My how the time has flew. It's late before it's afternoon. To quote the good doctor. Sorry to all for the inexcusable delay of photos. But we are back up and much more to come.

Wilson is 1 year old! And all his family was there to celebrate with him in Bemidji, MN. His Grandma Daby made him a giant cupcake.

Wilson is getting to be such a big boy. He sits up all alone now, and the babbling. He loves to tell stories in his own little language. His favorite syllable is "Da". He is very expressive with this one. I am not sure when a baby has their first word, but he definitely says "Da Da" often. I'm going to go ahead and call this one as the official first word. How nice.

Wilson had his Dedication Ceremony at the Unitarian Church in Portland that Shana and I have been attending. It was really nice. Both the Thompsons, the Dabys, and Miranda Daby, his godmother made the trip out to Portland for the ceremony.

We stayed for 2 nights in an amazing cabin up on Mt. Hood. A great time was had by all. Temperature int he 70's, sunny, a beautiful Oregon spring day, sorry to say it was nearly hailing yesterday. I guess it couldn't last.

A shout out to our good friends the Sweany's in Australia. Christy's regular blog reminders keep me on my toes. She wants to see that little guy, and I can't blame her!

We're back to normal after the excitement of company and special events weekend.

Here are the latest photos. I've heard the Mexico pictures were cut off in some browsers, not sure how to fix this problem. Here goes...

Wilson's 6 Months Old!

Happy half birthday to Wilson today. He still is on a steady schedule of waking at 2 am, feeding, and waking again at 5 am. But that's OK. His Mom says she is not ready to let him cry and kind of likes getting up with him.

Here are the photos from Mexico. Wilson dipped his feet in the Pacific Ocean, ate some chicken tamale, and hung out with a very kind Mexican transvestite. He is really seeing the world.

The trip was so special with my Mom and Dad. I don't think it would have mattered if we were on Antarctica as long as Wilson was there. We all had such an amazing time. It was sad to see it end.

The Portland Daby's have been busy in the new year. Since new years Wilson has been to Mexico, and Minneapolis and back again. We are looking forward to staying put for a few months, but lots of visitors coming gives us lots to look forward to.

Here are the photos from January, all in Portland at our house.

He's getting to be such a big boy!

A few more pictures from Christmas in Grafton and Drayton. We sure had fun with all the family.

Well, the holidays are over and we are settling into normal life again. Of course, Wilson's sleep schedule has been totally thrown off, leaving Shana and I pretty tired for these first few nights. But he is returning to his longer sleeping which we are very excited about.

Wilson is just changing in leaps and bounds. He really giggles and laughs now when you tickle him. He is still learning to grab things. But he is changing every day.

Here are a few photos before Christmas: