Who is the kid in this picture?

Sometimes I am not sure who is more excited about the toy aisle-Jason or Davis. I thought this picture was too cute. This is Daddy telling Davis all about legos and the different things they can build together!

Catch Up

I have been a bad blogger lately. Our new house does not have internet and we have been so incredibly busy setting the place up I don't have time too blog anyway!

Davis has adjusted amazingly to his new big boy room! He loves all his toys and if you come to our house for a visit he will most certainly ask you to go with him to his room to play. I purchased an alarm clock that turns colors when you can get out of your bed and he has really responded to this rule.

Friday I took a half day and Davis and I headed out to the club for some Mommy/Davis time. We swam in the pool and ordered food. It was a great way to spend a Friday afternoon.

Saturday we started swim lessons again. Davis is really improving and had no problem following the teacher's instructions. It helped that this "group" lesson is only him and two other little girls.

We are happy to be in our new house and I will post pictures soon!

Davis

Davis has had a lot of fun lately! We spent last Saturday at his buddy Garrett's 4th Birthday Party. It was a "Rockstar" Party and Garrett's mommy did an awesome job. Davis had a blast playing with his friends and dancing to the singer. 

Jason's birthday is coming up so I told him to take the weekend to play golf. Saturday he left the course and Davis and I declared the day "Mommy/Davis Day!" We had a total ball. We started off the day at McDonalds enjoying pancakes and playing on the playground. We met up with Aunt Lo and had a great time shopping for the new house.

Davis and I were driving home and talking about how pretty the sunset was. I told him "God did that for us-isn't it pretty?!" and Davis replied "Good job God! God should get a sticker!"

House Update: Doors, Paint & Cabinets

Things are still moving on the house renovation. Last week brought several great changes! We now have doors on the house.

 All the cabinets have arrived and been installed:

 And the biggest change of all:

 The exterior paint went up:

 Remember this?

I don't think it even looks like the same house!

Things should really start moving. This week trees get removed/trimmed, crown molding gets completed, tile goes in and we get a few steps closer to completing this project!

House Update

Things seem to be moving with the remodel. We are still shooting to be moving in around Valentine's Day but I have learned one thing in this process--never trust a time estimate from a contractor! But hopefully, the house will be taped and floated by the end of this week and things will really start moving. 

They just finished sheet rocking the entire house. Pictured of the formal dining room with random fridge:

Standing in the breakfast room looking back into the kitchen:

 Breakfast room looking towards the living room (and pink staircase)

 Kitchen looking back towards the breakfast room (and down the hallway is the mudroom):

 Entry of mudroom

 Another view of the mudroom

 Standing in the living room looking upstairs

 Standing on the stairs looking back down into the house

 Upstairs bedroom

 Upstairs hallway

Another bedroom

 This is the third bedroom upstairs. This view is looking into what used to be a closet. The close is now a bathroom and you can see the wall of the shower

 Looking back down into the living room

Hopefully the next update will have cabinets and flooring!

Christmas

Christmas with a child is so much more fun! We had a very hectic holiday season but still saved the weekend before Christmas for our annual "Jason and Samantha Weekend of Holiday Fun" which now includes a three year old :) We spent one night of the weekend checking out the new Houston Zoo Lights. 

 We spent a little time hanging out around the house. Lighted box (idea courtesy of pinterest):

 Davis was apparently really good this year because Santa delivered!

 Thomas left Davis a note letting him know he'd be back next year!

 The Spiderman sleeping bag has been a big hit:

 My in-laws hosted everyone to their house Christmas Day morning. We had a blast opening all the presents together as a giant family!

 Linda was excited about her new Serger:

 Scott was excited about his apron (one size fits most):

 Present of the day! Davis LOVED his Cowboys uniform complete with helmet. Once he was dressed he turned to Jason and said "Daddy, can I wear this all day?" It was SO cute! And wear it all day he did. He even wore the helmet up to Uncle Bubs house that night for dinner!

 Soon to be an official family:

 Merry Christmas!

Football Fun!

Davis loves to celebrate birthdays the same way I do--all month long! We started off his birthday by having balloons lead the way to the breakfast table. Thomas the Elf was waiting for Davis in his Thomas party hat holding a Spiderman balloon. 

He had a special banner waiting for him:

 I was so excited to visit Davis' class and bring him cupcakes. I picked up 24 spiderman cupcakes and celebrated with Davis and all his school friends.

 Then the night of Davis' actual birthday we headed to Chuck E Cheese.

 Davis had a wonderful 3rd birthday party! Because he loves football we decided to do a football themed party. It hasn't rained here in months so we thought we could do it tailgate style. Of course it rained (poured actually) so hard that we had to move the tailgate inside. Thank goodness I have the best in-laws in the entire world. They quickly went into back up plan mode and allowed me to transform their house into birthday party central.

For the "halftime" of our football party we had a band perform. One of my co-worker's daughters plays in the drum line at Jason's old high school. They were so excited to come play at Davis' party and he LOVED IT!

 Davis with his Aunt Lacey and Uncle D:

 Grammy & Papa:

 The back of his shirt has a 3 on it-I'm kind of mad that I didn't get a better picture of his shirt!

 Davis and his wonderful friends:

It was an amazing day and we had a great time. It just reminded Jason and I how blessed we are to have such wonderful friends and family to celebrate with!