2 Wonderful Years

Yesterday Josh and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary. While Davey was at the sitters (doing much better) I packed a picnic lunch for just the two of us. You see in the picture where we at it. This is at an old grain mill from the 1800s. They carved a hoe through the rocks so the river could flow through and turn the wheel. It hasn't worked for about 100 years, but it is still neat. The river is the same one that winds around Vernon and right behind our house.

It is a little bit of a hike to get back there, but Josh and I have done it many times. In fact, the reason I picked this spot is because the first time we went there was the moment I realized that I loved him. Ahhh! Isn't that sweet? And you can also see that beuatiful flowers Josh gave me when he came home from work. I think he was trying to make up all the times he didn't get me flowers!

Baby Sitter Blues!

I took Davey to the sitters for the first and second times this week. In fact, I am writing now with him there. A wonderful lady is watching him that lives in Vernon as well. I could easily walk there...if only Davey liked his stroller more... Anyway, she is watching a few other kids and we figured that taking Davey there a little at a time will make it easier on both of us. On Tuesday I took him there at 9:30 am and came back at 12:30 pm to find him sleeping. That would be sweet...but he was sleeping because he had cried for the hour before that! :( Hopefully today will go better. He got a little nap in because woke up eariler than usual...that should put him in a better mood. I have been working hard to guilt Josh into letting me stay at home next year. This is an impossibility finacially, I know, but it is worth a shot!

Isn't that boy have the sweetesst face ever?? The picture is of Davey helping Josh match socks...he is advanced for his age! jk Of course I came out to find Josh carrying him upstairs in a full laundry basket. And just as it usually goes with fathers...I protested, but Davey loved it! He got a ton of new things because we went shopping with my parents and Aunt Janice yesterday. Now we are ready to sort blocks and play in the Exersaucer! Not to mention all the great clearence clothes for next summer. I am jeolous of all you mothers of little girls! What cute clothes you have to choose from!

In other news...of course about Davey...he went to the doctor Friday because I suspected he had thrush. I was right. Thrush is just a yeast infection in the mouth and can create a raised diaper rash and irritation when eating. It has actually cleared up a lot since last Friday and he never was really that uncomfortable with it. My sister, the child-rearing guru, told me that all 4 of her kids got thrush at about this age because they are taking the occasional bottle and getting good at putting things in their mouth.

Dog Walks and Rice Cereal

Davey and the dog both love to go on walks around Vernon. Here he is facing out in the carrier. We looked at backpack carriers last week and we may be purchasing one for fall camping. I just hope he starts to like his stroller soon. It is way too cool to be stuck in the house! We try our best to get out and walk each night. P.S...sorry that my son looks like Blossom in that picture. Josh flipped it up so he could see better.

Yesterday, my sister Shannon, her four kids, my parents, Davey, and I went down to Louisville to get pictures taken. I am hoping to scan them in so you can see them...well, actually all of you can have on if you want! I think I ended up getting about 60 pictures of him! Come on a sympathize with me moms...how could I chose from each of the sweet pictures. I told Josh that we are just going to have to start passing them out everywhere we go. Any time someone comments on our baby...they get a picture! And what about leaving them with our tips at restaurants? I thought of that one, too!

The place we went was AMAZING! Here is their site...they are called Portrait Innovations and they have locations everywhere. Listen to this set up...no setting fee...and for under $10 you get one pose ine every size imaginable. And since it is all digital, you instantly look at the proofs and choose which you want and then you leave with all your pictures. They are up front with all the prices and as you eliminate ones you don't want, you price goes down. Shannon told me the last time she got professional pictures of the kids it was over $600! And guess how much it was for over 60 pictures...only $90! That is almost as cheap as snapshot pictures! That is another reason we left with so many...Shannon convinced me it was a deal of a lifetime.

And so you also get what we tried out today...rice cereal. Davey actually eat a significant amount and was great at opening his mouth (as you see in the picture). Of course we ended with a mega-mess at the end, but I think we all had fun with it.

3 Months Old!

A quarter of a year old already! Can you believe it? Davey continues to be a great sleeper at night, though sometimes chooses to not take any naps during the day! Josh and I tracked down the lady in our little town that will be watching him during the school year this week. I think I am going to start taking him there a day or so a week so they can get used to each other...and so I can get some stuff done around the house!

Fourth of July was pretty lazy for us. With being on stinkin' Eastern time, fireworks aren't until 10 PM around here! That is too late for me and Davey. So we had a cookout at my in-laws for lunch and bummed around....but that isn't too different than any other day! :)

We have gotten in a better habit this week of taking Chloe on dog walks. We usually make about a 2-mile loop up to the cemetary and back. (To those that may think this sounds creepy, please keep in mind that BOTH of Davey's grandfathers made/make tombstones for a living!) The river circles the cemetary and Chloe can run free and take a swim. Davey now faces out in the carrier and loves to look up at the trees. I will have to get a picture of that soon. I am also hoping to catch on video Davey "talking". He now babbles to himself most of the day and is adorable.