In Autumn

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, 
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” 
― George Eliot

I could kiss every fallen leaf and sing aloud for every tree aglow in the light of Autumn. 

As we drove along the highway toward Vermont this weekend, 

I couldn't help but feel inexplicably at home.

It is in Autumn that I was born, 

that I fell in love with my husband

and only Autumn last, that we found out our family would soon grow.

I am completely enamored with this season

and the man whose hand warms mine among the fallen leaves and cool, crisp breeze. 

Mondays are always a little harder than the rest of the week for Lyla Bird and I...

we wait anxiously all day long for Mr. D to come back home. 

We sure do love him so. 

a summer spot in September

“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.” 

― Lewis Carroll

Lake Winnipesaukee is fast becoming one of my favorite places on this green earth. 

We've just returned back to Boston after a weekend full of

boats, the warmth of a new autumn sun, delicious food and heavenly ice cream, 

a very successful football Sunday, long afternoon naps,

and the company of friends. 

With a cool breeze woven through the sun's slowly distancing rays --

there is something magical about the perfect summer spot in September. 

our weekend, my favorite

“Rules for Happiness:

something to do, someone to love, 

something to hope for.” 

― Immanuel Kant

Rainy mornings, blueberry-banana pancakes, sipping hot chocolate, 

trying out two new restaurants in the south end, 

date night dinner and a movie with just me and Mr. D - I was giddy with excitement

(thank you to a sweet friend for babysitting!!)

family naps, long strolls and brick sidewalks, dinner and an outdoor movie with friends...

and lots of Lyla Bird smiles which are better than Christmas morning. 

I fell in love with my husband a little more this weekend -

it was one of the best yet. 

Who could be so lucky?

“Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water 

and sees the reflection of moon.” 

― Rumi

Tall trees line the lake  |  beautiful mountain ridge  |  afternoon boat rides  |  a sleepy bird on a boat  |  the most delicious ice cream  |  the view from our bedroom  |  sleeping in with my favorite two people  |  rope swing below

We spent the weekend among friends on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. 

I am so thankful for sweet friends who opened up their beautiful home to all of us. 

I would not have changed a thing about the weekend...

even the promised thunder clouds loomed far away during the day.

It was hard to leave that beautiful lake 

and those trees lining the water tall - swaying gently in the breeze.

And as November nears, 

it is even harder to imagine leaving these friends we hold dear.

This time in our lives has been so full of the most unexpected, 

and so sweet in its many blessings. 

Who could be so lucky?

A weekend on the Cape

“Cape Cod is the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts. The shoulder is at Buzzard's Bay; the elbow at Cape Mallebarre; the wrist at Truro; and the sandy fist at Provincetown.”  ― Henry David Thoreau

Our weekend on the Cape:  ferry ride to Martha's Vineyard  |  I've never seen so many beautiful hydrangeas everywhere |  baby girl happy to be in her daddy's arms  |  lunch on the Vineyard  |  Vineyard sound  |  first time wearing his little girl (mama is normally packing)  |  Bird's first Salt Water's...size 0 

I was really pulling hard for a chance to go to a movie with Rob on Friday night. A solid two hours together before 11pm is pretty dreamy. So, when he called that afternoon asking if I wanted to go away somewhere for the weekend I was so excited I could hardly think. I immediately started googling places within driving distance and asked a sweet friend who knows the area well where we should go....and in a few hours we were on the road, headed to the Cape. 


On Sunday, we took a ferry to Martha's Vineyard and rented a car so we were able to explore all the little towns. 


Considering Cape Cod is only an hour away, we are definitely planning to go back. We loved it! 

breech.

“The words in this book are all phooey. When you say them, your lips will make slips 
and back flips and your tongue may end up in Saint Looey!” 

― Dr. Seuss

 Happy Friday! 

Please send all the flipping thoughts you can this way. 

We are praying baby girl will turn around by Wednesday...

(I dont blame her...Im not much for being upside down either, 

but like the doctor bluntly said this morning, "you can't deliver her sideways...")

So, this Davis family is wishing everyone a "flipping" good weekend! 

laughing in flowers on a Saturday

“The earth laughs in flowers.” 

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think I slept for maybe two hours last night and this morning got off to a rough start. 

Mr. D left for work at 7:30 am and suddenly I felt like I was being swallowed whole with no where to go.

 I stood in the shower and cried for a good 20 minutes...

the steam filling my lungs almost as quickly as the tears fell from my eyes.

So, what do you do when you're almost 9 months pregnant, a little down and alone on a Saturday? 

You open all of the windows. You fill the house with music. Buy some flowers 

and bake brownies of course...because there is nothing fresh air, music, flowers and chocolate can't fix.

Even the baby bump is wearing flowers today...

because if the earth laughs in flowers, we want in on it!

a weekend on a lake

“One June evening, when the orchards were pink-blossomed again, when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head of the Lake of Shining Waters, and the air was full of the savor of clover fields and balsamic fir woods, Anne was sitting by her gable window.  - L.M. Montgomery

We spent the weekend with friends at their house on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. I do love this part of the country. Where pine trees line sprawling glass lakes and every town you pass by has such an english name that for a moment you pause just to remind yourself which side of the gigantic pond you are actually on. 


No alarm clocks. Delicious cinnamon rolls. Early morning kayaking. And lots of mid-afternoon naps. 


So thankful for our friends up here for making us feel more at home and for such a relaxing weekend on this dreamy northern lake. But we are back to our new reality and a full week ahead. 


Happy Monday!


[33 week post coming soon!]

advice.

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading,

 his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

Having a pregnant belly is like wearing a huge red flag on your shirt asking for advice. The rounder I get, the more consistent the flow is of unsolicited advice from just about everyone. And I mostly don't mind it. In fact, I enjoy the insight and the fact that something so natural and human as bringing life into this world also binds us together - strangers who would normally just walk straight past... pause and smile. Something so common and yet so mesmerizing that no matter what language or background, almost everyone lingers - if only for a second - and with a knowing look or a great big embrace, acknowledges this shared miracle. Shared hope found in the continuation of the human race. 

Today a coworker of mine mentioned that Mr. D and I only have ten more weeks of being just us. The statement (and remorseful tone) caught me off-guard. Its something I've definitely thought about, but as baby's due date nears I feel an increasing amount of joy for the fact that we will be a family of three....not panic or sentimentality over the thought like I might have expected. As much as I LOVE being with Mr. D and treasure our time together and the family we have created, I am so, SO excited about this next adventure. I can't help but think over and over again that the best is yet to come.

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We are going to dinner with friends (I refuse to call it a farewell dinner) tonight and then baby shower number two is on Saturday. I've never been more thankful for friends and family as we begin our next little adventure (or two). 

Happy weekend everyone!!

photograph found here.

happy weekend

“Dreams are necessary to life.”
― Anaïs Nin

We are officially moving our bed and the last of the boxes out of our house this weekend.

The three of us are headed out to where trees line the edge of the earth - 

their branches mingling with the sky.

Happy Weekend and a little trick for you from Lucy

“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. 

Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.”
― Sylvia Plath

 I fell asleep a little after eight last night (a new norm for me and this pregnant body of mine),

but I awoke suddenly around 10 pm and decided to make a cake in our tree house full of boxes. 

One doesn't always need a reason to make a cake...

sometimes just the smell of it is reason enough. 

So, we laid cozy in bed and watched Modern Family while the delicious smell of a baking cake

filled the naked walls of our little home. 

Its hard to believe that this is our last full weekend in this house of ours.

Hope you have a very happy weekend! 

Oh, and Lucy wanted to show you her new trick....

she loves it so much that she will even do it when you say 

sit, stay or roll over. It has become her go-to move. 

our weekend plans

“Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Peppermint ice cream, wrapping presents, baking cookies, a Christmas party, buying one or two 

more little gifts, taking Lucy girl to the park, long walks....

AND anxiously waiting for that Monday morning doctor's appointment (!) 

Hope you have a happy weekend!!

 

twenty-six years and fourteen weeks

“Birthdays are the gift of your life, and life is the gift of your birthdays; 

enjoy every moment that you breathe.”
― Enfal

  Today is my birthday, and in my opinion birthdays should never fall on Mondays.

However..I am 26 years old and 14 weeks along on. this. very. Monday.

We started celebrating on Friday with sweet friends, though and continued celebrating 

with family all weekend ...and my dad made my VERY favorite dessert...

his homemade Hummingbird Cake! 

(which I maybe had for breakfast yesterday morning and other various times throughout the day!)

I'm so thankful for this past weekend AND the short work week ahead (hooray Thanksgiving!)

So, this Monday isn't so bad...

And I can honestly say that this birthday 

I feel more blessed and thankful than any year before. 

November in the country

“It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, 

parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. 

Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, 

let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.” 

― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

There is nothing quite like November at my parent's house, but this weekend somehow 

seemed better than ever to me. My heart felt lighter and my lungs more full. 

Maybe it had something to do with the home cooked meals and my dad's amazing banana waffle breakfast

or the beautiful crisp air outside and Lucy happily running through the fields.

Or maybe it was taking multiple naps and going through all my old baby clothes with my mom.

Or maybe its just getting away with Mr. D and never checking the time

or how surreal it still feels to fall asleep with him in my bedroom - 

the flickering glow of a fire in the fireplace. 

Or maybe, just maybe, its the little baby bump that is really beginning to slowly but surely grow  

and day dreaming about baby who will one day run through those fields 

and swing on that porch swing.

Whatever it was, I would not have traded this weekend for anything.

Thank you SO much for all the well wishes -

the emails and notes have made our hearts swell. 

We are so happy to be able to finally share our little news with everyone!

they call it Chicago

“I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago."

― Rudyard Kipling

 Mr. D and I are headed to Chicago! One of my most favorite cities. Mr. D has never been there,

so I am that much more excited to go and see it with my hand in his. 

We are actually headed to Illinois to see family in Peoria 

and attend my cousin's wedding reception....

and after we will be spending some time in Chicago before heading back home.

I am so excited to spend the weekend with family and celebrate! 

Happy weekend! 

Photos taken by me around this same time two years ago when I was last in the Windy City!

a blizzard blows through Brooklyn.

“I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, 

and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, 

to walk between the raindrops. ”
― Nikki Giovanni

 We arrived in Brooklyn in a legitimate, full flung blizzard.
There was something wonderful about 

driving up through the first snow storm of the season in a car full of good friends.

First stop, Grimaldi's for some delicious pizza. 

There wasn't even a line because so few had braved the white stormy weather.

The weekend was wonderful and filled with so much delicious food -

 I so wish Monday hadn't arrived so soon.

The weather cleared up beautifully [although quite chilly] on Sunday 

and we headed to Brooklyn and stopped by the flea before piling back in the car for drive home.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend

and Happy Halloween!!

the road to New York

“Afoot and lighthearted I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.”
― Walt Whitman

 Hot chocolate warming my hands, I'm ready to hit the road.

We are going to NYC this weekend with friends - 

a trip that we have been talking about for awhile now.

I can hardly wait to pile into the car 

and chase the changing leaves (and snow?!) North. 

We are leaving sweet Moose at a kennel for the first time.

She had to go to an orientation all day yesterday in preparation...

everyone loved her! But it sure was sad leaving her.

Hope you have a happy weekend!

photo here.