Bobble Head

We finally got Dillon in for some professional pictures. He is just under four weeks here. Thank goodness we got him in when we did: soon after, he broke out with some serious baby acne (just like you said JaNae). Poor guy, he is still recovering from it! I was so glad he was alert for them. The photographer kind of had a hard time positioning him becuase he already has such a strong neck. He kept moving his head where he wanted instead of where the photographer wanted it. I have been kind of proud of his strong neck, but it was definitely working against us. The photographer finally just had me hold him because their holding blocks weren't working very well. But I think we got some good shots. He was pooped as soon as we were done and completely zonked out! He must have known how much I wanted these, because he did really well when we need him!

Finally, Pictures of Our Little Guy!

As promised, here are some pictures of Dillon. Parenting just gets better and better everyday. He is doing so well. At his two week checkup, he was back up to his birth weight, and the doctor said he was doing well (this was music to my ears, after two weeks of stressing about how well he was eating). I tried to get pictures of everything that happened along the way. Here are some of them.

For all of you who requested, here it is: the dreaded belly shot. This is just moments before loading up and heading to the hospital.

This was taken just after Dillon was born; hence, my exhausted, fat face. However, it was really a cool experience, so it is worth having.

Look at that blonde hair! Dillon was basically born in need of a hair cut. His blonde hair hangs over his ears and well past the nape of his neck. It just seems wrong to cut a newborn's hair, but sometimes I think he could really use it! Casey and I were both born with dark hair, so the blondie was kind of a shock to us.

I don't know if you can see it in these pictures, but Dillon is a pretty close replica of Casey. When he was first born, we all really thought that he looked like Casey's uncle Kent. But I swear, everyday he looks more and more like his dad.

He's Here!

Well, I haven't posted forever, but for all of you who are still checking my blog, I figured this was definitely worth a post. Dillon was born on the 16th of this month. He was 7 lbs 4 oz and 19.5 inches long. We have already enjoyed having him so much! I can't believe it has already been a week, and it has been very eventful! Thank goodness for my mom! She spent Wednesday through Sunday with us last week, which was a huge help! I don't think I could have done it without her!

Casey and I just adore Dillon! All of the sudden the TV seems boring, and all we want to do is hold and love our little boy! I had really good intentions of posting lots of pictures, but for some reason the library computers won't read my camera. Pictures will come soon!

A Tribute to the Fisherman

Casey has several hobbies, but one of his favorites is fishing. If we get what we want in heaven, Casey will have endless streams full of fish that he can go throw a line in. This summer, he spent most of his spare time wading in the streams. When day light savings ended, I thought it was going to be the end of Casey's world because he knew his fishing days for the year were almost over. But, due to the unseasonable warm weather this month, he's been able to fit some extra trips in. He goes every weekend, thinking it will be his last. Who knows, with the way things are going, he might be fishing up until Christmas!Last weekend we went out (I tagged along as the photographer). This isn't his best prize fish, but I really liked the picture.

This was his prize fish this year. I wasn't with him when he caught it, but I got a text message soon after with this picture. Nice fish, huh!


Oh, and he actually got me hooked on it. This year for my birthday he gave me waders, a float tube, and fishing equipment. This is probably the biggest fish I caught (it really is bigger than it looks ;)). If you notice the grimace on my face, it's because I couldn't figure out how to hold the fish without it flopping everywhere.

Seven Quirks...

Okay, so Sarah tagged me. She's right: I really needed a new post (the most exciting thing that has happened to us recently is new furniture), so this gives me a good excuse to post.

My Seven Quirks:

1. First and foremost, I can't keep my hands off chocolate. If we don't have anything else in the house, I will often grab a bag of chocolate chips and eat from it (usually until I make myself sick).

2. I quite often bake for no reason at all. Even if we already have goodies and sweets in the house, I make cookies, brownies, or whatever just for fun. I equate food and goodies with fun.

3. I can't stand to fall asleep on the couch at night. I figure if we're going to sleep, we might as well be in our bed. (Casey hates this one).

4. I like wearing Casey's jackets and warm-ups better than my own clothes. I don't know why; his are just better.

5. One of my bored habits is popping my knuckles. It really drives me nuts too, but it's something I do without thinking.

6. Having fresh sheets is basically like Christmas to me. I LOVE IT! I always shower minutes before climbing into my clean sheets. I think it is the most wonderful feeling it the world!

7. I hate nights when I have to wash my hair. I usually wash it every other day, and it always seems like such a chore. Even though it takes, at most, 10 minutes longer than usual and I love having clean hair, I dread the every other night when I have to blow dry it!

Now I tag Nona, Jennie, Sarah Ball, Natalie, Suzette, and AuBrie.

Welcome to Our Home!!!

Goodbye to rentals!! After living in the Aggie Village Triads for 3 years, along with other rentals, Casey and I bought a condo to settle down in, and we have absolutely loved it!! It was kind of a long process; it seemed like it took forever, but it finally happened. We moved from a small, old hundred year old rental house to our brand new home. It was really quite an upgrade for us. We are so happy to be there and actually enjoy being "home" now.

And...we're having a BOY!!! We found out a few weeks ago and are both so excited. My sister-in-law Cami let us borrow this crib and crib set. Thanks Cami! We can't wait to have our little baby in our new home.

We're BLOGGING!!

So I finally did it!! I was just helping my mom update her blog and decided it was so much fun that I needed to start blogging. I have loved reading everyone else's blog, so I guess it's about time we joined the blogging conversation.