Mother's Day Present

Kenneth got me this AWESOME video camera for mother's day. It's the easiest thing you've ever seen. This is one of our first "test videos." I hope it works. Enjoy!

Just one of David's many bumps and bruises

Now that David is walking on his own, he frequently shows up with new bumps and bruises. Check this one out above his right eyebrow. This one was black and blue for a couple weeks!

Easter 2009

David LOVES enchilada's.


Getting into trouble....as usual! He figured out how to crawl behind the TV and pull out all the cords.


Hey look...an Easter present from Grandma and Grandpa Bowman!


Dressed in his Easter best and ready for Church!

California March 2009

David's first In'n'Out!


Grandma's bathtub was broken so we had to use the kitchen sink. David didn't seem to mind.


We went to California to celebrate Grammy and Grampy's 75th Birthday. Grandma threw a big party at her house and everybody was able to come to it. David and Erin came from Chicago, we flew in from Atlanta and Corey came from Ohio. They were very surprised and they had a great birthday!


We also got a chance to visit with Great-Grandma Coughlin while in California. She was amazed at how David never stopped moving!

Hanging around being adorable!

Can you believe he is crawling now!! He's getting so big. He pulls himself up onto everything...keeping us very busy.

My first swimming lessons

David just finished his first round of swimming lessons at the YMCA. He LOVED them. Mommy was SO proud of her little fish. He never cried once and totally "went with the flow."

Baptism

David was baptized at the Catholic Church of St. Ann on December 28th. The baptismal gown he wore was the same one worn by his daddy and his Uncle Mark. His godparents were his Uncle David and Aunt Erin. We had a big party at our home afterwards to celebrate with lots of friends and family.

David with his Great-Grampy

Merry Christmas (a little late)

A Sad Day

It's official.

The happiest four and a half months of my year are over.

The college football season has concluded.  

And what's worse - American Idol is about to begin.

I'm weeping in my keyboard...

Feel free to send condolences my way.  

Baby it's cold outside!

All bundled up in my winter gear!

Fun with Daddy's Magazine

Hmm...what do we have here?? Looks like one of daddy's Sports Illustrated magazines...

Bright colors, crunchy paper, I think I can work with this....

Wow! Look at all the paper. I hope Daddy was done with this issue.

I wonder how it tastes? Let's give it a try.

Uh oh! I think I've been busted!

I'm sorry...I didn't mean to. : )

Happy Halloween

I think this is my FAVORITE picture so far!!

Couple more pictures...

Taking a little cat nap.

We have been feeding David baby cereal from a spoon for about a month now. When we first started he did AWESOME! No mess at all! Now he has decided that he wants to do it all by himself! He grabs the spoon...the bowl...my hands...whatever he can to try and bring the food to his mouth himself. And he gets VERY irritated when I try to do it for him! As you can see, he is not very successful with getting the food in his mouth. Despite his best attempts, we inevitably end up with oatmeal EVERYWHERE!! In his ears, crusted between his eyelashes, in his hair. Oh boy. This is getting fun! I think I should just move his feeding chair to the bathtub so we can just hose him down when he's done.

Grandma came to visit for her birthday last weekend. She and David got plenty of "snuggle time" in!

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