Hurray for Donovan!

Donovan finally decided to cooperate for the camera so we have some video for you all to see how much fun we have with him.
We also got some fun pictures of him today too. He is loving the excersaucer!

ENJOY!!

Well, last week wasn't too bad. Donovan was very good for his mommy up until the last two days. He started to get pretty whiny and needy late Sunday afternoon and it continued on through the next day until Brad got home. I'm not sure what was wrong with him, but he is back to his normal cute self.
I-Dub took 2nd place at the national tournament again this year. It was a disappointment, they were the best team there, sometimes you just get unlucky.
I have been a little more aggressive with Donovan and his toys recently. He hasn't really shown much interest in them, he mostly just likes people, but he has been getting better. He is starting to reach for things that are in front of his face. He likes hands the most, but he is figuring other things out as well. It is a lot of fun seeing his progress. He changes from day to day and gets more and more interested in the world around him. We have a hard time getting good pictures of him because as soon as we pull out the camera all he does is stare at it. Today he was jabbering at us for about five minutes, but once we pulled out the video camera he shut right up. It is a little frustrating, but at least we get to see it. He makes the funniest faces when he talks to us. He jabbers on as if we can understand each other, it is so much fun. My mom says I started talking in sentences, and I am guessing he will do the same. He loves to stand up. He gets mad when we lie him down or try to make him sit. He is just like his dad so far. He even kicked a real soccer ball for the first time last night (sorry, no pictures). We love the little guy and can't wait to take him out to Utah to meet everyone!

This week

This is going to be an interesting week...Brad just left for Georgia (NJCAA National Soccer Tournament) this morning so I had to drop Donovan off by myself (I still hate doing it, but it won't be for much longer). I have to get up at 5:00 to get Donovan and myself ready and have him at the babysitter's by 6:30. IWCC is hosting the National Volleyball tournament this year and they volunteered the accounting department to do souvenir sales, check in, etc. So I have to be at the Mid America Center at 7 am...I guess it is better than sitting in the office not doing anything, but that is early. It is especially early when I have to get Donovan ready while trying to get myself ready. It will be interesting to see how smoothly it doesn't go.
I apologize, there will be no pictures until Brad gets home next Monday (he took the camera). So you will just have to picture Donovan and his cute face. He is starting to stick his tongue out a lot. He really likes to push out his lower lip with it and curl it around in his mouth. He is also sucking on his fingers more than we would like him to. He has been eating more often this week so I think he may be going through a growth spurt, which isn't good because his 3-6 month outfits are fitting perfectly right now. I don't know how I feel about my baby being 3 months old (TODAY) and wearing 6-9 month clothes. How did he get so big?!?!? He will go in for his 4 month check up before we go out to Utah in December. I wonder how much weight he will have gained by then...he is already at least 15 lbs. He is getting much stronger. Brad tried to sit him on his legs, but he wouldn't relax, he was trying to sit up by himself. It was pretty cute. We found another game that he enjoys...I was holding him up on his legs by his hips and he would let his body bend and crash into my chest. He found it quite amusing, as did we. Anyway, I am at work so I had better get back to it.

Almost 3 months old!

Donovan is almost 3 months old, he is getting so big and he gets cuter and more fun every day! We got our first family pictures on Saturday! We did it outside so Donovan was a little grumpy from all the wind of Council Bluffs, but they turned out cute anyway. I mean, come on, we are a good looking family.

We had a pretty eventful weekend/beginning of this week. The girls soccer team is going to Nationals which means I will be home alone with Donovan for a few days next week, but I think it will be alright, we will do some bonding. Brad got a job offer today, a job he had interviewed for at the beginning of June or July...they realized they had made a mistake not hiring him. So we will be moving again, about a mile away from where we are now. It's a good thing we didn't completely finish unpacking! I had finally decorated though, now I have to do it all over again. So it turns out that we may be spending a little more time in Iowa, more than I had planned. I am going to have a good attitude though because Brad will be making more money and we won't have to pay any rent or utilities, so I won't have to work!!! I may get a part time job, but I will be able to spend more time with Donovan and that makes me very happy, and Brad will be doing something new and interesting, so he will be happy too! We would be stupid to pass up an opportunity like this so we are going for it. We have been very blessed with great opportunities out here, it makes me think we are supposed to be here, but I try to push those thoughts out of my mind!

More Donovan news, he is all people care about anyway...He is starting to babble a lot more and is starting to reach for different objects. We tried out his excersaucer that his cousin Mason is letting him borrow and he did really well, he started to cry when I took him out of it! He is very good at bedtime too. All I have to do is feed him and put him in his crib. He looks around and coos a little bit before he puts himself to sleep. He is the perfect baby and we love him so much! His daddy tells everyone that he is the best baby in the world, and I agree.

Here are some of the pictures we took this week.