boo. quack. aww.

has it really been that long since we posted anything? just today i was thinking how fast time is flying by. i mean, really, two more days until november. two more months until 2007. it will no longer be davis' year that he was born. the year of the dog. on a chinese calendar of course. how appropriate. "the year of the dog." or as i'm sure darby and rio would like to think..."the year of the dogs." thank goodness 2006 wasn't the year of the snake, or worse, the rat. ick.

well, i squeaked by five months of having a child who didn't spit up too badly. until tonight. the glamour of being a mom just got knocked down another couple notches. mom glamour? obviously, that's a joke. my daily hairstyle is wash, blow dry and ponytail. shoot, some days it's straight from wash to ponytail. the blow drying part is a luxury. even makeup doesn't get applied until after we have made the drop-off at daycare. anyway, tonight davis and i cozied up for his last bottle before bedtime. everything was great as usual until this hacking cough came from deep down inside. hack. hack. hack. and up it came. the biggest formula based lugey ever. right into my lap of nice clean pajamas. so what did i do? i waited. i just quietly sat there for a moment for the grossness to sink into my clothes and the realization of one, make that two, more things to clean up to sink in to my head. there was not a burpcloth or towel within arm's reach. and i knew if i stood up too quickly, the spit up would run off me and davis, and then i would have to clean the rug and the furniture of this goo also. so in my most un-glamourous moment yet, davis and i looked at each other in question. he questioned if i was going to do something about the mess and clean us both up. and i wondered if there was perhaps a second round of projectile white slime coming my way.

despite the 1% of the time (as mentioned above) that davis is being a gross boy, he is all snuggly soft and sweet the other 99% of the time. he loves to melt into you when you hold him. that makes it so hard to sit him down and not hold him all. the. time. not to mention that you're trying to make up for the nine hours lost to daycare. (which he loves! we are so blessed to have such great people caring for him during the day.) still, i wish i could put a scratch n' sniff button on your screen so you too could smell his sweetness, or even feel his soft huggable-ness and warm bundle of love.

a duck in a chair

davis hasn't taken to sucking a thumb, he's taken to sucking a finger. and what a fat lil' finger that little morsel is.

happy fall y'all

davis is enjoying his first autumn afternoon watching the leaves fall from the trees on the courthouse lawn in shelby. could he be any cuter?

my cousin's eyes

here is davis with his cousin skylar relaxing on the floor in virginia. don't let skylar fool you, she probably jumped up the second after the picture was taken to hunt down a poor dog. take a good look at these kids' eyes....so much for brown eyes being the dominant gene. i also think skylar would make a great punky brewster should they ever bring the show back. lord knows, she's got the energy!

hi there!

i am trying to add a photo gallery to the menu on the right. keep checking to see if i'm successful.

may your weekend be all smiles & giggles too.

sweet dreams

too cool for us

davis decided he was too cool to smile for the camera wearing his first pair of sunglasses. i think i even see a little bit of attitude in him in this picture. how quickly he catches on. but don't worry, he got over it pretty quickly and we caught another snapshot of him goofing around later.

thank goodness for camera phones. zach and i never think to bring the camera in the diaper bag. but if we are lucky, we remember to pull out the cell phones to snap a quick pic when needed. davis attended the gardner webb vs. appalachian state football game this weekend. he had a great time listening to all the crowd, the band and the players' moms ring the cow bells. staring at the stadium lights seemed more interesting than watching the game. and somehow, he didn't get upset when tired even after not napping much earlier in the day. with all the new sights and sounds, he didn't want to miss a beat. i think we are making up for it today though. when he's tired, he has started a new tired cry we have never really heard before.

oh well. at least we had a few good laughs and smiles this morning.

having fun

me eyebrows

this is davis' favorite position. belly to shoulder. if he's crying? i don't bother trying to cradle & rock back and forth. the boy wants air. and height. if dad's around...even better.

let's see...it looks like those would be zach's ears, zach's hair, zach's eyes, zach's cheeks, zach's chin, but those are definitely me eyebrows! thank goodness there's a gap between them. (both his and mine.) :)

carolina girls...

molly in pink, kate in yellow!