Easter Egg Hunt

Getting ready for easter egg hunting.

Gotta get the glasses just right.

Looking ready to go play golf. He made me think of Pappy Stickley. Watch out Dad!

Examining the eggs. I was getting him ready with his little basket and some practice eggs.

Nothing inside the practice eggs. Look at those cheeks and belly.

Practicing throwing his softball.

Daddy and Davis

One of my friends from work invited us to her church Easter Egg hunt at a local Durham Park. The weather was great and we thought it would be a fun family adventure.

Davis had fallen asleep in the car and when we got there the "hunt" had already started so he was a little behind. It was too cute they had the different areas marked for the various ages. The youngest children basically had eggs laying all over the ground and they would just walk to pick them up. Davis only had one egg in the picture above so the other little boy felt sorry and shared an egg. It was too cute and it made them both smile.

Now Davis started getting into this and smiling.

Finding the eggs.

We had to slow him down.

Pleased with all the eggs.

Aunt Aimee met us at the park and Davis was eager to show off his eggs.

All smiles after the hunt. He got to taste some sugary goodies- like jellybeans which were inside the eggs.

Of course at this point my camera battery got low so I took pictures on my phone but have not transferred them to our computer. He enjoyed playing on the slide and other park favorites.

Baking Valentine's Cupcakes with Gran

Gran and Grandpa Newlin came for a visit this weekend. They left snow covered Winchester and headed south and brought about 1-2 inches of snow to us in Durham. We didn't have to shovel though and that was nice. Davis got to make cupcakes with Gran today and he had a blast. He helped with the mixing and stirring and adding some funfetti sprinkles.

Davis and Gran getting ready to cook their cupcakes.

Time to decorate the cupcakes.
Davis added little hearts to the cupcakes and then funfetti sprinkles.

After placing the hearts and sprinkles on each cupcake he would lick his little fingers and lips.

Making sure the sprinkles taste fine before putting them on the cupcakes.

The final products!!!
Davis was able to enjoy one small cupcake and ate it in 3 bites. He was all smiles and at one time it sounded like he said "cupcake".

The cook taking his apron off.

Winter Wonderland

Last night the snow started while we were out eating dinner. We woke up this morning to about 5-6 inches of snow and then a wintry mix of sleet and snow started coming down. We decided to take a trip around our neighborhood block after the sleet stopped. Here we go on our big adventure.

Davis was lucky enough to be pulled around in his little sled. He is also wearing the snow pants that Grammy Stickley bought in Winchester. They sure came in handy for his first BIG snow in North Carolina.

He made some funny faces along the way.. we think mostly because his little cheeks were cold and when the wind blew it was a little chilly on his face.

Toward the end of the walk we decided that Hannah could be a "sled" dog and pull Davis along. We clipped the sled rope into her collar and away we went. She didn't really like this at first and several times would turn around quickly making Davis pivot in his sled. We also had her running and Davis was sliding along the snow quickly. Thank goodness we had no accidents.

Finally home again.

Chris shoveling the driveway. We were happy to finally put this shovel to use. It was the inaugural use as we have never had this much snow since living in Durham.

Sledding buddies

Davis was a bit upset at this point because he took his gloves off AND his hands were getting COLD. We decided to go in and thaw.

It was much warmer getting to watch from inside.

Look at Daddy shoveling snow. Davis watched out this window for a long time. He smiled and called out to Chris constantly. Chris would look up and yell his name and he would return the biggest smiles.

Intrigued by Chris

Hannah playing outside.

Our back porch was covered with snow. I measured it at about 8 inches deep.

We will see how long this snow sticks around since the weather isn't supposed to warm up for days. It definitely was icy on the roads in the neighborhood as the snow was packed down.

Backpack Adventures

Our backpacking adventures started after Christmas. I decided to get this child carrier backpack for Chris for Christmas so we could go hiking again. I wasn't sure if he would think this was a great gift considering carrying Davis meant you were adding ~30lbs of dead weight to your back. We decided to give it a try and see if Davis liked it......

He was not so sure about this large apparatus.

Yes he is fussing and trying to get out at this point. Still not sure what to make of it all.

Ok now he is up and on Daddy's back... starting to have a change of heart. Maybe he can get used to this. We do not have pictures from the end of our first trip around the block but he definitely liked the adventure. He sat up and looked out over Chris's shoulder and let his little legs bounce along in the pack. Chris was a bit tired after our first trip as it worked some different leg muscles.

Our second trip was another success. Although this time it ended in him falling asleep.

We both had Martin Luther King Day off which was great since the weather was gorgeous. We went for a hike at the Eno River State Park with Aimee and Mark. We hiked about 5 miles total.

Yep he is sleeping again. There was no way he could have stayed awake for this whole hike.

Don't forget about good ole Hannah. She was excited about the backpack because that means that we now are able to go to our old hiking spots and let her run and get rid of some energy.