Donovan's First Year

This is a movie I put together of Donovan from 0- 1 year old. We played it at his birthday party. Enjoy! ...if you are brave enough to watch the whole thing you must really like Donovan!

Wanted for Being a Baby

If you see this shady character please give us a call. 

He's Walking!

So Donovan surprised me and started walking today! I called him to me while he was standed at his toy box to see what he would do and he just took three steps over to me. after that I decided to try repeating it to see if it was a fluke. He keep doing it again and agin. The finally he started just walking around the room. I'm so impressed with our little man!

I kept wondering when he was going to start walking. I guess April 23 is the big day. Here are so videos I captured of him in action. 

This last one is pretty short but I just love that he is handing his Elmo doll and has his hands in the air. 

Nothing beats good oral hygiene

Donovan has had a fascination with my bright green tooth brush for as long as I can remember. He would fuss and point at it when I would brush my teeth until I would give in and let him hold it/play with it. Sometimes I would even let him brush my teeth which he thought was hilarious. Finally I thought "Why not just get him his own toothbrush if he likes it so much?" So that's what I did! And he couldn't be happier. He loves his toothbrush. He carries around with him, takes it with him when he goes in his car seat and enjoys chewing on the rubbery end. Now when I brush my teeth he can pretend to brush his too.  Who knew that toothbrushes made such great toys!

Donovan Discovers the Doggie Door

We were house sitting for our friends last weekend when Donovan discovered something new...the doggie door. 

I thought it was too cute not to capture on film. Our friends Terry and Mary have six dogs, so including Becca, Donovan was surrounded by dogs all week.  So I g

uess it makes sense that he watches and learns from them too. Sometimes I wonder if Donovan thinks he is a dog. 

The Scariest Disneyland Ride EVER!I

It's a Small World After All...

enough said.

Missing Dad

Sterling's dad passes away on Saturday February 28, 2009. We've spent the last week in Illinois for the funeral and to take care of some of his Dad's affairs with the rest of Sterling's siblings. Sterling's Dad Carl was diagnosed with cancer last summer and had been fighting it ever since. When he was diagnosed it was already stage 4 cancer. It is so hard to believe that he is gone. That we can't just pick up the phone and call him anymore. But boy are we both thankful for the knowledge we have from the gospel, knowing that after this life we can all be together forever as a family. I know that Carl is probably throughly enjoying seeing his parents and brother right now.

The funeral went really well. It was pretty much like a family reunion. It was great to see how much Carl meant to so many people. He truly was one of the kindest people I have ever met. He never raised his voice or got angry. He was calm and an amazing listener. Jordan made a wonderful video slideshow of photos of Dad's life to play at the service. All of his children plus two of his nephews were pallbearers. I felt so honored to read the eulogy at the service. And of course Donovan was there making everyone smile and forget that they were feeling sad.

Here are some of my favorite photos of Dad.