The Beach

Funny story, first. On Saturday morning, Justin, Davis, and I went to Alvin's Island to kill time before Evan woke up and the rest of the family arrived at the beach. Justin headed to the dressing room to try on a pair of swimming trunks while Davis and I walked over to the wall-o-hermit crabs. I was like, "Davis, do you want to get one?" "No," he said. "Ok, then let's go." I start walking away, thinking he's going to follow suit. I turn around and he's just standing there, frozen with fear, like he's surrounded by hungry sharks or something. "Hold me, Momma." Next thing I know, one of the hermit crabs rubs up against the side of its cage scaring the sh*t out of Davis. He screams like he's being kidnapped, jumps straight up in the air, falls onto this station of pet hermit crab accessories, slams his head on the ground, and starts FREAKING OUT. I swoop him up as Justin comes rushing over from the other side of this HUGE building (that's how loud he's screaming). I couldn't do anything to calm this kid down. Finally, I was like, "How about a toy?!?! And how about you stop flailing around in my arms." The plastic motorcycle did the trick. He's still talking about how that damn crab tried to 'pinch him'. Oh, really??? Is that what we're telling people???

The rest of the trip was a BLAST...

Got to spend lots of time with Davis' great-grandma...

Had amazing food, as always, at Peg Leg Pete's...


Went out on Mom and Jay's boat...

Field Day and Par-lay

Preschool Style...

Who remembers E.T. Booth's 'Olympics'? This totally took me back...except I remember it being way more about socializing, talking about boys, and planning your weekend than cutting lines, telling your mom to stop taking your picture, and fighting over the blue fishing pole. But whatever.

I can't believe the school year is almost over. But I plan to really enjoy this summer with Davis since it'll be the last one I have with him as my only child! (Someone needs to remind me of this when I complain about how bored we are...)

M.J.'s birthday party over the weekend...

We're beach bound tomorrow morning!!! Can't wait!

Mother's Day Weekend

I hope all the mothers out there enjoyed their special day! I certainly did! Breakfast in bed, a sobbing-induced card from Davis, a gift certificate to a spa...what's better!?! OH! And we went to the Indian Festival/Mother's Day Pow-Wow in Canton...just to see what it was all about. Pretty neat, but not really our thing. We walked away with some handmade soaps, a toy bird whistle thing, and a half-breed indian song stuck in our head.

On a much more negative note, we were on complete house arrest this weekend (besides the Pow -Wow) with a very sick little boy. He's coughing nonstop, has a running faucet for a nose, and can barely breath. He still can't stand the breathing treatments, but they're the only thing that works...safely.

Justin managed to sneak out on Saturday and get our vegetable plants! I can't wait for some fresh tomatoes!!!

Productive Family Weekend

Since our schedule's are about to get super crazy for the next 2 months, we dedicated this weekend to each other and knocked a few things off of our honeydew list...

Saturday: T-ball, donated a ton of Davis' clothes, cleaned out the garage, gave Doc a bath, started preparing the nursery for painting (took the bed apart, taped everything off, etc)...

Davis found some fun things in one of the boxes...

On Saturday night, we went to the Shrine Circus and Carnival in Marietta.

Davis LOVES roller coasters, but I seriously thought this race track one was going to hurl him across the world. It went so fast around the turns.

Dadda and Davis riding the ferris wheel. This, also, terrified me...

On Sunday, we took Davis to the park and had an outdoor lunch, did some more house cleaning, and purged more of Davis' old stuff. Then, we had dinner at G.G. and Jay's house.

Davis' annual IEP Meeting was this morning. Another overwhelming experience. We basically reviewed all of his strengths and weaknesses, goals for the next school year, concerns, etc. But we also talked about his school schedule for next year...wow...he'll be attending pre-k from 7:45 am to 2:30 pm, 5 days a week! He'll be in a classroom with 17 other students, only 3 of which will have 'mild special needs' of some form. There will be 4 teachers in the room at all times - a normal education teacher, a special education teacher, and 2 para-professionals. He'll eat breakfast and lunch there AND take a nap! I almost fell out of my chair and started crying when I thought about him being gone that long everyday. BUT I know this is what he needs in order to prepare him for kindergarten, so I have to push my selfishness aside. It's actually going to be a really positive experience, I think. He was selected by his current teacher to be in this program and there's only a few slots available for special needs children to be in these 'normal' classes.

Boys' Night Out

Justin took Davis to the Monster Trucks at Dixie Speedway last Friday night. They had such a blast and Davis is STILL talking about it. "The yellow truck waved to me!" "Why did the black truck get stuck on the van?" "What color truck scared me?" Notice the color theme? Yep, he's still obsessed...

Where Did I Last Leave Off?

Oh yeah...Easter. Wow.

Davis has turned into the most hyper, energetic kid I've ever seen. He's all over the place and NEVER stops talking. Or singing. Or shouting. Or asking questions. I can remember, not too long ago, worrying that he may never talk...Funny how things turn out.

Over this past weekend, we took Davis to the Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw. We got there early so that we could walk at a 'Davis' pace and not worry about him getting trampled. There were lots of great craft vendors and toys for Davis to stay entertained.

Davis had to stop at every station to rack up on candy and stickers...

Riding the train through the crowds...

At T-ball on Saturday, Davis had his first successful, pitched-to hit!

Easter Weekend

On Friday night, we had dinner at my aunt's house and visited with some family in from out of town. We helped make Buckeye's and, oh my God, they were so good.

Easter Egg Hunt at school on Friday...

Davis' classmates...

Then we had a 'Davis only' hunt at G.G.'s...

Davis is 'official' now wit his baseball shirt! Fits great, huh?!? And he's getting brave enough to play without his walker.

"You're out."

Challenger Baseball started back up this weekend! Davis woke up, bright and early, on Saturday morning asking, "Where is my glove and baseball bat?" The 'buddies' for the game were members of Etowah's Football Team. It was so sweet of them to give up their Saturday morning to come out and play with these kids.

He's really displaying the 'I'll cut their throats' gesture.

These are the moments that make being a parent the BEST experience in the world! I was so proud of him!

Now I'm sleepy.

On Saturday night, we had a family dinner (plus Dan-yuh) on Kayson's patio. Davis captured the evening with some photos...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Just Cuz

Pa and Debbie showed up at the house on Saturday night with a brand new set of golf clubs complete with a bag! How stinkin' cute is that!?!?! They're big, so he'll get to enjoy them for years to come!

While Justin went golfing yesterday, I drug Davis to Michael's so I could get more yarn to add to my ridiculous collection. I usually spend soooo long cruising up and down the yarn/needle aisles and promised Davis he could pick out a toy if he was good and patient while I got my 'fix'. This is what he went with...a $1 wooden model race car! My frugal child!

Baby Talk

We keep asking Davis if he wants to have a baby brother or a baby sister. Nine times out of ten he says he wants a baby sister. (I swear I haven't been drilling that into his head every time Justin leaves the room.) Just recently, though, he's started to shift towards the whole brother thing. Dad must be getting to him.

When we explain that Momma has a baby in her belly, he asks if he can have a baby in his belly, too. Ummm...like, baby back ribs? Sure.

I can't wait to see how he interacts with our new family member, boy or girl!