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!