Thanksgiving in Texas

We had the most wonderful Thanksgiving with Grant's family at his mom's lake house in Corsicana, TX. We landed in Dallas around 9pm the night before Thanksgiving Day and Grant's brother, Greg, picked us up from the airport and we headed south for the hour and a half drive. A very exciting part of our trip was meeting our new niece, Finley Claire Davis, who is just 8 weeks old. She is the sweetest baby I've ever been around. Grant and I woke up at the crack of dawn Thursday morning because we couldn't wait to get our hands on baby Finley..... and of course see "little" Payton too!

Payton is growing up SO fast and is such a great big sister! Watching her interact with Finley was one of the sweetest things I've ever seen. She loves her baby sister so much. Dana and Greg told her that I had a baby in my stomach just like Dana did with Finley, so "Papes" was very curious about her new baby cousin and even asked if she could give him kisses - so sweet! However, when we were leaving I asked her if I should bring our baby next time we come to Texas or leave him in Alabama, and she replied, "Leave him at home in albama." She is having a little trouble saying Alabama.....Priceless.

 Sic' Em Bears!!!

 Happy baby Finley!

Grant's mom put together the adorable Thanksgiving pumpkin centerpiece. This was my first Thanksgiving with the Davis family and I have to admit that the Shaw/Torrence family feast has some tough competition with the Davis family Thanksgiving dinner.

 Payton sitting next to the dancing turkey that she had a ball playing with!

 Payton loves to give her "baby sis-tuhr" lots and lots and lots of smooches :)

Uncle Grant is so funny!

 Loving on Finley early one morning!

Thanksgiving Day also happened to be Dana's birthday, so we celebrated that evening with MORE dessert.....FUNFETTI CAKE!

 Dana and her precious girls

Morning love from big sister, Payton.

Watching her new favorite movie, The Polar Express.  It's amazing how technologically savvy this 2 yr old is!

On Saturday, we went to a Christmas tree farm near Tyler, TX so Greg and Dana could cut down their family Christmas tree. Payton wasn't too interested in the trees, BUT had a blast on all of the rides! It rained pretty heavily the night before, so it was pretty muddy out which is why Payton and I have grocery bags on our feet in the pic below :) .

 Family picture in front of their Christmas tree

 Payton loves her Granny! 

 Uncle Grant with the wagon for the Christmas tree

 Pumpkin launcher

 Having a little meltdown because she wanted to change hayride carts after we started moving. 

We were both so sad to leave on Sunday! It's hard living so far away from Grant's side of the family, especially with the girls being so young and changing SO much each day. We are so in love with our precious nieces and can't wait for our little boy to meet his big girl cousins! 

Happy Anniversary, Grant!

I cannot believe it's been 2 years since Grant and I tied the knot. With the risk of getting too sentimental on the blog, I'm just going to share a myriad of pictures of me with my best friend over the years. January 13th will be our 6th year "dating anniversary."

Iceland March 2006

Easter 2007

Summer 2008

Fall 2008

2/7/09 Our Engagement Dinner at Flemings

Summer 2009

July 2009 Engagement Party at the Crooks' house

11/21/09

Honeymoon in Cap Juluca

 12/25/09 - Our first Christmas as a married couple in Dothan 

11/21/10 - 1 Year Anniversary in St. John 

Wedding at Jekyll Island in May 2011

October 2011 

I love you, Grant! I cannot wait to enter this next chapter of our lives together...becoming parents! I'm so thankful to be experiencing the ups and downs of life with you!

Fajitas, S'mores, and More...

Friday night we headed over to the Whittington's for dinner on their awesome back deck. Kyle and Ragan know how to make some mean chicken and steak fajitas. Since Grant and I are lacking in the cooking skills department, eating with the Whitt's is always a treat! We were joined by Virginia (another great friend that I grew up with in Dothan) and her boyfriend, Matt.  Once we devoured our fajitas by the fire, we treated ourselves to s'mores and laughed late into the night catching up on old times and recent happenings.

 We waited until 11:30 to take a girls picture, but I needed a pic for documentation :) 

On Saturday, Grant and I decided it was time to dive into the baby-shopping world, so we started at Once Upon A Time in Crestline Village. Grant wasn't too thrilled to go to this store but he was a major trooper! After doing a little shopping there, we got a bite to eat at Olexa's - one of my favorite lunch spots in Birmingham that I don't frequent often because it's a little pricey for lunch. 

Next, we headed to The Blue Willow in Cahaba Heights and I drooled over MORE beautiful baby clothes. I could definitely break the bank solely on baby clothes. Thankfully, my mom started a "hope chest" the day Grant and I said "I do," so we are a little ahead of the game on the smocked gown look :) Grant has decided he will allow our little boy to wear smocked outfits because he knows this means "free" clothes. I am so thankful for all of the beautiful things my mom has already made! We did purchase our first baby item for Baby D. It only took me 45 minutes to pick out this Kissy Kissy sleeper gown at Once Upon A Time. 

As if Grant wasn't already burned out enough from going in two extreme baby shops, I drug him in Pottery Barn Kids to look at cribs, changing tables, bedding, and gliders. We can't decide if we are going to go with a white/cream crib or dark mahogany wood. So many decisions!!!

Aunt Ragan and Uncle Kyle gave us this precious frame. I cannot wait to put a picture of our baby boy in it! For now, an ultrasound pic will do! Thanks Whittington's! 

This morning we went to church with Julie and Shipley and were pleasantly surprised to see Addie Martin Chapman baptized. She looked so beautiful! We are closing our weekend with some good ole' spaghetti and french bread. YUM! 

Woah Belly!

The baby bump is officially in full force, and I love it! I also felt baby boy's first kick on Halloween. I jumped up from my desk to run see a patient and froze for about 30 seconds while I felt something like a butterfly wing brushing up against the inside of my stomach. I freaked out and ran back into my office to tell my co-workers the exciting news. I am VERY blessed to have such wonderful, supportive co-workers who listen to me squeal after each doctor's appt., kick, and new milestone :) Since then I have consistently felt little flutters throughout the day. He seems to always kick when I'm stressed out or need a little reminder of how much I have to be thankful for. I cannot wait until Grant can feel a kick from the outside...not quite there yet!

Now moving along to document the tummy at 16 weeks 4 days...

AL vs. LSU at the Nelson's

Coming from someone who doesn't even know or care to know the rules of football, that was one intense football game! We had a blast watching the big game of the year with friends at Jenny and George's house. All of the snacks, dips, and finger foods were a pregnant girl's dream! I also enjoyed talking to three other girls that are expecting...one with twin boys! Jenny connected me with Rebecca Wise who has one little boy (Raughley) and is expecting another little boy in January, so she's been VERY helpful in giving me information you can't find in the baby books. I so appreciate this because I am the first of my friends to jump on the baby bandwagon!

I LOVE FALL

Despite a weekend full of work busily preparing to put our house on the market, it couldn't have been a better one! I never imagined how much work goes into getting a house ready to be listed. After countless trips to our new storage unit, several trips to Home Depot, dusting, vacuuming, windexing, de-cluttering,  and some festive fall decorations, our perfect first home is now ON THE MARKET! We will wait and see what happens from here because selling a house isn't always a quick process, especially right now (If you know anyone house-shopping, spread the good word :)  ). After cleaning the majority of the day on Saturday, I convinced Grant to go with me to A Pea in the Pod to shop for some maternity jeans. I'm convinced I'm never going back to regular jeans. They are awesome. Here are a few pics of our fall "decorations." This is about as good as it gets over here!

The tacky plastic pumpkin below has our trick-or-treat candy in it, but it was hidden when my aunt (our realtor) came over to take pictures today. I love that little baby pumpkin we picked up at Publix!

Yummm...one of my favorite things about fall is a good pot of soup and pumpkin bread. Grant made some Paula Dean taco soup that we ate all weekend, and we made this pumpkin bread this afternoon. This is considered a MAJOR "cooking" weekend in the Davis house!

Hope everyone had a great weekend, and Happy Halloween! 

Sonogram Pictures and Baby Bump

Before I made you in your mother's womb, I chose you. Jeremiah 1.5

13 weeks 5 days

Look at that sweet little hand and fingers. 

 Baby BOY :)

 Ultrasound tech said baby's legs are already LONG!

 Covering his precious face with his little hands. He doesn't have nubs for legs...that's just the way the picture looks :)

Mommy at 14 weeks 2 days!