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Happy Halloween to everyone. We hope everyone had as good of a halloween as we did. We got together with a bunch of neighbors last night and took the kids trick-or-treating. There were three little princesses, a kitty, Sophia the duck, a teddy bear and little tiger Derek. All girls (except […]

If you look really closely, you can actually see a reflection of me in her eyes.

We took the kids to Night Eyes this afternoon and to say Sophia had a good time is an understatement. She got tons of candy and enjoyed seeing the animals that were still out.

Here she is going down a giant inflatable slide:

Enjoying ice cream sandwiches:

Even Derek enjoyed sharing Mommy’s ice cream sandwich:

Derek just chilled with […]

Mommy is holding the blanket behind them. She is such a good assistant.

Derek’s hair is so blonde and so super fine that it looks like he’s a little bald baby. So Kevin and I thought it might be time to give him a little hair cut…you know, to make it grow in thicker.

We decided that we didn’t want to give him any old haircut…let’s give him […]

We had Derek’s one year appointment on Thursday and just as we had suspected he’s in the 95th percentile in height at 32 inches tall. And he’s 24 lbs 6.5 oz. That’s 2 in taller and exactly 2 lbs heavier than Sophia was at her one year appointment.

It won’t be long […]

Derek has his one year appointment today.

97% Height 75% Weight and Head

Not bad for a premie huh?

As Lynnette mentioned in a previous post, Derek really has gotten pretty good at walking this past week. We really believe it is now his preferred method of getting around.

Here is video proof:

I’ve been trying to get pictures posted the last two nights. Unfortunately, it hasn’t quite worked out.

Sophia helping Derek open presents:

Riding around in my new car:

Incredible (cupcake) Hulk:

The DLD posse (Devin, Logan and Derek):

All the Grandkids (Derek, Sophia, Devin, Emily and Logan):

You wouldn’t believe how hard the previous picture was to get. I don’t think […]

It is so hard to believe that Derek is already 1 year old. This has been by far the most emotional year of our lives. He has changed our lives so much and we couldn’t be a happier family!

Derek has come so far in the last year, from my little 5 lb 10 […]