Disneyland!!!

We - along with Tav's parents and the Eisners - took Davin (and his cousins) to Disneyland for the first time. We all had such a good time, and I am pretty sure the grownups had more fun on the rides than the kids did! We also went to California Adventure and it was awesome. It had some bigger rides for us adults and let me tell you - we sure took advantage of all them!! Kenny and I even went on the same ride three times! Haha :) I cannot wait until Davin is old enough to really enjoy the park and get excited to meet all the characters....then the real fun will begin!

Davins very first ride ever!!


Proud Grandparents


Davin LOVED the carousel!


And he LOVED the water park...


But he did NOT like Goofy!


Did I mention Tasha and I thought it would be a good idea to make our last ride a water ride?? And did I mention how we barely even got wet?? Not!!

15 Month Checkup

Davin had his 15 month checkup today and he is doing really well. He now weighs 20lb 9oz (3%) and is finally able to turn around in his carseat - yay!! He is 31" tall (49%), and has a head circumference of 47.5 (60%). He is still such a little guy, but he is following his growth curve just right! I know I say it a lot, but he is growing up too fast. He is now 15 months old and before I know it he will be 15 years old!!

Daycare

Now that Davin is 14 months old it is time for him to start going to daycare. Up to this point I have been bringing him with me to work, but it has gotten to the point where I feel guilty. I feel guilty for having him cooped up with me in the office all day, and I feel guilty because I know I could be doing my job better. But it is really hard to do my job as well as I would like to when I have to take a break every so often to feed him, change him, or play with him. Both Davin and I are ready for a change and it is time for him to start socializing with other kids too.
We chose to send him to Annie's two days a week and he seems to be doing ok. The first day it took him a minute to warm up to Annie and the other kids, but once he did he happily played and took a nap as he should. The second day he went, he played and hung out no problem....but he refused to nap. Instead he screamed in his crib for quite some time until being rescued by Annie. She tried and tried to no avail - and of course he fell fast asleep on the ride home with me....little stinker! Yesterday was the same napping issue (poor Annie), but this time he cried and cried when I went to leave. It was so hard for me to walk out the front door but I knew I had to for both Davin's sake and mine.
I think the next few weeks will be interesting with him realizing he is getting droppped off and left behind. I know we will get through it, but I don't like that someone else has to figure out how to make him happy when he cries and cries and cries. I really hope for Annie's sake that he figures out its fun to be there with the kids and that taking naps is OK....wish us all luck!!

New Years 2009

What a way to ring in the new year! We had about 25 people up to the house this year and it was a blast! The kids ran around all night long, and we all ate and drank far too much, but it made for good memories! Not to mention - Tawny and Travis got engaged!!! Woohoo!! Not sure if we can top a celebration like this year, but it won't hurt to try :)
Honestly though, I cannot believe how the year has flown by. I feel like 2009 has just begun, yet there have been so many milestones for us at the same time. Davin has gone from a little baby who didn't do much more than eat, sleep, and poop to a wonderful little man. He learned to crawl, walk and is now starting to run and climb on everything! He is even beginning to talk and it is so much fun!
We have welcomed our second niece, Colby, into the world....Travis and Lyndsey are expecting (a boy!)....Tawny and Travis are engaged (finally!)....Tyler moved back home from Ecuador (just for a while)....Erin and Tim got married!....this list goes on and on....but most importantly we are all healthy and happy - so that makes it a great year!

Happy New Year!

Family Portraits

We - our family and the Eisners - had family portraits done for our parents and other family members for Christmas. Here are some of my faves!

Present time!

Christmas at our house

My family all stayed the night up at our house on Christmas Eve so that it would be easier to get up and get the day started....and good thing because we had sooo many presents to unwrap! As usual everyone went nuts on the gift giving and it began to feel like we may never be done opening. But we did it and Davin had more fun playing in all the wrapping than he did opening anything. It was another really nice holiday, we all got spoiled and ate way too much! I am always glad when its all over but still cannot wait for it to happen all over again next year!






Christmas with the Eisners

Tasha, Kenny and the girls were down in southern California for Christmas, so we celebrated with them once they were back home. And once again we were overloaded with gifts! I am not complaining one bit though, it was great! Kyndle was a very good helper passing out all the gifts, and of course she happily helped everyone open their gifts too! The holidays are getting more fun now that she completely knows what is going on and even though Davin doesn't have a clue, he still has a good time with all the wrappings!! As for Colby....well she really didn't have a clue but she happily sat through it all.

Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve dinner was at our house and on the guest list was my family, Tavis' parents, Grandma Lou, Papa Don, the Garrett family, and Betsy and George. We decided not to have the usual turkey dinner and enjoyed a HUGE prime rib instead - and it was delicious!! We set up the "dinner table" in the entry way as we always do when we have a large crowd....sounds funny i know, but it works really well! And once again, we had a wonderful evening with good food, good conversation, and a house full of people we love!



Now that we have Davin we would like to keep up some of our own family traditions for the holidays. One that we both had growing up was getting to open just one gift on Christmas Eve....and it was always the same thing - jammies!! That way we were guaranteed to look cute on Christmas morning :) So sticking with tradition we had Davin open up his one gift....

We took Davin to sit on Santa's lap for the first time...and you all know how that goes....