's husband), Bishop , Bro. Chapman, Bro. Lund, Bro. Ruffell and a good friend of ours, Elder Cluff. Almost all of Dan's family came also, Dan's Uncle Bob, Annie ( Dan's Mom), Rich and Lynn and their kids, Brian and Elizabeth (Dan's Brother and his family) Ed and Lisa (Dan's other brother and his wife) and Cory and their two kids Troy and Sam (Dan's other brother Tom's wife and their kids). We thought it was very nice of them to come for us on this day. Ian was all dressed in white and he looked so cute! He was so good all through the service too. And when they took him up to get blessed he didn't make a sound! He was so cute! Dan said that someone in the circle told him that he peeked at Ian while the blessing was being given and Ian was just looking around at those in the circle and smiling. The blessing was wonderful! Here are the basics of what was said in the blessing: "We stand before thee to give our baby a name and a blessing and the name he shall be known by is Ian Micheal. Ian I give you a blessing that you may be able to discern between good and evil. I bless you to know that many people on this earth love you, and that you are in our home because you are loved by us and your birthparents. I give you a blessing that you will always have confidence and humility and I give you a blessing to know that you are here under special circumstances, as part of a divine plan as layed out in the prexistence for you. I bless you that as you stay faithful to the things you are taught and perservere through hardships and trials you have in your life that your family will be there for you. " It was beautiful and very emotional for us. We know how blessed we are to have this beautiful little child in our home, and that the Lord has been watching over each of us, as adopted parents, as siblings, as birthparents. We hope and pray that Ian will always know how much he is loved by us all.

These pictures are of Roni dressing Ian for his blessing and at church after the blessing.

The Adoption is Final!

2008-07-09T17:13:00.008-04:00

We are so excited! Today Ian's adoption was final! We all went together as a family to Columbus to go to the courthouse! It was a long day for Ian. He slept right through it. At 3:22 pm we were pronounced a family by "Judge Giorgione." It was a very happy moment for our family! From left to right is Spencer Zitzman (our case worker with LDS family services) Whitley, "Judge Giorgione", Roni, and Dan who is holding Ian who is asleep!

Ian is 6 months!

2008-06-21T14:40:00.003-04:00

I can't believe he is already 6 months old! Time flys by so fast! He's getting bigger and bigger and the little baby in him is going away! We are just trying to treasure every single minute because he is growing up too fast! I took him for his 6 month checkup at the Dr. and he is now 18 lbs. 11 oz. and is 26 1/4 inches. This puts him in the 55th percentile for both his height and weight. He's growing to be so big!

Ian loves Sissy! Whitley can get Ian to laugh when noone esle can! One thing he does a lot now is "blow raspberries" especially when he is eating! Food goes everywhere but it's so cute!

Ian is 5 months!

2008-05-21T21:15:00.001-04:00

I can't believe that Ian turned 5 months on May 21st. He is getting so big. So,....... we first tried feeding him solids at 4 months! He didn't want anything to do with them as I posted earlier. Well now, I tried again on his 5 month birthday and he ate like I couldn't believe. He ate 1 package of sweet potatoes and one package of bananas and about a 1/3 of a cup of rice cereal that I had made him. He ate so much I was worried about him throwing it all up. But he didn't! He loved it! Here are some pictures on his 5 month birthday eating for the first real time his solid food! And you may not be able to tell but he really is getting a lot more hair!

Ian laughing

2008-05-20T21:00:00.000-04:00

I just love the sound of Ian laughing. It just makes everyone in the house happy!

Sunday Sundae

2008-05-06T22:26:00.005-04:00

I can't believe it but we actually got all of the nieces and nephews on Dan's side together for Sunday Sundae. Of course getting them all to look and smile at the same time is another story, but we're so glad we got a picture of them all together. From left to right we have: Whitley, Ian, Elizabeth, Troy, Chelsey, Brian, Sam, & Corey.

2008-05-03T21:05:00.001-04:00

I just wanted put down a few things about Ian before I forget them. When he was really little baby, you would always know when he was going to cry because he would start coughing. The cough was just the little prelude to tell you that he was getting upset and you had better do something about it. It was so cute. Dan always used to ask him when he went to pick him up if he needed some cough medicine. Now he is older and he just starts crying as loud as he can when he wants to get your attention.

Sissy being silly with her brother!

2008-04-27T22:48:00.001-04:00

Spring is finally here!

2008-04-26T23:00:00.001-04:00

Spring came early and everything is in bloom! Everything is so beautiful this time of year! These are some of the trees in bloom in our yard and on our street!

Whitley's Prom

2008-04-25T13:13:00.004-04:00

She looked so pretty for her big night!

2008-04-25T13:01:00.002-04:00

2008-04-23T22:02:00.001-04:00

Ian is 4 months!

2008-04-21T15:26:00.000-04:00

He is growing so fast. We went to the Dr. for his 4 month checkup and he had to have 4 more shots. On the positive side though, he now weighs 15 lbs. 2 oz. (which places him in the 60th percentile for his weight) and he is 24 and 3/4 inches long (which places him in the 50th percentile for his height.) He still doesn't want anything to do with solid food yet. I have tried a couple times and he just makes a face, spits it out, and gags just to add a little drama!

Trying to clip Ian's toenails!

2008-04-06T16:06:00.000-04:00

Baby's third month

2008-03-28T15:51:00.000-04:00

Ian is 3 months old!

2008-03-21T15:07:00.000-04:00

Whitley's Sweet 16!

2008-03-10T23:39:00.005-04:00

The night that we had Whitley's party was Friday the 7th of March and wouldn't you know it we got so much snow that a lot of the people didn't show up, ....but those that did had a great time. Here are some pictures of her party and the snow we had the next morning!

Some family Pictures

2008-02-29T14:42:00.014-05:00

These pictures were taken in January. Ian was so little then!

Ian's Second month!

2008-02-29T14:26:00.009-05:00

Ian is giving us more and more smiles everyday!

My big sis loves me so much!

Some more cute pictures of Ian

2008-02-29T14:18:00.003-05:00

He is getting so big so fast. We are having so much fun watching him grow and get a cute personality!

Ian is 2 months old!

2008-02-29T14:06:00.006-05:00

We had to post one where he is upset. He has so many cute faces! Ian went to the Dr. on the 21st of February which is his 2-month birthday. He now weighs 12 lbs. 3 oz. and is 22 1/4 inches long! He is growing so fast! He drinks 4-5 oz. of formula every time he eats now! And he doesn't like to wait!!!

The baby shower

2008-01-25T12:57:00.003-05:00

Friends & Family at the shower.

It will always be a great memory!

Our family put so much effort to make it nice and it really was beautiful. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts!

Ian is 1 month old!

2008-01-22T22:05:00.003-05:00

These are Ian's one month old birthday pictures. He was one month old on January 21st! He is growing so fast and starting to get little grins while he is awake!

Baby's first Christmas!

2008-01-22T16:26:00.000-05:00

We brought Ian home from the hospital on Christmas Eve, and it was the best gift we could have ever gotten! These pictures are on Christmas Day at Dan's brother Steve's house.

Ian is so cute with his little hands everywhere!

2008-01-22T15:58:00.001-05:00

Little Ian always has to have his hands free. He doesn't like to be swaddled. Daddy calls him Houdini because no matter how well you have him swaddled he always finds a way out for his hands. It's so cute

Even while he sleeps he's got his hands folded....

Ian's first month

2008-01-22T14:11:00.000-05:00

He always smiles as he is dozing off to sleep!

Ian at the Hospital

2008-01-18T13:05:00.000-05:00