DJ is the SWEETEST Big Brother ever! He is constantly loving on and wanting to play with Callie! He always asks for me to put her in her walker so they can 'ride bikes' together around in the house. He's always hugging and kissing on her. LOVES to sit in the rocking chair with her and sing 'rock a bye Callie'... SWEET BOY! Sometimes DJ can be a little bit rough, but Callie's getting big enough to hold her own! :) It's actually pretty funny to watch her take swings at or pinch DJ. We think it is funny now, probably not when she is older! :)
DJ also has a dear friend Liam... they love riding DJ's jeep in our back yard.
DJ has loved to be a big helper and push his own shopping cart around when we are getting groceries! He can also scan the items and put them in the bags! Thanks for being such an amazing helper DJ!
When Grandpa Kurtz came to visit us at Thanksgiving, we went to the park and a man was there fishing with his two daughters. He was so nice and let DJ reel a fish in! Way to go DJ!!
We got this shirt for DJ when he was very little, and couldn't wait to have him try it on when he was just 6 months old. He couldn't even stand by himself yet, I propped him up against the fireplace! Then here is DJ again at 3.5 years old in the same shirt. Dang, he is so much bigger now! Time flies!
One day... after getting upset with DJ over and over for always being loud and waking up Callie during her nap time... I pulled out our old box fan to put in her room for LOUD white noise. This fan had been sitting in the garage for years and had never been cleaned. I pulled all the screws out to clean it. After wiping it down, I put it ALL back together... so I thought. A few days later, Callie was crawling around on the floor where I had been cleaning the fan. She started choking. I thought she was choking on a popcorn kernal. (highly likely since we are always eating popcorn in that room) She started crying while choking and I was getting worried... I didn't think crying was very normal when you choke. I turned her over and patted her back and this is what landed on the floor. I'd cry too if this was in my throat. Holy moly... maybe I shouldn't be posting this... butI am so grateful that Callie is OK and that last screw made it back into the fan where it belongs!
We are soo very lucky to have such a WONDERFUL husband and father in our lives! Don is amazing, thoughtful, loves us, plays with us, works so hard for us, spends all his free time with us! The three of us took Don to dinner, then had his favorite chocolate cake at home after! Here is DJ doing a great job singing Happy Birthday to Don... what a love bug DJ is!! (Tonight, we also found out that Callie is getting her first tooth!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON!
DJ loved participating in his preschool's Christmas Program. He sang the songs, did the hand motions... and clapped the loudest! :) He had everyone in stitches laughing because of his contagious laughter. We love you Sweet DJ!
First ride in a shopping cart sitting up like a big girl. First time meeting a cat... she loved the cat! First teeth! First time in a swing... oh, she loved that! First time pinching and eating bananas... she loved that. First time eating a lolipop... she really loved that!
