Fall Catch-up

Here are some pics from the past 6 weeks or so... the best ones are of Will smiling now!


On his 2 month birthday...


Taylor helping me get Will to smile...


We stopped through Nashville and stayed with Mimi and Grandaddy on the way to one of Brett's interviews a while back... go Titans!

Several weeks ago, Marms, Papa, Nano, and Dado came to see us for the day. Here are some pics of that!



Taylor loves pumpkins this year... we notice each and every one on our way out of the neighborhood. As soon as we find one, Taylor says "Nother pumpkin. I need more pumpkin."

2010 Davenport Beach Trip

A couple weeks ago, we went to Destin with the Davenports. We had beautiful weather and enjoyed the trip, even with a 6 week old! Taylor had fun with her cousins this year...



Will enjoyed his bottles on the beach...

I think Brett was a little more excited than Tay to catch fish...

The guys chartered a boat one day to go fishing. We ate the fish that night and had enough to bring some home!

We went down to the beach on the last night to take some pictures... we actually got a really good one this year in about 2 minutes, despite 5 under the age of 4!

Brett and Will are looking identical...

We are moving...

to this place...




We are moving to Burlington, Vermont! I am not even kidding. Brett matched into an REI (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility) fellowship at the University of Vermont! We cannot believe it... I am so proud of him! I have to brag on him... There are only about 40 slots for this fellowship in the country and he got one of them. We are so thankful to God for this blessing! And I am trusting that He will help us through the adjustment of this new adventure.

We won't move until next summer and will be there for 3 years. I guess we will begin looking into some snow suits and snow tires. :)

Will at 1 month

Even though Will is almost 2 months, here are some pictures I took of him on his 1 month birthday! I will post more updates soon...

First 2 Weeks with Will

Will is almost 2 weeks old... so far, so good! Here are some pics from the past couple weeks.
1 week old pictures...


Playing on his play mat for the first time...

Looking at Daddy...

We haven't had a ton of family time with Brett traveling so much, but today, we decided to brave our first outing since we were all together (and it wasn't a million degrees). We went to one of Taylor's favorite spots... the zoo!

Having a snack by her favorite "mingos"

Tay went on the merry-go-round for the first time... she loved it.


And this is after the trip to the zoo... 1st outing with 2 kiddos=pooped.

Welcome Will!

William Holeman Davenport was born on Monday, August 16th at 12:50pm! He weighed 8 pounds and was 21 inches long. We are all doing great and love having him here! So far, he has been the sweetest baby...

Right after the delivery...


After getting all cleaned up...

We took Will home on Wednesday, and here are some pictures of us right before we left the hospital. Taylor loves to hold him for brief spurts of time... then she'll shove him at you and say "hereyago."

We aren't sure what Tay is thinking here...




We feel so blessed and humbled to have Will with us... praise the Lord for such an amazing gift!

Big changes!

Taylor has had some major changes lately... we got rid of the pacy and also converted her room from a nursery to a "big girl" room. She really has been wonderful about it all. We got rid of the pacy first... I explained to her that pacys are for babies and she's a big girl now. She then proceeded to throw her pacy at Bailey, and I went with it. I told her Bailey would take the pacy to little babies who needed them. I doubt that's in any parenting book, but it worked for us. Now she'll say, "Bailey... pacys... babies."

A few weeks later, we presented Tay with her very own big girl bed. We told her that she was getting a new bed with new special sheets several days in advance. She kept going "baaa baaaa" and we finally realized she thought we were saying "sheep" instead of sheets. Although it wasn't what she was expecting, she still loved her storytime sheets and has been doing great at staying in bed until we come get her. I have to admit I was a little emotional her last night in her crib. Here is Tay and her daddy rocking for the last time in her nursery.


Here's her new big girl room!


Onto the new nursery now...



We are being induced on the 16th! I think we're ready... for the most part!