The Day Davis Turned 2

well..lets start the night before....his last night of being one...tear. 

except there were no tears in this cabin, just a whole lotta laughs and good memories :)

there was quite a bit of wrestling

and bear hugging

his last night of being one, all tucked in with his bed friends 

and then the next morning, my very sleepy two year old still sleeping like a baby. 

i kept trying to get him to say "i'm two".... instead i got this pose...i think he was exercising and this was his "2" pose, haha. 

Before heading to the apple orchard, we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel.  The intent was to get candles in our pancakes, but they didn't have any candles.  We still sang and did presents though :)

Then that night, almost home from our trip we stopped for dinner and tried to get a candle again...and don't you know this restaurant doesn't do candle either! still we all enjoyed a skillet cookie and ice cream.  

Even if he didn't get to blow any candles out, i still think we had a pretty great day. 

Oh Christmas Tree

We had a decorating party a few weeks ago.  Pop Pop and Grandma came to help out so it wouldn't take me weeks to get done.  With a couple more hands helping hang ornaments and 2 hands specifically watching a busy little 1 year old, the tree was finished in record time this year! 

getting ready to get our Christmas on 

hanging the first ornaments

 lotsa concentration

 love my littles

 hot chocolate after a job well done :)

November (a little late)

whew, i'm behind.  maybe if i try real hard, i'll catch up by the new year!

So here's what happened in November (besides all the birthday parties and Thanksgiving!)

Story Time at the Library.  Nora and Jack held hands pretty much the whole time. 

 Ice Cream with the Luchetta's for their school spirit night. 

Funny Pics with my mini. 

 eating my face

 Playing at a new park with the Luchetta's again. 

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these two babies are too sweet!

 she just wanted to check and see if he was still there

 i love how littleD sleeps

 sitting on my stuff

 sweet smiles and funny hats

 while at Nana's for Thanksgiving they got to play on their new truck!  even littleD rides now!

 all of Uncle Alex and Michael's superheroes!

bath at Nana's 

Nora and Nana

 sleeping in the car...a rarity 

 just D and Emma again...we might be planning a wedding :) although they are gonna need to learn to share a little bit better for that to work out!

 look who loves his Meow too!

There's No Place Like MC

(stealing a line from freshman cornhusking...) 

before it's officially winter, which is ten days away, i should put up this beautiful fall post.  Heidi, a friend from college who now lives in Washington state, came back to visit about a month ago.  Those of us who could got together for the day to hang out and catch up.  Our first stop was visiting Meredith.  I haven't been there in years and have never taken the kids there.  It was a beautiful, cool, fall day...the perfect time to walk around the campus.  The kids really seemed to like being there, running around and playing in the leaves. 

We happened to come visit the day after Cornhusking, so everything was still up from the events that week.  It brought back lots of memories and made me really miss all the fun we had at MC. 

D playing on the amphitheater steps

 in front of Johnson Hall with my bestest roomie, Dee

Our kids checking out the fountain 

 With my littles

 i could just eat him up

 playing by the tree in front of Faircloth, my dorm Sophomore year 

 leaf drawings

 I also took the kids through Johnson Hall for a look at all the dolls.  Here's my class doll, Katrina Lynn O'Conner...oh Monograms and Pearls

 Nora's birth-year doll, wearing what looks like some Lilly Pulitzer

 i love the older doll sand their beautiful dresses!

 then we went to Dee's house for all the kids to play and Mommy/Friends to talk ...our kiddo group is getting bigger!

Micah, Nora, Audrey, Braxton, Emily, Davis and Holden

Me, Sarah Lynn, Heidi, Kayla, and Dee