Davis' Two Year Check-up

We had Davis' two year old check up this morning and I was a little surprised with how smoothly it went.  I completely forgot that they don't get shots at this one, so we were all happy about that!  Harrison had been telling Davis this morning, "Davis, don't worry, you are going to get shots this morning but you need to be brave and not cry.  They are going to give you shots right into your bones and it is going to hurt, but don't worry little buddy".  I think we need to work on his soothing/comforting skills.  Thank goodness Davis didn't really know what he was talking about!  He ended up just getting a little finger prick, but he did great.
He is now 36" tall (90th %), weighs 28 lbs (50th %), and has a head circumference of 18.8" (25th %).  I always love to see where Harrison was at his check-ups for the same age and Harrison was:  35.25" tall (70th %), weighed 26.8 lbs (33rd %), and had a head circumference of 19.25" (55th %).  We have always thought that Davis might be the tallest of the two, so we will see how the cards fall.

Overall he is a very healthy, happy little boy.  The only area that we have ever had any concern is his speech.  I absolutely love our pediatricians, but at Davis' 18 month appt, the doctor said that he was behind in his speech and that I should think about taking him in for an evaluation.  I got really anxious about it and freaked out a little.  After a million opinions on what we should do, I followed my gut and decided to wait a little while to see how he does.  I just felt that kids all grow at such different rates and that he might just need a little more time.  They said he should be using 2 word phrases at this point, which aside from "excuse me", he doesn't really do.  I saw a different doctor in the practice for this appt and he did not seem alarmed in the least bit.  He has four boys and said this is definitely far from unusual.  Soooo, we are just going to keep watching him and I am going to continue being anal and writing down every new word as I hear them. :)  I am very proud of him in that he will really try to repeat words now if you ask him too!  He is really working on dump truck right now and gets excited to try it.  He has the "uck" part down, but never seems to get too frustrated with this.

Davis just has such a sweet nature about him.  He has always been a little on the quieter side, but his silliness has definitely started coming to the forefront in the past few months.  He loves to dance, play with any kind of balls and especially loves his trains.  He has learned to be a little on the territorial side since he has a brother that likes to take things from him.  We checked out a train book from the library a few weeks ago and it is his prized possession right now.  If Harrison even comes near it, he freaks!  It is going to be a sad day when we are forced to return it!  He loves knocking down towers (Harrison hopes this phase will end soon!) and will eat just about anything right now.  I would say his favorite food is yogurt popsicles and still loves sleeping with his 2 lovies.  They are looking very "loved" at this point!  We love our Davis with all of our hearts and can't wait to watch him grow this year!

Happy Birthday Davis

There is just something about summer that makes me want to just go with the flow, enjoy lazy days with my boys and not plan a thing...not good when one of your kids has a summer birthday!  On our nation's birthday, my sweet little baby Davis turned 2 this year!  Thankfully Davis had a great time despite the lack of a big party.  We had quite a few celebrations throughout the week, the first, on July 3rd.  Our little city of Kennesaw always holds a July 3rd fireworks celebration, which is nice because we can all stay up late and Lance doesn't have to worry about getting up early the next day for work.  Our "ex-neighbors" (we still love them though), the Mayfields, decided to come back to the hood to join us for our annual dinner/walk to the park for the fireworks, as well as our friends the Nesmiths.  Going with the theme of laziness, I decided to just order pizzas and let the kids play here instead of joining the crowd downtown.  We hung out until about 8:15 then drove over to watch the fireworks.  We sit there every year b/c is isn't crowded at all and the kids can run all over the baseball field and are "caged in".  This makes it much less stressful and easy to keep track of them.  Thankfully Kiera brought glow in the dark necklaces for the kids...once it got dark, they all still wanted to run around, and we could see them easily with the necklaces on!

I had to get a picture with my birthday boy!  I did after all plan a fireworks show for his birthday! :)

It was a fun night and all of the kids did great.  I was nervous that Davis wasn't going to like it because he isn't a fan of loud noises, but he didn't even flinch.  He just sat sweetly in my lap throughout the entire show.  I love those moments!

On the fourth, we had plans to go to the Marietta parade and to a friend's house for a barbeque, but we all woke up late, around 9 or 9:30 and were just exhausted.  We opted to play at our pool instead and it was so nice.  There weren't too many people there and Harrison had fun showing his daddy how well he is learning to swim.  He even swam through the deep end of the pool to the ladder!  We hung out at the house for the rest of the day and Lance's parents came over and brought a barbeque chicken dinner for Davis' birthday.  We are definitely spoiled getting to live near one set of grandparents!  Harrison and I made a cookie cake for Davis so he got to blow out candles on his big day.  Here is a short little video of Davis blowing out his candles:   

Harrison helping his brother open his dump truck and bulldozer from Grandma and Granddaddy Randolph:

 

Davis lucked out and also got to spend part of his birthday week with his grandmommy and granddaddy from Cincinnati...they got stuck on a layover in Atlanta on their way home from St. Maarten so they stopped and stayed with us for a few days!  Since it was a short, impromptu trip, we didn't get time to run to the store for a birthday present, so Davis and I went to Toys R Us this week while his brother was at VBS, to pick out his present from his Grandmommy and Granddaddy Koeppe.  How did they know he would want 2 mechanical Thomas the trains??

On July 5th, I had a little playdate birthday for Davis and some of the boys' friends came over to play and sing happy birthday.  I made the mistake of putting the cupcakes on the table that morning and while I was cleaning up before the crew came over, I noticed it got awefully quiet in the house.  When I walked into the kitchen, I found this:

 

He swiped two cupcakes without thinking twice!  How can you get mad at that sweet birthday boy though?  The kids played, ate lunch and had ice cream sundaes and cupcakes to celebrate.  By this point, Davis was a pro at blowing out some candles!

Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate last week!  I know Davis felt very special and loved!

Our anniversary also happens to fall that same week, on July 5th.  Grandma and Granddaddy watched the boys over night for us so we could have a relaxing evening together.  Lance took me to Chops for dinner and surprised me with a trip to Reynolds Plantation this coming weekend.  I am definitely looking forward to a few peaceful days of lazing around with my best friend/husband!  Thank you Lance and happy 9th anniversary!