Christening Gown Pictures

I mentioned in another post that William and I went to Montgomery a couple of weeks ago for him to have some professional pictures made in his christening gown. Here are some of my favorites!

 A special family friend, Mrs. Clark, made this blanket for William. That's what he's laying on in some of these pictures. 

 These pictures are pretty funny because it looks like he's perched next to the column. I was hiding behind him holding him up. 

Pumpkin Patch

This morning, we headed to a very small town right outside of Birmingham for William's first trip to the pumpkin patch. Granny is in town this weekend, so it was an extra special and fun trip for all! The adventure started with a 20 minute train ride to the pumpkin patch. William was very curious and soaking it all in!

 So curious and alert on the train ride!

 Happy boy!

 Watching the little boys sitting behind us. It was so cute to see him observing other children. It was like he wanted to jump out of our arms and go play...It won't be long :(

 Sitting with mommy on the train

 The patch

Our punkin

 Get me out of this itchy grass! Grant cut off William's head in the majority of these pics because he is not easy to photograph!

 He started sitting up alone just this past week, so it was perfect timing for a picture with a pumpkin! He's still a little wobbly but can sit for short periods of time. 

 Baby boy cut his first tooth on the bottom and is drooling a TON!

 Rare family picture

 He LOVES to be outside!

 Sweet moments with his Granny. 

 Full body shot of our long, chubby little punkin!

 Sleepy baby

I think he enjoyed his first trip to the pumpkin patch but he is worn out!!! We decided to make this a family tradition and plan to return back to the same patch every year. Grant and I went the past 2 years just the two of us, so it was so much fun to experience it with William. 

Football Party

Grant and I had a football/cookout party at our house on Saturday. We really lucked up with the nice weather! Grant moved one of our TV's out to the deck so everybody could sit outside and soak up the cool fall breeze and sun.

I really wanted to get Grant a cake that said Happy Birthday (only 2 months late :) but he said absolutely not so I just settled for a AU/AL one. 

 William finally got to meet this little lady, Ms. Mae Abernethy. Isn't she a doll?! It's quite hilarious that he's only 2 months older than her. 

 Mae and William with RaeRae. 

 William also got to meet another girlfriend, Libby. He's only a couple of weeks older than her. Again, the size comparison cracks me up. 

 Kori was in town for the weekend so it was so much fun to catch up with her even though she wasn't here for nearly long enough! 

Kori, Blakely, Libby, and Mr. Egg. Grant grilled some delicious burgers and hot dogs on that beast. Thanks Granny! All in all it was a great day!

Davis Days

We have been busy, busy, busy around the Davis house the past couple of weeks! Of course I have no pictures to document most of our adventures but I have PLENTY of baby boy to include in this post :) So just ignore the fact that the pictures have nothing to do with what's been going on around here. Well, there has been lots of jumping, rolling and wiggling around.

To start, I hosted my first big girl dinner "party" at our house at the end of September. I had my college gals that live in Birmingham over plus Hannah (DC BFF) and her mother. Hannah was in town doing wedding "stuff" with her mom. She is going to be one gorgeous bride! I was a little panicked about how everything would turn out because let's be honest, I'm slightly impaired in the kitchen. I made my mom's chicken & wild rice soup, and we had a simple strawberry vinaigrette salad, Edgar's rolls, and a congratulatory strawberry cake for the bride-to-be. I had a wonderful evening catching up with friends and talking all things wedding! I miss my girls all living in Birmingham.

Our little family finally recovered from our sinus infections. It took me stealing Grant's antibiotic from him to get better. I still feel like a terrible person for taking his prescription but I was in bad shape and he was tired of hearing me complain so he took one for the team because his doctor at the doc in the box gave him an antibiotic prescription and mine did not. The face above is another one of William's new expressions.

A couple of Saturdays ago Grant and I painted our fireplace and we didn't kill each other, which is a big deal! Literally, we painted for 9 straight hours. I stayed in my PJ's until 7pm that night and Grant finally looked at me and said, "Caroline, you really need to take a shower and do something with yourself." I looked ROUGH. I hate to admit this but I never left the house that weekend from Friday afternoon when I got home from work until Monday morning when I left the house for work. I'll never do that again.

William and I drove to Montgomery last week for a photo shoot in his Christening gown with the same photographer that did his newborn photos. It was a wonderful day! My dad was working in Montgomery so my mom rode up with him and got to spend the day with us. It was SUCH a treat for me. I also visited my new favorite baby store called Name Droppers. Wowzers, that place has so many precious clothes it made my heart race. I only allowed myself to purchase one outfit, but I could've done some serious damage in there.

The best part of our trip to Montgomery was visiting mine and Grant's wonderful friends, Kat and Robert, in the hospital because William's best buddy has arrived, baby Styles! He is absolutely precious and I cannot wait to get these boys together!

 This face was way too funny not to include! Some of his expressions are just hilarious!

This past weekend Grant went to Talladega for the NASCAR race with Kyle and one of his buddies. They left Saturday morning, camped out Saturday night and came back Sunday evening. I was a little worried about how my city boy husband would handle sleeping in a tent and roughin' it for 24 hours, but he had a blast and I know it was good for him to get away from William me and hang with the boys.

Thankfully, I wasn't a single mom all weekend because Douglas and Kayla came up to Birmingham for a wedding and stayed with us. Friday night, Julie and Lee cooked taco soup for everyone and we just hung out at the house. Saturday morning, Kayla and Douglas were both up at the crack of dawn ready to play with William. Kayla is such a natural with babies and isn't afraid to change a dirty diaper, feed him, dress him, or even let him spit-up all over her. Douglas is a great buddy for William, and they enjoyed watching football together. Saturday night, William and I had a dinner date with Aunt Ragan. We went out for sushi and William did pretty good at the restaurant. He was WIPED out and napped for 7 hours total on Sunday and then slept through the night like a champ.

Kayla made a quick run to Whole Foods Friday night and came back to the house with these pumpkins! SO sweet of her. Our house needed some fall love, and I of course had to take pics of our lil'  punkin with his pumpkins!

 Thanks Aunt Birdie for helping me sit with my pumpkins!

Saturday morning William and I went to his FIRST birthday party. The party was for 2 sisters. One sister turned ONE and the one below turned FIVE. A special friend that I work with invited us to their party. The picture below may be one of the funniest ones yet. The little girl below is 5 years old and weighs 29 lbs. The little boy below is 5 months old and weighs over 20 lbs. Love it. That's all folks!

iLately Pictures

Since I capture the everyday moments with my camera phone I feel like I need to post them to our family scrapbook!

 My sweet boy in his carseat.

 This is what it's like going to the grocery store with a 5 month old. 

 Nothing like jumping while watching Baby Einstein!

 Clean baby boy

 William's 1st piece of artwork! I seriously almost cried when I saw this hanging on the wall in his classroom at school. It's now proudly displayed on the fridge. Makes me happy :)

 I guess Mommy's headband wasn't much fun to play with in the car. 

 I don't like carrots! 

 Since the weather has been so nice lately, I've been taking William outside early in the morning before it gets too hot and the mosquitoes come out. He loves to be outside. 

 This picture was taken just before he toppled over. It won't be long before he'll be sitting like a big boy!

 My Love.

 More adventures in eating - bananas!

 In a trance while watching Baby Einstein. 

 These pictures crack me up! This was at the Doc in the Box while I was waiting to see the doctor. It was a lonnnng 2 hours trying to entertain him when I wasn't feeling 100%. I felt like a "real" hardcore mom when I held him WHILE the nurse gave me a steroid shot. It hurt worse than an epidural. 

 Wearing Daddy's hat