Cool Baby Gizmos

David is finally getting big enough to pull out some of the cool stuff we've had in the closet. He is LOVING his cool new toys!!

North Carolina Trip

Visiting Grammy and Grampy and Grampy's Navy Reunion in Hendersonville. David was the STAR of the evening!


Grampy and Baby David


How cute is this outfit!! (Courtesy of Lynne)


Family photo at Ritchey and Liz's wedding in Asheville, NC

David's Trip to California - LOTS of pictures

Last week we went to California to visit family and friends and introduce everybody to the baby. He was such a trooper. He met person after person and spent the week in and out of the car...and he did it all with a smile and a good attitude. (most of the time) We had such a great week and we miss all of you so much. Enjoy a few of the pictures from the trip.

Mommy and David at the beach

David and Grampy

Baby David meets Baby Eric

They were wearing the EXACT same outfit...total coincidence! How cute are they!

David with Uncle Greg

David and his Great Grandma Coughlin

Just lounging around at Great-Grandma's

David and Hana

David and Amanda

John and David

Four Generations!

David, Daddy, and Great-Grandma at Mc'Donalds after mass

David with Grammy and Grampy at Huntington Beach

David with Grandma before his big party

David and Aunt Kathy

David with Barbara

David with Linda

The Grand and Glorious Start to the Football Season

So it has finally begun. I have had the greatest day ever.

August 30th, 2008.

My dad and my newborn son hanging out on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
A brand new high definition television.
Coffee and fresh bagels in hand.
ESPN College Gameday on promptly at 10:00.

David was glued to the breakdowns of Georgia-Georgia Southern; Florida-Hawaii; USC-Virginia... best. day. ever.

The season has begun, and Amy died a little inside seeing her husband and her father-in-law and her new baby son all glued to the College Football season. I'll be sure to bring her flowers and black-and-white cookies as peace offerings from time to time...

I will update this blog regularly, as I fully anticipate this to be the best year in history.

-kb

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa in Charleston

Dipping his toes in the ocean after church on Sunday.


Tummy Time!


David and Uncle Mark.


David got a little cranky on the car ride home. He was pretty tired of sitting in the car seat.


Mommy and Daddy with baby David at the beach.

Baby's First Swim!

At two months and twelve days, David Michael Bowman got in his first laps at the pool. They weren't quite 50 meter "Olympic" distance. But for a two-month-old, his backstroke was pretty strong on those three foot circles he was swimming. He knows he needs to work on his flip-turns, but we'll address that technique issue later. Right now his mom and I are just proud of his effort.

He only began crying after we took him out of the pool... the day after Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal... coincidence? I think not.

David Michael (Phelps?) Bowman's first swim.

Olympic 400 Meter IM Champion 2028

Hanging out with Baby David!

Baby's First Glamor Shot

Seriously, how cute is he?

Baby Vocabulary

As much as we promised not to be those annoying parents who start using ridiculous words when speaking to/about our baby...some words have managed to become quite common in our day-to-day conversations. Most of these words are resurfacing from my own childhood. I find myself forgetting that most people have no idea what it is I'm talking about when I use them...so here's a sampling of the Bowman family baby dictionary so we can all be on the same page.

Funja (foon-jah) - word used to describe a sour or grumpy facial expression. When David is pouting or being generally crabby....you could say..."Wow look at that funja face!"

Inky (In-kee) - another word for naked. When David is ready for his bath, we call him "Inky baby"

Poopers - shouldn't need to explain this one. What a great world when you get praised for how much "poopers" you produce.

Panza (Pahn-za) - a stomach that sticks out very much relative to the size of the rest of the body. Babies are famous for having great "panzas." This word is used especially when the tummy sticks out the bottom of the shirt...sort of like a beer belly.

Zerber - also commonly known as "rasberries." Perfect for baby panzas!

Fuss Pot - used to describe some one who is particularly crabby. Also callled "crabby-mc-crabby-panths."

That's all I can think of for now. Here are some more pictures of adorableness.

lounging around

one more cute picture we couldn't resist...

Recent Bowman Family Activities

Amy's been putting together the "Baby David Scrapbook" courtesy of Ellie Sherman's awesome box of scrapbooking goodies...






We've been doing a lot of staring at the boy recently too. Lots of funny faces, pretty much daily...

And we've both gotten pretty active in the Guitar Hero game on the Wii. David has started practicing his chords as well from time to time...

More family visits for Baby David

Baby David got a chance to meet more of his family this past weekend. Uncle David and Aunt Erin came down from Chicago for the holiday, and we all drove to Alabama to visit Uncle Corey. Big David and Erin were even nice enough to babysit for us on Saturday night so Kenneth and I could have a date. All's still going well. He's starting to sleep a little more during the night and he's getting more and more expresive every day. Enjoy the pictures. (Just a small sampling of the hundreds we take every week...the poor dogs have been replaced in our camera)