Blog for August

I did not realize that I actually had blog readers. All our friends keep asking where the updates are. It was nice to see that some people actually do keep up with our blog so I guess I am not writing all of this for nothing! I realize it is now September and I have not written one blog entry for August. Well, here is a month in review from the Cones. The blog entry is below all the pictures. I wrote first and then loaded the pictures.......I was not thinking correctly. It is a long entry and I am sure there are tons of typos.....no time for proofreading.........I will just go ahead and warn you.

Davis' First Birthday Party

Ava had a princess party, they let Davis be a prince. Ava was turning one and she is as precious as they get. She was just walking around like a little princess. She is so tiny, she looked like she was just floating around the house. Davis is usually so good, but not at this birthday party. He puked (and I mean puked) all over Martha's nice floor as soon as we got there. I had just handed him off to Gail so I did not get thrown up on for once. I am sure she didn't mind the throw up. :) Then he cried and cried. We tried to lay him down and that did not work. He was just so upset and we could tell he did not feel good. So we stayed for about an hour and then left. We had a good time while it lasted. It was nice to see the Duvalls, Cottles, Parmers, and Prices. Ava, I am sorry Davis was such a party pooper. He will be better next year I promise!

Martha & Ava, Karen & Molly Kate, Gail & Davis

The grandmas have been waiting to get a picture with all of them and the grand babies.

Karen & Molly Kate, Charlie, Gail & Davis

Charlie loves to give Davis kisses. He is so sweet!!

Don't you love Davis' face. He was pretty much this way the whole time. This is so not like him!

Davis has officially had ENOUGH!! We were out the door right after this picture. Ava looks like she has better things to be doing and Molly Kate is being a little angel!

Since we were in Douglasville, we decided to go and visit Jenn and Derek. We have not seen them in a while. Their little baby Tayler will be making her arrival in August, so we wanted to see them one last time before she arrived. We took Davis and he was a little better at their house, but he was still pretty fussy. Poor little guy was not having a good day. I did not take any pictures because I was too busy trying to keep Davis calm. While Davis was laying down, Derek was talking to Davis. He was asking if Tayler was going to be his girlfriend and Davis would coo at him. It was so cute. We also asked Davis if he was going to marry Tayler and he cooed again. We should have got it on video it was precious. Then Derek told Davis that he was only aloud to hold Tayler's hand and Davis laughed and laughed. It was almost like he knew what we were saying. We will see what happens....... Davis definitely has a lot of options since all our friends are having little girls.

The Warnocks

These pictures got split up, so there is a few more of the Warnocks below. This weekend we went to visit Casey and Kelley and had the best time. Davis loves his Uncle Casey and Aunt Kelley. Davis did lots of talking and when we stopped paying attention to him he squealed at us. He wanted all eyes on him!

Lance, Davis, and Me



Davis loves looking at people. I love how he is looking at Casey in this picture.


Katie and Mike's Baby Shower
Katie and Davis

Katie and Mike are having a boy, so atleast there is one boy out there for Davis to hang out with. We had a fun time catching up with old friends from college. Fun Times!

Beth, Rodney, and Davis

College Friends--Beth, Me, Davis, Katie, Abby

Davis had fun with Rodney!

More pictures from the Warnocks

Davis in his pajamas. Doesn't he look like a little man?

Uncle Casey & Davis

Aunt Kelley & Davis

Aunt Karen (AKA WaWa (she hates that Lance and Blake call her this!!) came to visit from Washington D.C. It was so nice to see her and have her meet Davis for the first time.

Papa, Karen & Davis

Uncle Blake and Aunt Brittany joined us for the evening. We missed seeing Anna. Davis loved when Blake flew him through the air. He laughed and laughed every time Blake put him in the air.

Neal, Gail, Me, Karen, Davis, Carmen, Lance

I love Kisses from Davis!

Hershel lays in front of Davis' Exersaucer while he plays.

Judith came to visit Davis one day after school. It was so fun to see her and catch up. I miss seeing her at school. She was such a good sport. I was trying some new diapers and obviously they are not the best fit for Davis because he peed right out of his diaper onto Judith. I felt so bad because she was dressed all cute from school. At least it was not poop. :)

Me, Mason & Davis

While Jane had curriculum night, we watched Mason. Mason is in third grade and Lance and I have so much fun watching him. He is so good! He loved Davis and Davis loved him. He laughed and smiled at Mason all night. Mason's middle name is Davis so they have a little connection.

"Thanks for playing with me Mason!"

Just getting home from church. We have started to put Davis in the church nursery the past two Sundays. He has been so good and we love his teachers. When Lance and I picked him up today they told us that Davis had met a girlfriend. They took a walk in the big stroller with all the kiddos and they said Davis and the little girl gazed at each other the whole time. I think some of the girls out there may be a little jealous!

Pictures from Lori's House

Every Monday I go and tutor for the Bolicks. Lori has been so nice to watch Davis for me while I tutor the kids. Davis loves going to Lori's on Mondays. This Monday she took pictures of him. Last Monday she let Davis type me a little message on her lap top. Thanks Lori for watching him. I greatly appreciate it and so does Davis!

Davis and Lori

I know many of you are wondering where we have been. Some of you don't care, you just want to see pictures of Davis. We are still here and we are all doing well. I have started back to work which has kept me super busy and has put our blog on the back burner. I was planning on starting back to work full time September 15th, but we had a slight change in plans. I had the opportunity to job share my position with another teacher. I was so excited about this opportunity but not sure if it would work out. Everything worked out perfectly and Lance and I decided this would be best for our family at this time. I work everday from 7:45 - 11:45. I am home with Davis in my arms by noon everyday with a BIG smile on my face. Since I am only working 4 hours a day I decided to go ahead and go back to work at the beginning of the school year. Our neighbor, Mrs. Tina, is keeping Davis each day. My mom is keeping him every other Tuesday. My mom is also watching him for a couple hours on Thursdays so I can get some tutoring in. We are so blessed to have family so close that can help us out. I am loving working part time............but I am not loving the tight budget we have been put on............but is is soooooooo worth it to have extra time with Davis everyday. Lance has us doing an envelope budget (He is so excited about this budget......in a giddy way; I have no idea how you can be this excited about a budget.) and it has been working out great.......until........he went out of town........I got everything messed up.......go figure. Of course I had my mad money envelope spent the first week of the month. We are trying to plan out meals which has helped save a lot of money as well as repeated trips to the store. Anyone have any good coupon websites? My next goal is to start using coupons. Being a mom has really opened my eyes to how busy moms are. I had visions in my head of getting so much stuff done since I am only working part time.........well those visions are not coming true. I still have never ending laundry, dirty dishes, no groceries, dirty bathrooms, dirty floors, dirty dog etc.........but I do have one happy little family which is worth everything. I guess that is part of being a mom. Everytime I think I am caught up it all piles up again. It is a never ending job and we only have one child. I am thankful for a loving husband who has really stepped it up. He has been doing all the grocery shopping, cooking, of course keeping our envelope budget organized, keeping up with Hershel (I am so focused on Davis......I sometimes forget that we have a dog) and even some cleaning. I LOVE you Lance!!

For the update on Davis.....read his 4th month letter. Sorry these posts are so long and detailed. Lance always tells me I write way too much, but this is sort of a journal for me to record our lives. I found a website that turns blogs into books so I am going to do this once a year and have a journal of our year. I am not a big scrapbooker so this will serve as my scrapbook.

Hope you all are doing well. I will try to be a better blogger in September.