Davis' Baptism

It only took us 7 1/2 months, but Davis is finally baptized!  Harrison was baptized at 4 months, but that was right around the chaos of the holidays so we decided to wait and have it done the same weekend that we did Harrison's birthday.  All of my family was able to come in town, including, Kim, Nancy and Emily so Davis had quite the audience for his big day!  He was so sweet and didn't give the ministers any problems.  I was kind of nervous going into the day b/c when Davis meets new men for the first time, he usually gives the pouty lip and then starts crying.  I was afraid that when Dr. Sam picked him up, he would start screaming in front of the church.  I hate to use the word "luckily", but Dr. Sam ended up having the flu that week so Rev. Elaine Wilder ended up doing the baptism.  Davis gave her a big smile and was the perfect angel all day!  They prefer that you don't take pictures during the ceremony, so here is Davis getting ready for his big debut to the church...

Dr. Cindy McDonald (left) and Rev. Elaine Wilder (right) performed the baptism ceremony and were kind enough to take a few moments for a photo op after the service

 I didn't realize until we got home that the group isn't exactly posed very well for the picture, but here is the group shot of both of our families.  We were thrilled that we had so many family members who were able to help us celebrate the day.

The very proud grandparents:

Once we got back to the house, everyone was able to enjoy a mimosa or two before the food was ready!

Mom and Penny comparing Davis to Lance's baby pictures.  Davis seems to be a little more serious than Harrison was and just likes to observe everything that is going on.  Apparently Lance used to do the same thing and there are several pictures where they have the exact same serious expression on their faces.

 Harrison and Jack wanted to watch movies in my room and they were so cute, they sat like this, right next to each other for quite a while watching Lightning McQueen.  Obviously, they were overcome with emotion by the thought of what a monumental day this was for Davis...I can't think of a better way to celebrate than watching Cars! :)  I couldn't get them to look away from the screen, but at least they cooperated with a "cheeeeeese!!!"

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...Since Harrison doesn't get to see his cousins all that often, I decided to just let him stay up instead of taking a nap.  At about 3 o'clock, I walked into my room to find this...

...poor guy fell asleep sitting up!

We had such a nice day and loved having the support of our family on such an important day for Davis!

Harrison's Birthday Week

Happy 3rd birthday Harrison!!  February has been a crazy month for us with Harrison's birthday, Davis' baptism and Lance's and my first vacation together without the kids!  Harrison turned 3 on February 9th and I think he had 3 birthday celebrations in one week!  First up was his school party.  I brought in whoopie pies for the kids which are basically just homemade moon pies and we had a birthday celebration during his snack time.  All of his friends sang happy birthday to him and he got to wear a special birthday hat.  Here is Harrison and his friend Kenley:

I think the kids all liked the whoopie pies but it was near impossible to get all of them to look at the camera at the same time!

 

When Harrison woke up on his birthday, we had a bunch of balloons waiting for him in the family room.  He was so funny because when he saw them, he shouted, "Mommy!  Daddy!  Santa Claus brought me balloons for my birthday!  Since it was his birthday, he got to have gummies for breakfast...the breakfast of champions...or at least, birthday boys anyway!

A few of the babies in our playgroup were also born in early February so we met up at McDonalds that day for a birthday playdate.  We sat right next to the play area so the kids were all running around, but Harrison was able to sit for a few minutes to enjoy a cupcake!

Harrison's grandmommy & granddaddy Koeppe, Aunt Liz, cousin Emily and Aunt Nancy & Uncle Kim all came in town on his birthday to help celebrate the week.  Once everyone got in town, we met up at Mellow Mushroom for a birthday dinner.  Here is Grandma Ann, Grandmommy Koeppe and Aunt Liz with Harrison:

Davis was also able to get a little attention from Aunt Nancy & Uncle Kim.

As you can see from the video, he clearly does not like to get any attention:

After Harrison finished showing off his dance moves for the restaurant, we came back home and he got to open his present from grandma & granddaddy Randolph - a remote control car.  Now Harrison can play with his remote control car while daddy plays with his remote control helicopter!
Not the best picture, but he had so much fun.  Getting him to bed after opening this was not easy!

It was such a fun day, but the week was just getting started!!
Lance had a busy week at work, but still found time to make a cake for Harrison's birthday.  He started the tradition when Harrison was 1 and I feel like his cakes get more impressive for each birthday!  We'll see if he can keep it up for Davis too!!

Saturday came before we knew it and it was finally time for Harrison's soccer party!  He has asked when he gets to go to his soccer party everyday for the past 3 weeks so I know it felt like an eternity to him!
Here is the finished cake:

Harrison and his buddies enjoying their hotdogs...

Harrison and his friend Lanie playing soccer.  It was funny because the trains were setup in the room just as you walk into the basement so most of the kids got sidetracked with that and weren't too interested in the soccer part.  Hey, with 13- 3 yr olds, I was just happy they were all having fun!!

Jack & Trey helping Harrison open his presents...

Aunt Liz hanging with Davis while Harrison opened his presents.  I love this picture because Davis makes this face a lot and says "mmmmmmmmmmmm"  I think he is trying to say mama! :)

Overall, Harrison had such a fun birthday week.  Thank you to all of our friends and family who helped us celebrate!  We feel so blessed to have such an amazing "village"!

Best buddies

Davis just thinks Harrison is the coolest thing since sliced bread and the other night Harrison had Davis laughing harder than I've ever seen. I live for these sweet moments!