Diaper Daze with David

The Day After

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:40:00 +0000

The day after Thanksgiving Grammie, Grampa, Aunt Courtney, David, Mommy and Daddy had a great time at the Fort Worth Zoo.

David and Daddy

Watching the monkeys with Grampa. David does a great monkey impression now!

Feeding the birds with Mommy

Grampa and Aunt Courtney

High Flyin' Fun

David and the White Tiger

Thanksgiving 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:03:00 +0000

This year was our year to be in Fort Worth for Thanksgiving, so we all loaded up and headed to Grammie and Grampa's house. The day was off to a good start.....turkey in the oven...the fixin's were getting fixed....then the power went out! Dinner prep came to a screeching halt and the neighborhood poured outside to see what was up. Eventually we figured out that some main power station had some part that caught fire and it was blackened! We were fixing to put the turkey on the grill and then decided instead to load up dinner and take it up the street to the church where Grampa works and cook there. We weren't the only ones to come up with that plan because we saw the preacher and his family in the kitchen too! Even though it was not the traditional Thanksgiving sit down dinner it turned out to be a great day. David even had the run of the playground and boy did we make use of that after dinner. See for yourself.

What a Little Man He Is

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Being the horrible blogging mommy that I am (not a horrible mommy just a horrible blogger keeper upper) it has been FOREVER since I have posted anything. In my defense, the cable and thing-a-ma-doober that I need to upload pictures is gone (and I think my son may have relocated it for me but I have no proof!)

Here are a few of his 18 month pictures (which were on a disk and i didn't need the thing-a-ma-doober to upload them). Enjoy!!

He's growing so fast and we are so blessed to be able to call him our son!

Walking...the Early Days

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:14:00 +0000

The Best Anniversary Present

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Ryan and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on March 19, 2008. Being that it was a Thursday night, we headed to Lifegroup as usual. While everyone was visiting before the Bible study began David stood up (which he'd been able to do for quite some time) and took several steps into the center of the living room. We were all shocked and amazed. To be sure it wasn't a fluke, we "reset" David and he did it again. So many thoughts were running through my head - it's too soon....he' isn't even one yet....we aren't finished baby proofing the house! But after seeing the smile on David's face after accomplishing such a task I couldn't help but be proud of him. Of course I didn't have my camera with me that night (silly mommy!)

Urgent Care

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:42:00 +0000

The weekend of March 6-8 was a new "scary" adventure for us. David wasn't feeling well, which consisted of a lot of throwing up on Mommy (yeah for clean laundry!) Ryan was running sound at church on Sunday, but David and I decided to stay home, in large part to help keep the nursery workers clean. David slept, didn't pee, and threw up on Mommy again....so we called the doctor who told us to head to the emergency room. We called Ryan on the way and after a little while we found out that David had a doozie of a double ear infection. Poor guy! After some meds and more Pedialyte he finally started feeling a little better. Last time David had an ear infection he got teeth - we keep checking every day but so far nothing!

New Orleans

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:37:00 +0000

Aunt Kayla is getting married to future Uncle Scott at the end of June, so David and Mommy packed up and headed to New Orleans at the end of February for a bridal shower in Kayla's honor.

Nana and Papaw were so excited to get to see David again (and if you live anywhere near Nana you know that "excited" is an understatement). We had lots of fun visiting with Aunt Kayla, Nana and Papaw. Aunt Jess even got to fly in from Nashville! Nana really liked the handprint/footprint tile that we made at Granny's, so we made one for David. It was absolutely hilarious to see how many adults it took to get one kids footprint or handprint on a tile. At one point four of us were involved - between putting on the paint, putting his hand on the tile, holding David, taking pictures and keeping his other painted appendages from touching anything else - I'm not sure that we could have done it any differently. This was an early morning adventure - so of course no one looked decent enough to post a picture, but here's a pic of what we accomplished.

Saturday morning David was really busy. Besides the art project David got to spend time with Sadie. Nana didn't want David going outside where Sadie could run him over, so they decided to have the meet and greet at the window. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more - David or Sadie! She kept coming back to that window for the rest of the weekend, but so did David!

David also likes to move shoes from place to place. Here he is playing with Papaw's shoes.

In the afternoon we headed over to Aunt Joey's "new" house for Kayla's shower. Stacey, Stacy, Aunt Joey and Mamaw did a great job putting things together.

The Hostesses

Kayla and the Bridesmaids

Mamaw, Kayla and Nana

David loves tissue paper. So he was more than happy to help Aunt Kayla with her presents.

Eventually we had to figure out another way to entertain him. Anyone up for a game of "Where's David?"

David and Aunt Joey

On Sunday we went to White Oak in Baton Rouge where the wedding will take place. We had a great time tasting all the yummy food and sampling cake. David really liked the pastry shells and the cake (but mostly the icing).

Jess, Mindi, Kayla and Melissa

David and Mindi - 8 months after our first visit to White Oak

David and I had such a great time in New Orleans. He did great on the plane both ways, which was a relief because this was the first time we flew just the two of us. We can't wait to come back for the wedding!

Daddy's Birthday

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:19:00 +0000

This year Ryan turned the big "30" and of course we had to celebrate with steak! Aunt Courtney drove up and we all hung out. David had fun practicing walking with Grammie and he even got his first lesson in grilling steaks!

Playing with Grampa

Showing off his forward motion

Grammie's turn to help

Grill Master in Training

Valentine's Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:14:00 +0000

We had a nice, lazy day for Valentine's this year. David let us sleep in.....which is usually about 7:30 AM at the latest! Grammie and Grampa came over and we went to lunch and then came home and played. David showed off how he loves to walk with his gift from Mrs. Peggy! It was a fun, low-key day. Next year we might try to be festive and wear red (not pink!)

Saying bye-bye

Hockey Game

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:48:00 +0000

On February 13, Kristin, Dylan and Brooklyn Thompson invited us to join them at the Dallas Stars hockey game. It was David's first hockey game ever (and the first Stars game for Ryan and myself). We met them at the American Airlines Center and went inside to enjoy the fun. David really enjoyed looking around at everything. David really didn't like it when the Stars scored a goal because the horns would blow and the crowd got really loud (the tears came out then). Kristin and I took the kids for a walk and missed the only good game fight (no fun!) Brooklyn even let me hold her while Kristin went to the bathroom (this was a momentous occasion); although it took a lot of "pretty girls" to calm her down right after her momma walked off. We had such a great time that we'll have to go to the hockey game again sometime.

Things Mommy Forgot To Take Pictures Of

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:50:00 +0000

So Mindi has really got to get better about taking pictures when David goes to things.

On February 2, David went to his first play. Mindi's school was putting on "Seussical the Musical" and she had several students with lead parts. So we decided to take David to the play.

Mindi and David stopped at home to change clothes/diaper and pick up David's dinner. She should have gone home before she picked David up! Around this time David had taken to flinging himself forward in order to get places or when he didn't get his way. Mommy wasn't thinking of this when she set David on her big bed so she could change clothes. I'm sure you can see this coming. David did his own impersonation of Superman (minus the cape). Needless to say it wasn't a pretty landing. Although he didn't get hurt, he did cry for about 10 minutes. Glad there's no picture proof of that!

Once we got to the play David did fantastic. He loved the music and the bright colors of the set and the costumes. He clapped with the audience and even sang along with the cast a time or two. He also flirted with the lady behind us (who happened to be the parent of one of Mindi's students). After the play was over David gave the Cat in the Hat (Drew from 5th period) a high five. It was really a low five, but it was still cute. David did so good, we'll see if next years musical goes as well.

On February 8th David went to a birthday party for our friend Will Hale (he turned one). David got to play with Will, Gracelynn, and some other kids whose names we can't remember. Will loved eating his birthday cake and opening presents. Hopefully David will have as much fun at his 1st birthday.

Super Bowl Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000

For Super Bowl Sunday our Lifegroup got together at Sarah, Mike & Logan McKee's house to watch the game. Everybody had a great time watching the game and the boys (David, Logan and Canaan) spent a lot of time playing. The mommies didn't really get to watch the game or most of the commercials. Oh well!

Adrian, Travis, Tim, Ryan

Ryan, Mike, Renee (standing), Gene, Rebecca

Gimme more snacks!

The Boys - Canaan, David & Logan

David and Sarah

Story time with David, Sarah (back of head), Leanna (green), Ashley

Leanna, Canaan, Logan & Sarah

David's First Rodeo

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Every year the Walker family goes to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo at least once. Ryan and Mindi's second date was to the rodeo finals back in 2004, so we really enjoy this annual tradition. This year was David's first time to go to the rodeo (1/31). When we got up David started out his day by checking out his toy car.

We got to the rodeo early and walked around looking at all the animals.

Aunt Courtney, David, Grampa, and the biggest bull ever!

David really enjoyed looking at all the animals. He got to see:

Baby chicks

Rabbits
I think it's a goat, but it could be a sheep

Roosters

Pigs!

Next year we will have to try the petting zoo. David did great during the Grand Entry. He clapped for the horses and riders as they went past and he flirted with the people sitting around us. When the band plays the Star Spangled Banner we know that they will have pyrotechnics explode and we were worried that David would get upset with the explosions. They didn't phase him at all - what a trooper!

The rodeo started at 7:30 PM and David was asleep by 8:15 PM, although he did wake up in time for the bull riding. Can't wait to see how he likes next year's rodeo!

Snow Day

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:38:00 +0000

On January 28 we were having some crazy weather....so they cancelled school (and Mommy convinced Daddy to stay home) and we had a snow day together! It was more like a nasty, cold, ice day but who cares. So Ryan and I decided to put together David's two ride on toys to see how he did. He loved them!

David wasn't too sure about the ride/push toy from Mrs. Peggy.

It's got parts to play with!

Mrs. Robin bought David his first tractor.

Who thinks my tractor's sexy?

We had a good time staying home and spending the day together. Now I see why my students get so excited about snow days!

Riding the Towncar

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Before David was born, Grammie and Grampa received a very special gift for him. "Big John" (Harris) from Southcliff made David a "towncar" to ride on when he got bigger. Well that time has finally come! Here are a few pics of David and his first ride. I'm sure as his legs get longer (and he can balance himself better) that he will really love riding it.

Gotta work on those driving skills!

Jay, Tamra & Jesse Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:56:00 +0000

The weekend of Jan 23 Jay, Tamra, and Jesse drove down from OK to visit everybody (David). We went and ate dinner at UNO's on Friday night.

Saturday we hung out at Grammie and Grampa's and then we went to lunch at Babe's in Burleson. David loved it. He ate biscuits, mashed potatoes, and smoked chicken. And all that was AFTER he ate his lunch! What a piggy! Silly mommy didn't take any pictures at Babe's (or the rest of the weekend). Gotta work on that.

Going to Granny's

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:37:00 +0000

The weekend of 1/16-18/08 we took a road trip to Granny's house in West Monroe, LA. David did well on the five hour car ride there (slept most of the time). The ride back didn't go as well, but we won't get into that. While we were there we had a great time. David had another Christmas, we met our new cousin Mallory, and played with the boys. It's so much fun visiting with everybody.

Our new cousin Mallory. Isn't she a cutie!

Nana brought David a surprise....Mardi Gras!

What's in the corner? Is that David's very own King Cake? Why, yes it is!
Yummy!

Climbing on Papaw (Mick, Mason, and David)

Jeremy and Janet came up with an art project present for Granny. They got a tile and had all the great grandkids put their painted handprint and footprint on it to make a garden. They were just waiting on David. So here he is adding to the artwork.

The finished product.

David was introduced to the Dowdy tradition of "swinging". He started out in a blanket, and loved it! As he gets older I'm sure he will follow in the footsteps of his mom and aunts; he'll lay on the floor and raise his arms and legs in the air (this is the international gesture for "swing me").

Granny saved a pair of overalls that Papaw (Mindi's daddy) wore when he was a kid. Here's David wearing Papaw's overalls.

Walking in the leaves

Mindi saw a picture of a little boy wearing overalls and hanging from a clothesline. She thought it would be cute to do her own version on Granny's clothesline. Not anything like the picture she saw, but it's cute!

Bumps and Bruises

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:17:00 +0000

After New Years David was moved up to the Infants II class at school. He's loved having more space to crawl around in. His friends are more mobile and the toys are too!

One day, David was crawling so fast that he lost control and ran into a toy truck. The teachers were great and gave him ice and hugs to help him get over his "injury". They filled out an official accident report that I had to sign when I picked him up. Here's another "first" for the scrapbook.

If you look real close you can see a faint line over his right eye.

The next day he got tooth #2 (bottom center). He doesn't like to show it off so no pictures. Sorry!

Meeting Baby Bullock

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Ryan's best friend Josh and his wife Erin were able to come in town after the holidays. They are both in the Air Force and are stationed in New Jersey, so we don't get to see them much. Josh's family put on a baby shower for Baby Chloe (who will be making an appearance in a few months). David had fun playing with his buddy Logan and making friends with Josh's nephews, Nate and Noah.

John Bullock (Josh's dad), David and Logan.

John, Noah and Logan.

Our favorite party game of the evening was when the dads blew up balloons and had a contest to see who could diaper their "baby" the fastest. Of course the dads did better then the father-to-be (Josh), but not by too much. Josh's got some time to practice before she gets here!

Erin's collection of diapered "babies".

Mike and Logan McKee, Ryan and David, Josh and nephew Nate.

New Years Eve

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:24:00 +0000

We hung out with our friends Kristin, Dylan and Brooklyn Thompson for New Years Eve. Mommy and Daddy played Rock Band for the first time. It was awful and so much fun at the same time. David and Brooklyn got to hang out.

Dylan putting the castle together.

Kristin and the kids in the castle.

Brooklyn was great about sharing her toys with David (and her mom).

David had his first sleepover at a friend's house and his first big boy bath (and it was with a girl too)!

Once we got home David had the most fun crawling around with his sock in his mouth. Who needs a dog when you've got this!

Family Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Part of Grammy's Christmas present was that she wanted to go and have family portraits taken. Here's a few of our favorites.

David's ready to go, but nobody else is. Waiting on a woman (or four)!

Christmas in Texas

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:29:00 +0000

David's first christmas was lots of fun. We went to Christmas Eve services at church and then Ryan's family came to spend the night (they didn't want to miss out on any of the fun - and who can blame them).

David met his Mama and Papa for the first time (they live in New Mexico).

David "woke up" Aunt Courtney.

David liked ripping open the paper on presents. He got several fun toys and some clothes. David didn't even want to wait to get in the tub to play with his new bathtub toys. He just started eating the box!

Fun jungle toy from Aunt Courtney.

David had such a good time that we wore him out on more than one occasion. Can't wait until next year!

Meeting Santa Claus

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:58:00 +0000

So things were crazy busy with the holidays approaching, shopping, cleaning house, wrapping presents, cleaning house, thinking about updating the blog, cleaning house, decorating for Christmas, then cleaning up the mess I made decorating....you get the idea. I finally finished school and was on break, and on December 23 (only 2 days before Christmas) realized that I had not taken David to meet Santa Claus. Silly Mommy. Boy was I gonna hear it from Nana if we didn't get David to the nearest mall pronto. So after Ryan got off work we headed to the mall to join the throng of other parents who had put off pictures with Santa or had forgotten until the last minute.

Whoever designed the layout for the waiting line at this mall obviously was having a bad day. There was a huge wiggly line right near Santa, but then it stopped all of the sudden. Then you look across a major thoroughfare, past a couple carts peddling games and jewelry and stuff, and the line continues along the wall. At least there was a sign that said "Santa's Wonderland - Enter Here", but most people walked past it. This line got to the corner and stopped! And there was no helpful little elf to tell you when to make the trek to join the real line.

So we were talking with the people in front of us and it was decided that when it looked like there was enough room for you and yours to fit you took off and hoped that no one passing by would "line jump". It was finally our turn to cross over. Yeah! Ryan and I took turns making side shopping trips, feeding David, and finding a bathroom where David could be changed. The ladies behind us were really nice (a mother and daughter who had been having their pictures made together with Santa every year for the last 18 years). They thought David was so cute and I just have to agree with them.

Finally, after two and a half hours our wait was over. David was in a great mood and was smiling and laughing. He just looked at Santa and wouldn't stop even when I set him in Santa's lap. Here's a few pictures that we took ourselves.

After surviving the first year, I think we can handle doing this for the next eighteen years as long as we bring food, can find a bathroom, and have a shopping list so we can multi-task. And we might try not waiting until the last minute either!

Hanging with Logan

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:39:00 +0000

On December 13, Logan McKee got to come over and play while his parents were at a Christmas party. The boys had lots of fun eating and playing together. I think David was experiencing some of the "MINE" syndrome because he wanted to play with whatever Logan had (even if he had never wanted to play with it before).

Hanging with Daddy

Wrestling the Alligator

Wrestling Each Other

November...Where did it go?

noreply@blogger.com (Mindi & Ryan) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:49:00 +0000

November was full of craziness in the Walker house. David was sick and went to the doctor almost once a week (colds, ear infections, thrush, a breathing machine). So between the doctor visits and not sleeping well, we did manage to get a few things done.

On November 11 David got a new cousin, Mallory Noelle Auttonberry. Isn't she a cute little girl?!? Hopefully we will get to meet her in person next month.

Right before Thanksgiving David started to push himself up to a sitting position when he was laying down. And then he started to crawl - well I don't think we could technically call it crawling, but he started flopping and scooting around. If you turned your head he wasn't there when you looked his way again!

Here are a few of our favorite seven month pictures.

We flew to New Orleans to spend Thanksgiving with all of Mindi's family. Aunt Jess and Uncle Rob flew in from Nashville and Aunt Kayla came from Atlanta. Too bad soon-to-be Uncle Scott had to work and couldn't come play.

David with Aunt Jess and Uncle Rob

We spent Thanksgiving Day at Aunt Joey and Uncle Lonnie's new and improved house. Everybody was there! We ate good food, played games, took naps, played with the dogs, and even had a surprise baby shower for Stacy and Steven (pretty sure it's a girl!). Here's Mum with all the grandkids, grandkids husbands/wives, and great grandkids.

Back row (L-R): Stacey, Kayla, Jess, David, Mindi, Ryan Front row (L-R): Rob, Jon, Mum, Steven, Stacy

The next day we had Christmas at Nana and Papaw's. David got lots of fun toys, but I think he liked the paper more than the presents!

He loves his tool bag. Look who got wrenches!

David really liked being outside at Nana and Papaw's. He got to swing, he played with bubbles for the first time, and he rode the four-wheeler!

David also got to see some of Mindi's friends.

Nancy and Dylan Michelli

David Bordes and David Walker

We had a great time in Louisiana and were so glad to see everybody. Can't wait for Aunt Kayla's wedding in June!