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!

A Celebratory Weekend

We went to Dothan this past weekend to celebrate Douglas's 24th birthday, Juleann and Sam's 56th wedding anniversary, and to find out the gender of the little miracle growing inside of me. Dr. Martin arranged for me to have an ultrasound Friday morning at 8am at Flowers Hospital. We weren't sure if we'd be able to find out the gender of baby Davis, but we did and it's a BOY!!! Our sweet little boy was being a little bashful to begin with so the wonderful ultrasound tech, Brooke, suggested I drink a real coke and walk some laps around the hospital. Well, that's all it took for us to get a really good look at Baby Boy Davis.

Before leaving the house for the ultrasound...I didn't sleep a wink because I was so excited!

We got to watch our little boy move around for 1 solid hour during the ultrasound. None of us could take our eyes off the screen. He had the hiccups and kept bouncing up and down :) We decided not to reveal the gender to the rest of the family until Friday night. It was hard to continue referring to our baby as an "it" when talking with everyone throughout the day. Finally, everyone arrived at the house on Friday evening and it was time for the big reveal. My mom wrapped a gift for each person to open in pink and blue paper. 

After everyone got a gift, we (including Grant and me) all ripped in to our package. Douglas was the first one to yell, BOY!!!

We passed around all of the sonogram photos so everyone could get a good look at Baby Boy D.

He's going to be one spoiled child!

After our gender reveal party, we had pork chops for dinner.

Mom's festive decorations

 Boy time around the fire.

Pastry Art cake bites for Douglas's birthday!

 The whole crew minus Julie

On Saturday, we watched football all day at Douglas's new crib. It was a lot of fun, even though Auburn got slaughtered by LSU! Saturday night we ate taco soup and watched the AL/TN game at our house.

We had a Thanksgiving lunch after church on Sunday since Grant and I will be in Texas for Thanksgiving. The menu included ham, squash casserole, sweet potato casserole, oyster casserole, green beans, Savages Bakery rolls, and an apple tart with vanilla ice cream! YUM!!! It was the perfect ending to an amazing weekend. I'm going to post some sonogram pics of our precious baby boy in the next post....

12 Weeks and Genetics Screening Appointment

Today I had an appointment at the UAB Women and Infant's Center for routine genetics screening. It is such a nice facility and Baby Davis will be delivered there. Grant went with me because I knew an ultrasound was part of the visit :) Our baby actually looks like a human now. The doctor had to push around on my stomach because the baby wasn't facing the right direction for her to do the nuchal translucency test but it finally flipped. It was so fun to watch it wiggle around. We give thanks and praise to God for a healthy baby with no problems!

April 22nd is still an accurate due date for the baby's current measurements. 

So excited to finally say I'm in the 2nd trimester!

I'm counting down the days until my ultrasound in Dothan next Friday! They may be able to determine the gender!!!