Davis' first word, & birthday fun

Its official...we have a first word! "Dogogogogog...", translation, "Dog".  I think he likes the "G" sound, so once he says it, he just keeps going with a big smile on his face.  We have been around a lot of dogs lately, big and small, so he gets very excited when he sees one.  I tried to catch a quick video of him saying it and this was the best I could get...

Davis at such a sweet age, I am trying to figure out a way to freeze time!  He is a busy guy though, when he is awake, he goes nonstop!  This makes it hard when we try to go places because he does not like to be confined but he now stays away from the steps (for the most part), so its gotten a little bit easier at home.  He LOVES to be outside right now too.  He is always standing by the door saying "uh, uh uh", like, "Someone open the door for me already!".  With the "mild" weather, we have been spending a lot of time out on the driveway lately kicking balls around riding bikes.  I suppose this means he will probably be as adventurous as his daddy!

We also celebrated Lance's birthday last week.  He turned a big 32 and had the best birthday present he could ask for - he got to spend the day in Tuscaloosa on a recruiting trip!  He got to eat at his favorite restaurant, Wings, and of course, he had to take his co-workers on a bar tour of Tuscaloosa, so I'm sure he was in heaven.
We were sad we didn't get to spend the day with him, but we welcomed him home with some snickers cupcakes!  Yumm!  They were chocolate cupcakes with a piece of snickers inside, topped with caramel buttercream icing with caramel and snickers sprinkled on top.  Harrison was a big helper and was especially good at helping me taste the batter, you know, just to make sure they were going to taste okay. ;)  To this day, I have to admit, I still like the taste of the batter better than the cooked cupcakes!
Here was our creation...

They were fun to make, but they didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped!  Turns out, frosting cupcakes is not as easy at it looks!

When Lance got back the next day, his parents were so nice to offer to watch the boys so we could go out to dinner.   We hit up Outback for a yummy steak and then came back to sing happy birthday and eat cupcakes with the boys.  Happy birthday Lance...the best husband and father I could ask for!!