Family Picture 2009

Family Picture 2009
you would never guess that my son was picking his nose the entire time accept this one picture

Monday, July 27, 2009

updating


ok so i havent posted anything for a little bit. there isnt much new that i can share but over the past couple weeks we have been pretty busy. johnny was on his 2 week vacation so we got to spend some time together, we went golfing... yes me the most uncoordinated person when it comes to sports...i golfed! not well though but i did hit the ball!!! we went camping and thats always fun as long as its not for a long time a couple days was nice. merrick got to ride on a forewheeler and that made his day! he loved it! and he got to play in the dirt so thats makes any boy happy, and we had a deer go right through our camp! me and johnny also had our 2 year anniversary! two years already it went by so fast. we went upstate and did some fun things and had a fun day. but now hes back to work so im adjusting to him not being here all day. overall things are good and hopefully just going to keep getting better.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

4th of july


this 4th of july weekend was a lot of fun, we went camping up to bear creek campground, and my pretty much aunt and uncle re-newed their vows. they aren't really my aunt and uncle but we have always considered them that.it was neat to watch them do that and my dad did the ceremony so it was nice. i was a little concerned about hwo merrick would do because previous camping trips were more stressful than fun, but everything went great and he had a blast exploring and getting dirty. there were warnings about bears in that area i guess there had been problems there so i was freaked out mostly at night, i didnt want to stay by the fire because i always thought there was a bear in the trees and it was going to attack me. it was scary. i took my camera and i forgot to get pictures but i did get one before we went camping 4th of july but yoiu cant see his face but his outfit was cute so you can kinda see that and i got a picture of him lounging in the chair while we were packing up to head home. overall it was a really fun weekend.

March of Dimes

so heres the deal. i was contacted by March of Dimes, and what i have to do is called doing time for march of dimes. basically i will get locked into a room on August 4th 2009 for a while, but its for a good cause, but theres more to it. i have been set with a bail of $1000 and thats what i need to raise in donations to go toward babies born premature, with birtn defects, and low birth weight. all donations will aid in research to give all babies a healthy start in life. i decided to do this because being a mom myself just makes me realize how thankful i am to have a healthy baby boy, and i know that not always the case. i currently have a friend that is going through having her baby boy be premature and when this opportunity was right in front of me, i could pass it up. so im looking for people to help me out with donations. you can donate at www.jailandbail.marchofdimes.com/brittanydonan
you can mail your donations to me just contact me at 435-650-3829 for my mailing address
or you can donate in person just give me a call. all donations are 100% tax deductible and its going toward a great cause, so if you can help and would like to please do!

Friday, July 3, 2009

nor more bottle

well when merrick turned one i decided that i would need to start weaning him off of his bottle but i hated trying to take it away from him because he loved it soooo much and he was so cute when he would get all excited while i was making it, well i started giving him his cuppy too so he would start to get more used to it, and after a few weeks of giving the cuppy more than his bottle he gave up the bottle and is just as happy with his cuppy! hes such a good baby he didnt really cry about it or anything, but he did get bit by a spider on his cheek so that has made him not happy but its getting better so im happy for that!

my tattoo

my tattoo
its an orchid, the symbol at the bottom means family and then merricks name at the top

mowing the lawn with dad

mowing the lawn with dad
merrick loves riding on the lawn mower

helping with laundry

helping with laundry
this happens everytime he trys to help me with laundry

so sleepy after christmas

so sleepy after christmas
he had a long day

new clothes

new clothes

bow on head

bow on head
i love this picture

Presents!!!

Presents!!!

Big Bath Time

Big Bath Time
he loves his bath time!!!

after bath time

after bath time
i love that little face

Welcome to our little Donan family blog!!!

We decided to do a blog to let whoever wants to know about who we are and what we do day to day. We are a new little family and thats mostly what its all about right now!

Our little family

Our little family
when merrick was 3 weeks old we had our first family pictures done. I guess we should get some up to date ones done!

merrick j

merrick j
i just love his little face!!!

merrick 3 months

merrick 3 months
we had these pictures done when he was 3 months old

our little man

our little man
johnny loves to wear hats so i found a blaack one for merrick to wear like his daddy and he posed for me! this is one of our favorites!

Jungle boy

Jungle boy
Merricks room is done in jungle animals so i had pictures done with them

merrick and daddy

merrick and daddy

bath time

bath time
he loves his bath time and we like to have fun to

Bathtime with Nemo

Bathtime with Nemo
merrick loves Finding Nemo and now he has bath toys that ar e Nemo

merricks little bum

merricks little bum
johnny was getting ready to bath merrick , isnt he cute

Mine rescue

Johnny is part of the mine rescue team for Consol coal mine and he has had awesome trainings and of course huge achievements.

mine rescue clothes

mine rescue clothes
johnny showing me his mine rescue clothes

Lake Lynn

Lake Lynn
this was johhnys first training back east they were given tasks they needed to complete

FIRE!!!

FIRE!!!
johnnys team had to put out a fire on the belt line

CAN"T SEE

CAN"T SEE
it was really smokey and they could hardly see anything at all

Emery Miners Win Mine Rescue Contest

CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Emery Mine-Black team, from Emery, claimed first place honors in the CONSOL Energy “Best of the Best” Mine Rescue Contest held Sept. 16-18 in Virginia, capping the 2008 contest season. The Emery-Blue team claimed third place overall in the Virginia contest.

A total of 18 teams from throughout CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries from five states, including those based in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah, competed in the event held at the CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Training Center at Oakwood, Va. CONSOL Energy has more mine rescue teams than any other company in the industry.

Members of the Emery-Black mine rescue team are Ron Wright, Brandon Wilde, Matt Crosland, Johnny Donan, “For all your efforts, all your sacrifice to serve on a CONSOL rescue team and to participate in mine rescue, thank you,” Hyita said. “It takes time away from your families and the whole industry appreciates your service. You are the most highly trained people we have in the company.”Corey Prettyman, Kasey Thompson and Jim Kulow, trainer.

Emery County Review

Competition

Competition
this was consols last competition back east

WINNER!!!

WINNER!!!
Johnnys team took first place

contest

Merrick is in a baby contest and he was chosen to be part of an even bigger contest because hes such a handsome boy. the picture below is the one i entered i had a hard time finding the one i wanted to put in it there are so many but i love his little tounge sticking out.

contest picture

contest picture
Merrick was recently chosen to be part of a huge baby picture contest and he could win a $25000 savings bond!!!


Elvis Fan

Elvis Fan
johnny loves Elvis

Rock n' Roll

Rock n' Roll
johnnys such a nerd, but a cute one!!!

more Rockn' Roll

more Rockn' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

mommy and merrick

mommy and merrick

Our Trip to Durango

This last week made a little trip to Durango to see family that we haven't seen in awhile and to introduce our newest addition to his grandparents, great grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. we were there for 5 days and we got to spend time with everybody which was alot of fun, johnny's dad played the guitar and sang for us and i was going to record it and my camera was dead but eventually i will get a recording of it, Merrick loved it! It was nice to visit and see everybody, johnnys brother lives in new mexico so we made a trip there to see him and the family. Merrick hated being in his car seat all of the time but overall i feel that it was a trip worth while. we will have to go there more often.

grandma and grandpa and merrick

grandma and grandpa and merrick
they had a piggy bank that would light up and oink when you put money in it, they gave it to merrick

grandpa roy and merrick in durango

grandpa roy and merrick in durango
this is johnnys dad and merricks first time meeting him. he loves his grandpa

merrick and grandpa roy

merrick and grandpa roy
merrick wasnt being very smiley

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and cousin jw

aunt nat and cousin jw
this was in durango and merricks first time meeting nat and jw

great grandma regina

great grandma regina
we went and visited johnnys grandma in durango and it was merricks first time meeting her

daddy and merrick

daddy and merrick
this was on our trip to durango in our hotel room

merrick in his hut

merrick in his hut
johnny made merrick a hut in his bed in the hotel room

johnny in the hut

johnny in the hut
johnny was peeking in the hut and making merrick laugh

more of the hut

more of the hut

learning to crawl

merrick has been learning to crawl the past week, when we were in durango he learned to get onto his hands and knees and now hes getting ready to crawl away. hes getting so big

merricks learning to crawl

merricks learning to crawl
he still kind of wobbly but her getting it

my happy boy

my happy boy

Puppy

Puppy
this is our lazy dog, his name is puppy