Happy (?) Easter!

This picture made me laugh. Happy Easter to everyone! I have sooooo many posts and pictures that I am behind on, and I promise updates this week! Enjoy the beautiful weather and day!

Train expo

Last weekend, a train expo came to the fairgrounds here in Winston-Salem which, of course, is right up Drew's alley. They had all kinds of model trains, train tables, a train ride and just about everything else "choo-choo" related that you could imagine. That boy loves his trains!!!
Drew and Mr. Brad drive the Thomas train and blow the whistle. This is a video of Drew "driving" a choo-choo. It used to be an amusement park ride - I think the man said from back in the 50s. This was at the beginning of the ride. I only wish I had video of the ride towards the end when Drew got a look of fear/panic when he realized he couldn't stop. We got some good laughs out of this one...

Being a train conductor is hard work! (On the way home after a long afternoon full of choo-choos!

Zaza - 3 months

Eliza is getting so long - we're now in 6 month clothes already. She has started day care and is seeming to do OK there. She doesn't sleep much there, but she really doesn't sleep much during the day anyway (that is unless you are holding her! She is still rotten, but that is OK!!). Her sleeping is getting better at night - usually one 8-hour stretch and then a 3-hour stretch. She seems to be very ticklish. I massage her each night at she loves it... EXCEPT on her stomach and she squirms and doesn't want me tickling her belly! Here are some recent pics of our pretty girl:

Check out those big, pretty eyes! Daddy and his girl Eliza in her first dress. Thank you, Aunt Weegie!

A day at the park

Drew now talks about "conrouns" (playgrounds) day & night... he is pretty obsessed! At least he likes being outside. We keep our fingers crossed for nice weather so that we may oblige. Here are some pictures from a day trip that we made to City Lake Park in High Point, NC. The only bad thing was that the "choo-choo ride" that we had promised Drew had not yet opened for the season... at least there was enough other things to distract him from this (he kept saying "Choo-choo broken. Body fix it" after I told him that it was broken right now and that somebody had to fix it before we could ride on it next time we came).

Mommy & Drew having a picnic at the lake. Wheeeeeeeeee!
"Daddy see-ly" He loved to watch the boats on the lake. Daddy promised him a fishing trip soon.

A few more pictures from the beach

Jenn, Kelli's good friend & college roomate, was nice enough to come down and help out with the kids some during all of the festivities. She mostly took care of Eliza so that we were able to leave her at home during things like the rehearsal dinner and ceremony. Thank you Miss Jenn!!!

Here is Jenn & Eliza And Jenn with the crew (and yes, I swear Zaza loves her head to hang like that - it looks horrible but, hey... that is how the girl is happy!) Eliza gets some snuggle time with Great-Grandma Dot Drew in his chariot on a bike ride around Wild Dunes Uncle Denny takes Drew out for a stroll

Becca's Wedding

The event that we were at the beach was for my (Kelli) cousin's wedding on March 12th. It was at the Landing at Shem Creek - only a couple of blocks from where my mom grew up and my Grandma lived. This was Drew's first wedding that he attended and he now *loves* weddings and parties! Drew did much better with the dancing/laughing/lights portion of the evening (reception) vs. the quiet portion (the ceremony). Hopefully Becca will one day forgive us that we thought having a two-year-old only feet from the bride & groom during the ceremony was a good idea... during the middle of it, Drew saw some birds flying and promptly (and to us, loudly) proclaimed "Bye-bye, birds! Bye-bye!" Needless to say it was a quick scramble to get him as far away from the ceremony as possible at that point! The evening was so much fun though, and Drew proved to be quite the party animal - even long after his night-night time!
Becca and Kelli Daddy & Drew - all dressed up for the night Isn't he the most handsome boy that you have ever seen?! Drew loved to look at the big boats on the creek Drew kept pointing at and looking at the lights... I think he gets that from his Daddy. Drew dances with Mommy, cousin Mimi and Aunt Elena At the end of the evening, Becca and Mike got on a boat to leave. This is Drew waving goodbye to them & the boat. However, now, he sometimes points to pictures of big boats and says "Becca". I don't know if he is remembering Becca being on one or if he thinks the boat is called Becca?!

More pictures on the beach - Isle of Palms

Drew, Daddy & Mommy enjoy a walk on the beach

Eliza pictures

While Eliza didn't participate in many of the activities down at the beach since it was a bit chilly & she was just getting over her illness, here are some pictures of her on her first beach vacation. She is getting very long now and is so pretty! While I know things can still change for quite awhile - her eyes still look blue and it looks like she may have some curls in her hair... so different than Drew! Her temperament is also very different than Drew's was - she definitely knows what she wants and wants it when she wants it. She sleeps better than Drew did at that age, but also has less patience and can go from laughing, to a lip pout, to a full out screaming fit in a matter of seconds. I wonder what that will mean in the future?!?! Either way, she rocks!!! Laughing Cousin Mimi helps give Eliza a bottle.

Big boy hair cut

When we were down in Charleston, we found a kids barber shop to get Drew's hair cut for the wedding. The name of it is Bangs and Bows - and it is highly recommended. It had a train table in the waiting area, cars/planes/etc pedal cars for kids to sit in while they get their hair cut, Garfield playing on DVD at each chair, prizes and most importantly a lady who is great with kids and who can cut hair VERY QUICKLY!!! I wish they had a place like this around where we live. Check out his choo-choo in his hand. That boy and his choo-choos... We try to bribe Drew with some juice during the use of electric clippers. Aren't I handsome? Drew enjoys his first sucker ever after enduring his big boy haircut.

Way behind...

The kids are both feeling better and we have been very busy these last couple of weeks. I have a LOT of new pictures of our fun, so I'm going to try do quite a few new posts.

Last week, my (Kelli's) cousin Becca got married in Mt. Pleasant, SC. We loaded the crew up early on Wednesday morning and made the trip down there until Sunday. Meema, Uncle Denny & Aunt Lynda were nice (or crazy?!?) enough to share a beach house with us... which is very kind of them considering an up-all-night newborn and very excited two-year-old made the house very lively, to say the least! My good friend Jenn was also nice enough to join us to help us look after the little ones as we participated in various wedding festivities and my brother and his family also came with their two and four year old... it was a busy place!!! Drew loved being with his cousins "MiMi and Kiskis". Here are some picture of Drew out on the beach... stay tuned as other vacation pics will soon follow!
Drew builds a sand castle with his cousin, Mimi - he loves Mimi! I love this picture "I'm calling it a day - bye-bye beach"

Our sickly home

It's been a rough week in the Davis household. Last week Drew started with a bad cough and then started running fever - turns out it was RSV (a virus in the respiratory system). Of course, little Eliza quickly picked up the virus as well. We were scheduled on Thursday for her 2-month "well" visit, but it turned into a sick visit and she has had a rough go of it. We went back to the doctor yesterday and she now has bronchiolitis and an ear infection as well. Not only that, but she is vomiting just about everything that she takes in - including her medicine. It is so pitiful to see someone that small coughing so forcefully and vomiting. They say that we are at the "peak" of it now, so hopefully she will start feeling better soon. Her 2-month "stats": height 24 and 3/4 inches (97th percentile), weight 11 pounds 7 ounces (75th percentile), head diameter 15 and 1/4 inches (50th percentile). As a comparison, at this age Drew was only a half inch longer than Eliza but 5 pounds heavier!!! And her head is a full 2 inches smaller! When she is not feeling bad, Eliza is becoming very animated. She loves to be talked to, and when you win her smiles it is the best! She is starting to hit those precious high-note baby coos. She is very entertained with her hands right now. She likes to study them and eat them. I think that she will be a thumb-sucker like her big brother if she every can find it - she keeps it tucked in her hand & it makes her so mad!!

In the past couple of weeks, we have enjoyed separate visits from Nana and Aunt Sistah & Uncle Steve:
ZaZa *loves* to look at big brother Drew If anyone knows Eliza, you know of her perch. Her very favorite place to be is draped over one arm, with her head laid back and walking around the room. She always looks so uncomfortable, but she loves it Cheese!
We are looking forward to our trip to the beach this week if we can get everyone well enough. Hopefully we'll get down there in the next day or two!

Funny comparison

I found these pictures of the two of them taken around the same age (around 3 weeks each). Look at the difference of that head!