Oct 6, 2004 All the kids, Lori, Grandma Vissers, Great Grandma & Great Grandpa Vissers, my Aunt Joan, Cousin Angie & her daughter go to the Meijer Gardens Kids Garden.
July 5, 2004 Lori, Grandma and Grandpa Starr took the kids and cousins to Binder Park Zoo.
June 19, 2004 A nice picture of Darien reading on the left.
June 16, 2004 Darien at the parkwith me...
Feb 13, 2004 Darien fell asleep on the table eating dinner.
Aug 4, 2003 Darien scraped his foot the other day and took a bit of fleash off. So you can see along with him being cute in the picture he also has his foot bandaged.
June 29, 2003 Darien celebrated his second Birthday with the a family Birthday Party. On July 1, 2003 Darien had his 2 year Doctor's appointment. He weighs 27 1/2 lbs., he is 35" tall and his head is 50cm. in circumference which is 49% in weight, 75% in height and 75% in circumference.
June 08, 2003 Here are some new pictures of Darien.
May
12, 2003 Finally took some more pictures
of Darien. Esther (Grandma)
Vissers was cutting Darien's hair and he jerked away and the clippers
cut a large chunk of hair out. You can see it in these pics on the
back of his head.
Novemeber 30, 2002 Darien fell asleep in his chair and it was kind of funny so I had to take some pictures of it. Reminds me of my father sleeping in a lounge chair!
Sept 04,2002 Just the Bare Essentials
August 15, 2002 We went to the park today for lunch with some friends (The Morgan Family) and they took this picture of Darien in the swing. Click on the picture for a larger photo.
July 30, 2002 Today Darien took his first steps today. Basically two steps from the table to the couch's end table. After I yelled at Lori to come see, he took another few steps away from the end table.
July 01, 2002 Here are his first Birthday
pictures. You are going to love the ones with the cake all over him!
June 22, 2002 Here are some more
photos. He also just started understanding the word 'No'. He was doing
something I didn't want him to, I said 'No' and much to my surprise he stopped,
turned, looked at me, stuck his bottom lip out and started crying. I also
put up a small video clip...
May 9, 2002 Today I took some foot castings of Darien to give to the
Grandmothers for Mothers Day. We waited until he was asleep then dunked his
foot in the latex mold. He was perfect (only his dad didn’t make the
best mold) so we will have to see how it turns out. He also is crawling like
crazy, loves to stand on things, even walks around the furniture like a champ.
He is starting to experiment with sitting down and standing up on his own,
but hasn’t really mastered that yet. He also is pointing at things and
clapping his hands. I just can’t wait for him to start talking!
April 07, 2002 Darien was dedicated at Church today, and I got a new
memory chip for the camera so I've thrown a bunch very recent
photo's including the family photo's from the dedication. Everything went
really well, Darien even slept threw the entire dedication ceremony and ended
up waking up exactly as it finished. Holding him the whole time I can testify
that he is getting heavy. He had one of his 'wellness' check-ups with his
Doctor and weighed just under 20lbs. He's learned to crawl forward so we've
had to really keep a closer eye on him, but he also loves to stand so I suspect
he'll just want to walk instead of crawl (can you blame him). A dear friend
of mine (Ron Wellman) told me some time ago that after having a hard day and
work, he'll come dragging into the house and his daughters will run up to
him and give him a big hug....and all the weight of the world melts away.
Well now when I come home from work and as soon as Darien see's me he'll light
right up and give me the biggest smile...and guess what...the weight of the
world mets away.
Mar 10, 2002 Some more new pictures
of him I took when he was being completely adorable. He's really verbalizing
now, in fact sometimes when he cries I can almost hear him say 'Ma Ma'. :)
He can crawl backwards pretty well right now, and rolls like a champ. I am
expecting any day for him to realize he can crawl forwards. He also has discovered
my entertainment center (loves to play with the amp conrols) so I am going
to have to come up with a way to keep him out of that.
Jan 30, 2002 Some new pictures of him smiling on the couch. Also today he started pushing up with his hands and feet, and scooted backwards!. I guess that is the first step toward crawling forward...
Jan 14, 2002 Some new pictures, these are some of my favorites.
Dec 3, 2001 Couldn't resist these, the 'I'm getting a bath' pictures. Click on the fthumbnails for full sized ones....they are REALLY big in size so it may take a while to download.
Oct 28, 2001 More Pictures
Sept 15, 2001
Darien is 11 weeks today, and I can’t believe how big he is getting.
It was kind of funny but after he was born the number one piece of advice
I received from other fathers was ‘Enjoy the time when he is small,
because he will grow up quickly’.
I knew they were correct, but I really didn’t ‘understand’ until I
started watching Darien grow up. He
has almost doubled in weight (approx 12.5lbs now) and is starting to get those
pudgy legs.
Another wonderful bit of news is that he is consistently
sleeping 7-9 hours at night. It’s
kind of a funny story, he was sleeping around 4-5 hours at a time, but would
wake up, fidget in the middle of the night and start crying.
A bit of formula and a little rocking and he’d be back asleep.
We’ll my father has started making tapes for Darien of him reading
books, so I hooked up my old high school boom box in Darien’s room so I could
play them. One night after playing
a tape for Darien I flipped on the radio to our local classical station (WKAR
FM90.5) and let it play all night at a low volume.
When Lori and I awoke in the morning we quickly surmised that neither
of us had gotten up with him and he had slept threw the night. Needless to say, we’ve kept the radio on every since.
I think he is even beginning to become a fan of classical
music. I took Lori and I a little
time to figure out, but he seemed to wake up at 7:15 every morning.
Then Lori realized that the radio station switches over to news around
that time. He just can’t get
enough ‘real’ music!
As far as his motor skills are involved, he seems to have
slowed down a bit. He can stand
up (can’t balance…I have to hold him) but he loves to lock those legs and
stand upright. He also is tracking
things with his eyes fine, but hasn’t really figured out yet how coordinate
between his hand movement and what he sees.
He is also really close to turning over, it’s been kind of nice being
able to put him on the couch and not have to worry abut him rolling off, I
know those days are numbered. His
big talent is laying on his back and scooting across the floor with his
legs.
The other day my Sister and Brother in-law where over and he let a big burp.
Everyone said 'oh good boy' and fawned over him. A similar experience
happens when babies have a ‘full’ diaper.
Lori and I were joking that when he gets older, we will scold him for
doing the same things, an interesting reflection on acceptable behavior and
how it differs based on age..
One a last note…let me just say, the Dept. of Defense should stop biological warfare research, and just collect diapers from babies like Darien…trust me the enemy wouldn’t have a chance. -- Richard
Other Pictures
- Some pictures of him around 7-8 weeks.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- I've had requests for wallets and such, so here is an image you can print out that has 9 wallets, and here is the full size capture of that picture (very large).
- All the ultra-sound pictures 20 weeks: 1, 2 32 weeks: 3, 4, 5
- Lori's work shower pictures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Family shower pictures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- More Hospital Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4
- Here is one of Lori and Shelly White at Jon & Diane Cortright's wedding.
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