The Davis Family

Sunday, January 13, 2013

New Year's Eve

Believe it or not, Mommy and Daddy actually got out of the house on NYE, and I am so glad we did! The Whittington's graciously invited us + the nugget to spend the night at their house to ring in the new year. Virginia and Matt also came to the partay and had a HUGE reason to celebrate...Matt proposed NYE morning!! I'm already excited about a fun wedding weekend! Here are a few pictures from the evening...

This was the scene the first couple of hours of the night. I spy William and Ruby (the pug)

We did LOTs of laughing!

The beautiful newly engaged couple

The old, married folks with a child.

I love him so much. Sorry I have to gush every now and then...

Yaya's minus Meg. COME VISIT US!

The fabulous hosts!

The "men"

Just like I did as a child at spend the night parties, I "sketched off" to bed shortly after the ball dropped. All I could think about was waking up at the crack of dawn with a chipper baby ready to hit the ground running!

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Christmas Day

We travelled to Dallas to spend Christmas Day with William's granddaddy's family. As I've mentioned in previous posts, William is named after his granddaddy, William Ronald Davis. Ever since I met Grant, I've always loved hearing stories about his dad, "Ron," and his siblings because they are all SO close. Grant's dad has 4 sisters and 1 brother. All of the sisters live near the Dallas area so they get together frequently with their children and grandchildren. The first time I met them was right after Grant's dad passed away, and they all made me feel so comfortable. I remember thinking to myself, "Family is really important to the Davis clan." Coming from someone who is extremely close to their family, this was a very important quality I wanted in a husband. Enough of the rambling....as I said, we went to Dallas to Grant's Aunt Karen's and Uncle Bob's house for a Christmas lunch, and boy did we have a delicious spread!

This was their first time to meet William and I must admit, I did a terrible job of taking pictures. It also started SNOWING right as we arrived in Dallas. It was so beautiful and never in a million years did I expect it to snow on Christmas Day! We really enjoyed seeing everyone and I hope we can all get together again soon!

The snow was really coning down when we arrived at Karen and Bob's house! It was so beautiful!

I'm pretty sure William thought I was absolutely crazy for keeping him outside in the freezing snow.

Winter wonderland

William was passed around the entire time we were there!

This little playground is right next to their house, basically in their back yard. Isn't it every child's dream to grow up next to a little park like this?!

So beautiful

We got back to Granny's house Christmas night around 6pm just in time to feed William, put him in his jammies, snap one more round of Christmas pics and tuck him in for bed.

We couldn't have dreamed of a better 1st Christmas for our precious boy! Grant and I look forward to sharing the true meaning of Christmas with William as he gets older.

"For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Isaiah 9:6

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, we drove to Waco to spend the day at Dana and Greg's house. In typical Dana style, her home was beautifully decorated and she prepared delicious appetizers and we had soup and sandwiches for dinner. The weather was pretty warm which is crazy considering it snowed in Dallas the next day, so we took full advantage and spent the afternoon outside.

Before we headed to Waco, we took a couple of pictures in front of Granny's Christmas tree. She had her house decked out in all things Christmas...it looked so pretty!

When we got to Waco, Granny had one more Christmas present for Payton- a princess scooter! She was so excited!

Checking out her new ride!

William and Finley "sharing." These two are a HOOT together.

They had a little trouble sharing so Dana and I intervened to divide up the toys :)

Sweet Payton trying out her princess scooter (I spy Finley!).

William had so much fun playing on Payton and Finley's swing set! Maybe that'll give Grant some motivation to put William's new swing set together that Granny gave him for Christmas ;)

Always a little timid when he first starts swinging.

"This is fun!"

Mommy wanted to sit down so I asked big cousin Payton to push him.

He also took Finley's cozy coup on a spin around the yard. I think he enjoyed it :)

This is a bad picture of me but William's face is too funny. He was a little scared on the big boy swing.

But then he realized Mommy had him!! -the look on Finley's face is priceless!

Greg tried to get in a little Christmas Eve siesta, but his girls had other plans.

What a FUN day spent with family just enjoying being with each other! Can't wait until we get these cousins together again...next time we see them, there will be another baby boy in the mix :)

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Polar Express

Sunday night, we headed east to Palestine, TX for the Polar Express Train Ride. It was one of the most fun Christmas activities I've ever done, and I'm 28 years old :) I remember reading the Polar Express book as a child and they did an incredible job bringing the book and movie to life on this magical ride. A conductor walked up and down the train cars and stamped the children's tickets, there were butlers that served chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate, and they danced up and down the aisles while singing Christmas songs. They also read the Polar Express book. The train was decorated with Christmas lights, and Santa and Mrs. Claus even visited the train when we arrived at the North Pole. All of the children wear their PJ's on the train ride, so Dana bought matching PJ's for these sweet cousins to wear.

Payton reverted back to a baby with ALL of the talk about babies with the upcoming arrival of her baby brother.

This is my view 90% of time these days :)

Payton and Greg in the parking lot :)

Me and the babes

Silly sisters

Out little family

Taking a picture of 3 children under the age of 3 is impossible.

William was really into the leaves and wouldn't look up....

Until Payton put him in a choke hold and distracted Finley :)

Excited about the choo choo train!!

At one point, all of the children started clapping and saying "Santa, Santa, Santa" and William chimed right in and started clapping for the first time. I could've melted right there in my seat.