Tuesday, May 3, 2011

the past few weeks

I may not have blogged or been around any sort of technology but I did not stop taking pics. We met some of the most amazing people when we lived on Baird Street. Our rental house was small and very different to how we are used to living but we sure did make some memories. Some of our favorite people were the two people across the street. She is 85 and we call her Grannie and her son Gary takes care of her. They always sat in their sunroom so they could watch us play outside. They loved watching Davis learn and explore the outdoors. One of their favorite times was watching us look both ways before we crossed the street to put our trash out. They said Davis squated down and overly looked both ways just like his momma told him too. We gave them some of Davis' birthday cake and now it is a new tradition to always share our birthday cake with one another. On Grannies birthday we went over and shared cake together. What sweet memories. Here are a couple of our pics!


Our precious friends rescued us in the storm and boy did our kiddos enjoy being together. They may have 14 months between them, but you wouldn't have known it, they had a BLAST! Davis loves baby Gracie and was the SWEETEST little boy ever to her. He fed her, shared his trucks with her, played peekaboo with her and the list goes on and on. He loved all the attention from Ross and Jenny too!









One night another couple and thier little one, Peyton, brought dinner over. It was so much fun to let the kiddos play and enjoy some great cooking. No matter where in my life I go I always seem to find a good cook...I met her! LeighAnn is a wonderful cook and I sure did eat some good food this night!
As much as we didn't want to we had to take Davis by the rental house to get some stuff before leaving for Dyersburg. He was very quite when we drove up and just looked around. His first about it all were, " mommy daddy new house, new truck, new trees." It broke my heart to watch him talk about the damage and to see his face with the effects of the storm. I attempted to explain that while there was damage we were all okay and all together and it could all fixed. We got out as quickly as we could and he quickly changed the topic of conversation, thank goodness!



Saturday we had Davis' two year old pics made and I took some of my own...








All the storms led Davis to eat none other than DONUTS!!!!


Don't miss the easter post coming up next...
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Two year old pics...25 months

Anybody can throw some props at you in a studio and tell you to smile, but these two let you kiddos do "thier" thing and take pics of them while they are having FUN! Love me some JandS photography!!


















We were finally able to get Davis two year old pics made and boy was it EXCITING! We had quite a bit of drama in our lives the past few weeks and really months for that matter but we were excited nonetheless to get D's pics made again! (Pictures are some of the most important things to this momma!) I really enjoyed picture and believe each one shows a touch of his BIG personality! Some might find the crack pic offensive but honestly it just kinda happened. It was showing a little bit in one pic and we were like wouldn't that be a Funny one! I think it will go perfect in his bathroom...atleast until he is old enough to tell me to take it down! haha
Davis has been such a trooper these last few months. He went from a town where he knew what to expect, friends who loved him and he did the same to an unfamilar town with no friends. Over time he has met more friends and come to LOVE this town. He tells everyone we are in a new house and have a new truck (the tree took out our old one, refer to older post). He is learning and changing everyday. Today when the sun was finally shining he said "mommy sun working!" I think he is tired of all the rain and storms too! He has also continued to be our little comedian. After asking him where one of his toys was he looked at me and said "daddy has it," as if to say not my problem! He loves cooking dinner with me and enjoys telling his daddy all about what he did when he gets home. I have found it sometimes causes him to eat better too! Always a plus! He loves anything to do with trucks and will name and tell you about any truck he sees and how many he has seen. He is also beginning to know his way around town. When we pass Walker's work, the gym, our house, Blues work (a special man at our church), our church and where our realotor works he lets me know what we passed and asks if we are going to that destination. We have also made him a new big boy room (pics to come soon!) at our house. He loves having a baby room and a big boy room and tells everyone he has a new truck room. He loves going to class at the gym and church (whew never knew the day would come!) and enjoys telling us what he learns in class at church. Whoever said a two year old doesn't remember things is crazy. He gets so excited about certain details of the stories and loves to talk and expand on them. All in all Davis melts our hearts everyday, makes us smile and humbles us. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful little boy and we thank god for letting us learn from him everyday! I pray we always take the time to do so.
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gotta lotta bloggin to do!!!

So...this is our NEW house! We love it and are enjoying getting it decorated and arranged for the Wellington's! We've already made so many memories in the few short days we have been here and can't wait to make even more! God is so Good!




This my friends is the damage we recieved at our new house after being hit the week before in our rental! Not too bad, but enough to make the last couple of weeks seem like they would never end!




What would a blog post be with out DAVIS! Here he is enjoying the scenery...the chainsawing and tree removal!


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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Storm 2011... my nightmare

OK, so I've never really taken storms seriously, I've actually been know to laugh at how hysterical people get over the warnings of them. Not anymore! It only takes one they say and I would agree. Here's the story...
So we go to bed as we normally do on any Tuesday night. We knew there were warnings, but didn't get to concerned about anything happening. At about midnight we both sat straight up in the bed after waking up from a LOUD noise. Walker told me to go get Davis and he headed to the kitchen where we thought the noise was coming from. I grabbed Davis about the time I heard glass crashing in the house. I immediately screamed for Walker and he assured me he was OK, it was just the windows. I waited on him in the bathroom with Davis sleeping in my arms and he joined me to let me know we had no flashlights and he was pretty sure water was coming in the house. Neither of us knew what to do and we were both pretty frantic. We decided to put Davis and myself in the bed and attempt to stay calm. Walker tried to search the house and see what had transpired. With little light from his cell phone he knew we needed help and began calling friends, family and neighbors. Within minutes we got word there was no way people could get to us by car. Walker got really nervous and began looking outside to see what the strong winds had done. He could tell our cars were covered in trees and knew it would be impossible for us to drive anywhere. FYI Davis remained asleep through all this commotion! Finally people arrived at our house on foot and they were able to bring flashlights and find where the noise was coming from...the hot water heater had busted! After doing as much as we could do we packed up some clothes for the night and headed out to the Vego home. (ah thank goodness for friends!) By the time we got to their house (took us over 30 minutes when it usually takes us about 5 minutes) we all tried to just go to bed, especially since there was still no electricity and we were all exhausted! Davis decided to wake up during this leg of the adventure and we spent the next 2 hours convincing him he was OK and we were all together. We prayed, sang and talked to him until finally he gave in and went to sleep. He slept about 3 hours before waking up screaming. He was very frazzled and had no idea where we were and he wanted to make sure we were both with him. We calmed him down after about 20 minutes and so began the day AFTER!!!

That morning after some yummy breakfast the boys and I decided to head to the house to clean out the freezer/fridge and clean up whatever we could. We arrived...I CRIED and CRIED and CRIED. Never in a million years did could I have imagined what had happened. Not only was our neighbors house demolished, but the tree that was the culprit of tearing the house and cars to shreds was also VERY close to my baby's room. Talk about rocking your world. I was so thankful we made it out safe and were not hurt physically. ( I fear emotionally I will remember that night for far too long). I hugged my precious hubby and tried to get a grip on the task at hand and did what Liz does best..work fast so I wouldn't think about what could have happened.

So that's the story here's what I am dealing with. The first night I prayed to God and thanked him for saving our precious baby and ourselves and giving us friends to come even when it wasn't easy. The second night I prayed asking God to remove the fears and memories of the night before so I could sleep. I finally was able to nod off by listening to my baby breathe. I knew if I could hear him breathing we were all OK and we were gonna be just fine.

Lessons I have learned: Be Prepared, storms are not a joke. Friends become family when they think of You before themselves. (thanks to Peggy and Jim Belue, And Ross and Jenny Lynn!) Prayer can heal all wounds. Don't get in a hurry for anything to return to normalcy after a terrible storm.
Just a few pictures from our worst nightmare!





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Monday, April 18, 2011

What would Davis say part 3

So Davis has began some of the funniest things lately and they are just too great not to share and I have to write them down since I print my blog post for his baby memories. Please enjoy! His newest phrases that are completely Davis owned are : "hold you me": this phrase is used when he wants to be held (obviously) but we also use it on him when we want to be held! Of course it is commonly used when talking to his trucks or other toys! "this is..." I love this one. If Davis is confused by something or doesn't know what something or someone is he will say "this is, this is, this is" until you tell him what the persons name is or what the object is that he does not know the name of. My best example is while getting ready for church the other night my zipper is was left undone and left a dimple in my shirt (trying to see if I like the combo before getting it all zipped together) and he came up to me and pointed at the dimple in my shirt and said this sweet little phrase. I am thinking he was attempting to help me with my dressing! "HMMMMM" (accompanied by his finger on his mouth) he uses this word all the time if we give him a choice about something. Davis what do you want to eat "hmmmmm butter and jelly" Davis has also started saying his own prayers before meals. He will thank God for the special people in his life (mainly friends and family that are on his mind at that certain time) and then he then he will start in on his favorite toys/blankies, etc. We have all heard the comment what if you only had the things that you thanked God the night before, how much would you have. Well D would have all his fav people and things! He is also VERY much into chewing gum. So much so that he has to have it when we are in the car. He loves all colors, flavors and even attempts to blow bubbles (hilarious!). He also loves for everyone to chew it with him. This is fine when he asks us to chew it, but he is just not sure why his buddies Peyton, Marley and Gracie can't chew it yet! Walker and I have also started "a phrase a day" with Davis. We use this to get him to say our favorite phrase basically whenever we want. (the silly things parents do!!) So far our favorite ones are "I'm happy," "Jesus loves me," "Good morning!" HE says them with such enthusiasm and excitement, kinda like what he is saying is the best thing a person could say! Gotta love our little boy! Sorry this post turned into a mini monthly update, but things are gonna start getting crazy at our house so I am posting when I can about what I can. WE move in about 10 days into our new house! YAY!
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