It's A Boy!

We are very excited to say that Baby Davies #3 is a boy!  We had our ultrasound last week and found out most importantly the baby is healthy and growing, and were pleased to see that we will be equalizing the genders a little at the Davies house.  To make a big splash for the gender reveal, we had a balloon drop for our family that was in town including Brian's parents, my parents, my siblings, their spouses, and my cousin. We blew up 24 blue balloons and put them in black bags so you couldn't tell the gender.  We said, "Thanks for coming out to see what Baby Davies will be.  We already have two girl, let's see if we'll have three."  We opened the bags of balloons from our landing over the family room and let them fall.  It was a special moment and one I want to remember forever.
During the girls' princess birthday party later that week, surveying the amounts of pink, princess, and bling in our house, I noted to Brian that things were going to have to change a lot in here to accommodate a boy.  I think Brian and my brother had our little boy's baseball themed 1st birthday all but planned by the princess party's end, even though it is a good 16 months away!
I think it was great to find out the sex and give the girls and us some time to adjust.  I can't wait to get started on the rooms.  Kate was actually super disappointed the baby was a boy.  She basically told us no, she wanted another baby girl.  By the end of the night she was warmed up to the idea a little, and is doing much better with the news now.  Kate claims she can see what the baby is doing through my belly button and says he has cute fingers.  Megan has been giving my belly kisses and wanting to "see" the baby too.  The other day she was telling the baby to come out!  She also adorable said, "Hi Baby.  I Meggie.  This is my Mama."  It just melts my heart.  Lots of fun, lots of planning, and lots of excitement here this month!

Happy 2nd Birthday Megan!

Our little Megan has turned 2!  It is hard to believe she is so big but it has been so much fun to watch her grow over the year.  Megan is such such a sweet and good natured girl but at the same time can be very strong willed and demanding.  We always say, "It's a good thing she's so cute."  And  she is so very very very cute.

Megan you have a fabulous smile and possibly the best laugh ever which we are blessed to hear a lot.  You are such a chatty little girl and practically don't stop talking or moving all day.  You love gross motor play and are starting to love little people and your Dora and Diego houses.   Your favorite princess is Snow White, and your vocabulary is incredible and you have started singing us entire songs. I just love to hear you sing Jesus Loves Me. It is sometimes hard to keep up with you but you bring us great moments through the day.  I never want to forget how cute it sounds when you say the words sister, snuggle, Mommy hold me, toy story, Merry Christmas, Hi I Meggie, or super babies.  You are too smart for your own good sometimes.  A constant theme of your life so far has been wanting to do everything Kate does and you make sure your are never left out.  You really love your sister very much and it makes me us so happy to see you two playing together.  You like Mommy and Me, swimming, Chuck E Cheese, and  library story time, though you mostly like to try and climb the shelves at the library.  You love routine and your night time books, especially Good Night Moon and Bear Hunt, and you are too cute at night when you choose a stuffed animal or baby to sleep with.  You have always been a snugly, cuddly, and loving little girl and we absolutely cherish you!

On her actual birthday we had class at church so I made fruity cheerio birthday treats for Megan to pass out. 

We sung happy birthday to her at Mommy and Me and at a small get together that night.  Megan LOVED being the center of attention which she certainly deserves on her birthday!

Megan's Birthday! from Elizabeth Davies on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas!

We went to see Santa early this season and though Megan loves to talk about Santa I'm not quite sure how she felt...

Kate on the other hand was all about Santa!

Kate has been writing up a storm lately.  Here is her list to Santa.  I circled the words because she hasn't mastered spacing, but this her mastery of writing and her list of requests are adorable to me.  In case you can't see it she would like a kitty, lipstick, a baby, princess, and candy.  I think Santa and I can work on that as long as the kitty isn't real!

Megan loves her Fisher Price Santa set much better than the real thing.  I think the size is just right for her.

 We have also been teasing around the house that one of our little girls resembles Cindy Lou Who...

 

We got our cards out early this week.  Hopefully they will arrive soon.

Merry Christmas Love the Davies!!!

Fall Favorites

Here are a few of my favorite memories from this fall!  I know its almost Christmas, but it is fun to catch-up now that the weather has us inside, and I just can't let these precious shots not get their due!

My two girls playing at Independence Grove.

 Kate putting her new big girl bike to the test during family walks.  She rode it for miles this fall and I do mean miles at a time.

Megan got a new house this summer and she LOVED it!

A beautiful trip to Lincoln Park.

Apple Picking!

You have to love pony tails on little girls!

 My two adorable cuties!

So Much to be Thankful For

We had a great Thanksgiving and felt a little extra thankful this year!  We now have three little peanuts to count as our blessings.  I am now in my 2nd trimester of pregnancy with our third baby.  We are so excited to welcome this new little addition around May 31st our due date.

The girls, especially Kate, are very excited to have another baby and I am too, especially now that I am feeling better.  It has been pretty hard being pregnant having two other kids to take care of, but I feel like I am entering a much easier couple of weeks.

Kate and Megan will be great big sisters.  Kate has now decided she has a baby in her belly and adorably uses what she claims her baby wants or doesn't want as a means to getting what she does.  Megan adorably says she wants a, " Baby Bruh-der."  Either she is smarter than the genius I already think she is and wants to stay the baby girl, or repeats the last of the choices I ask her.  I'll go with the former.  : )  Brian and I are truly excited for either a third girl or a boy, we really don't know what we would like more.  We will find out the sex of the baby sometime in January and are very excited for all that pregnancy, newborns, and kids bring.

My Mom cooked a great meal that we really enjoyed and it was all together a great weekend.  It was so much fun to spend so much time with extended family and with Brian.  Kate asked Brian at the end of the weekend if he had to go back to work on Monday.  Brian explained to her the need for him to work and Kate cutely retorted.,  "I'm losing my patience with you going to work."  It is funny to hear your phrases used by kids and even sweeter that Kate loves spending time with her Daddy.  We all miss Daddy when he goes back to work, but look forward to any time we get to spend together.

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and one we certainly felt tremendously thankful about.

Our Trip to the Magic Kingdom

In September we took the girls to Disney and it was spectacular!  The girls had a great time, but no one could have enjoyed it more than me.  I know the girls were on the young side, but they LOVED Disney.  I think Kate was the perfect age because the cute thing is she thought everything was 100% real.  When we walked into Cinderella's Castle for a princess breakfast and Kate saw Cinderella there to greet us she gasped in amazement.  I will never forget that!

 Seeing the characters was a great activity for us.  We were all about the princesses and pretty much everyone else too.  Megan really warmed up to the characters the longer we were there and was so happy to see her favorite Snow White at the breakfast.  By the end of the week she was jumping in laps, giving hugs, and kisses.  Kate was serious about it from the beginning.

 The rides were a very fun part for all of us and as we went in September a very uncrowded time we got ride everything multiple times.  The girls especially loved Dumbo, the tea cups, Pooh's thoughtful spot, and It's a small World.  Kate called it the Little world and when we were on it Megan would insist, "One More Time!"  In the airport on our return trip 20 month old Megan looked at us and out of the blue in the cutest way possible declares, "Ride Dumbo."  Sorry Meg, no Dumbo outside of Disney.

We all loved the parades, fireworks, and shows.  Kate was so into the shows.  Thinking they were real she was a little scared when the bad guys appeared, and when Mickey asked for her help in sending them away she earnestly shouted, "Dreams come true.  Dreams Come True."  To see her face during these shows was worth the entire trip.  After we got home she was restless in her sleep one night.  I went in and she was whispering in her sleep, "Dreams come true.  Dreams come true."  Too Cute.

It was a fabulous vacation that I will never forget.  It was wonderful to go with my parents.  I loved every minute of it and as a Mom of young kids I couldn't have had a more fun trip.  Disney really created a total experience and I think you can put me in the fanatic category.  We had some great meals including the California Grill where we watched the fireworks, character meals, and enjoyed time by the pool each afternoon.  We loved our hotel, we loved the meal plan, we loved the photopass, we loved the pool parties, we LOVED Disney!

Below you can see all of our pictures and even the photobook we received in our vacation package.  The photobook contains all of the professional pics the photogs at the park so nicely snap for you.  Just thinking about the photobook or the trip for that matter makes me smile.

CLICK HERE for the Pages of our Disney Photo Book!

CLICK HERE for All Our Disney Pictures!



Halloween Fun

Halloween was a great time this year mostly because the girls were really into it!

We had lots of costume choices for the girls because we have an EXTENSIVE collection of dress-up at our house.  We had some cooler indoor options and some warmer outdoor gear.  Kate went back and forth between princesses in her all too important costume choice.  For our first event which became an indoor event due to weather, we had two adorable princesses Roses and Belle, as they are referred to in my house.

For school Kate loved being Rapunzel.  The hair was the real seller and I think she is quite the ringer for A-Pun-szhel as Megan calls her.  We even grabbed a great Pascal from Jacob's exer-saucer to complete the costume.

Kate just loved being the leader in the pre-school parade.

And she enjoyed posing with one of her boyfriends Jackson.

Megan also made appearances as a dog, Minnie Mouse, and Tinkerbell due to her Mommy's indecisiveness, the plethora of costume choices, her lack of really caring, and her overall cuteness.

We also really got into pumpkin carving this year.  Ben and I were the main culprits with Uncle Ben doing the surgical work, but it was very fun and they came out beautifully!

The actual day of Halloween our (5th Halloween related event) was really fun.  We went trick or treating in Katie and Ben's neighborhood and enjoyed a hayride and fire.

I think when it was over we all had our fill of Halloween!