BRADEN JAMES DISINGER

Yes, it is true, we have finally decided on a name for Baby #2. His name will be Braden, which is a Keltic name meaning "brave" and "broad". We are very excited. We kept coming back to this name. This is actually what Deanna's name was going to be if she were a boy. Deanna is getting very excited about her baby brother, she has finally started saying his name too. For a while when we would ask her the baby's name she would say "Jesus" because they were teaching her about the nativity scene at school. Pretty funny!! His due date is still May 14th! I will keep you all posted on the whereabouts of our little bean!

Opening Presents

This was a very cool year for us because it was the first time that Deanna really understood what was going on with the whole Santa tale. She has made it very clear that she is not very fond of the man in the red suit, but her little world lit up when she saw the presents he had left her on Christmas morning. She was so good and patient because we decided to wait for my niece Kristin to join us to open presents. Deanna understood and sat looking in awe at the presents until she arrived. Merry Christmas!

Santa's Enchanted Forest -- Christmas Eve

We took Deanna to Santa's Enchanted Forest again this year while we were down south visiting my mom. She had such a blast. We decided to take her Christmas Eve after dinner so that we could wear her out and it did that and more. She loved playing all of the games and riding all of the rides. She has turned out to be quite the dare devil. She even rode 2 different rollercoasters with Jamie and was laughing the entire time. Not only was she riding the rides, but she wanted to ride them by herself. She was even giving us the thumbs up after she was strapped in. While we were there, we also saw a couple of the shows that they had going on and Deanna had the chance to ride a pony. It was as if she had been on a horse before because she was an expert. She didn't even want Jamie to hold on to her and was even chanting "Yeehaw"!!! We had such a blast being kids again and she was so worn out she passed out in the car on the way home.

THUMBS UP!!! Ready to fly!

YEE HAW!!! One handed and everything!

Deanna's Christmas Show -- "The Heart of Christmas"

Deanna's school puts on a Christmas show every year. This year's theme was the "Heart of Christmas". I was actually surprised at how well behaved all the kids were throughout the show. They sang and acted out 20 different songs. Deanna was in the front and was singing and dancing to all of the songs. I was so impressed at how many songs the kids learned and how much fun everyone was having!!

It's a Boy!

As many of you knew, we are expecting again and we found out yesterday that we will be having a boy! He was definitely not shy about flashing us and letting us know that he is "all boy" (see pictures below). We were even able to get some cool 3-D shots of him. We are all very excited! Deanna came with us to the ultrasound and was really excited to see "pictures" of the baby in mommy's belly. So far everything looks great and the baby is developing the way he should and is healthy. No names yet, but we will keep you posted! Baby Yawning!!

Look at the little Boxer!