christmas trees!

In an exciting crafting experiement I made these Christmas trees out of wine corks for gifts for my mom and sister-in-law for presents, and they turned out really neat. I am thinking about selling them somehow...would any of you blog readers out there buy something like this for presents or yourself?

master bedroom painted!

We are so thankful that our new home doesn't need much work at all, but one thing we have been wanting to accomplish is painting a few of the rooms. The previous owners selected many nice shades of beige and brown throughout the whole house, but Kevin and I like a little more color. We weren't sure how this would turn out, but our first project was the master bedroom. Here are a few pics of the final result. The color is called Mayan Gold, and it is pretty nice. It has taken some getting used to, but it works with our bedding and everything. It is also really nice to have cleaner lines of paint. Let's just say that the previous job was a little messy. Kevin is an awesome painter, which we already knew, but he is great at painting rooms too! Davis enjoys the new color too! Here are some pics of him enjoying it...the first time he saw it he went crazy running around and flailing about on our bed.

Davis' mullet right before his first haircut!

Big boy at the table.

family photo

our smart little dude

kevin's birthday

kevin's birthday party - he grilled many kinds of dogs. he loved grilling! happy birthday daddy!

davis loves his cousins quinn and makayla...here makayla is reading books to davis.

doing some stretches.

big boy!

davis new favorite spot...the trash cubby.

our little professor.

daddy and davis relaxing.davis giving daddy a little foot rub.

our baby is one!!!!!!!!

Pittsburgh Trip 2 (August)

Pittsburgh Trip! (August)

Our new house!!!

This is our new, adorable home! It is in Lenexa. Pending inspections and everything, we will close on September 29th! (our anniversary and Davis' birthday) Yipeee!

first chicken and polenta! yum!

visit to muncie!

We were really lucky to get the chance to visit our great friends Grant and Sarah in their new town! They moved to Muncie, IN a few months back and we have missed them lots! Grant and Sarah were awesome enough to watch Davis while we went into Indianapolis for Kevin's cousin Scott's wedding. It was very lovely, and we had a great trip all around. Thanks Grant and Sarah!

mesmerized...

...by the baby einstein. davis and i don't watch television except on the rare occasion that i need to clip his nails. (usually once a month because it is so hard to manage!) he gets completely mesmerized by the baby einstein "day on the farm" dvd and i can hide his hands and feet from him while i clip away. grandma fabrey actually figured out this tip while we were at the beach because she noticed this was the only time that davis was actually still!

davis is walking like a big boy and even tries to run!!! (and then falls on his face or bum!) he is super cute, he could just practice his walking all day. he finds a favorite toy and carries it around chewing on it and walking in circles, just because he can! he is delighted with himself. he has been talking a lot more lately and says mama all the time, but usually to his toys instead of me! :(

blue hat, green hat = hilarious

hello!

go royals!

9 months old!

Davis was 9 months old yesterday! The first year is flying by. We went to the doctor today for his 9 month checkup. Davis is in the 80th percentile for pretty much everything, although his head is a little bit larger. Apparently he has a big head. He weighs 22.5 pounds and is 29 inches tall. We had to say goodbye to the infant carseat, which is sad for mommy and daddy because that means if Davis falls asleep in the car, we will have to get him out of his seat to bring him inside! So much less convenient.