So Cute...

Some adorable things about Megan...

Megan wanted something at the top of the pantry that I wouldn't get for her probably a treat of some kind, before breakfast, so she ran got her Dora figurine, came back to the pantry, and said, "Climb Dora Climb Dora, You can do it, Reach, Reach!"  Too Cute.

For some reason around the house a few months ago Megan was obsessed with eggs.  She wanted to hold and play with raw eggs.  I had no idea how she got so interested in them or why it would possible occur to her that we would let her actually play with one.  Her particular fetish made breakfast prep interesting.  A little while later we were on our weekly trip to Mariano's grocery store (which Megan pronounces absolutely adorably), when Megan must have grabbed an egg out of the carton at the top of the cart.  Now we were certainly winding down at this point in the grocery run and I must admit I was a little desperate so I let her continue to hold it.  As I was letting this all go down I was thinking to myself this may be the dumbest thing I have ever done, a 2 year old in the grocery store holding a raw egg.  I guess it speaks to the degree of my desperation.  Well a few moments into this potentially disastrous situation Megan starts giggling and speaking in her adorable voice with one of her ear to ear smiles, "Oh eggie, you are so cute, Don't worry baby birdie, I am an animal rescuer, I Meggie, this is my Mama, I will take care of you, So Cute."  I don't think I've ever seen something so cute and I think that story captures our Megan perfectly.   As I'm sure a few other 2 year old have done, she prompts desperation on one hand, but absolute joy on the other.  My little animal rescuer just wanted to care for the egg, how come I didn't get it?  We made it successfully through the checkout with Megan taking care of her egg just fine, and I think Megan got the egg thing out of her system with the hard boiled kind at Easter just a little while later.

Megan Loves Snuggling.  She loves to do it with Mommy most, but she has always been the snuggliest little girl as she demonstrates with her baby below.

Megan has had some respiratory issues this last month.  It started with RSV and was followed by a cold, a second cold that turned into a double ear infection that resulted in wheezing, doctor visits, an ER visit, lots of medicine, and a nebulizer that she uses for a regime of steroid and albuterol treatments to help her little lungs heal.  Megan generally does pretty good with them. It is not the most fun thing, but we try to make the time as enjoyable as possible.  Still often when we tell Meggie it is time for her treatment she says to us, "No No I don't like Treatment." The poor little girl hides, not that well with half her body exposed. I guess if she can't see us we can't see her, right?  I have to write this down in hopes I will always be able to hear her adorable voice in my mind.

Megan has also started successfully using the potty!  Yeah!  As long as she doesn't have a diaper on she will run to the potty and then demand a candy bracelet. It took a while for her to get that she actually had to go the bathroom to get a treat as opposed to just sitting on the toilet.  I find the potty training experience tougher than changing diapers especially being as pregnant as I am, but I know the mastery will be worth it and it will be great to have Megan on her way out of diapers as our new little one goes in.  The other day Megan was in her PJs diaperless when she says, " Oh no! Need Diaper! Hurry!"  She goes to the drawer I keep the diapers in, puts one on the floor, and tries to attach it to herself so she can go potty.  I'd say she's ready to be trained.  After a little resistance I directed her to the potty and she successfully went! She of course tries to pull all the toilet paper off the roll during the process, and makes an absolute mess while washing her hands, and refuses to leave when I try and turn off the water, making the whole process nothing but enjoyable, however, we are making great strides on the potty training front.

Megan LOVES Dress-Up!

  She runs up to her sister's room and pulls on a new dress up outfit probably three times a day.  She say, "Look, I a ballerina princess, twirl, twirl.  I need glass slippers.  I need a crown. I need a magic wandie."

One of Megan's cutest lines lately has been, "I so punny!"  She really does love making us laugh and being the center of attention.  Megan doesn't do fs well so she replaces them with ps which creates some cute phrases, like Girapps at the zoo, por you or por me (for), and one of my favorites grobby (froggy). The last one comes complete with very realistic ribbiting and frog hopping around our house.  I have video below of her sweet little singing voice.

 Megan you bring such fun to our lives.  Thanks Sweetheart!


Megan Singing from Elizabeth Davies on Vimeo.

Princess Party

 

 For the girls' 4th and 2nd Birthday parties, we had our Princess Ball!

 The decorations for the ball turned out perfect!

 We had a bibbity bobbity boutique where we did the girls Hair,

 Nails,

and Makeup.

 With Dancing Cake and Games Everything was Perfect!

Some of us were a little princessed out!



Happy Birthday Kate!

Consider this a long overdue post on our 1st little baby.  Kate turned 4 in January and I can't even imagine her being more of a dream.  Kate, I'm sorry this post is so late but I know you will appreciate the reasons why.  They include Workbooks, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Little People, Princesses, Babies, Sidewalk chalk, and Mommy and Kate nap time.

The main reason this post is so late is that I have been trying hard to spend my afternoons engaged in quality time with my first little girl before baby 3 comes and boy have we been having fun.  Kate is such a sponge and soaks up all we get to teach her and everything she does in preschool.  She is a loving little girl and tells her sister things like, "Oh my little darling!" and is amazingly nurturing to her baby dolls.  Our baby boy is going to be a lucky guy!  Kate is a little bit of a hoarder and has all 11 of her baby dolls sleeping around her bed.  She is super organized and likes all her toys and babies just so.  When Megan messes them up she says, "Megan Linda you' re making me nervous!"  Kate is a champ at letter sounds, really progressing in reading moving from sight words to sounding out, and is now becoming an amazing adder.  It started as 4 plus 2, then she could do 6 plus 3, and now we can ask her 10 plus 6.  The other day she said to me, "Mom 10 plus 10 is 20!"  She has a great sense of direction when we are driving around and pretty much nothing gets past her.   Daddy and Kate's special activity of late has been baseball.  They practice it in the sun room and boy is Daddy a good teacher and boy is Kate a great hitter!  When Brian comes home Kate LOVES to grab her bat and practice.  Kate is such a sweet child and loves to snuggle at night.  She asks occasionally to go into the red bed (Mommy and Daddy's) because it just makes you feel so good.  I think we are the only parents in America who have a child that sleeps perfectly till morning in her own bed every night but sneak her into our bed on occasion.  Kate loves Sunday School and has an amazing faith that I can see spilling over into her sweet sweet personality.  She has a real love of cooking and it is something we really get to enjoy together.  Words can't even describe how sweet and good you are little bear!  We LOVE everything about you Kate!  You are a dream come true!

Valentine's Day

 My Little Ballerinas were working extra hard to wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day!

Kate is very serious about everything dancing!

Megan always takes her cues from her big sister.

Megan displaying the 'hockey dance'.  (A really long story.)

On to the baking and baking dress!

Do you think there are enough sprinkles?

As sweet as can be!



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.

Christmas Wrap up

A little snap shot of Christmas at the Davies house.  Despite a killer flu that made it through the family Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the break that followed, it was a great time and the kids were adorable!

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!!!