Dinky's Girlfriend

I know this is probably really funny to post about my dog but, he is a part of our family. Now his girlfriend is a part of our family too. Simba is Linda's (our good friends) dog.

Dinky has a girlfriend named Simba. I think we are going to have some puppies in the middle March. It will be fun to see what little Teacup Chihuahua's look like. We will keep you posted with pictures as soon as they arrive.

From the pictures I think we are going to have some good lookin' grand puppies! HEE HEE

Crawling here we come

James took his first crawling step on the day after he turned 8 months. I was so happy. This is a few days later when he has finally got his confidence up just a little more. He still loves to do the army crawl. He knows he can get where he wants that way pretty fast for the most part. He has been doing the army crawl for quite the time though.

Let me tell you, it is hard to get a good video of him crawling with a big sister always wanting to try and help me video. She just has a hard time with me giving any attention to James with the camera anyway. What am I going to do? :)

Oh yeah, don't forget to pause the music before you start the video.

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles

Don't forget to pause the music before watching the video.
This was so fun and cute! James just loves bubbles. Dantzel was playing with her toys on this big red blanket. She really wanted to blow bubbles but, her mean mom won't allow bubbles in the house. As soon as Dantzel goes down for a nap guess what her mom does? Yep, blows some bubbles for James to pop all by himself. It was so cute to watch him try to grab them. It is almost like he has little claws for pincher's. I love it when they learn to grab things. Bubbles are a fun but, rude thing for them to learn with. :)

Happy & Sad

We have a happy shot and and sad shot. I know I am very silly but, I think it is cute when James has a really sad face. I don't get to see it very often. Most of the time he is VERY HAPPY. I thought for his sake I better have some sad photos so when he gets older he can see what he looked like sad.

I love being a Mom! :)

Music

So we decided to add the music feature to our blog page. I sat down with Dantzel, and picked out a few of her favorite songs. It is amazing how fast she learns songs. She will even sing alone when they are playing (dang cute). We listen to these songs on my IPod in the car while driving. I know she likes the song when she keeps telling me to play it again and again until I can't take the song anymore. We will see how long we keep these on the blog. I might have to change soon because I get to hear these songs all the time in the car until I am CRAZY!
Another reason why I decided to add music, is because I learned that you can pause it when you actually want to listen to a video that has been added to a page. Really, that was the number 1 reason for adding the tunes! If you have any requests, please let me know. ENJOY!!!

Having fun with Daddy

We have been working really hard with Dantzel and her potty training skills. We have gone from sticker charts to her picking her own treats out at the store to not being able to let her ride her new bike that she got from Santa. We even tried doing all the rewards at the same time. What a long process for her mom and dad!

So far, the best thing that has worked is suckers. I wish I would have figured this out a long time ago. Ever since we have discovered the suckers as being such a big motivator potty training has been a whole heck of a lot easier. I even think she is enjoying it. As you can see in these pictures, daddy has really been enjoying all the suckers as well. James has now discovered the suckers and so he likes to think he gets one too. I finally gave in and gave him his own last night. I think it made everyone a lot happier because they didn't have to share with him. I am such a sucker! hee hee.

In a previous post, I have the funniest picture of Dantzel and her goggles. Well, since then she thinks she needs her goggles to see EVERYTHING. It is really funny. I was telling Brandon that I didn't think we could ever get a decent picture of her with her goggles on. As you can see in the top picture it turned out pretty good. The second picture can make you laugh for quite a while. Our little Dantzel is so funny sometime!

This is Brandon and Dantzel finally at the pool. The only problem is, the goggles are not on. Oh we took them to the pool but, they only stayed on for about 2 minutes. She liked to swim better without them on. That's my little girl.

It was really fun to watch them swim. Usually I am the first one in the pool but, this time I decided to stay out with James. Brandon attempted to teach Dantzel swimming lessons. I would tell him what to do and then he would try really hard to teach her. It was really fun watching him try to teach her how to swim. I was trying to explain to him that it is really hard to teach your own kid. It doesn't help that he is a big kid himself. One day she will learn how to swim! :)