Sea World

On our first full day, we went to Sea World. The kids loved seeing all the sea life and the grown ups did too!

 We started off touching/feeding sting rays....... or some of us did at least ;)

 Thankfully, Finley was willing to ride in our stroller so William could ride in the "car" the entire day with Papes. I was so proud of my boy for napping in the stroller each day. He really hung in there with his big girl cousins!

 "Look, William!!!"

 Well, hello there :)

 I love to see him experience new things. 

 William insisted on getting in their family picture. He could easily pass as one of their children!!

 Granny was sweet enough to sit outside of this exhibit and watch our bags and strollers. Grant set the automatic timer on my camera for this pic and decided to be silly as he sprinted to make it in time. William wouldn't cooperate for the group pic...

 Enjoying an iced lemonade before the whale show!

 I kept having flashbacks to my 7th grade class trip to Sea World watching this same whale show. 

 Cousin love!!!

Sea World had a couple of rides and a gigantic play area! I don't remember there being so many rides, but it has been 16 years since I've been ;)

Riding the choo choo.

Sea World was amazing! Next up...Magic Kingdom!

Disney Vacay

We just got home from the most fun vacation ever! Granny took the entire Davis gang to Disney World. We had the best time being with Granny, Greg, Dana, Payton and Finley in the most magical place on earth :). Unfortunately, baby Tyler stayed in Waco this time because he was just a little too young. We stayed at an awesome resort that couldn't have been more perfect for our crew. It was beautiful and also very kid friendly. When we got back from the parks each day, we headed straight to the pool. I quickly learned William is going to keep me on my toes around water this summer. He LOVED the pool and was fearless. On the last night Aunt Dana convinced him to give the floatie a try and he reluctantly did it and seemed to like it!

 He jumped off the side of the pool to me about 296 times while we were there. He liked to go completely under water before I pulled him back up to the surface :)

 Finley :)

 William has a MAJOR obsession with Payton. She was so patient and sweet to him the entire time. He constantly wanted to be holding her hand, sitting in her lap, riding in the stroller ON her, and sitting next to her at restaurants. She never once complained about it either. 

 Sweetest, cutest, most fun 5 year old I know!

 Two great Daddy's!

To be continued....

William's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated William's second birthday this past weekend at Overton Park. Since he's been really into Elmo over the past year we decided to go with an Elmo themed party! We REALLY wanted Elmo to make an appearance at the party, but he was just too expensive busy to make it. I ordered the invitation digital file off Etsy and then we printed them ourselves.

After a week of monsoons and terrible flooding, the weather could not have been more perfect. We didn't have a back-up rain plan so I'm very thankful for the sunshine!

 I took the invitation to the bakery so they could pull in some of the invitation details with the cupcakes. William's cupcake was the Elmo one. I love a good themed party :)

 It was a little windy so the balloons didn't quite cooperate. The Elmo pails were party favors for the kids. 

This year was even more fun than William's 1st birthday party because he was so excited and knew the party was for him. Grant and I are not huge birthday celebrators but now that we have a child, it's so much fun!

 He wanted to dive into the cupcakes right when he got there. He didn't understand the whole 'waiting until everybody sings' concept.

 He was so excited to see sweet Catherine!

 Busted sticking his finger in icing and having a lick!

 Sweet baby Lula looks JUST like her mommy as a baby. 

 The always smiling Quinn Nelson :)

 William thought we were catching his cupcake on fire on purpose. He said, "no!!, no!!, no!!" when we lit the candles and went straight in for a bite almost catching himself and the table on fire! 

 He loved his "cutcake."

 William and Lily (our neighbor and his babysitter). We love Lily!!!

 William with his buddies (Graham, Hayes, Hannah, and Ann Parker) Hannah and AP got cut out of the pic :(

 William and Mae Mae, our neighbor and his favorite girl!

The rest of these amazing pictures are from Kat's camera! SO thankful she had it with her and was willing to snap these!

 Looking a little rough...this was at the end of the party. We were all worn out!

 That chocolate chip cookie in his hand was not supposed to be given to him. Long story short...I think that pushed him over the edge and is the culprit for his vomiting Saturday night! Our poor 12 year old babysitter had to call us to come home from dinner early. 

He's going through a major obsession with juice boxes. 

 Someone needs a haircut AGAIN!

 We love sweet Styles!!

 Uncle Doug let the Elmo balloon go. William said "get down."

 My favorite pic of the day! Thank you Kat!

He loves his Birdie...

and Juju!!

 We came home and opened gifts after the party! He got so many wonderful gifts. I hid most of them to pull out for a rainy day ;)

Since his party, he loves talking about everyone that was there and the fun he had. Here he is telling Grant all about it :)