A Swimsuit, a Pair of Jeans and a Little Ingenuity

I’m in that weird phase of pregnancy where I can’t quite fit in maternity pants yet, but normal pants are really uncomfortable (even with the hair elastic trick). I hate to admit I’ve been wearing leggings or sweats the past couple of days. . . or weeks. Judge away. Part of my issue is all the clothes I wore at this point when I was pregnant with P was in the summer, so I have lots of shorts and capris that will fit me, but no pants.

The pair of pants I have are a pair of gap jeans that fit slightly loose when I am at my normal body weight, but fit just right in the bum and thighs when I’m preggers. One of the issues I had with these jeans was the zipper completely busted on me, so I stopped wearing them for a while.

When we went swimming at green canyon a week ago I noticed my swimsuit had seen better days. The stripes were faded, the material was wearing in the chest area, so it basically looked dingy. Don’t you love when you find that out after you’re in the water?

I am so bad at taking pictures along the way and doing tutorials. Luckily, this sew chic blog  tutorial that I used gives great directions on how to change your normal jeans into maternity jeans.

A few of the changes that I made:

• I used swimsuit material instead of jersey knit fabric.
• It looked as though her jean’s waste was a little higher than mine, so I only cut the front section of my jeans and left the back. Where she cut up to the back belt buckle.
• I put my 2” elastic band between the swim material and the lining of the suit.

I loved how these turned out. The only big issue with them is I did make the tube part a little tight. It will grow with me, but I will only be able to wear them for I’m guessing two more months. I’m sure by then I will be in maternity pants. Besides that, they are very comfortable. These will be called my transitional maternity pants, and will probably work well after baby is born. 

Our Recently turned Two Year Old

On January first, 2014 our first born turned two years old. Seems crazy, but I like “most” of the things two has brought. Including his own little genuine personality, an understanding of what we are telling him to do (for the most part), and an independence that causes him to play more on his own. With this independence is a want of discovery which leads to the not so desirable traits, such as, not wanting to sit in a cart at the grocery store, or wanting to explore a resturant, and so on. I believe that just comes with the age, so I’ll take it. 

Any who back to his birthday. . .  we celebrated New Years Eve since that night the whole family was going to be together anyway. I attempted to make my first theme cake this year that went a lot easier than expected. I got the directions on how to do it here.

We love this little guy, and are so happy to have shared two years of his life with him. Can’t wait for what the next years bring. 

Merry Christmas from the Davis Family

It’s amazing how much fun Christmas is when you have a toddler. All those years of un-excitement and disbelief wash away, and it’s like your experiencing it again for the first time. And I’m not just talking about Santa and his reindeer, but it’s a different experience when you are teaching the story of the birth of Christ. It helps you truly remember what Christmas is about.

Just like we do every year we spent Christmas eve, and Christmas morning with my family. And all of Christmas day with Blake’s family. Which works out splendidly that we get to spend every year with both our families.

We thought it would be more fun/exciting for Peyton to spend Christmas morning with everyone in my family, since it would probably be boring with just Blake and I. As our kids get older I’m sure we’ll develop our own traditions, but for now it’s nice to spend it with my family.

Mary and Joseph riding on the donkey

Our narrator of the birth of Christ 

Annual Family picture around the christmas tree

Peyton opening his Christmas Eve jammies,
which he proceeded to try to put back in the wrapping, he was not impressed. 

Family line up from youngest to oldest

Every year my family takes the week of Christmas to New Years Eve and choses something to do every day. Most years I am lame and do about half of what they do, especially since a lot of it includes cross country skiing, which has never been my favorite way to spend time. This year it was fun for me because most of the things they did could include. Especially in winter any excuse to get out of the house is a good one. Some of the activities included; sledding, swimming up at green canyon, wallyball, seeing the second Hobbit movie, playing card games, and the best part eating dinner at my mom’s house every night. Yes, that meant no cooking for me for a whole week, hallelujah!

Number Two

As I’ve already posted on facebook and sent out in our Christmas card. I am PREGNANT with number two. I am due July 1, 2014 which makes me 15 weeks, and will put baby and Peyton exactly 2 ½ years apart. We don’t find out what it is until the middle of February, and honestly I’m not quite as anxious to find out what this one is as I was with Peyton. Except I have a feeling it’s a girl since this pregnancy has been different than my first. But who knows? Honestly either way I’ll be happy.

I don’t have any cute side shots of the belly, but let me just say I’ve grown a lot quicker with this one.