Birthday Party!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from David's birthday bash. Thanks to the McMahans for taking them! For more pics of the day, click on the "McMahan Family" link on the left of the screen. The fantastic cake was made by Chrissy's former student, Kelsey. She's training to be a professional baker and would love your business. Contact us if you'd like her info!

As always, some of the pics have been resized so that when you click on them they're not too huge. If you want the full size pics, they're at the McMahan site.

The Birthday Boy:

David's own cake:

With Grandma Soderlund and Great Grandma Bishop:
With his Sponsor Brother (below). In total, we raised $275 for the community of Rwimiyaga, Rwanda. The money will go toward basic supplies for unsponsored children in the community. Would you like to sponsor a child in Rwimiyaga? Go to http://www.fh.org/give/sponsor for more info or contact me.

Grandpa Folsom, Aunt Wendy and Cousin Lydia. Having a good time?

With Grandma Folsom

The Cake!

Playing with cousins Angelina and Lydia, wild with excitement and full of cake.

David's 1st Birthday!!

Here's the first phase of pictures from David's 1st Birthday! We don't have any pics or videos from Saturday's party yet. Stay tuned for those.

Here's David opening his first gift from Mommy and Daddy.

Here he's opening his gift from Mike and Lydia!

Grandma S. and Great Grandma B. came all the way from Sacramento to celebrate!


Showing off his new fashion from Uncle Ted and Aunt Beth and his new pounding bench from Grandma and Grandpa F.:

Saying "thank you" to Uncle Ted and Aunt Beth after opening his gift:




Opening that first gift from Mommy and Daddy:

October Pics

We had lots of fun this October. Be sure to scroll to the bottom to see David's Halloween costume!

David and Uncle Matt in their matching outfits. That's right, outfits!

Here we are at the pumpkin patch.

Aunt Wendy doesn't look too Ba-a-a-a-d.

Cousin Angelina is a little Ba-a-a-ashful.

Can you find cousin Lydia?

Happy Halloween!

The post you've been waiting for!

This video was taken last night (October 14th). He's taken some steps since then, but nothing like this!

First Step

Guess who took his first step today! It was unassisted, he wasn't holding on to anything. It was definitely a step and only Mommy got to see it. Hopefully Daddy will see the next one and maybe we can catch it on camera for you all!

Standing

This was taken on September 30.

Crawling and Pulling Himself Up

This one was taken on Thursday, Sept 3. Already so long ago!

First Steps (Crawling)

Look who's finally crawling! He gets faster every day. Yesterday we put the safety latches on our cabinet doors. (Ugh, how annoying.) There's much more baby proofing to be done, but we're okay with that because he's just so darn cute when he moves!

Seattle, Meeting Miss Darcy

David took his first plane ride over the 4th of July weekend! We traveled to Seattle to meet David's newest cousin, Darcy Ann Cook. For more pictures from the visit, click on the "Cook Family" link on the left side of this screen. Also, check out this video: http://www.vimeo.com/5498050. We all survived the plane ride, which was good practice for our plane ride to Poland later this week.

Mommy's favorite pic for this post:

Uncle Brent and Aunt Rhonda were there too! On picnic day, Brent and David were hat buddies.

Here's Aunt Beth and Darcy with Mommy and David.

Uncle Brent and Aunt Rhonda with Cousin Darcy.

Aunt Beth with Cousin Darcy.

Chrissy, Beth and Darcy.

Uncle Ted, Aunt Beth and Cousin Darcy.

Chrissy with her newest niece.

David Talks...For Real

Prepare to be amazed!

Aunt Anna's Wedding and Small Milestones

David's Aunt Anna got married on Saturday. It was a great wedding, but it was H-O-T (over 100 degrees). We felt just as hot as we look in the picture above, taken with Grandma Soderlund (the Mother of the Beautiful Bride).

David turned 6 months old on Monday. He now weighs 19lbs, 5oz and is 26.5 inches tall/long. He's more than doubled his birthweight! (Thankfully he hasn't doubled his birthlength. In that case, he'd be nearly 4 feet tall. The giant 6 month old!)

When you can hold the kick toys on your bouncy seat, perhaps that means you've outgrown it?

David rolled over once at 5 months, and hasn't rolled over since. He's doing more and more of this, though:

New Toys

Hi Everybody. If you want the full size files for these pics, just ask!

Look who's sitting up! (Sort of.) This is Mommy's favorite pic for this post.

Here's David's new highchair. The tags are now off and that bib will never be that clean again!

Someone's got a new car!

Darcy Ann

David has a new cousin!!

Darcy Ann Cook was born on April 18th. She weighed 8lbs, 8oz and is so precious. The picture below was lifted from the Cook family's website (see the link on the left side of your screen). Both she and Mommy (Chrissy's sister Beth) are doing great.

Professional Photos

David's Uncle Tim gave us a photo shoot last weekend. The pictures are fantastic (as you'll see for yourself)! Tim is a professional graphic designer, so if you like what you see, check out http://www.mcmahan.info/.

Also, these files are smaller than the originals. If you want the bigger file, just send me an email. For more photos from this shoot, click on the "McMahan Family" link at the top of the page.

Mommy's favorite for this post: