Baby Shower for my "sweet little girl"

I'm on a roll again... this seems to be my style- going months without posting, then posting numerous long posts in one day.
So, a week after we got back from Disneyland, I had my baby shower. My beautiful and talented friend Jessie threw the shower for me, and she did an amazing job. I like to pretend that we're related, but technically I'm not sure if I can really claim my sister's sister in law as a relative. Either way, she is wonderful, and she was so sweet to throw the shower for me. I think she had some help from some of the other amazing women in my life, including Crystal, Mary, and Jane. I am so spoiled! The theme was all about celebrating our "sweet baby girl" and so she used sweets for the decorations and favors. Tons of delicious candy, cupcakes, and treats. Does it get any better than that? It was a really fun shower, and I was literally showered with amazing gifts. We were totally hooked up with all sorts of adorable clothes, blankets, and accessories for the baby. Thanks to everyone for your generosity!
My mom, Jane, and Meg were all able to make it up here for the shower, so as an added bonus, I got to spend the weekend with them. Sweet!

Davis enjoying a little bit of time with Grandma Tamara





It also happened to be Father's Day weekend, so I had to include these cute pics of my boys on Father's Day. Davis and I are so lucky to have Bryson. He is the best dad ever, and Davis absolutely adores him. I can't wait to see how quickly our baby girl gets her daddy wrapped tightly around her little finger!

The happiest place on Earth

In typical Cherie fashion I am over a month behind on this post. We took a sort of last minute trip down to Disneyland in June. We got 5 day park hopper passes, which sounds like it would be too much time to spend there, but we had a blast! Davis has been asking to go back ever since. He still makes comments almost every day about how much fun he had at Disneyland. He loved everything from the rides to the parades, and just about everything in between. I think we met just about every Disney character there and had approximately 1,000 churros along the way. I was surprised by how brave Davis was on the "scary" rides. Bryson bought him a pirate gun on the first day we got there, and he used it to "get down" the pirates, ghosts, and monsters. Because of this, his favorite rides ended up being Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and Matterhorn. Bryson and I had a blast too, especially considering we didn't do any of the typical big kid rides this time. We can't wait to go back next year!
We also had time to stop by my dad's house as well as John-kai and Meg's place on our way to and from Disneyland. We even squeezed in a few hours at the beach on our way home. Such a fun trip!
As usual, I have a million pictures to share.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

The Beach and Vegas on the way home

My big Cub!

Look at this progress... two posts in one day! Moving right along...Davis does gymnastics at a place called gymcats. He has been in the kittens class, which is basically the 2 year old class, and parents participate along with the kids to help. For the last couple of months, Davis' teachers have been telling us that we need to move him up to the next class... the 3-4 year old cub class. So, I brought the camera to his last day of the kitten class to take pictures. So fun. By the way, he has been doing great in his cubs class. Most of the kids in it are 4, and when the teacher found out that he is only 2, she was very impressed and said he was doing an amazing job. Can you tell I'm a proud mom? One of these days, I'll have to sneak in and take some pictures of him in his big boy class, but until then, enjoy these fun pics.

I'm pretty sure the kids are supposed to slide down this, but Davis thinks it's more fun to jump.


working on his balance. He can do hops and kicks all the way down the beam now without any help.


The class always begins with warm ups and a bunch of stretching. I think Davis looks so cute for this part.






Backwards sommersault


Showing some muscle and some skill on the bars



Hand-stand on the wall


Doing his back walk overs with a little help from the mats and the coach. Nice form!




Davis' favorite part of the gym is the big pit. He loves jumping in and swinging around on the rope then dropping in. He is our little dare devil.






Having so much fun on the trampoline. I love the one where he is doing his "stick it".



Showing off some tricks on the bars. Getting those feet up, holding a straddle, and doing a flip.