The Cone Family

My Buddy and Me

2010-01-07T18:23:00.000-08:00

Can I just say that I love my little buddy so much! I have loved spending all day everyday with him these past two weeks and was dreading going back to work this week. Today, Mrs. Tina called and her son had signs of the stomach bug, so I had to stay home with Davis. It was too last minute to find someone to keep Davis and Lance had appointments that he could not miss. So it was me and my buddy all day and I LOVED it! He is getting to be so much fun and he has so much personality. He did not stop all day long! He had some new tricks to show me today, I didn't know he was so talented....ha! And the best part is we have a snow day tomorrow so it looks like it will be another fun day with me and my buddy tomorrow! YEAH!!

He crawled right to Hershel's crate this morning and stood right up.
"Look Mom, I can stand with one hand!"

Then he crawled right over to help me with the dishes. This used to be Hershel's job, but I guess Davis has taken over.

He was very interested in the egg beater, so I let him play with it on the carpet and that kept him entertained for about 5 minutes.

After his five minutes of entertainment were up I guess he decided to show me this new trick. I turned away just for a minute and when I looked back, he was in this position so I got the camera.....QUICK!

Here is a side view picture.....I really thought he may get stuck...but he had a trick up his sleeve.

"Hey Mom, don't help me, just watch me!"

"I can crawl through this chair all by myself! It looks like my head might get stuck, but it won't...I am good at this trick!"

"See, I told you I could crawl through anything!"

"TaDa!!"

Then, Davis and Hershel played together under the kitchen table for about 20 minutes. You would have thought they were best friends. It was pretty cute to watch. I guess I won't get rid of Hershel. Ha!

And then it started to snow, I know you can't tell from the pictures, but I wanted to get some in case it didn't keep snowing. We now have lots of snow on the ground so we will take some more pictures of Davis in the morning. Davis liked the snow. He kept laughing and trying to touch the flakes falling down. It was so cute!

Then he came inside and crawled right into the office and started playing with my decorations. Boy was he busy today! You can't take your eyes off of him for even a second or he is into something else. He is really doing great with his crawling and now he pulls up on the furniture and walks all around it. I don't think it will be much longer before we have a walker. He was also jabbering up a storm today. He is just getting over his second ear infection and today was the first day he was really feeling good. He had so much fun today, he was ready for bed at about 6:30. Lance and I are enjoying every minute with our little man. He is such a true blessing from heaven and we love him so much!

Happy New Year!

2010-01-04T16:51:00.001-08:00

Well, this New Years was a little different then our past, but it was still awesome! Little buddy went to sleep around 7:00 and then Lance cooked us an awesome dinner. We had steak, asparagus, and mashed potatoes. We actually sat down at the table, said a family prayer, and ate dinner together....this does not happen very much since we have Davis to worry about. We try to eat dinner with him each night, but that obviously does not always work out. It was so nice to enjoy a nice quiet dinner with my hubby! Lance and I were in bed by 10 and missed all the New Year hoopla.....ha......maybe we will stay up next year. Our sleep is just too valuable these days. As Davis was starting to get fussy and want to go to bed, I ran upstairs and got some New Years hats and had Lance take our picture. Davis has to have a New Years picture. It's his first one! :)

I always try to make WAY TOO many resolutions and that does not work out so well, so I am just going to keep in simple this year and hopefully make more progress.

Give More....This is one that Lance and are making as a couple. Not only would we like to be more giving with our money this year, we would more importantly like to be more giving with our service to others. This is one thing that I feel I have a real gift for, but since getting married and having a baby I have not made this a priority like I should and like I have in the past. I really am excited about this resolution. It is one Lance and I have always talked about and we are excited to GIVE MORE this year. I just want to be more in tune with what others need and act upon that. I came across this quote while reading the other night and it is so true and really goes along with my resolutions this year. " God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom." -Spencer W. Kimball

Grow More.... I want to work on growing my personal relationship with my Savior. I always used to take time to have devotional time each day and take time to journal, pray, and read/study my scriptures, but it really has been thrown to the wayside this last year or sadly longer than that and I really don't have a good excuse. It is just so easy to get busy and push this to the side. I used to do this in the evenings, but I am just so tired it does not get done. So my new quiet time is going to be during Davis' afternoon nap time. Before I do anything else, I am going to get my quiet time in. It is amazing how much better I feel after getting this time in each day and I truly miss this time more than I have realized. Anyone have any good devotional books they have enjoyed?

Workout More....hahahah! I know everyone has this one....so I just felt like I had to have it to! No seriously, I really do need to do this. Right now, my exercise consists of well......being a mom, which seems to wear me out and kick my tail every day. I really want to start running, I know Lance is cracking up right now if he is reading this, but I really am to wimpy to run in the cold......so once it warms up I will start running, but until then I am going to do some workout stuff in the house.

Seriously?

2010-01-01T02:31:00.001-08:00

As I have said before, I have spent a lot of money getting Hershel the perfect dog bed and he never ever will lay on it. I try to get him to all the time but finally had to give up! But, for some reason he LOVES to lay on Davis' boppy lounger and now it seems he is trying to take over his new chair. I love this picture because Hershel is all about the chair and I am not sure what Davis is doing beside him, looks like he is about to start eating the fire place which is not surprising because he tries to eat everything right now!!

"Hey Davis, can I have your chair? I will trade you 10 raw hides for the chair and I think you would like the raw hides. They will make good teethers for you!"

Bowling for Uncle Justin's Birthday

2010-01-01T02:21:00.001-08:00

Justin wanted to go bowling for his 28th birthday. It was Davis' first trip to the bowling alley and I think he had a great time. Here are a few pictures from his trip! December is a busy month for birthdays for us. Uncle Blake's birthday is on December 25th, Uncle Justin's is December 26th and Aunt Anna's is on December 29th. Happy Birthday Justin, Blake, and Anna! We love you guys!

Christmas Day Pictures

2009-12-31T17:08:00.000-08:00

Well, I know this post is a little late, but here are all our pictures from Christmas. I am going to do Lance and his friend Joey (I hope you are reading this Joey) a favor and not write much. Just enjoy the pictures! We spent Christmas Eve with the Cones and Christmas Day with the Kreylings. We had a WONDERFUL Christmas, but most of all we enjoyed just spending quality time with our families!

Davis with Aunt Karen "Wa Wa"

(Karen - You know Lance is going to teach Davis that you are WaWa not Karen.)
Davis meeting Ava, and I don't think Ava knows what to think of Davis, but Davis sure liked Ava!

Isn't Ava precious? I just love her!!

Annual Christmas Eve brunch at the Smith's with the Parmers, Smiths, and Prices

Neal (PaPa), Gail (Nana), Anna, Me, Davis, Lance, Brittany & Blake

All of us....plus Karen, Carmen, and Becky

Davis and his one of many presents from Nana!

Davis' first guitar from his PaPa! I can't wait till Davis is old enough for PaPa to teach him how to play.

We forgot our high chair, so we were very resourceful and tied Davis to the bar stool with a scarf! Please don't call defacs on us......Davis actually liked it! We had to do the same thing at my mom and dad's on Christmas. Hey, this may be easier than packing up the high chair...ha!

Davis LOVES his Uncle Blake and his Aunt Anna!

Aunt Brittany and Uncle Blake made Davis a rocking chair with his name on it! Davis loves it! So special to have a chair hand painted by Uncle Blake.

Aunt Brittany, Davis & Uncle Blake

Davis & Great Grandma Cone

Davis and his presents Christmas morning at the Kreylings

Davis helping MeMe read the Christmas Story from the Bible. We always have breakfast and then read the Christmas Story before opening gifts.

Dad (Opa)

Lance and his orange. Dad always puts an orange at the bottom of our stockings. Once you hit the orange you know there is nothing left. Just another family tradition!

Davis and his Harvard hat

"I love you Uncle Justin!"

Chair from MeMe and Opa

Even Davis got an orange in his stocking!

Opa, Davis, MeMe

Could this mean trouble?

2009-12-29T06:35:00.001-08:00

I put Davis down for a nap this morning. He usually goes right to sleep or he cries for a few minutes and then he is out. I heard him talking away for about ten minutes when I went in to look at him this is what I found......

"Hey Mom, I can almost see you!"

"I am getting a little closer. Look I can almost stand up in my crib!"

"Can't you see I am really not that tired! Why are you trying to put me to bed?"

"WooHoo!! Look at me. Mom and Dad you better watch out because I am about to be TROUBLE!"

So, needless to say he did not have to take a nap, how could I resist his little sweet face. We went downstairs and played and ate some breakfast and now he is sound asleep in his crib. What a sweet boy we have! He is pulling up on everything and he is all over the place. A whole new world has opened up for Davis and he is LOVING every minute of it!

Crawling and Pulling Up.....A Whole New World!

2009-12-29T07:02:00.001-08:00

Hershel's dog dishes are Davis' new favorite thing. I usually don't let him play in the dishes, but I had to at least get a picture!

Davis loves his new piano! He played songs for us last night.

LOVE putting them up....HATE taking them down!

2009-12-29T04:16:00.001-08:00

I love decorating for Christmas, but I dread the day I have to take it all down......NO FUN!! The day after Christmas I am ready to get the house back to normal, so we have been busy taking down all the decorations the past couple of days. I took a few pictures of some of our decorations before I took everything down. Christmas cards are one of my favorite things about the holidays. I love going to the mailbox each day to see who has sent us a Christmas card. It is so fun to see pictures of every one's beautiful families and catch up on the lives of our friends that we do not get to see often. I got this Christmas card hanger and I love it, but I can still not fit all our Christmas cards on it and then there are so many you cannot even see them all. I have to think of something else to do with our cards next year.

Our first year doing Santa was really fun! Here are Davis' Santa gifts under our tree.

Our Christmas tree decorated with ornaments of memories and love. My Grandma and Grandpa Pope started the tradition of giving us Christmas ornaments each year since we were born, so when I left home I had a huge box full of ornaments. Each one has a special memory. Like when I loved Strawberry Shortcake, I got all Strawberry Shortcake ornaments, when I learned how to ride a bike I got a bike ornament etc. Each one is so special to me and they make decorating the tree really special! Some of them are a little shabby since they are so old, and I always put them back in the box along with homemade ornaments I made as a child, but Lance always goes back and puts them all on the tree, he says we have to put them all up. So, I just nicely let him put them on the tree and then I move them to the back so no one can see them. Lance and I also exchange ornaments every year. Now we will do the same with Davis and MeMe and Opa are going to do the ornament exchange as well. Looks like Davis needs his own tree next year! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for starting this tradition with us.

Davis' Stocking

And this is what the whole season is about. I am so thankful for the sacrifices my Savior made for me. I am thankful for the love that my Savior has for me and hope that I can have that same love towards others. It is so easy to have that love during the holidays, but so sad that it quickly fades. I pray that I can keep this love all year long and be an example to others so they can see my Savior's love through me.

No, we are not having another baby, I know that is what some of you are thinking. You are thinking this picture is a clue because there are 4 stockings......WRONG!! The fourth stocking is Hershel's for now, but as soon as we do have another one I am afraid Hershel will have NO stocking.....Poor Hershel!!

Christmas Mountain Trip with the Lightles

2009-12-21T18:42:00.000-08:00

Each year, Lance's Mom's side of the family, the Lightles, celebrates Christmas with a weekend in the mountains. This is such a fun tradition that we look forward to all year. It is such a fun time to have the whole family together and create memories that we will treasure forever. This year was Davis' first year, well, I guess he was there last year in utero...ha! Davis was so good the whole trip. He just went with the flow and was very social. He just loves people and is so happy except when he is tired or hungry. Next year he will be keeping us all busy running all over the place. This year we stayed at Black Rock State Park in Mountain City Georgia. It was FREEZING this year, probably the coldest trip we have had. We are usually outside more and go on walks and hikes, but that was not the case this year. I love this trip, but it always makes me miss my extended family that lives out west. I would love to get together with all my uncles, cousins, and grandparents throughout the year. As always we had a blast and can't wait for next year!

Davis and Grandma Lightle

Grandma gave him this book and he has not been able to put it down since. He LOVES his new book. I hope that he loves reading......can you tell I am a teacher or what?
How special that Davis gets to spend time with his Great Grandma!

Davis venturing out to the campfire.....it was FREEZING!

Matt Sweat, Anna Cone, Sarah Lightle and Blake Cone

Davis and PaPa

Getting ready to venture out to watch the kids go sledding in the North Carolina Highlands.

Davis' first sight of snow in North Carolina......he was not to sure about it but he did let us take a few pictures. I am not sure he knows what to do with himself since he is all bundled up. He could barely move!

Davis' newest trick is sticking out his tongue........I know it is cute now, but it will not be cute for long. I am sure he will have a new trick soon and forget about his tongue.

Davis and Aunt Brittany

David Lightle, Sam Sweat, Andrew Lightle & Tucker Sweat

Me and Lance, Davis was SOUND asleep in the car!

Davis was POOPED after no morning nap!!

Davis and his new friend Tucker!

Me and my Sister in Law, Anna. It is so nice to finally have a sister to hang out with.......so different than hanging out with a brother. I love my brother and brother in law, but sometimes you just need a sister!

Fun times by the fire. Lance's uncles are so funny, my mouth always hurts after being around them for a weekend because they keep you laughing at all times. Lance and the guys especially have fun telling their "guy" stories after the ladies all go inside. The fire time is Lance's favorite time of the trip.

Blake and Anna

Lance, Me, Anna & Blake

Neal tending to the fire.....he had a good fire going with a little help from Uncle Sam.

Nana, Grandma and Davis

Traditional Family Picture

This is the first picture inside and it didn't go to well, you can't even see several people because their heads are blocked. Oh well, I guess we will be doing an outdoor picture next year. But this is better than no picture at all.

Lunch with Santa!

2009-12-13T16:55:00.001-08:00

Today we went to The Golf Club of Georgia for lunch with Santa with my mom, dad, and brother. We had the best time and we LOVED the Santa Claus there.....and so did Davis! Davis went to him with no problem and he tried to jump on Santa's lap. He seemed to have a blast. As we ate lunch Santa came around to the tables and talked to the kids and Davis watched him every move. As soon as Santa got close to our table, Davis started smiling and bouncing in his chair. This may be a whole different story next year, but for now Davis loves Santa Claus. Thanks mom and dad for taking us.....we had a GREAT time and we can't wait for next year! We love you!

Davis was having a serious look at Santa here.

Opa, Santa, Davis & MeMe

Lance, Santa, Davis & Me

Me, Davis & MeMe

Davis had a fun time sitting at the table. He enjoyed watching Santa Claus and all the kids around us.

Santa even came to visit with Davis while we were eating.

"Santa, how do you know I am ticklish?"

"Santa, I have really been good this year. I can't wait to see my presents!"

"I love you Santa! I can't wait to see you again next year! Everyone says I am going to cry when I see you next year, but I don't think I will."

Christmas is in the Air!

2009-12-12T18:57:00.001-08:00

I am getting so excited for Christmas. I just love the holidays. I am ready to start wrapping presents and baking goodies, my favorite holiday things to do. Gail and Neal came over today to give Davis a little Christmas outfit and visit for a while. So, we immediately put his new outfit on and took some pictures for Gail's Christmas cards. We got some cute shots. Then tomorrow we are off to do a brunch with Santa with my mom, dad, and brother. Nothing better than spending time with the family around the holidays.

"Hello everyone......I can't wait for Santa to come!"

"Okay, that is enough pictures for now, if you take one more I am going to dive off this chair!"

"I am loving this blue Christmas ornament....so much that I would like to eat it right up!"

Davis is getting a little to curious for me these days, he never stops!

"Nana, thank you for my Christmas outfit, I really like it. I think I may have to wear it tomorrow to meet Santa Claus!"

A photo shoot would never be complete without Hershel jumping in......I almost gave Hershel away again today.....seriously.......any takers??

Davis and Papa

Davis and Nana

Sick Baby!

2009-12-12T18:49:00.001-08:00

Well, we have been sick at the Cone house the last two weeks. It started off with me being sick, then Lance got sick, and then little Davis got sick. He got a little cold which turned right into an ear infection. This is the first time Davis has been sick..............it is not fun having a sick baby and a sick husband! Poor little Davis did not smile or have fun for a couple of days. He is finally feeling better and it is so nice to have our little Davis back to normal. We missed his little personality the last few days.

Crawling on Mom and Dad's bed! He looks like he is on a mission!

Our sweet baby boy is back!

Davis' new spot while I fold laundry........I had a TON to fold so he got to sit here for quite a while this week, but I think I am finally caught up!

1st Christmas Present!

2009-12-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

Opa and Meme had a Davis' first Christmas present for him to open and it was one he got to open early! My Grandma and Grandpa Pope started the tradition of giving the grandchildren a Christmas ornament each year and you got to open it before Christmas so you could put your special ornament on the tree. Justin and I used to LOVE getting our ornaments from our grandparents and putting them on the tree. When I got married, I left with a box FULL of ornaments that my grandparents had given me. Each ornament had a story or a memory. Lance and I carried on this tradition when we started dating. We have exchanged ornaments since 1999. And now my mom and dad scarried on this tradition with Davis. Lance and I are also going to give Davis an ornament each year. I love traditions and it is fun being able to start them with our own little family.

Davis was not so sure about opening the present, but he sure did like the Santa ornament on the box.

He had a long day and was obviously a little moody! I think he was also hungry, because after everyone left he ate, two jars of baby food and a bowl of rice cereal in about 5 minutes. I have never seen him eat that much food and especially that fast.

Meme and Opa got Davis his first nativity set that he can play with. It even sings "Away in the Manger". I have been wanting to get this for Davis and my mom and dad beat me to it. It is the cutest thing.....I LOVE it! I cannot wait to use it to teach Davis the Christmas story, but for now, he can just throw the little figures around and put them all in his mouth. He already tried to eat the baby Jesus, the sheep, and one of the three wise man.

He is a little happier now.

Davis' first Christmas Ornament and Nativity Set

"Thanks Meme and Opa.......I LOVE my new things and I can't wait to get more on Christmas!"

The Muphy Twins 1st Birthday

2009-12-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

Today we went to our family friends, the Murphy's, for Danielle and Gage's first birthday party. We had a good time and Davis had fun playing with the kids. I cannot believe how big the twins have gotten since we saw them last, but I was more surprised at how Davis looks almost the same size as them in the pictures. Sorry for all the pictures of the kids, they were all so cute, I couldn't decide which ones to post.

Gage, Danielle, & Davis

I think Danielle had the hots for Davis, and Gage did not want any part of that!

I love this picture!

Barbara, Davis & My Mom

The Grandmas and the Grandbabies

Kim, Danielle, Barbara, Gage, Koni, Davis, Me

Dinner with the Lightles

2009-12-01T11:51:00.000-08:00

I didn't get pictures of everyone, I started off doing good, and then got busy and missed getting pictures of everyone. I will have to get some more pictures at the mountains.

Davis is saying "hello!"

Davis and Nana

Davis and Papa

Neal, Sam & Lance sitting outside with Jim while he cooked the wings. They love having their guy time by the fire. There is never a dull moment with Sam around.

Davis and his 2nd Cousin Tucker Sweat

Tucker was so cute with Davis. I think he is glad to have someone younger than him in the family. He has been the youngest one around until Davis.

Adam Sweat & Davis

Davis and Uncle Sam. This picture is blurry, but I love it because they are both smiling.

Davis and Sara Lightle

Last Saturday night we went over to Lance's aunt and uncle's house to have a get together Gail's side of the family. We had such a nice time visiting. Some of Lance's family had not seen Davis since early summer and he has changed so much since then. We always enjoy getting together with Lance's family and we always love it when his Uncle Jim cooks on the grill! He made the best chicken wings they were so good that everyone ate them and left no wings for Lance's mom and his Aunt Tricia (ooops, they were playing with Davis in the other room, and I guess everyone thought they had already ate). We are looking forward to seeing everyone again in a few weeks for the annual Christmas Mountain trip. Each year the Lightle side of the family takes a weekend mountain trip to one of the state parks. We always look forward to this weekend and this year it will be especially fun having a baby around. Being with Lance's family makes me miss having our extended family close by. I would love to get together with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins throughout the year. I know I say this all the time but we are so blessed with our families.

New Videos of Davis

2009-12-02T13:59:00.000-08:00

Lance's parent got us a video camera last year for Christmas and we have been using it, but could not get our vidoes to upload, but we now have it figured out. We had to use a SD card and not the mini DVDs. So, now I will be posting videos of our little buddy. Davis gets so excited when Lance gets home from work. He laughs at anything Lance does. We LOVE listening to his laugh. Enjoy!

Good Times With an Old Friend

2009-12-01T06:54:00.000-08:00

Last Monday, Davis and I headed to Conyers to visit my best friend from college, Susan. It was so good to see her and for her to finally meet Davis. We had a busy day planned. We let Davis play at her mom and dad's house for a while and then he ate and then we were off to have lunch and go to Baby's R Us to help Susan register. She is due right around the same time Davis was, so our kiddos will be about 1 year apart. I just wished she lived closer so we could get together more often. There is just something about old friends. You can not talk forever and then get together and it is just like old times. I had so much fun and Davis was SOOOOOO good! I am waiting for the day when he doesn't behave, I know it will come, but for now I will enjoy how good he is!! I wasn't sure how the baby's R Us thing would go with him and he was totally fine.

Me, Susan, and Davis
Davis, Linda, and Susan

Thanksgiving with the Cones

2009-11-28T12:37:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had a great Thanksgiving and have loved our time relaxing with family this week. I have had the best week ever because I had the whole week off work, so I was able to hang out with my little buddy all day for a week........needless to say I am NOT looking forward to Monday.

I love this time of year. November is a special month for us, Lance and I started dating around this time of year in 1999, that seems so LONG ago and then we were married in November 2003. I cannot believe that we have been together for 10 years and friends for 12 years, time goes by so quickly.

Obviously I have so much to be thankful for this year. I am most thankful for the life of my Savior and all that he sacrificed for all of us. I am thankful for my loving husband and best friend who makes my life complete. I am thankful for wonderful parents. I am thankful for wonderful family and friends. And this year, I am especially thankful for Davis. I have waited my whole life to become a mother and I have to say it is the best GIFT in the world. I knew he would make us happy, but I had no idea that he would make us THIS happy. Lance and I just look at him and our hearts melt! I am loving our life, and could not imagine it any other way.

We spent Wednesday and Thursday with the Cones and had a great time. It was fun just to relax and enjoy spending time together. Davis had fun with his grandparents and aunts and uncles. He was very spoiled. I have to brag on Davis, he was so well behaved. He just went with the flow and was happy and social the whole time. Lance and I realize that we are very lucky and our next baby may not be this good!

Bath time in Nana's new kitchen sink. It is the perfect size! Aunt Anna helped bathe Davis.

"I love you Uncle Blake, do you want to have a staring contest?"

Davis sat in his jumperoo and jumped while we all had dinner. Next year, he will be able to eat with us.

Davis and Nana

Papa, Aunt Anna & Davis

Me, Davis, Lance, Neal, Gail, Anna, Blake & Brittany

Aunt Brittany, Davis & Uncle Blake

Davis & Aunt Anna

Family Picture with Grandma Cone

Papa getting Davis ready for his 1st golf cart ride.

Daddy and Davis getting ready to go for a spin.

New Traditions

2009-11-28T12:17:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my family on Friday and had such a fun time. We started a new tradition this year. We went to Hunter's Christmas Tree farm in Alpharetta and had the best time. The farm is owned by a family friends, but we have never been before because we have fake trees. Our first year together, we got a real tree, which is what I wanted....but......we got our tree home and realized it looked like a charlie brown tree because of our two story living room. So the next year we got a fake 10 foot tree.....I could never afford this size tree if it was real. I honestly, can't wait to get a real tree again.......maybe next year. Now that we have Davis I think I can finally talk Lance into getting another tree. I have always wanted two trees, one fake and one real.

If you are looking for a fun place to get a Christmas tree this is it. And the best part is all the kids stuff was FREE! They had a craft station to make ornaments, pony rides, hay rides, hot chocolate and pictures with Santa. They are closed on Sundays. This is definitely a new family tradition for us.

www.hunterschristmastreefarm.com

1st picture with Santa with No tears.

Justin, Opa, Lance, me, Meme & Davis

They have this measuring post so you can take a picture there each year and see how much they have grown...what a cute idea. Next year Davis will be able to stand there on his own.

Daddy and his little buddy!

Davis thinks his Daddy is the BEST!

Family Picture by the OLD tractor.

I was so nervous that Davis was going to fall off this tractor while Lance was taking the picture.
But Davis seemed to think otherwise, he was NOT nervous at all!

"I am fine Mom, just let Daddy take my picture!"

Davis and Opa

Opa, Davis & Meme

Davis giving kisses to Meme

Davis LOVES to get on Lance's shoulders.....look how happy he is!

Davis, Uncle Justin & Me

I am getting SO BIG!

2009-11-28T12:48:00.001-08:00

Davis is getting so big, he is standing with little help while holding onto something sturdy and he is ALMOST crawling. He is constantly getting up on his hands and knews and rocking back and forth. I have a feeling Lance and I are about to be REALLY busy chasing a little man around our house and we can't wait!

"This crawling business is HARD work!"

"Sometimes it is faster to do my army crawl than a normal crawl!"

I LOVE his little pants, I just had to take this picture of his little booty!

"Look guys, I am only holding on with ONE hand!"

Why is it that Hershel always makes his way in a picture.

SAD-Peek-A-Boo

2009-11-23T11:36:00.000-08:00

Davis is usually so happy when he gets up, as I said in my last post, but once in a while, I have an unhappy camper! Most mornings, he starts talking to himself and babbling away and making cute little squeals. But not this morning! He wanted OUT! When I got in there, he was peeking out the crib at me and it was so cute, I had to get a picture. Once I got him out and loved on him he was fine!

"OKAY, Seriously Mom, get me out of here. This is not a time for pictures, can't you see I am ready to get out of my crib. I don't even believe you left me here to go get the camera to take a picture of me........I am not feeling your love here!"

Happy Boy!

2009-11-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

Lance and I love to go get our little buddy when he wakes up from naps. He is USUALLY happy as can be. I could just eat this little guy up! He is getting so big, I cannot believe it. We just bought him some new clothes, and now he is ready for some more new clothes. They grow so quick. Lance had to lower our crib because our little buddy was starting to get on all fours and pull up on the bumper pads. I knew it was time to lower the bed, when he was peeking over the bed one morning......that was a little scary.......of course he was smiling!

Put a sock in it!

2009-11-23T11:14:00.001-08:00

Davis' favorite thing to do these days is to take off his socks and put them right in his mouth. Last week, we went on a play date with two of my friends from Sharon Elementary, Mary Paige and Shannon. I should have taken pictures, but I left my camera. Anyway, we all have babies around the same age. Davis had a BLAST playing with all of them, but he did have a problem pulling off every one's socks. He is so funny! I really enjoy getting together with moms. It has been so nice to talk about the babies and get new ideas and let the kids play. I wish I had more time to do this. I am so thankful to be working part-time, so that I have more time to spend with Davis, but I am amazed at how quickly a day can go by. We try to take advantage of every moment we can. I am LOVING being a mom! Davis is fascinated with other babies and kids. I hope he continues to be a social baby, right now he LOVES people!

6 Month Pictures

2009-11-12T14:38:00.001-08:00

Well, despite Davis' behavior on Friday, Katherine still managed to get some good pictures (I have no idea how she did that because he really did not cooperate at all........I thought we were going to have to have a retake). She is amazing.....I love her work. You can now go to her website (posted below) to see our family pictures. Once you get there, click on the right box to go to her blog that is where our pictures are posted. I have posted the same pictures on here, but you can see them better on her blog. If you LOVE pictures like I do, you could look at her blog all day long! She has some awesome engagement pictures she took in New York City a couple of weeks ago that are incredible...you just have to keep scrolling down to get to them.

Enjoy!

http://www.kbirkbeckphotography.com/

Buddies!

2009-11-09T10:44:00.000-08:00

Davis loves to play with his Daddy on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Davis loves Hershel more and more each day. He loves to touch him. You can ask Davis where Hershel is and he will look for him......so cute!

Every time I want to get rid or Hershel (which happens more and more frequently........I NEVER thought I would say that, but he drives me so crazy sometimes), I look at this face and know that I could never give Davis' little buddy away.

Davis is fascinated by Hershel's paws, tail, and ears! I hope this LOVE continues....so far so good!