Weekend with the Bokma's

Funny Girl

Super Della!

Roly Poly

Della just recently started to roll over and tonight I think she perfected it. She rolled over about 7 times in a 15 minute period so I thought I would catch this milestone on tape. It's kinda drooly and messy but thought you may want to see it :)
We are dog sitting for Sake this weekend which so far has gone well. We are however, still glad that he went to a new home as he is very curious about Della and follows her wherever he is so we are keeping a very close eye on him.

Movie Star Della!

I hope you all were aware that we had a movie star in the family :)

Della turned 3 months old today and just on Wednesday rolled over all by herself. It happened on the couch so there may have been a slight slant but it was a roll nonetheless (from back to tummy). She is getting to be such a fun baby and babbles and giggles and smiles a ton! Derek always says that his favorite time of day with her is when he goes to get her out of her crib after she wakes up and when he gets there she greets him with a huge open mouther smile :)

This evening, Della and I drove to Tahoe to meet Derek there as he won an overnight stay at the Resort at Squaw Creek for having quality business. He was presented the Legion of Honor award by one of the top executives (named Rand) in CA. We even got a picture of Rand holding Della while he is presenting the award to Derek. We then had dinner in the Olympic Village at this great pizza place that has wood fired pizza. Yummy!

Here is a picture of the now complete deck. I am so thankful it is done with. We can't wait to eat the remainder of our dinners out there. Hopefully there are a few more warm nights remaining in the summer.

The Tickler

Happy Baby

After 10 weeks of having Della as an official part of our family, we are beginning to see her personality come through and she sure is a happy baby :) The past couple of weeks, she has been sucking on her hands when her pacifier falls out of her mouth but just today, she started sucking on her thumb. This is kind of exciting as she is able to do a little self-soothing without us having to constantly put her pacifier in when she is trying to fall asleep.
Derek has been playing on two softball teams - a men's league and a co-ed league - so Della and I get to go to the games that fall before her bedtime. So far this season, Derek has hit 3 home-runs!! 2 on the men's league team and 1 on the co-ed team. I am pretty sure being a Dad has given him super powers.
Every morning when we are getting ready for the day, Della gets to spend time on her "Under the Sea" playmat. Above the play mat, there is an octopus shaped rattle that she loves to look at and right at her eye level there is a stuffed whale that she loves to babble on and on to. I am pretty sure he is one of her closest friends right now (other than Mom, Dad and Dutchie :)
On August 9, I went back to work for 4 days a week (Tuesday and Friday) and the first day was definately tough but each day gets better (although Friday afternoons are hard too). We have been liking our child-care facility so far. The main lady, Carolyn, truly loves kids and the other children seem to really like Della. When I get there to pick her up in the afternoon they always make sure I know where the baby is at and they want to know if the baby is going home :)
Needless to say, we have been loving having Della as our daughter and can't wait for more exciting developments to come.