Catch-Up

He decided he likes climbing...EVERYTHING!

Yeah...that lives on the floor now.

Playing with the child life ladies waiting to see Dr. Roberts (neurosurgeon). The appointment went great. He continues to be amazed by our boy. :)

Waiting to get his first haircut.

He was perfectly fine as long as he had a ball...never mind that it was full of hair "goo."

Driving daddy's truck. Notice that the rat tail is gone...you're welcome. :)

(I have a picture of big cousin Logan in this exact outfit, doing the exact same thing at almost the same age. I love it.)

Playing with Logan.

I had lots of better quality pictures than this, but this one gives an idea of how fast they were going. They were FLYING! And, both were loving it.

When Davis was born, Cannon was 15 months old. D was 15 months when Carlee was born. I have pictures of Cannon holding Davis crying because D was crying. This one just cracked me up...Carlee was NOT happy, so D started crying, and Cannon was not far behind.

A time-out chair for our little stinker. We spend quite a bit of time there. *sigh*

Watching the Rangers. I love this one. Any time you mention baseball, the Rangers, etc. Davis raises his arm, and yells "woohoo!" It's the cutest thing ever!

He loves books...even shoe magazines. :)

Yep. This went exactly where you would expect it to go. My little trick rider.

His first wedding. :) My cousin Jessika got married the day before our anniversary (7 years for us!). Davis took NO nap that day. It was beautiful, but SO HOT at the reception.

I had a two day conference one weekend, and my boy missed me. He never falls asleep with us. We always put him in his bed. I had to have a picture...he looked so sweet!

Wearing Grandpa's shoe.

He thinks that he's riding this thing. He gets on, then just stands up and walks with it. :)

ALL the toys we have, and his favorites are hangers and water bottles! Save your money folks...buy him hangers for Christmas.

Big boy drinking from a big boy cup. He's not great at it yet...he tends to get a TAD wet before he's done. :)

Last weekend Trey, Ali, Cannon, and Carlee were here. The boys had a blast at the children's museum. Carlee was not so impressed. She slept the whole time.

More climbing.

He is looking so big these days! We were watching the game, and he had to have his bat too.

20 weeks and baby GIRL is doing great!!!

He's getting pretty darn good with the fork. The spoon is not so good yet. He can't quite figure out why most of the food falls off. :)

Whew! I think I'm caught up! I've got another post planned...a post dedicated to our most incredible accomplishments yet...WALKING, CLIMBING, and RUNNING! Thank you, Lord, for our little miracle!

Please continue to pray for both our babies!! I'll do my best to get the next post up in the next few days!

Walk-N-Roll

Finally, a month later...here's the walk-n-roll in pictures!

Playing in the dirt before it started. He's ALWAYS playing in the dirt when he's outside!

Meeting baby Carlee for the first time. He kept saying "baby" over and over again. Then he had to pet her. :)

Our boys!

Note Davis' foot. :)

Our little MIRACLE crossing the finish line!

He could walk by himself at this point, but wouldn't stay up. He kept sitting down to play in the darn dirt.

The entire walk-n-roll raised almost $50,000. I don't remember exactly how much we raised, but we were the top team! Ali gets most of the credit for that! And, yes...this was the BEST picture of the 7 of us.

It was SOOOO HOT! Before the "lake" opened, Grandpa and D found a cool spot to play.

So many people love and support our babies! Thank you all! And, note that Davis is screaming here...he wanted to play in the dirt! He was screaming "down!" :)

He won! We took our "family" pictures in the dirt.

Showing his muscles. I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite "tricks."

My little warrior. Thank you, God, for my miracle!

Extra

These were some leftovers...I took them in the few days between getting my camera back and the walk-n-roll. The walk will be the next post. It deserves to stand alone. :)

See the bump on his forehead? Walking is dangerous! :)

WALKING!!!

Our 15 month photo shoot...best I could do. But, I was NOT going to stop him from WALKING!

He just looked way too big just standing there eating that paper. My baby isn't a baby anymore.

He had his MRI and appointment with Dr. Roberts last week and got another great report. He was beyond excited to see him walking, and said he was "extremely pleased with both the MRI and Davis' progress...see you in 3 months." I'll take it! Thank you for your continued prayers!

It's Back!!

My beloved camera is back! Thank you, Wolf Camera! I'm going to have to break this up. The first post will be long, "old," and quite random...



Often in the bathtub, he'll have a toy in each hand, and one in his mouth. Then he stands up and throws all 3 out of the tub.

Playing with Logan

Climbing!

Going to be a big brother, but at this point, none of us knew it yet! :)

Waiting almost TWO hours for urology tests (all were good!). We did NOT make any friends in the waiting room. Don't let this smile fool you. He did not wait very patiently.

On the way to watch Austin play baseball and to Dylan's birthday party, we had a blow out. He didn't wait so patiently here either.

Austin got this tractor thing for his first birthday 4 years ago. I have a picture of him and his cousin Bonnie that looks EXACTLY like this one! :)

Happy Birthday, Sweet Dylan!

He gathers his little cars, puts them in the cozy coup, and then pushes it around the house. It's funny to watch.

My boys...I just liked this one. The little one was soooo tired, and about to go to bed.

First ride on an airplane!! I knew if we took the carseat, he'd think he was in the car and go to sleep...I was right! He yelled "weee!" on take-off, fell right to sleep, then woke up during the landing just in time to yell "weee!" one more time. :) This was also his last week with the paci. Since one must practice what she preaches...and what dentists and pediatricians say...the paci was gone by 14 months. (technically, we had until 18 months, but the sooner the better.)

Walking into the ocean for the first time.

Talking about the waves with Aunt Sha

Out cold...in the middle of everything!

Waiting in line for his first ride at DisneyLand...not too sure.

Loved it!

Small World had to have been his favorite ride...

And he was NOT happy when it ended!

Meeting THE mouse. And, the last picture I have from the end of May, until this past week. *sigh*

Everything is going great! I will do my best to get caught up this week. I have a really busy week at work, so if not this week, next weekend for sure. Davis has his next MRI Tuesday and a follow-up with Dr. Roberts Friday. Please be praying!

#2

While I still have no camera, I thought you'd all still like an update. My sweet Davis is THIS.CLOSE to being a full time walker!! He is NOT there yet, but there are lots of days where he spends more time walking than crawling!! He is doing it, and is SO proud of himself! In fact, there are times when he'll walk over to something, and when he gets there, he claps and says "yay!" Cracks me up. Yesterday, I was doing dishes and last I looked, he was standing at the fireplace playing with his cars. The next thing I knew, he was walking around the corner in the kitchen saying "mama, yay! mama, yay!" I have no idea how far he walked. He has to be holding something to get up, so he went at least went half-way on his feet! We are so proud of him, and are VERY aware of the miracle we've been given. We could never thank God enough for our sweet little miracle and all that he is able to do! Hopefully soon we'll have the camera back and you'll all be able to see pictures of the walking!! I can't wait to come back to post that he is officially a walker! There will be a serious party in this house! I'll keep you posted!

Another thing we need to get a picture of is Davis in his BIG BROTHER shirt!! Yes! #2 is on the way! C-section tentatively scheduled for December 28, 2011! And, because several people have asked, YES! This was very much planned! I'm being watched very closely, and have had 6 ultrasounds already (one every 2 weeks for the first 12 weeks). So far, everything looks great! Baby is looking healthy, and for that we are thankful! Dr. Tabor said we'll know more with each ultrasound, and that with the next one, we might could get a peek at whether it's a boy or girl! But, at the same time, the next appointment is only 16 weeks and at that point, they are not always that reliable. He said better to wait until at least the 20 ultrasound to start calling the baby by name. :)

I'll keep you all posted on both of the above!! Please pray for BOTH of our babies! Davis has his next MRI on July 19th. My next appointment with Dr. T is July 28th.

You all have been so faithful to pray for us for the past 20 months. At our last appiontment with Dr. T, I happened to be wearing my redefining spina bifida shirt. The couple sitting across from us asked if we knew someone with spina bifida. We, of course, told them about Davis. They said they had a 9 month old son at home, and were having a baby girl with spina bifida. They were also told it was low and small, but we know the overwhelming feeling of the unknown. I do not know their names, but please keep this family in your prayers!!

And, the Walk-N-Roll is one week from today!! They're asking that all donations be in by noon Friday. Please go to my facebook page and click the walk-n-roll link to donate to help support my sweet boy and others just like him! PLEASE!!