Baby models

I know everyone thinks they have the cutest baby ever. And that's fair. But at church the other day someone told me about how Gap is trying to find new baby models and there is a contest you can enter them in online. She said I should enter my baby because she thinks he is "scrumptious." I thought if someone else thinks my baby is the cutest baby ever, I might as well try. So I looked into it and decided, without any expectations obviously, to enter my cute baby. Here are the pictures we decided to submit.

I don't expect anything to come from this. But it was fun picking out cute pictures.

We all love eating

Davin is basically eating all solid foods. But it has been quite the process getting there. He has turned into a scavenger, always wanting to eat whatever it is we have. So here he is at the couch shoving big chunks of crackers into his mouth.











The next picture was taken way back in April at the beginning of his time eating baby cereal. The weird thing was...he LOVED it. However, he didn't know how to get it all in his mouth. I will have you know that Ryan was the one feeding him this day. Hence the reason Davin has food ALL over his face.

This was our Cinco de Mayo party. Ryan was pretty excited about making a 7 layer dip which turned out to be really yummy. Davin didn't eat any, but he enjoyed his cereal.

Here we have some more messy face and a concerned look. I think he knew this picture would be used against him in the future and he wasn't excited about it.







Davin is definately old enough to be feeding himself finger foods, but I hate letting him touch his food because he gets so messy. I need to get over it, but it will take time. Ryan on the other hand loves to let him play with his own spoons.

So we're sitting at dinner one day and we look over at Davin to see his foot up on the table. We thought it was pretty random. But it makes sense because in his stroller that is his favorite way to sit. Sometimes he even gets both feet up. He's just like his mom. She likes to have her feet up when riding in the car too.




Same look up close. I just think he looks so intelligent. He is going to be a deep thinker. And we already get comments about how attentive he is. He looks around and tries to take in his surroundings all the time... even at dinner.

You might think Davin is happy with his big mouthful of food. I will refer you to the next picture to see how he really feels.











Yeah, that didn't last long in his mouth. I wish I could remember what he was eating. And good faithful mom is ready to catch the unwanted food.

One day Davin picked up this big spoon that we use to cook with and he has not returned it to us. He carries it around the house and hits things with it. It now stays in his toy box.

Turns out I am really not close to being caught up. This post will include many of the fun things we have done this summer. I can't get them in chronological order, sometime I'll figure this stuff out. But for now, you will get random clips out of order.

Here is Davin on a boat rider that he actually liked. He hates the life jackets. But in the end, once comfortable, he is just like his mom... He loves boats! He loved the wind in his face and he liked watching everyone tube and ski.



Davin's first time in the pool, he really liked it. However, he has not loved it as much since. On the 4th of July Ryan tried taking him in a baby pool, but the water was too cold. He didn't last long. But we got a picture without crying. So that was pretty good.










Earlier on the 4th of July we went to the parade. It was ridiculously hot! We put a hat on Davin so he wouldn't burn, but we were all so thirsty. We didn't quite last until the end. But it was a pretty good parade. And Aunt Allison (along with all the other aunts) were quite willing to help watch Davin.






Freedom Days had a lot of activities throughout the week. We went to Colonial days and saw lots of stuff. I'm sure Davin didn't really enjoy it all that much. Except that he got to be outside a lot, which he likes. But Ryan and I felt very active and involved in the community. Plus it's nice to remember how wonderful our nation is.
















On the left you will see the whole family at the Museum of Natural History. They had a pretty cool exhibit on frogs. As you can see Davin is without pants. He used to get sooooo hot. He seems to regulate better now. Plus we got summer clothes, so that was helpful too.

On the right and below you will see our first hiking trip. We went up to the hot springs in Spanish Fork. I carried Davin the whole way there thinking it would be nice to have it over with and be done for the trip back. But I should have thought about how I would have to carry him up hill instead of down. He did well, but it was a long walk. and it was nice to be done I guess.

It has been a good summer. School has started again, but hopefully we still have fun excursions.

Almost Caught Up

Still trying to catch up on Davin's first months until now. So here are a few more photo ops.

Here is Davin quite early on sleeping with his Dad. I would have to say it is my absolute favorite to see them play or do anything together. Not only is it just sweet that they love each other. But they actually have a lot of the same mannerisms...which is weird to see sometimes.

The following pictures show Davin's face after we fed him kiwi. Who actually knew that was a citrus fruit? Well, not to be given to babies before 1 yr. The pictures don't show very well what happened. But Davin had this big blisters all over his mouth. The red spots lingered for probably a month. I was terrified he would be scarred for life. Thank goodness baby skin replaces itself so often. You would never know looking at him now.

Davin is still mostly army crawling, which most people think is adorable. But he does know how to crawl too. However, you can't really take an action picture of a baby crawling because it turns out super blurry. So the following is simply a picture that shows Davin in the army crawl stance. This was probably early on in his abilities to get where he wanted to go.

Here is my rockstar baby. No need for explanation.

I will try not to bore you too much with my babies sleeping habits. But let me just say he is 9 1/2 months old now and is finally sleeping all the way through the night. 11 hours straight! Can I just say that getting a full nights rest makes such a difference in my life. I have so much more energy, I LOVE it! Anyway-even his naps are better. For an example, the following is a picture of Davin waking up from a nap so happy. And a video of Dad playing catch with him while still in his crib.

A lot has happened in the last 9 months. Davin was the perfect little baby right from the start. He was always absolutely adorable. But as he grew, he has changed a lot. Here are a few of the highlights form pictures we have taken.









On January 4th Davin was given a name and a blessing by his father. It was wonderful. And yes, I made the sweater and booties (not the blanket).




Davin still spent a lot of time sleeping and dreaming of football.









TOUCHDOWN!!!



This was the day our family all put hats on. Davin definitely looked the best. At this point he started really looking like himself and not just a newborn baby.




Davin has spent a lot of time getting to know his family. He has had a chance to meet all of his living grandparents and get 3 four generation pictures. Here some of them are.




Perhaps you can tell from these last pictures that Davin did lose his hair. But don't worry, it has all come back!



Here Davin is learning to crawl. He has that down now. But I don't really have all my pictures up yet. So that will come soon.