Davis Family Beach Vacay

In early June, we were at the beach for an entire week with the Davis clan, which includes 5 kids under the age of 6. It was one of the most fun weeks we've ever had as a family! William was giddy with excitement for 7 straight days around his Texas "dends" (friends).

On our first full day, Quin took us out on a boat ride to Crooked Island. The kids had a blast running around the boat and swimming off the back of the boat.

Payton loved doting on her newest cousin. She was always eager to hold her and help feed her. 

This wild child never stopped moving/smiling (besides the occasional tantrum) for one solid week. He was in heaven!!!

Mom and Dad came down for the day. 

 Cutest babe on the beach :)

Charlotte was SUCH a trooper keeping up with her big cousins. Granny graciously opted to stay in several days and keep her so Grant and I could hang out with the rest of our crew and not worry about Charlotte getting too much sun. 

These two could easily pass as twins. William mostly followed Payton around like her shadow, but occasionally he and Finley would go off and play. 

Sweet Tyler did NOT like the sand one bit. 

The picture above gives me chills. We have SO many childhood memories eating with my cousins on that same picnic table when we were this age!

Sunset cruise to look for dolphins.

It doesn't get much better than playing cars on the dock of the bay. I loved seeing these two boys play together :)

Lookin' for dolphins

My cool dude.

These photos were taken before we headed to our family photo session in which William acted like he was being attacked by wild apes and was possessed with demons. He screamed the entire time! I'll be back soon with the professional photog's pics. 

Just a little photo collage of the sweetest big girl cousin I know. 

My babies!!

To be continued....

3 Months Old

Charlotte turned 3 months old while we were at the beach for the Davis family vacation! This past month has been so much fun watching our baby grow and reach new developmental milestones. She's become so interactive and talkative :) She loves to hear herself coo and has recently learned to change the pitch of her voice. We hear a lot of "gooos, oooohhs, and aaahgoos" and she does this funny little noise where she'll roll her tongue. She is a big time momma's girl which I don't mind one bit. When I leave the room and come back she gets so excited and will squeal and kick her legs.

She's mesmerized and a little scared of big brother ;) He loves to get right up in her face and talk to her in silly voices and smother her with kisses. We are so proud of how well William has adjusted to having a little sister. Sometimes I'll try to spend alone time with William and he will usually ask that Charlotte come along or join whatever we are doing. I don't want to speak too soon but I haven't sensed in jealousy from him yet. William has become a HUGE and I mean HUGE Daddy's boy. Last night Grant was out of town and William held onto a picture of him and cried (for a long time) saying "I miss my Daddy." It was quite possibly the saddest thing I've ever seen. He woke up several times in the night asking for Daddy too. William and I are both relieved that Daddy is back today :)

She's drinking 5 oz. of breast milk every 2-3 hrs. Thankfully, she's not spitting up nearly as much as she used to. William set the bar high for Charlotte in the sleep department and she is not following in his footsteps. We put her down between 7 and 8pm, and most nights she wakes up around midnight and then again around 3 or 4am. We swaddle her but keep her arms out. The pediatrician gave me the OK to let her cry it out but I'm not quite ready for that yet. In all honesty, I'm really not that tired. Over the past week I've been putting her in the crib for naps and she's surprisingly done well with that. She's still not on any type of nap schedule but I'm going to start working on this.

Charlotte had her first day of daycare yesterday and she did well. She's staying with a lady that keeps 4 babies at a time in her home. I'm doing much better than I was with William in terms of anxiety about leaving her. I'll only be working 20 hrs/week so I know I can do this!

 3 Month Stats:
Weight: 13 lbs, 15 oz. (75th percentile)
Height: 25 inches (97th percentile)
Head circumference: (50th percentile)

Charlotte, you are SOOOOO loved! I literally have to refrain from nibbling on your sweet cheeks. I thank God for you life! 

Julie's Baby Shower

We celebrated the new mommy to be and baby Ann Torrence this past Saturday with a beautiful baby shower.

 The flowers were incredible, hence the absurd number of pics I took of them :)

 My mom brought all of our baby silver cups up from Dothan and tied little pink ribbons on them for table decorations. It was such a sweet touch. 

 I love all of these pics of Juju and Charlotte.

 So far Charlotte is a BIG momma's girl, which I don't mind one bit :)

 Sweet cheeks, Piglet, Charbaby and Char are her nicknames so far :)

We are SO ready for baby "Annie T" (our nickname for her) to be here!!! Julie is going to be the best mommy!

Our Sweet Girl

I took these photos when Charlotte was 10 weeks. She's rather stoic in all of them but still sweet nonetheless...

William's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated William turning 3 at the beginning of May with a low key party starting at the fire station and ending at the park. The weather was perfect and William had THE best time. He's still talking about his "dire station" party.

Rare pic of me with my babes.

 Wish we had a pic with Daddy!!

 Sister slept in her car seat most of the party. Next year she'll probably be toddling around :) 

 William with 2 of his best buddies, Raughley and Liam. It's impossible to get 3 boys to cooperate for a picture :)

 Climbing around the fire truck. He was so happy!

 William and Charlie, his BFF from school. He talks about Charlie all.the.time. and is begging for Charlie to come spend the night. I think he'll have to wait 2 more years for that!

 Listening intently to the firemen give a lesson on fire safety. 

 So thankful that so many of his friends were able to come! 

 I've realized that children's b'day parties are always complete chaos. 

 Lookin' WAY to grown up for Momma!

He got a jeep from us for his birthday and LOVES riding around the neighborhood picking up the ladies.