Picture Day!

Okay, okay, everyday is picture day in this house, but this picture day was with my cousin Crystal. She takes great pictures. My little guy didn't feel cooperative for very long, so we didn't get TONS of shots, but she managed to get some great shots in the short time frame we had. These were taken toward the end of last month, I think, but I didn't get her a disc to save them on until this week, so I'm just getting them on here. Here are a few of my favorites:

Check out these dimples. If I remember right, this picture is a bit deceptive. It wasn't a genuine smile. She just snapped it an instant before he started screaming and it looked like he was smiling, but I'll take it!:

" You've seen my happy face, but now let me show ya how I really feel about this."

Well, there are a few comforts in life, and a nice, slobbery fist is one of them.
I love close ups of different features.

Peely little feet, or should I say big feet! His feet were as long as Arthur's index finger when he was born, and the newborn socks were already too small.

I bought this washtub at a thrift store awhile back to keep my detergent, etc. in because everything slides around on top of my washer when it spins. I thought it would make a cute prop.

"I've got my eye on you, ducky!"

He looks a bit shell-shocked here, but really, this is his "I'm really sleepy, but I am NOT going to go to sleep" face. It took me awhile to figure that one out. :o) Now when I see it, I start trying to get him to relax and take a nap, or within about an hour, it turns into something like the face in the second picture up there.

Sweet...

There's those sleepy eyes again!

I like this one:

And I like this one of both of us:

"Please, feed me, Mommy! Feed me now!"

I really like this one too:

Maybe next time I'll get some with Arthur in them too, but we didn't really have time this time before Danny was done. I thought these turned out great, though. Thanks Crystal!

*If any of our family wants some of these, you can save them to your computer off of here, or if you want to borrow the disc, let me know.

Yes, more pictures

I just had to post these pictures.
He likes to be held sitting up, so I put him in this seat just to see if he could sit in it yet.


It is still a little big, so I propped him up a little. Not bad for a 4 week old, though.

He was studying his Daddy.
Daddy got a big grin.

Then Momma got a big grin.

"Hmmm..." He looks like he's scratching his chin and thinking hard.

Okay, I will stop now. I'm sure you've all seen enough of Danny for the day!

More pictures of.... who else?

I loaded these pictures backwards, so the most recent are at the top. These are yesterday:
He was trying on different faces I guess. I love the little furrowed brow. Oh, and for the record, his daddy dressed him. I did NOT put him in a busy little car shirt and camo pants! I
DID say, "I don't care what he wears, but would you please dress him?" Maybe that's what the little furrowed brow is for.
A BIG smile... wow what chins!

I love this sweet smile. He was smiling at me, but he looked away when I took the picture.

This was a hard night for all of us. He almost always falls asleep when I sit him in the bathroom while I shower, so when I could think of nothing else to do to get him to sleep, I put him in his carseat on the bathroom floor and took a shower. When I got out, this is how I found him. I guess his paci had fallen out, and he was trying to get it back in when he gave up and drifted off. I was almost scared to take the picture for fear of waking him (it was already VERY late), but it was just too cute to pass up.

We made a quick trip to Oklahoma because my mom's godmother passed away. I was really close to her growing up, so I really wanted to go to the funeral. My mom's birthday was that weekend too, so the trip kind of served a dual purpose, I guess. Anyways, my cousin's little boy had a birthday while we were there, and someone got him this huge book of all different kinds of tractors and farm equipment. I think my dad enjoyed it as much as Dawson!

Grandma Schaper was throwing this balloon back and forth to my cousin's little girl Regan and my Uncle Nate. It was so good to see her doing so well.

My Aunt Diane made this snake cake for the birthday boy. It was 4 feet long!

The shirt says, "I love my mummy," and the mummy on the front glows in the dark.

My "other brother" Tony and his family made a special trip down to meet our little guy. Danny was giving Brooke all my smiles!

My dad seemed to be as sleepy as Danny. They both crashed!

Grandma was so excited to hold the baby. I was glad we were able to go down and let them meet him, since Grandma really hasn't been well enough to travel for so long. This was very special to me, because I really didn't know if she would be alive to see our baby.

YAWN! What a sleepy baby!

Content to lie down with Momma.

Another sleepy moment. Check out his nose. It's all smooshed sideways by that paci.

I love this little turtle outfit, so I thought I'd take his picture. This was the same day that Crystal took his pictures. This little photo shoot went downhill fast. At first, he was somewhat tolerant, but he'd lost one of his shoes. This was the first time he'd ever worn shoes, and these particular shoes were a bit heavy, so he seemed really puzzled by them.

I put the dreaded shoe back on. This was the reaction I got....

He calmed down enough for me to snap this shot.
Daddy can always get him calm. He likes his daddy.


I love these little leg warmers. Too cute!

I've taken more pictures since I loaded these on the computer, but they will wait. I'm sure Danny's younger brothers and sisters will complain someday that we took so many pictures of him and not enough of them! Thank goodness for digital cameras, or we'd be spending a lot on film and developing pictures!