The Davis Family

From Halloween to Christmas

2009-11-30T14:47:00.007-05:00

So I know that my last post was of Halloween costumes but because we are leaving on Friday and won't be back in Indiana until early January, we had to put our Christmas tree up early. So right after Brian's Ordination weekend (there are still pics to come from that plus a classic video), the tree went up. I love having the tree up especially because in our new house it is right in front of our big front windows. So here is our now annual picture in front of the tree.

first a flashback: December 2008

December 2009

I think after this they both ended up falling backwards :)

last year

this year: our big 3 year old of course holding Lightning and Mater

not a great pic but you can see the full effect

one last look back--stay tuned for Christmas 2009

Halloween 2009

2009-11-11T15:08:00.003-05:00

As most of you know, the boys were Buzz Lightyear and Woody for Halloween. We went trick-or-treating but it was pretty cold out so we only went to about 10 houses. You can tell by looking at the boys that they had layers underneath their costumes.

Buzz

Woody discovering the candy by the front door

look at those chubby cheeks

it was too cold for the cowboy hat so instead he wore this

Jack picking his own candy. This house had things hanging in the trees that would shout at us as we walked by. Dustin was not impressed.

they are both looking into the trees as we walk away

After we went trick-or-treating we came home, watched Toy Story, and ate candy from their baskets (and ours because we had NO trick-or-treaters). It was a great Halloween!

Fall is here...

2009-11-11T14:34:00.005-05:00

These are all pictures from the month of October. The first one was taken when Grandma and PaPa were at our house and then the next few are when the boys and I were in Kansas City and took a trip to see Uncle Danny at the Fire Station. The last ones are just at our house and playing in the leaves in the backyard.

wearing Uncle Danny's helmet and sitting in his seat

Danny let him "drive" the fire truck

Jack loved standing on the front of the truck

putting on his jacket

brothers

sweet

playing in the leaves with Daddy

throwing leaves at Daddy

more matching pj's

Jack's trucks on his shirt saying cheese

Dustin aka Woody

Daddy and Jack

Dustin

Some old and new pictures

2009-10-16T15:33:00.005-04:00

So some of these are really random and they are all out of order but I didn't have the patience to mess with them. This first picture is Dustin's hair one day after a nap (notice the mullet--he had a haircut soon after this). Then it goes to a few weekends ago when my dad came and spent the weekend with us. Then it goes back to sometime in September when we went to the park on afternoon and the boys loved playing with the leaves.

Grandpa and Dustin (post haircut)

1st Corn on the Cob (not too impressed)

Jack didn't eat it after this--he didn't like his fingers being dirty :)

Pulling out the fall clothes--bad picture of Dustin but he looks so big!

Buzz and Woody

Jack & Dustin's "Tricks"

2009-09-21T08:12:00.002-04:00

Here is another video of the boys, this one taken on Brian's phone. This was right before book time on Saturday night and all of a sudden they went crazy! :)

Weekend Fun

2009-09-13T15:00:00.008-04:00

We had a great weekend with Mia! It was a busy couple of days but we had lots of fun! We went to Purdue and walked around campus and did lots of playing in the backyard. The weather has been beautiful and we are trying to enjoy it as much as we can before the cold gets here! :) Here is a decent picture of the four of us on campus.

the boys love to run around--it was interesting because we were there on a Friday morning so there were students everywhere and Jack had to talk to everyone he saw, so funny!

trying to get a picture of the 3 of them

Mia and Dustin

Mia and Jack

this is in the backyard--Dustin "sleeping" on the step

we have a big, flat backyard with soft grass and they like to play on the little concrete step

Jack with all his stuff

mid-swing hitting the baseball--he is good

he knocked over the "swingset" with his car

driving

Dustin trying to push McQueen--I think he gets bored because Jack sits in the car probably more than he actually drives

Dustin, Mia, and Jack after waiting for cupcakes outside. We had to put candles on them and sing Happy Birthday to Jack once again :)

Dustin using the bat as a phone

One more video...

2009-09-15T11:06:00.002-04:00

I have emailed this video to quite a few people but thought I would add it to the blog too. This is such a classic example of Dustin's fearlessness and how he knows exactly what to do to irritate Jack. :)

First Day of School

2009-09-13T15:47:00.003-04:00

Here is a sweet picture of Jack from his first day of school. He is going to Preschool 2 mornings a week this fall at a church a few minutes from our house. He absolutely loves it and last week told me, "Ok have fun Mommy, I will see you later". I always wait around for a few minutes but he just goes in and starts playing. After his first day, I asked him where he wanted to go to lunch and he said Chic-fil-A so that is where we went!

Driving and Other Lessons

2009-09-10T09:45:00.002-04:00

Ok--Jack may kill me later for posting this video but it is so funny!! This was over his birthday weekend driving his car. The video is a little long but will be worth it in the end! It makes me laugh out loud each time.

Jack's BIG Lightning McQueen

2009-09-07T21:42:00.003-04:00

Here is one of the videos we took last weekend. There will be more...

Jack's 3rd Birthday

2009-09-07T20:29:00.008-04:00

For Jack's birthday my Dad and Becky (Grandpa and YaYa) came to our house to spend a long weekend with us! We had lots of fun doing birthday celebrations and also got a lot done at the house! This first picture is out of order but I just love this one! This is on Jack's birthday after he opened presents. In this picture you can see his BIG Lightning McQueen from Grandpa and YaYa that he can drive!! He loves it--although right now he is more content to just sit in it :). You can also see all of his cars lined up on the coffee table. The second picture starts the first morning after Jack woke up and got to open his BIG Lightning. I have really funny video that I will post soon.

walking into the living room and seeing the CARS wrapping paper

had to find a spot to put his cup where Dustin can't get it

a little apprehensive about ripping the CARS paper :)

had to sit in it immediately (from my phone)

Dustin wanted in too

Jack wants him out

ate a quick breakfast, got dressed, and out we go to drive

he was really funny driving...Brian got quite the workout trying to keep

him from hitting cars, curbs, Dustin, etc...

when it was time to go in, Dustin got a push from Jack

Grandpa and Jack

Grandpa, Jack, and Dustin

Jack opening presents on his birthday

We went to Monkey Joes (a bounce house place) on his birthday. Jack loved it!

Dustin not so much.

Lighting the candle on Jack's Lightning McQueen birthday cake

(it was a full out CARS birthday)

our big 3 year old

blowing out his candle

Dustin stopped halfway through his piece of cake and went back to potatoes

YaYa and Jack

he was getting tired and kept laying his head down

We had such a great time! I still can't believe Jack is 3 years old!

The Zoo

2009-08-17T09:38:00.008-04:00

We made a weekend trip to the zoo! The zoo here is very different from the one in Fort Worth but is really fun! It is free which is great and has a barn area where the animals (mostly goats) wander around. It is the perfect size for little kids! The boys and I had been once before but yesterday was the first time Brian had gone with us.

they have a few different kinds of little monkeys

here are the boys walking through the barn to get to the petting zoo part

Jack driving the tractor

Dustin wanted in on the action

there are 10 baby goats and Jack loved to pet them

so did Dustin

Dustin didn't let Daddy get too far away

Happy Hollow Park: Round 2

2009-08-05T13:22:00.003-04:00

Yesterday we decided we would try Happy Hollow Park again. The last time we were there it ended badly (Dustin fell face first onto the concrete after running down the hill in crocs) and las night it was beautiful outside. It rained most of the day yesterday so everything was pretty wet but the boys still had fun! We also decided that we would take Lucy along with us since she doesn't seem that happy to be our dog again (I think she had turned into a farm dog in Kansas City). Jack LOVED being in charge of holding her leash! If he wasn't coming down the slide, he was holding onto it! The other big news was that this was our first outing in big boy pants (no diaper)! We were only there about an hour or so but Jack did great!!

Summer

2009-08-03T11:01:00.000-04:00

We have had a busy summer to say the least! Although it has been busy, we have remembered to take some pictures along the way! These first pictures are from our new home in West Lafayette, Indiana. This first one was after our first trip to the park. Unlike Jack, Dustin has no fear and went running down a hill only to land face first.

here are the boys swinging (pre-fall)

also pre-fall

Kirsten, Jack, and Dustin enjoying Ice Cream Sandwiches

on the picnic blanket in our new backyard

Dustin and me swinging at the park

cute pic of Dustin

sweet cousins

these pictures go all the way back to 4th of July--we were in Kansas City and

spent the evening at the carnival in Parkville

you can't tell but Jack was quite scared on the carousel, his legs were

shaking from trying to hold on so tightly

Dustin's 1st Ice Cream Cone

more carnival rides

Dustin enjoyed them too!

some of our last Fort Worth days

our wonderful party at church (Jack enjoying lots of cookies)

the boys playing after our party in their cute plaid!!

Sick of these yet?

2009-05-15T17:23:00.006-04:00

I realize that some people may not like this as much as I do...but if you haven't noticed I love matching pajamas! I think it is one of the cutest things so sorry if you don't enjoy it as much as me. This is the latest round and these pictures also capture one of the best things right now: the boys playing together. When I was pregnant, I heard many horror stories about how hard it would be in the beginning having two children eighteen months apart. However, those stories were always followed with how sweet it would be to watch them play together when they got a little bit older. We have reached the "little bit older" stage and it is wonderful! Our favorite thing to hear is these two little boys laughing and running and playing together. It makes those stressful moments at the beginning (nothing was as bad as the stories I heard :) ) hard to even remember.

Dustin chasing Jack around the living room

the big brother

the little brother (who is looking more and more like Jack with each passing day)

"happy face"

Dustin's monster face

more of my favorite thing

Jack's monster face

We are so thankful for these two!!!

1 Year Old Comparison

2009-05-08T23:07:00.004-04:00

here is Jack enjoying his first cupcake

Dustin eating his first (yes-wearing the same shirt)

I am really trying to put off packing!

1st Haircuts

2009-05-09T10:14:00.006-04:00

Last weekend while Grandpa and Ya-Ya were in town, we decided it was time to get Dustin's first haircut. His hair was really starting to get out of control in the back (see top picture). You will notice that Dustin was quite happy while having his haircut--only because of the sucker. I don't think I would have ever let Jack have a sucker this young but when we were flying back from Indiana Dustin got his first one on the plane in a moment of desperation and obviously he loves them!! You will also see I put in a couple pictures of Jack's first haircut. It is amazing how different they look! Jack's head was so much bigger!! The other thing you will notice is they are intently staring at something in front of them...the tv. At Cool Cuts they get to choose a movie to watch while getting their haircut.

notice the curl

post sucker

still enjoying it

sweet Jack watching his movie

this is pre sucker and right after this picture, things went south

Jack with his paci

Bulldozer Shirts

2009-05-08T22:58:00.007-04:00

The boys got some matching shirts from Grandma and when Jack saw that Dustin had his on this morning, Jack had to wear his too. So I decided to take some pictures of them together because it had been few weeks. I think they are starting to look more and more alike!! With Dustin walking now, it is fun to watch them together--he can keep up (for the most part)!

so sweet

love those smiles!

Easter 2009--Beware: Lots of Pictures

2009-04-13T13:49:00.012-04:00

We had a great Easter weekend! Mia came down to spend our last Easter in Texas with us and we were very busy! On Friday night after she got here we went to Uncle Julio's for dinner for her last time there (hopefully we will go back again before we leave :)). Then Saturday morning we headed to TCU bright and early--the boys woke up early so we got ready and out of the house before we realized it was only 9:15--so we walked around campus before the bookstore opened. After hitting up the bookstore we went to Dutch's for big cheeseburgers for lunch and then came home to dye eggs and play out in the backyard with some new bubbles. Dustin started walking a lot more over the weekend so he even had fun playing in the backyard. On Easter, we went to church and just spent the afternoon and evening at home. We cooked Easter dinner and had a great time playing with the boys. It was such a great Easter!

Daddy and the boys

a good picture of Mia's time here--Jack pulling her in every direction :)

a cute one of Jack near the columns on Sadler Hall (I think)

Dustin eating (surprise, surprise) while in the stroller

touching the Horned Frog

in front of Frog Fountain

dying Easter eggs--Jack loved this!

Jack making his "happy face"

blowing bubbles

playing outside (really for his first time)

I think this is going on our wall, that's why it is b&w

also going on the wall

look at those teeth!

Jack looks like he was caught doing something

this outfit was Jack's but he never got to wear it because it was long and skinny and that never really described him :)

this is how attempts at family pictures go these days

Mia doing what she did A LOT this weekend--reading with the boys

Morning at the Zoo

2009-04-08T16:14:00.005-04:00

A couple weeks ago when we met a group of friends at the zoo, we decided that since a zoo pass would pay for itself in 3 1/2 visits that it was worth spending the money even though we would only use it for 3 months. So--this morning the boys and I decided to make a trip to see the animals. Another good thing about having a pass is that I don't feel like we have to stay all day to justify spending the money. We went for about an hour and forty-five minutes this time and had lots of fun! It was a beautiful morning and there were tons of people there but Jack loves looking at the animals and running around.

he loves his sunglasses

Dustin about to fall asleep in the stroller

he loved the elephants too--he thought he was such a big kid climbing on the fence because Whit taught him how to do it last time we were there

a quick "cheese"

here's where the lion cubs were

Texas Wild (aka the petting zoo)

Cupcake Round 2

2009-03-30T16:28:00.005-04:00

One night last week we decided to give Dustin a second chance with a cupcake since he was so tired the first time around (and I was a little out of it too :)). He loved it as you will see below! Jack was really concerned because he was making such a mess--Dustin however, didn't mind at all.

We also visited the pediatrician last week for D's 1 year check-up. He weighed in at 21 lbs. 10 oz. (between 30th and 40th percentile) and 30 inches tall/long (50th percentile). He has gained over 3 lbs. since we switched to all table food and the doctor was very pleased with that. It was quite the circus when it was time for shots because Jack does not like it when Dustin cries. He kept telling me/yelling, "Mommy, he doesn't like that". After the shots, Jack got a sticker (or 3) so it all ended up ok!!

Jack likes to stand behind Dustin's chair and play Peek-a-Boo

He was a very happy little boy!

Jack concerned about how messy Dustin is :)

Dustin with cupcake everywhere!

1 Year Old

2009-03-21T08:30:00.009-04:00

On this past Wednesday we celebrated Dustin's 1st birthday! It is hard to believe he is already 1, especially because he is so much smaller than Jack was at this age. It was fun to watch Dustin eat cupcakes and open presents with help from his big brother. Dustin is not walking on his own yet but makes laps around the house with the toys he can walk behind. He is sleeping very well at night because of that! At one point while eating his cupcake, I thought he was just going to fall asleep!

Here is Dustin wearing the TCU hat that Uncle Johnny

got for Jack but it never fit his big head.

Wanting to play with his brother outside...

Dustin and his Lightning McQueen cake

Bring on the cupcakes!

About to fall asleep

Going for a big bite!

Jack after eating half a chocolate cupcake and half a vanilla cupcake.

Admiring his new alphabet train

Jack "helping" Dustin open presents

Watching Jack

again "helping"

Spring Forward

2009-03-08T15:07:00.005-04:00

Here are some pictures of the past couple weeks. The boys have been having lots of fun together in between illnesses at our house :). They are taking turns being sick which has kept us in the house more than we would like. It is hard to believe that Dustin turns one in 10 days!!

sweet brothers

his cars saying "cheese"

Jack has to do what Daddy is doing

(he is watching himself in the fireplace doors)

still watching himself

here you can see Dustin's top teeth

4 Generations of Davis Boys

2009-03-08T14:57:00.004-04:00

A couple weeks ago we had a house full of visitors!! Mike and Lori came down from Kansas City and Dan, Nancy, and Foxy (the dog) came up from Corpus Christi. We had a great weekend (although this is the only proof I have) and it was fun to have everyone here for Mike's birthday. Jack loves to help people celebrate birthdays!! Here is a picture of the four generations of Davis boys.

Same pajamas, different boys...

2009-02-28T09:33:00.004-05:00

I have started trying to go through the boys clothes and switch out seasons and sizes since we are having some warmer days. I found these pajamas that were Jack's originally. They are size 12-18 months and you can tell that they are still a little big on Dustin (who turns 1 in 3 weeks).

Here is Jack wearing the same 12-18 month pj's but the difference is he was only 7 MONTHS OLD!!!

They are both very cute boys though if you ask me!!