Eli will have a LITTLE SISTER!!!!

We are so excited that we are welcoming BABY GIRL DAVIS to our family.  I love the band "He's My Brother, She's my Sister", so let the family band planning begin :)

We had so much fun at our Gender Reveal photo shoot.  Sarah (Sincerely, Sarah Photography) always amazes me and captures the perfect moments.  It is very rare that I love all of our photos, but in this case I LOVE ALL OF THE PICTURES!! I couldn't choose a couple, so here are all of them :)

 Ryder joined us for the photo shoot.  It was only fitting for these Besties!

 Big Brother - March 2016.  Eli loved all of the balloons.  He just laughed and laughed as he got tangled up in them and they were surrounding him has he walked around.  Made for some great pictures!

 Patiently awaiting the opening of the BOX!!

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 WE ARE HAVING OUR BABY GIRL DAVIS!!!!

 Love this family!! So glad they were here to enjoy and participate in the fun.  We could not have done this without Mom and Charles.  They were the only ones that knew we were having a girl so they could fill up our box with all of the pink goodies.

 Love these sweet smiles playing in the pink confetti, streamers, and balloons.

Gender Reveal Weekend

We had so much fun the weekend we found out whether Eli was having a little brother or sister.  Mom, Charles, and Ryder came down to help.  Eli and Ryder are still the best of buddies and it was so cute to watch them play and love on each other.  I am told that Ryder run's into her Mimi's house looking for Eli and asking where he is.  She was such a great helper on the photo shoot as well.  Very content and fed Eli when he was getting "Hangry".  This weekend would not have happened without our team and I love that we were able to all find out together ... well sort of :)

Mimi and Pa brought down the kids picnic table.  Apparently its too big for the cousins, so we will graciously take this hand me down.  

My little boy doesnt look so little in this picture.  I think Ryder looks so cute, and then there is Eli. Not to say that he is not cute in this picture, but I just laugh at his shirt that is too small, full belly, and spaghetti sauce all over his shorts .. all boy for sure!

Obligatory bath picture.  Why do all of these make me smile!

Our Dream Team!!  Mom and Charles specifically came down the night before to fill the box with blue or pink confetti, balloons, streamers, etc.  This idea is similar to a pinata, but you pull strings on the bottom and everything comes out -- the one pinterest idea that actually came through.  With that being said, they waited for everybody to go to bed, took the box and all of their "fillers" and went to their room to open the envelope.  They were the first to know.  Mom could not even talk or look at me in the morning because she didn't want to give anything away.  That was a little frustrating when I needed advice on the outfit; however, it all worked out great, and we are soooo thankful for them for making this happen!!

Ryder was such a good helper and sharer.  They hung out the whole time, and Ryder fed Eli her snacks.  One bite Ryder, one bite Eli ...

When we did the box confetti, balloon ideas, we didn't take into account all of the clean up.  We should have taken a rake and some trash bags.  Especially in an Austin park, you dont want to be called out for littering :) ... You can see Charles picking up the confetti in the backgroud - ha!  Thanks again Pa!!

Celebration Brunch!

September Fun

September has come on gone.  I feel like we just hung out, but looking back and pictures we had a great time with family and friends.  The only thing better would be a little cooler weather.  I am running so hot these days because of the babe.  Our house is literally freezing to Derek, but I feel like I'm sweating and so uncomfortable.  And for those that know me, I love a blanket in the summer time ... so you know something is off.  Anyways, come on fall!!!!

Ummm - who are these babes?!?!!?  This popped up on my time hop and I love it - 7 years ago - WOW!! This was our first "date" out on the town.  I say date loosely, because we both needed our besties there with us to check the other one out, and be a scapegoat in case we needed to leave "early".  Clearly it worked out :) 

 Saturday morning tradition ... soccer and waffles, with a closer view to the TV

Brooke and Micah are our friends that moved to Texarkana.  They were our original leaders in our Newly/Nearly Married class at the church.  They came over for a visit, and loved that we were able to meet baby Ruby and Eli was able to play with Ellis this time.  Love this family, and can't wait for the next visit!!

 Miss Ellis!! Loved taking selfies ... be careful though, she already knows how to upload them to instagram -- too cute!

 Ellis, Eli, and Ruby.  Derek was a champ and played with all of the kiddos so the girls could visit and catch up.

 Eli was a little jealous of Ruby, and didn't particularly like that Derek was holding her and not him.  We might be in for a long ride .... :)

 It's still summertime in Texas -- bring out the water activities!!

 Those eyes!!

 And love this contagious smile.  I can't just choose one!!

 Thank you Jenni for having a birthday and allowing us to get all dressed up and hit the town.  I mean, I even wore heels ... what in the world?!?!  When was the last time you wore heels in Austin??  I guess that just means I was happy to be out of the burbs and took advantage of our night out :)

 We started out at a craft cocktail bar, which was actually pretty awesome.  However, Derek did not expect to get the drink below when he ordered, thought it would be a little more manly :)

 Happy Birthday Jenni!!

 AND - Happy Birthday April!  I got to go out twice in one week - woohoo!!  

The Three Musketeers at Daycare - Grayson, Harper, and Eli.  Derek said they looked like they were in Baby jail, but they were actually so cute.  One morning they all ran to the door to say bye after dropping Eli off.  I just wanted to stay and play with them all day - its definitely still hard to leave some days.

This picture makes me laugh.  Just chilling at school sipping on his milk.  

Family photo opp!!

Happy Birthday Shay!!  So happy to celebrate with our friends.  I can't believe our boys are growing up so fast!

 

I think its so cute when my boys nap together.  You can tell this is a weekend staple at the Davis household, and it looks like it standing true one year later :)

And speaking of timehop ... who is the little munchkin?!?!?! <3

OK - back to present day.  Love our family nieghbor outings.  Eli loves his bike trailer.  Every time we go to the garage (whether we are riding bikes or not), he climbs in and wants to go for a ride.  We finally got him a new helmet, so we needed to test it out!!

And of course we had to ride our bikes to the playground!  

I love the progression of the slide pictures.  He has so much fun and I cant stand the cuteness of these two!!

So thirsty after a hard afternoon of playing.  Of course he has to drink out of our water bottles.

My little explorers

We had a spontaneous get together at our house to watch the SAints and the Cowboys game.  We really were only expecting a few couples; however, for some reason, I guess Derek missed all of the group texts.  Every time somebody walked through the door I was pleasantly surprised.  So much fun having everybody over!

I love watching our MC group flourish.  We all started this group as newly weds, and now we keep multiplying!!  The on going trend is a new baby every 6 months.  We all try to stay on a routine baby schedule :)  Eli, Annabelle, Colson, and soon to be pictured Wyatt Watkins!!

Grayson - Eli's school buddy even came over.  We just found out that Grayson and family just moved down the street from us - literally, less than a mile.  AND they are huge Saints fans.  Glad these two are close and can play all the time now.  They are so cute together, they will run around and play and then come together for Hugs.

We all know this boy can eat!!! :)

Waiting ever so patiently for his morning waffle - his favorite!!