Brock on Thursday, Nov. 6th

His burns are healing very well. We are hoping he can handle the pain until 1 pm (the first 2 hrs after the dressing change are usually the most painful for him). If so, they should release him tonight. We appreciate everyone's prayers!

Dane's photoshoot today!

Dane's 1 year old photos!

Jet skiing at Lake Hickory, NC

Dane played piano and loved it!

This photo of Dane is so sweet to me because you can see his eyelashes if you look real close and I love his nose and kissable cheeks! This photo was taken August 4, 2008. One day after his 10 month birthday!

This is the first time Dane played the piano. I was holding him and walked by the piano and his face just lit up. I thought he was old enough to discover the noise and now I'm sure he'll make lots of sweet music for a long time to come!! Mia is quite the piano afficionado as well. Karianne has taken lessons for a couple of years, however, we are about to switch teachers and try to get her to take it more seriously. So, pretty soon I'll put some videos of her playing.

Carolina Beach, June 2008

I love this photo of Karianne, Brock and Mia. They love the beach so much and really love their Granny and Grandpa Foster for taking them there!!
Dane was about to get his diaper changed when he was snatched up and included in this photo! You can see how much they love him on their faces!
We had a great time at this Marriott. We got the suite with a seperate bedroom and living room. It was great because we could look at the ocean and then still put Dane to sleep in the room! Party Time!!

My little JUMPING Bean!!

Dane loves to get his morning exercise in by jumping in his favorite Jumperoo!

Bath Time = SPLASH Time!

Dane discovered how much of a mess he can make splashing the water around in his bathtub his Uncle David and Auntie Lisa gave him!! He also tried to eat the bathtub even though he had just eaten a whole container of organic sweet peas and organic sweet potatoes! He's definitely a growing boy!

Blue Bonnett Festival

We had a great time about a month ago driving west to a festival nearby! Here are a few photos from that beautiful day!

A Day at Indigo Lake...

Karianne and Dane catching some rays!

Karianne and Dane having a great time playing in the lake.

Close-up of Dane chilling with the A/C on full-blast. He looked so sweet I just had to take this picture.

Last weekend we spent Saturday soaking in some rays and playing in the private 160 acre lake nearby. We went with our cousins and had a great time! Dane finally got to wear his beachwear. He loved it!

Daddy, Mommy and Me!

We drove 45 minutes to a small town Blue Bonnet festival last weekend. Here is one of the photos! We were suppose to spend the day working on our taxes, but the 70 degree weather was calling our name. It's also been a family tradition the last three years to go to the festival and take some small back roads that lead us to our favorite country scenes. We appeared to be a couple weeks too late to catch them in all their glory, but we still managed to get some photo ops before they all disappeared!

Dane in his Bumbo

Spring Break

My friend, Jennifer and I, took all our 7 kids up to Brenham to visit the Blue Bell Creamery. It was a bit chaotic, but as always, an adventure. We stopped by the side of the road to take these photos of the beautiful blue bonnets!
We tried to get Dane to look up, but he was fascinated with all the flowers and grass!
Karianne and her favorite baby in the whole wide world!
Doesn't he look cute in his big sissy's hat?
Karianne, Dane, Brock, Carys, Micheal, and Maret. Mia decided she wasn't in the mood to model for this photo!

Family Easter Photo

Dane is 6 months old!

Although, he isn't smiling in this photo, I still wanted you to see how big he is compared to his teddy bear.
Daddy managed to get him to finally smile!
Two days before his 6 month birthday, he held a bottle for the first time. By the way, this photo is actually the first time I have ever given him a bottle to hold. Not bad on the first try, huh?

Dane is ticklish!

It's Play Time!

Mia's rockin' the house!

Mia loves "attempting" to play Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock. She is convinced she will be a famous rock star someday! She is growing up sooo fast!

Mia turns 5 years old!

My sweet Mia about to open her birthday present from mommy's best pal, Amy. Mia plays with Amy's son, Marshall, all the time! Miss Amy sure knows how to pick cool presents! Mia loves putting makeup on her Bratz model!
Mia blowing out her cheesecake birthday cake!

Mia gets a new haircut!

Mia smiling for her haircut photo shoot! She told our neighbor the other day that her new haircut was called a "bob" as she tossed her hair around!

Mia was watching "Silver Spoons", drooling over Ricky Shroder as I interrupted her to catch this sweet smile!

Dane is 5 months old!

This is Dane's serious face. You can tell he's had a long day and is ready to go nite-nite, but not before he poses for his photo next to Winnie The Pooh!

Dane is posing with his Winnie The Pooh while wearing his Pooh hat!
Daddy worked really hard to get this sleepy boy to smile! We love him soooo much!!

Dane talking to his butterfly toy!

Aunt Danelle and Uncle David in NC bought this for Dane. He is just starting to really enjoy it!

Thanks!

Saturday at the Park

All of us, including grumpy Mia, taking a family photo at the park last weekend. It was chilly and partially sunny, so we decided to get some fresh air!!
Mommy and Karianne (11), Brock (7), Mia (4) and Dane(4mos.)!

Who's that loving on me?

Grandma Betty, Dalin, Kinlea and Brock admiring none other than Dane!
As you can see, he doesn't mind the attention one bit!
Kinlea holding "chick magnet" Dane. He's getting a bit tired of all the photos...
Aunt Aimee is so good with babies. He gets happy whenever she gives him loves!!

Best Friends!

Michael and Brock are best buddies! They are both totally into Sony Playstation video games. They both got the Spiderman Friend or Foe game and really love it! By the way, Brock made honor roll!! Mostly A's and 2 B's!! We are so proud of him!

Mia and Carys are great pals, too! They love playing dress up together!

Little Mama Mia!

My sweet Mia is quite the little mama. She never complains when I ask her to get something for Dane (which is way too often)! Dane and I will definitely miss her when she starts kindergarten this coming fall!

Karianne

Karianne picked out a strawberry cheesecake for her birthday cake from Costco. It was delicious!!
Little Grandma made this Cherry Chocolate cake for Karianne. We love going to Grandpa and Grandma Stantons' on Sunday evenings to visit, eat yummy food and celebrate birthdays!!
Dane couldn't resist trying to blow the candles out, too!
Mom and Dad and Grandpa and Grandma Stanton gave her a sewing machine. She was very excited and asked Grandma if she could stay with her during Spring Break and take sewing lessons!! Cool, huh?

Mia gets "hands on" training making BBQ Beef Bundles!!