Another Catch-Up...

So once again I'm behind on blogging...shocking, I know. Here's what we've been up to the past couple of months:

We had fun with our Ocean theme!

Splashing in her sand and water table

Listening to shells

We made a crab, an octopus, a Noah's Ark craft, a tissue paper fish, a handprint octupus, sand and shell craft.

We made cookies

Finley ate a large amount of sprinkles

Here's a video of Finley. I asked her what she was eating and she said, "I eat sprinkles!"

She loves jumping on Mimi & Papaw's trampoline

We went to our family reunion and my family confirmed that I have OCD...or just act like my mother.

Uncle Ben helped Finley

Rowynn decided to have markers a la crayola for breakfast

Finley and her cousin at our reunion playing in the rain

We took the train downtown and got a yummy hotdog

The aquarium

Love watching her discover her world

Also, check out this cute video. Finley has started doing this everytime Rowynn fusses. It so funny!

One

Today my sweet Rowynn Faith turns one! I can't believe how fast the past year as gone by.

A little after midnight Kyle & I snuck into Rowynn's room and very quietly sang Happy Birthday to our sweet girl. We've done this for both of Finley's birthdays and it such a fun tradition. Kyle & I sneak in there, he puts his arm around me and we quietly sing to our girl. We watch her sleep so peacefully, so care free, so innocent, so lovely. We marvel at how wonderfully she is made. We think through the past year and wonder why time has to go by so fast. We thank God for her.

And we snap a picture of our sleeping beauty...

We set-up this little treat for our birthday girl and big sister! Found the idea on pinterest and loved it!

Streamers, lights and a hall full of balloons!

Balloons!

Is all this for me?!?!

Exploring her surprise with Dada!

Twinkle ligths!

The birthday girl got to have special chocolate milk in her big girl chair!

Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Powdered Sugar :)

This is some good stuff!

Big sister throwing the balloons up for her sissy!

Finley kept saying, "Happy Day Rowynn!" It was so cute!



Dear Rowynn/RoRo/BoBo,

Hello my sweet girl. Today you are a whole year old. I can't believe that you are already one. It makes momma so sad at how fast you are growing. You were our little surprise, and I can't think of a better blessing! You are such a sweet cuddle bug. You've turned into a bit of a momma's girl, and I can't say that I mind too much, I love it! Little RoRo, you are such a chill kiddo. Pretty content and laid back most of the time. You eyes light up when you see your big sissy and you love watching for Dada to come home in the evenings. I love that you've started giving kisses when asked, they are the best! You also love clapping your hands and dancing to music. It's so funny and cute watching you dance and rock back and forth to the beat, makes me laugh! You've given up your bottle (not so willingly) but still cling to your paci. You know the sign for "milk" and can stand for a few seconds at a time.
Shaking your head "no" when you don't want something is a new thing you've started doing and it's pretty neat that you've started communicating with us, just means you're getting bigger! You say "momma," "dada," "bye," and "nigh-nigh." You love putting objects/toys into different containers. You also enjoy clapping, playing with shape toys, coloring, picking out books for us to read together, climbing in my lap, snuggling with blankets, and eating markers...

You are such a sweetheart. I love you so stinkin' much. Every night I rock you and sing to you...

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

I love you something fierce Rowynn Faith Davis. More than you'll ever know. And then some. Happy birthday BoBo.

It was a hoot!

Yesterday we celebrated my youngest daughter turning one! She won't actually be one until Tuesday, but we had her party yesterday--funny enough yesterday was her due date.

We choose a woodland creature/owl theme for her first birthday. Her room is decorated in owls and birdies and we've always associated owls with our RoRo. And her room is purple, and purple is her signature color. Finley is all pink, but Rowynn is more of a purple kind of girl! So I knew I wanted purple as the main party color. After searching the blogs and an unholy amount of hours spent on pinterest, I found the perfect color scheme. It was deep purple and red and white (the red and white to mimic toadstool mushrooms).We had a ton of family come in from out of town and lots of friends here to help celebrate!



This was the "guest" book!





I love that the book has the purple and red colors to match the party!




Aunt Sissy signing the book!



Travel roll-up chalkboard mats for the kiddos!




This was the kids craft area. The had little wooden birdhouses to paint and they made bird feeders by stringing cheerios onto pipe cleaners.




Big sister painting her birdhouse...pink of course!



Apple cider punch, yum!




The cake table: Carrot cake with brown sugar frosting, toadstool cupcakes, fall cookies, and goodie bags for the grown-ups (pretzel, rolo, and pecan candy)



The food table! Key Lime Cheese Ball w/ twisty grahams, veggie soup, pb sandwiches, chocolate squirrels, bird nest fruit cups, acorn doughnut holes, cheese sticks & tomatoes, roasted peanuts, granola & banana chips, chocolate dipped apples.



Pictures of Roro Faith :)

Momma, Dada, and the birthday girl!

Gimme gimme!

This is some good stuff!

Opening presents!

The table for our guests

Our family!!!



Happy birthday sweet Rowynn Faith! You are my sunshine!

OWL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!

Happy Fall Y'all

Yes I realize it's still August. Yes I realize that we are currently on the 965487023 day of 100+ degree weather. I don't care. I'm done with summer. It's too hot and I'm ready for fall. It's my favorite season. I love everything about it: apple cider, pumpkin patches, turning leaves, cool breezes, home made soup, and cozy blankets.

So while it still is very much summer outside, in the Davis home it's time for Fall!



Our mantle before




After!

The purple canvas-I taped a picture of a pumpkin and painted the rest of the canvas purple and added a scrapbook sticker. 
*The "give thanks" is scrapbook stickers attached to a brown charger.
*The jar that you can see because of the flash is a mason jar full of acorns
*And the framed picture is a free printable I found here.

Entryway

Close-up

*The 3-D pumpkin art was super easy. I found the frame in the clearance section, took out the glass, hot glued the pumpkins to scrapbook paper and viola! I found the idea here.


I've got a lot of craft ideas on my to-do list and pinterest is definitely aiding my addiction. Of course it doesn't help that I'm planning a fall birthday for Rowynn in about a month and keep seeing cute stuff everywhere...but on the upside, I get to reuse all of her b-day decor for around the house!

Can't wait until the weather catches up with my mantle!

Date night

No, sadly Kyle & I didn't get a kid-free night...but we have started taking Finley out on one-on-one "dates."

Kyle & I both have either taken each kiddo out or both at some point to go to the grocery store, post office, doctor's office etc. But we've started making plans for intentional, planned out one-on-one time with sweet Finley. We also plan to take Rowynn out when she gets a bit older. It's so important for each kiddo to have some time with momma or daddy that is special and focuses on them.

I'm so proud and happy that I married a guy who is an amazing daddy and knows the importance he has on his daughters when it comes to their future dating life. Finley just loves her daddy and loves running up to him after she gets dressed and hear him say, "Oh Finley, you look so beautiful!" She just lights up! And when he told her that he was taking her out for ice cream (frozen yogurt) she was ecstatic. And she insisted on wearing two different shoes...

He held her hand and walked her to the car and they headed off while I got in some sweet snuggle time with Rowynn.

They went to a local fro-yo place and she got to pick out anything she wanted. And they sat and talked. He asked her about her day. Told her how proud he was of her and what a good big sister she was. He listened. He didn't surf his phone. He made eye contact. He told her how sweet she was, how helpful, and how much he loved being her dada. He told her he loved her shoe choice. He's showing her how a guy is suppose to treat her. Hopefully she'll come to expect these kind of small gestures and won't settle later on.

After the fro-yo outing he took her to the dollar store where she got to pick out a couple of small items--a small basketball and My Little Pony stickers. Sounds like my girl!!!

So thankful for a sweet hubby who takes time to invest in his girls. And I can't wait to take Finley out on a girls day!



Random Pictures

I have a lot of half-finished blog posts and videos that need to be uploaded, but for now some random picutes!

I've found this little pattern in our window sill everyday for about three days last week. I think it's so neat that Finley came up with this on her own and made a pattern with her "shapes." These Discovery Toy bath shapes have been a huge hit around our home!

Rowynn is obsessed with containers and putting objects in buckets, baskets, trash cans (much to my dismay) and anything else she can find! She's also learning to hit ryhtmn sticks together and working on her fine moter skills with a shape puzzle.

This leap frog letter toy has been a HUGE hit in our home--thanks Maile ;)

She is the defintion of sassy-ness! Love it!

This was a fun activity. We read the book Chick Chicka Boom Boom and Finley was able to move the letters up our coconut tree.

She loves to check the mail!

She loves playing in her kitchen and talking on the phone...oh my!

Their silly faces!

I love my random, silly, slightly chaotic life :)