More pictures

Here are some random shots that I think are worthy of posting. Hope you like them. Please note Daniel's curly hair after the bath.

North Carolina Adventure

We made it to North Carolina! We thought it would take two days, but we did it in one day, thanks to a lightning quick (eight minute) condo closing and our SuperBaby Daniel. The closing took no time since we only had to sign a few papers. The buyers closed at another place (we didn’t know that could happen). So we were on the road by 9:30 Friday morning (Sept 12). We took a few bathroom breaks and ate our meals in the car, and we were over the mountain in no time and scooting on to Durham. Daniel was an angel right up until we were about 7 minutes away from the house. He made it in the car seat from 7:15 am (when we left Centerville) until about 9:30 pm Eastern time. He was great! We think he may be teething now because he is drooling fountains and gnawing on anything that gets close to his mouth.

We went to church today at the Summit church. Our neighbors across the street invited us. It was very, very contemporary and GIGANTIC, but we enjoyed it a lot. The music was great and the preacher seemed really in touch (not as good as Jon, though, by a long shot). Daniel was great through the whole service, with only one piercing shriek of happiness right at the end.

Now Joseph and Daniel are taking a nap. Our neighbor Cora came by with some banana nut muffins, and she and I chatted for awhile. Carpet Man Bob is coming between 3:15 and 4:15 to show us some samples. I’m lying on the family room floor right now. Daniel is sleeping beside me.

The pictures are from yesterday. Can you see the string of drool? I think it is permanent!

More Pictures

Daniel and Nancy
Daniel and Aunt Barbara
Daniel and Aunt Angie
Daniel stretching (now his arms are MUCH longer)
Daniel (our favorite picture so far)

Dedication Gown

Mrs. Ruth Ann Carathers made Daniel's dedication gown. I hope you can see the "W" for Watson on the front. Also, please notice that in some of the pictures he is holding his head up while lying on his tummy. This is new for us; he's only been able to do this for a few days. The other new thing is that he is starting to talk- in high-pitched screams. Although this will probaby get annoying at some point, right now we think it's the most wonderful thing ever.

Woodmont Dedication August 24,2008

On Sunday we had the ceremony for our dedication of Daniel to God. We are so thankful that all grandparents were present, as well as GrandDodie and our church family.
Daniel slept through the whole thing. He was PRECIOUS in a handmade gown from Mrs. Ruth Ann Carathers.

It was a wonderful day! Pictures of him in the gown will come soon. We dressed him at the last minute to avoid any catastrophe (that's why he's in his tshirt for these pictures).

Sarah's pictures of Daniel

 
 
 
 

We're back from the hospital! Daniel Griffin Watson was born on May 25th, 2008 at 7:32 a.m. He's 20 and a half inches long, and he weighed 8lbs and 3 oz. Betsy did the entire labor naturally -- afterwards, she said, "That wasn't as bad as I thought. Let's have a bunch more!" I finally had a chance to upload several pictures. These are still pictures taken from our video camera. I'll see if I can upload a video soon.