Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the Davenports!

My Stinker is 1!

My sweet little baby just turned one! This year went by so fast! I am amazed how fast he's grown and how smart he is. I love him so much!!!

We had his birthday's party at his grandma's house. It was a fun event. My mom made a Jake and the Neverland Pirate cake and we had a cupcake buffet. We made great memories!

Jake had his 1 year doctor's appointment on the 18th.  He is STILL in the 98% for height and weight. His dad took him to the doctor and when I got home, I noticed something interesting... can you see it? ... (and it is not the crumbs!)  You can count on dad ruining your street cred! Ha ha !!!

Happy birthday to my adorable, silly, spazzy, likes to turn off the direct TV box little boy! We love you to the moon and back!

Better Late Than Never!

It's only December and I'm posting Halloween photos... I'm only a month late! No big deal, right?!

Halloween was so much fun this year!  Jake was Popeye for Halloween. I made the costume myself (of course with the help of my mom).  We all had a great time. 

My nephews and nieces met Jake at my work and they did trick or treating around the office. It was so fun!  Jake ended up with a lot of candy... none of which he ate himself. The dentist is thanking little Jakey for the business Dave and I are providing! Ha!

After trick or treating in the office, Dave and I took Jake down Warm Springs to go trick or treating this year. The houses are beautiful and we had such a great time!  At the end of the evening, Jake fell asleep in his stroller.  The memory was priceless!

Jakey's Nursery

I spent months getting Jake's bedding ready and I can't believe I haven't shared any photos. I wanted to do an outer space theme.  It's not done, but it's getting there!

I made all the bedding, the chevron quilt and all the pillows on the chair.  We also printed Jake's six month photos with the puppies and put it on a foam board.

The orange and yellow chevron board says:  "I love you to the moon and back, to infinity and beyond and forever and ever."

Fall is HERE!!!

Finally... Fall is here! I was dying with all that hot weather.  I usually love summer, but this year... ugh... it was too hot for me!

Well... we're finally all moved in to our new apartment. My mother and father-in-law are home from their mission.  They met Jake for the first time and it was a blessed event. I'll post photos this weekend! 

I just wanted to pop in and share my new favorite photo of my cutie-Pie Jake! He's getting so big!

His hair looks red in this photo... it's not red though. It's kind of a non color. It is blond sometimes, brown sometimes... and obviously red sometimes.  I don't think it wants to commit... Oh.. he's just like his dad! Ha!

As for what we've got going on... well, it's picture season, so we're usually spending our Saturdays taking photos.  We are going to fulfill this little fall bucket list though! It should be a great month!

P.S.  Jake is going to be Popeye for Halloween!

Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday Dave and I shared our second Anniversary.  Our feelings about it... let me quote my husband, "It's only been two years, it feels like 20!"  Thanks BABE!

Our "for-real" feelings are nothing but gratefulness, love, and admiration for the other. Our lives are at a rapid speed of change... we're loving the journey!


Our Wedding
August 27, 2010

 

Two years later!

I love my husband to death. He's my best friend. Here's to another year darling!

This is what we've been up to...

Hi all. I know it's been a while since our last update. This one should be a doozie for you! So much to share!!!

Dave took this photo of Jake tonight. STEAL MY HEART! Seriously!!! Look at those teeth! This is his first photo where you can really see them! What you don't see is the two top nubs that have been causing this family H-E-double hockey sticks on the top.  They've finally broken through, but the kiddo is having a hard time getting back into his bedtime routine. Any suggestions... anyone? Please!!!!

 Last week we got out Dave's dad's Miata.  I had a senior who wanted to use it in our yard for some senior photos.  It was fun to fire it up and drive it around the neighborhood. Of course Miley had to jump in for a ride. I think she sat in the car for an hour. (P.S. Miley is only 4... If the gray hair is making you worry about her being on death's door... you have nothing to worry about. She has plenty of time left to terrorize my nephews and nieces and anyone else who comes to my house.)

 

A few weeks ago I had my mom babysat my nephews over at my house.  They made cupcakes. Pretty dang adorable! Jake loves when his cousins come to visit. Except Jake might have a minor complex cause my nephew J kept asking why Jake's head was so big. Poor kid!

I know what it looks like... the Davenports are out of control with their cupcake parties and Miley Pepper Miata rides around the neighborhood... don't let the photos fool you! Here's what we've really been up to:
In preparation for our big move we had a few furniture pieces we needed.  We set aside money to invest in something nice, but then thought, why not take a creative approach... like a Craigslist type of approach.  I found a set of end tables... In great condition, although my friend Tina and I risked our lives and health to get the suckers. The guy who sold them to us was a chain smoking, heart broken dude who was ready to up and leave town... So... we got these puppies for $20 each. Nice right?!!!
Don't you love the dust? Those are probably cigarette ashes...
I really like the shape of the end tables but decided we wanted to paint them so they matched our furniture. Here you can see what they looked like before and after we painted them white.  Please note that the before picture was taken in perfect lighting and my after photo kind of sucks. They really do look great!

Our second big piece of furniture we needed was a tv stand. We looked everywhere. I wanted something that had a little bit of storage and was high enough to keep sticky fingers of the enormous tv we have.  A cheap simple stand wouldn't do. We had to have something sturdy so if a baby decided to pull himself up with it could do so without that enormous tv landing on him.  We looked forever and then one day I stumbled across a Craigslist listing for a dresser and end tables. My friend was looking for end tables for her bedroom, so it worked out perfect! With a little paint and a little tweaking, we turned the dresser into this! Only $60. We painted it black and spray painted the handles silver, took out the middle drawer and that was it! (sorry about the blurry photo... it was taken with my phone)

Here is Tina's before and after photo of her end table:

As an addition to our Craigslist purchases, we also bought this bad boy! It won't be getting any paint for a while. It was a steal and we needed a dresser for our bedroom. It comes with three large mirrors (only pictured with one).  It was $100.  It was a great deal! (Oh... TV not included... plus... we don't need anymore at our house!)

I don't have photos of Jake's crib bedding I finished but here is a photo of a project I made out of a regular ole' cardboard box. I figured I'd rather Jake pull books out a box than off a shelf. Its easier clean up too! I love how it turned out. It's simple but has accents of the stuff his crib betting was made out of... the solar system. I found the idea and tutorial on Pinterest.

As you can see, we've been very busy.  With a teething child, house sitting and all this stuff we've got on our 4 page to-do list, we're one busy little family!