The Damans

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Mt Nittany

Hiking Mt Nittany with my buddy Jason.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

I just got off the phone with the surgery scheduler Susan, who is a VERY helpful woman, and my surgery is scheduled for July 13th. And on Monday I found out that the test for my lymph nodes came back negative so I will just be having my thyroid removed. Praise God!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Blue White Game

One year ago we visited Penn State for the first time.

Little did we know then all that this year would bring us. We have spent much of the weekend thinking of all the fun things we did last year when we visited- meeting all the staff for the first time, visiting the lion shrine, Nav TV and the Blue White Game. We visited the lion again this year with Arlyn and Laura before Nav TV and then on Saturday we got ready to go to the Blue White Game...but it was kinda chilly and rainy and we had missed a lot of it already so we took some pictures and called it a day. Sunday we headed to the waffle shop to mark a year meeting our neighbors/co-workers/friends Jaime and Eric Staveness- we are so thankful for them! Here are a couple family pics from the weekend:

Two Months Old!

Can you believe it?! I hardly can! On Friday Olivia had her two month check up- where she weighed 11 pounds, 8 ounces and was 22 1/4 inches long. Her head was bigger too, but I don't remember the measurements. She was declared healthy and was a trooper for all her vaccine shots- she may have done better then her mommy who shed a few tears for her! The best part for Mom was that she slept through the night on Friday night- from 11 pm to 7 am!!! Although I don't think I slept the whole time cause I kept waking up, making sure she was OK! Haha. This month Olivia has learned to suck her thumb, has started sleeping in her own crib (instead of our room), can sleep often from 11/12pm to 4/5 am and then usually goes back to sleep for a couple more hours. Mom is feeling MUCH more rested. She can "play" much longer in her swing or on her play mat. She makes TONS of cute noises and smiles. We pretty much think she is the best and cutest baby ever:)

Visiting Aunts!

In the last month Olivia met all her Aunts!!! Its so awesome that they all made the time to come down and visit us:) This is Olivia sleeping with Aunt Hannah- this was back at the end of March- she was so much smaller then!

Next came Aunt Liz for Easter (along with Grandma Bev too). Aunt Liz is a computer whiz so of course she had to show Olivia all about facebook!

Then this last weekend Aunt Laura and Aunt Arlyn came. Here Olivia is showing off her new skill from the week- sucking her thumb! Sometimes her hand covers her whole face, but her thumb is in her mouth! Its so cute:)

And doing what she does best with Aunt Arlyn- sleeping!

Olivia's First BATH!

Olivia's umbilical cord took awhile to actually fall off so she got sponge baths on her changing table for awhile. The night before Easter we got out her real bath tub and gave her her first real bath. She seemed to enjoy it! I am hoping she has a love for the water- we have swimming lessons at the Y in the fall!

Flowers!

Ok, so I have been very excited about the flowers we have grown outside that I want to share with you- check them out! This was taken pretty soon after they started to bloom in early April- they are still out and HUGE...though some are starting to die.