Just catching up!

We have been so busy this month, so it's been a while since my last blog. Dane has kept busy lately, and he just keeps on growing so fast. My little boy isn't a baby anymore. It's exciting to see him grow and develop his own interests and personality. I thought I would just post pictures today from all of the stages in his life. I hope that he is able to read this someday and be able to tell how very special he is to us and what a joy he brings to us everyday. Lane and I have always called Dane our "buddy", and our life has been brightened so much by God giving us our little buddy!

October 24, 2005 - Headed to the hospital!

Alan Dane Brown

born October 25, 2005

8 lbs. 9 ozs. - 20 in. long

Pictures from the hospital

My two favorite guys!

November 2005 - 1 month

December 2005 - 2 months

2005 Brown Family Christmas Picture

January 2006 - 3 months

February 2006 - 4 months

March 2006 - 5 months

April 16, 2006 - Dane's First Easter!

April 2006 - 6 months

May 13, 2006 - Mother's Day Weekend with Granna

Hitchin' a ride on Dad's back!

May 2006 - 7 months

June 2006 - 8 months

Learning to Stand

July 9, 2006 - A special day with all his cousins at Camp Deer Run

July 2006 - 9 months

Learning the Family Business with Dad

August 2006 - 10 months

September 2006 - 11 months

October 2006 - 1 year!

Our great Clifford party!

Before the cake...

...and After.

Halloween 2006 - Meet the next James Bond!

Surveying all his loot - Yummy!

The look of complete satisfaction!

November 2006 - 13 months

December 2006 - 14 months

2006 Brown Family Christmas Picture

January 2007 - Working hard at 15 months

February 2007 - 16 months

My sweet giggle boy!

Dad's best Playstation partner!

March 2007 - 17 months


A twilight tractor ride with Pa!




April 8, 2007 - Easter Sunday with his friend, Winter




April 15 - Is that a smile behind that passy?


I thought so!!

Dane's First Haircut!

Before...

and After.

Well, today was the day! We have had too many people tell us lately that we have such a beautiful little girl, so we took the hint and scheduled Dane his first haircut. One of our friends from church, Tyler Boaze, works at a salon here in town, so we took him there to have her cut his hair. For the most part, he was really good. He didn't cry, but he sure wasn't very still for her. We also discovered that, just like his father and grandfather, he doesn't have just one cowlick, but he has three! He is definitely a Brown through and through. He really liked the sound of the hairdryers there and would make sounds like them whenever he heard one. Tyler was so sweet to him, and she did a great job!


After we left the salon, we headed to Sonic to get Dane a drink to celebrate the occasion. We had a really fun time!


I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Mardi Gras, Crazy Hair and a trip to Arkansas!

We have had an extremely busy last couple of weeks. We had so much fun at the Shreveport Mardi Gras parade two weeks ago. We went with several couples from church. It was downtown Shreveport by the river. We had so much fun catching beads and stuffed animals for Dane! He really made out pretty good with all of his bling!

In the driver's seat of a Firetruck

Look at all the loot!

Bling Bling!

Dane really wanted to take his Mardi Gras football to church the next morning.

As you can see, Dane's hair is getting pretty long. When it's fixed, it looks really cute, with all of his curls - but as you can see, he definitely got the gene from both Lane and me that mysteriously causes his hair to go absolutely nuts when he's sleeping. One morning this past week, we let Dane take his nap in our bed, and he woke up with an especially crazy head of hair. So, I had to capture the moment!

This past weekend, my mother, Robyn and her three kids, and Dane and I all travelled up to Harding to attend their annual Wings (Women in God's Service) conference. It was really great, and we all learned a lot, especially Dane and J.J., who have made a admirable commitment to attend this conference each year of their lives, so far. It was really fun to be together. We all piled up in Mama's new Explorer, so 4 out of the 7 available seats were filled with car seats. We weren't sure if we could pull it off, but we all packed pretty light and everybody fit just right and we were really quite comfortable. The kids were all so good on the ride there and back. While we were on campus at Harding, I let Dane run free out on the front lawn and followed him around to see where he would try to go. He knocked on some doors and climbed the steps to the administration building. I think he was trying to talk to someone in the admissions department and get a good word in early, so that they'll know that Harding is definitely one of his top picks for college so far.

Knock Knock Knock!

Up the steps of higher education

After we got back from Arkansas, we spent Saturday night at my parents' house and stayed to go to church with them Sunday morning. We got to get pictures of the kids all dressed up for church, which was also fun.



Anyway, I hope everyone is having a fantastic week!

Some fun times around our house!

Happy Valentine's Day a day late. I hope everyone had a great day filled with lots of love! We had a crazy busy Valentine's Day, but it was a great day. My mom surprised us at the front door with some roses from my dad to me, some donuts for Lane (which we all enjoyed), and a huge singing heart balloon for Dane. We were so glad to see her, even if she only got to stay for 45 minutes before she had to head to work. At the Tri-C (Christian Campus Center at Kilgore College), where I work, we had a great "Elementary school" style Valentine's Day party. All of the kids and me and Dane and the campus minister decorated paper bags & exchanged valentines. It was great fun! Then, last night was church, so we headed to Chili's for dinner beforehand. Of course, I forgot to take any pictures of any of it, so I will just post some pictures from this past week.

Like Father, Like Son!

I couldn't resist...I had to blog again today! After church tonight, we got home and I gave Dane his bath, and we went in to play with Dad a bit before bedtime. Lane was playing his Playstation football game, as usual, so Dane found the other controller and joined his dad in the fun. I know that Lane is so thankful that he now has a built-in Playstation playing partner!

Some wonderful Spring-like afternoons!

The past couple of days have been so beautiful in our neck of the woods, so I got to take advantage of some good photo ops playing with Dane outside. We've had a really busy week so far, but we got some good pictures last night of all of us relaxing and goofing off! Dane has moved into a really goofy mood lately, and we spend a whole lot of time laughing at each other. What fun!