Davis Family Journey

My Cutie Bugs

2012-01-24T10:57:00.001-06:00

Where have we been? We have been busy. I added it to the blog in way of a ticket but never said anything in writing. We found out in August we are expecting again... Unplanned. Our little boy Sam is due at the end of April... Due date May 4 but he should be here by the end of April. More on him later...

I haven't posted w my iPhone yet but I'm sitting here at the salon waiting on my color to set... But here's some pics of my babies that are growing up. More posts to come soon!!

What We've Been Up To

2011-08-16T16:57:00.002-05:00

Well, as usually happens, it's been forever since I last posted... but I feel this has been with just cause! :) I am hoping to get back on a normal posting basis. This summer has been non-stop since it started. I can't even remember my last post.

April: We survived the devastating tornadoes that hit the South hard. My car was crushed and totaled by a tree, which was saddening... but a new car makes that all better. A new paid for car makes it even better. We are now the proud owners of a 2011 Nissan Rogue, and I looooove it!

May: Well, this actually when we bought the new car. And we celebrated our birthdays. Stephen was presented with a full-time job offer to start first of August... so begin lots of discussions and prayers and things on this offer.

June: Stephen took the youth group to Nashville WorkCamp. They got back late Friday night, and then we left Sunday morning with the youth group for a week of Church Camp, Alabama Christian Service Camp. It was the first time since I was in a youth group that I had been to church camp! It was very fun and challenging. I hated being away from the kids, but the camp kept us so busy I barely had time to notice but at night.
Just a little insight into the week: This is how the week started- "Jennifer, is this all you are going to carry?" Stephen pointed at my duffel bag with my clothes and toiletries. "Yes." With response, "Well, what are you going to sleep on or dry off with?" To which I said, "I have to bring that stuff? You mean it's not provided?!" Stephen got a good laugh out of me thinking I was going to a Hampton Inn or something. I carried my sheets from my old cheerleading days. It wasn't nearly as bad as I imagined after that conversation... but some people haven't let me live that one down yet.

July: Stephen went on his annual camping trip with the youth group to Fall Creek Falls. We also moved into the church parsonage in Decatur. That was quite the workout... man, we always accumulate more and more stuff when we move. It never ceases to amaze me. But both kids have handled the move well. The week we moved was also VBS at the church so VERY busy. Then we left and went to the beach for a week with my family. It was the best trip yet since Will was born. Will looooooved the beach and ocean and everyone being there and everything. Julie Beth enjoyed it too. She's just such a laid back, easy baby.

August: We got back from the beach and then left on Monday for an overnight trip with the youth group to Atlanta. On Tuesday we went to White Water, the park. It was a fun day. The highlight of the trip was definitely when we happened to bump into our old BFF from Nashville who had joined the Peace Corps and we hadn't seen in 3 years!! Then the next week Stephen went to Idaho with the Senior Minister for a conference and was gone all week.

So here it is, August 16, and I loved the summer and can't believe it's over, but I'm ready for some routine and normalcy in our life.

I hope to update soon on the kids, with pictures and maybe even video. Julie Beth has started walking and it's so awesome! She still prefers to crawl when something is across the room but close by she is choosing to walk. Will starts back at Miss Kim's nursery school at the first of September. That's all for now. Seeya soon!

The Long Awaited Post

2011-04-05T20:41:00.005-05:00

So I guess this big news hasn't officially made it onto the blog yet. This is our baby girl showing off her skills of sitting up. She started sitting alone when she was just 4 days shy of 5 months old. It has changed our lives. She's much happier and loves watching Will.

The mess on her shirt is from her eating a biter biscuit. She loves these things.

This child LOOOOOOVES Dance Mickey. We tease that he is our baby-sitter! She will sit or stand in her exersaucer for a long time and watch him.

My big, sweet boy. He's getting to be so big.

Again, as I have told y'all before, he loves her, and she loves him. He likes for her to hang out with him. This was after he got home from school today right before both their naptimes. He had eaten lunch and was getting to watch The Cat in the Hat before nap.

On another note, a few things I want to note so I don't forget them. Will says everything at least 3 or 4 times these days. He's to the point of repeating EVERYTHING you say. He's starting to sing songs, which just melts my heart. He loves loves loves chicken nuggets, cheese crackers, and sandwiches (PBJs). He drinks tons of milk a day. He does not care for juices at all. Milk, water, and the occasional tea... and white milk only. We tried chocolate milk, and he wouldn't drink it. He is a total copy-cat and will do anything anybody does. He's really taken a liking to baseball these days as Kalon has started baseball practices. He says the sweetest, most heart-melting prayers every night with Stephen, and it is our greatest hope that he will love the Lord one day with all of his heart, mind, and soul. He absolutely loves to go bye-bye and ride in the carseat. He's really starting to learn his way around town and will recognize when we are close to someone's house or to his school. He's reached the age where he would must rather be with either his Grams (my mom) or PoppO (my dad) rather than Mom and Dad (us). He loves looking at photos and naming people, coloring, painting, unloading the dishwasher, taking baths/showers, swinging, letting Ellie in and out to go potty, getting Julie Beth up in the mornings or from naptime. The list could go on and on. Two and a half is such a fun age... we are really enjoying this time with Will!

What A Day...

2011-03-27T15:28:00.002-05:00

What a day the Lord has made... and I will find a way to rejoice in it! :) It's just been in that kind of day. I stayed in the nursery during Sunday School and Worship today, so that was a little tiring. I had some adult help during SS but was at the mercy of a teenage boy's help during worship. There's Julie Beth, Stella & Elijah. Stella and Elijah are both 18 months... so busy, busy, busy. I left church very tired. The weather doesn't help. And then I get home, and I'm getting settled in... I eat lunch. I feed Will. I feed JB. (These 3 things really happened at the same time). I changed Will's diaper. I straightened up from our wild morning getting out the door. Then I was going to sit down and play with the kiddos and watch some basketball... then I decided to go back into the kitchen because I just kept hearing sounds like our fridge was running, and I thought it was odd. Well, it was. There was water EVERYWHERE at this point. The water line (pipe or whatever) that connects to the fridge to make water and ice had busted. The line from the ground, not the fridge. I called my mom freaking out... because Stephen was still in Decatur with the youth group at this point. She came over, and we were shoveling water outside by a cooler. We eventually found the water key and shut the water off to the house. Got in touch with my landlord and the plumber. Everything got fixed and cleaned up. But if you could just have been a fly on the wall... JB was screaming because she was tired. Will wouldn't stay out of the kitchen. Mom and I were getting soaked. It was just crazy!!! Thank you Lord for my mom and for plumbers... now let's have an uneventful rest of the afternoon, please!!

I'm Baaaaaaaack!

2011-03-20T14:41:00.002-05:00

Well, folks, it has finally happened... the Macbook is back up and running, and I am back into the cyber world. I have missed it oh-so much, and I have so many fun things to share with y'all. My kiddos are being a tad bit difficult this afternoon---- It's Sunday, so Stephen has youth group activities after church, and then this week he has a planning meeting so he won't be home until well into the evening... so I'm flying it solo. But just rest assured that the picture and story sharing of the Davis family will continue on now... Missed y'all!!

MIA

2011-03-08T11:33:00.003-06:00

So as you can tell from looking at my blogs, I failed miserably at the blog challenge. I will take some of the blame, but my computer also died. Boo. And I have been having to use Stephen's ancient old Sony that weighs like 15 pounds and is monster thick and requires the power cord at all times, and if the power cord gets moved, the computer shuts off. Oh, and it's missing the letter "e" so it makes typing very difficult. We took my old Macbook that I had given to Stephen (which died back in December) to the Apple store, and they are fixing everything that is wrong with it for a low-flat rate. It will be back in about a week. So then we will be an all Mac family since Stephen got a Macbook Pro back in January. My blogging with hopefully resume to it's normalcy then. I can't wait for you to see how much my children have grown! Seeya soon!

February Facts: Day 15

2011-02-15T21:16:00.003-06:00

So, finally, all caught up. Today wasn't too exciting of a day. Lots of work involved for Stephen and myself.

1. The pictures below just makes my day. My little girl already loves sunflowers!! She just looks at them in awe. I honestly do hope that she grows to love them when she gets older.

2. I had a little bit of the mixture left over from the cheesy chicken enchiladas last night so for lunch I whipped up some baked nachos with it, and man, it was very delicious.

3. My dad (Pop-O) came and played with Will tonight. For the first time ever, Will cried (not screaming, like pitching a fit, but real, true sad tears) when he left. He kept saying "Pop-O come back." I could tell it broke my dad's heart some too, because he kept staying a little longer hoping that it would help. He was kind of taken back since it was the first time Will did it.

4. I actually got a shower today and at a decent time on top of that...

5. Stephen and I watched One Tree Hill tonight. It's a show we've seen every episode of. But tonight as we watched it, we talked about how far-fetched the episodes are getting and how it has to be coming to an end soon. We still like it, but it's dropping on our list of favorites.

Anyways, good night to all... I'm exhausted. Seeya tomorrow!

February Facts: Day 14

2011-02-15T11:55:00.002-06:00

Happy Belated Valentine's Day blog world! I am still playing catch-up but plan to be completely caught up by the end of the day...

Facts about our Valentine's Day:

1. We started the day at the bright and early hour of 5:55 am due to Will's early waking. We think he had a bad dream or something because he woke up SCREAMING, which is very unlike him. Nevertheless, he didn't go back to sleep and was in a HORRIBLE mood all day.

2. Julie Beth, however, decided to sleep until 8:05, for 11 hours straight I might add. Too bad our children have yet to decide to do this on the same night yet.

3. We played outside again yesterday. Will just loves playing in the backyard. We are definitely going to love our new backyard this summer, especially with all the shade. Will swang for a while, but then just walked around and played with his outside toys that he hasn't seen in a long time. Julie Beth and I sat on the bench swing, and I read while she just enjoyed taking in the scenery. Stephen also read a book he's required to read for church while he pushed Will in the swing. Will swings so long that we will pull up a chair to sit in to push him in. Lazy, I know.

4. We had three home-cooked meals yesterday... yes, three. We had biscuits (frozen kind), bacon and eggs for breakfast. We had chicken fingers and sliced potatoes for lunch. And then I made cheesy chicken enchiladas for dinner, and boy were they YUMMY. It's been a while since we had had them, and I realized why they used to be a favorite!

5. I finished Harry Potter Book 5, so I'm now onto Book 6. I really hope to finish this series soon, and then I'm taking a short reading break to get completely caught up with things around the house.

February Facts: Day 13

2011-02-14T21:19:00.002-06:00

1. We had a "birthday bash" at our church. For those of you who don't know, our church is exploring the possibility of merging with another church close-by. This was an effort in which each table in the fellowship was decorated for a month, and you were assigned to sit at the table of your birth month. So, for example, Stephen and I sat at the May table, and Will are the September table, which thankfully was very close by so we could help with him. The point was to "force" you to talk to people you might not normally talk to.

2. Sunday night we had a local, small get-together at Mama Rie's house at with my aunt and uncle, my cousin, and her daughter. It was fun to watch Will play with Sophie and stuff.

3. I got to read some of Harry Potter... woohoo!

4. We got to play outside. Will swung. He and Stephen played basketball. We even went on a short family walk around the neighborhood.

5. I found out who bought the house next door which has been vacant since we moved in. It's a couple I went to high school with... the girl 2 years behind me, and the boy one year ahead of me. They are getting married in June. They are fixing up the house, and the boy is moving in in a few weeks, and the girl will after they get married. Still, fun having someone I know, somewhat close to my age living next door.

February Facts: Day 12

2011-02-14T21:15:00.003-06:00

Here I am playing major catch-up, yet again. These are facts from Saturday, February 12th:

1. We are Chick-fil-A for lunch.

2. Will proved without a shadow of a doubt that he waited until now to start his terrible 2's. He pitched the BIGGEST and UGLIEST fit when Mom tried to bring him home.

3. We watched the Memphis game, which they won. This was a major need for their record and possible entrance into the tournament.

4. I did like 10 loads of laundry, no lie, and by the time we went to bed that night, everything but what was on our bodies was clean, and we crawled into bed on clean sheets.

5. Will was still with my mom Saturday morning, but Julie Beth was wide awake at 6 am, so Stephen and I dozed off and on until 9 am... as did she.

February Facts: Day 11

2011-02-12T18:15:00.002-06:00

I will post some pictures with my true post from today. Day 11's post is a day late because yesterday was SO busy, and I got home super late so no posts. Anyways, here's 5 facts from our day yesterday:

1. Julie Beth went for her 4 month check-up. She's in a great health and is a petite little baby girl. She was 24 inches long (27%) and 13 lbs, 2 oz (27%). I am just glad her weight and height are right in balance with each other, as is the doctor. Remember those teeth I mentioned? Well, the doctor said they aren't her middle teeth, but the teeth beside them. I knew there was a big gap between them... this is where her middle teeth will go. He said it's funny if her top teeth do the same thing and no other teeth come in before the top outside middle because she will look like a baby vampire. Haha. That should be interesting.

2. I went on a brother/sister date last night with my younger brother, Jonathan. I went down to Tuscaloosa. We went and ate (at Moe's) and went to the Alabama vs Auburn gymnastics meet. Alabama spanked Auburn. Roll Tide!

3. Will had a slumber party last night. He spent the night with my mom. They however stayed at my grandmother's, Mama Rie's. Mom was asked by both my older brother and I to babysit, and of course she didn't turn down either of us, so she had Kalon (my adopted little brother), Will, Charlie (my nephew), and Julie Beth, so that's why she went to my grandmother's, for the help. Stephen went and got Julie Beth when he got off work and brought her home and put her to bed. I'm not ready to spend a full night away from Julie Beth yet, and I technically can't, since I'm still nursing.

4. I was 12:30 getting home last night. I'm not young anymore. Heck, even when I was young, I still slept all the time... even as a child. I was the first to go to sleep at slumber parties. I am one tired mama today because of my late arrival last night.

5. I didn't get to read any Harry Potter yesterday due to the hectic day. Sad, sad, sad.

February Facts: Day 10

2011-02-10T21:30:00.007-06:00

1. Our children LOVE to nap together, especially in our arms...

2. Will LOVES to hold Julie Beth... all the time.

3. Today we had Will's Valentine's Day party at school. All those kids are so precious.

4. These two kiddos are my Valentine's...

5. Will woke up even earlier this morning. He was up and going with no cuddle time in bed at 7 am!! His school was delayed a couple hours due to the snow, and he tried to fall asleep in the car on the way to school. Crazy!

Be sure to check back for tomorrow's post... Julie Beth has her 4 month check up!

February Facts: Day 9

2011-02-09T21:58:00.002-06:00

1. We baked 100 chocolate chip cookies for Will's school's Valentine's Day party tomorrow. 16 of which are heart-shaped for all the kids in his class. The rest are round shaped for the parents and extra for the kids.

2. I'm pretty sure Julie Beth has a second tooth breaking through. This may not count as a fact, but I'm making it!

3. We ventured over to Decatur today (even though youth program stuff got cancelled because they didn't want Stephen and me driving in the bad weather tonight), and we spent 4 hours... I repeat 4 hours cleaning the youth room. Sure, we had both kiddos with us, but they were very good! There was just so much to clean. It was soooo messy! Teenagers! :)

4. Will woke us up bright and early running at 7:30 this morning. That's made for quite a long day. Normally, on a non-school morning, he wakes up around 8 and comes and sits in bed with us while he watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse till 8:30 and then if it's a good day he'll watch an episode of Handy Manny and then we go downstairs and eat breakfast. Nope, this morning he came out of his room at 7:30 wanting to go straight downstairs. Boo.

5. It's snowing here, again. I'm sick of the snow, really. I'm ready for warm weather. I'm not ready for spring though... with spring comes all that pollen junk that messes with my sinuses bad. And I'm definitely not ready for the extreme heat of summer. I guess I just want regular, warm weather... no particular season.

Goodnight... my eyes are fighting to stay awake. Seeya tomorrow!

February Facts: Day 8

2011-02-08T21:25:00.003-06:00

Here are yet again on time...

1. Julie Beth slept till 6 am this morning.. the child went 13 hours without nursing and slept in her crib like 11.5 hours. And she got up ate, talked for like 20 minutes if that and went right back to sleep for another 2 hours. I wish I could sleep that much again... she's my daughter!!

2. Julie Beth laughed out loud on multiple occasions today. It. melts. my. heart.

3. My championship nurser is back... and I'm so relieved.

4. Julie Beth's tooth has broken through now, and she has another one on the way. Oh joy.

5. I have about 15 loads of laundry to do... seriously. I hope to tackle some of this tomorrow.

February Facts: Day 7

2011-02-07T20:40:00.002-06:00

So, so, so... I plan to post pictures tomorrow, just for those that come to see pictures of the kiddos. Anyways, on with the facts:

1. We are possibly in for a very long night. Julie Beth has been sickly as I mentioned on previous posts. Well, today she went to sleep around 1:30 and has only been awake about an hour since then, and it's now 8:45. She is in her room in her crib asleep. So either she's going to continue sleeping because her body needs extra rest, or she's going to wake up at 4 am and be up or something. I will definitely let you know tomorrow what happens.

2. Our house is the cleanest it's been in FOREVER. At least since Julie Beth was born. The upstairs still has a ways to go, but we conquered a lot downstairs. I can say the kitchen is completely clean. Will and Stephen did a lot. Will loves to help Stephen to do, and Stephen has the patience to let Will do it at his speed, unlike me. I am so rushed cleaning these days I end up doing it because I can do it so much faster, but I did my things (like load the dishwasher, wipe off counters and vacuum floors), and they picked up ALL Will's toys, unloaded the dishwasher, picked up trash, cleaned Will's room. Major accomplishment for all of us!

3. We did not leave the house today. Monday is the only day that Stephen is completely off work from both jobs. So we had relaxed as much as we can. The kids have taken turns being in horrible moods, but we have done what we can. He's worked in a little video gaming, and I've been reading Harry Potter book 5.

4. It is so strange feeling being 8:45 and both kids being in the bed. We are watching one of our recorded TV shows without the disturbance of a child. It's crazy!!

5. I did not cook one meal today. Mom brought fast food for lunch, and Stephen handled breakfast and dinner. It was a nice treat.

Seeya tomorrow! Pray we get sleep but that nothing's wrong with Julie Beth..

February Facts: Day 6

2011-02-06T22:16:00.003-06:00

I am actually posting on the right day... hooray!!

1. Let's start with the fact that we went to a Super Bowl party that my Sunday School class at church hosted. It was a lot of fun! Will played with the other little boy his age. They are so cute together! And of course everyone wanted to hold Julie Beth so it made for quite the relaxing time for Stephen and me.

2. Because of said Super Bowl party, we stayed in Decatur ALL day. I tried to get Will to take a good nap. This just didn't happen. So he napped for like 30 minutes. By the time we got home and did bathtime, he had been awake for like 14.5 hours with a 30 minute nap. Now it's 10:19 at night and we still can't get him down. He's overtired. Bad, bad thing.

3. Julie Beth had an awesome night. She slept from 9:30 pm till 6:30 am in her crib, which worked our perfectly because that gave me just enough time to feed her before I had to hop in the shower. She went right back to sleep and only woke when I dressed her for church and went back to sleep on the car ride home.

4. It was a pretty day in Decatur. We let Will spend most of the afternoon outside at church while Julie Beth and Stephen and the youth watched a movie inside.

5. I am exhausted. I am practically falling asleep typing this, so I'm going to go give it another round with Will (Stephen and I have been trading off) and then hit the bed. I just pray Julie Beth sleeps good tonight... she screamed the whole way home from Decatur so she should be pretty tired!

Seeya tomorrow!!

February Facts: Day 5

2011-02-05T17:01:00.002-06:00

This is going to catch me up so that now I can get back on track!

1. We did our normal Saturday morning Wal-Mart run this morning. We get up early (because we have kids) and eat breakfast and run to WM before everyone else gets up and out. We got Will's Valentine's for his friends at school. So exciting!!

2. Pop-O (my dad) came and played with Will today. Will loves him so much. We told him on the way home from WM that Pop-O was coming. He immediately ran to the front door when we came home and watched for him until he got here. He even made Stephen carry him out in the cold the last few minutes to watch for him and ran out to his car to greet him. He loves his playtime with Pop-O. They have so much fun. He's always sad when it's time for him to leave.

3. My LEAST favorite thing about having a baby is cutting those little fingernails. Julie Beth especially still likes to keep hers balled up into fists. It makes it extra challenging. I cut both kids fingernails today is what brought this up.

4. I am extremely tired. Julie Beth had a rough night last night as she is still sickly. I am hoping and praying for some sleep tonight.

5. We are watching the Memphis vs Gonzaga game right now. Come on Memphis! GO TIGERS!!!

February Facts: Day 4

2011-02-05T16:57:00.003-06:00

So yesterday was Day 4 of the facts list so all of these facts pertain to yesterday:

1. We had leftover chicken casserole for lunch yesterday. We absolutely love leftovers in our house. We love lunch being decided and having something good to eat for lunch. Casserole is something we both think is actually better left over.

2. Will, Julie Beth, and I had to deliver payroll for my mom as she was out of town and had the company supervisor enlisted on another task. I enlisted the help of Mama Rie to ride along with me. She did a great job of keeping both the kids happy.

3. Julie Beth HATES the carseat, hence the reason I enlisted Mama Rie... to talk to her and sing to her and try to keep her happy. Julie Beth did good except for one little stretch. But it took us 3.5 hours so considering that, she did great!!

4. Will LOOOOOOVES riding in the car. He, like Julie Beth, hated the carseat as a baby. Now he just rides and looks out the window and points at thing and talks. I'm so glad he's such a good car rider now.

5. I finished Book 4 of Harry Potter so I will start Book 5 later. Stephen finished the series last night.

February Facts: Day 3

2011-02-04T11:42:00.002-06:00

Goodness, I have already failed miserably at this task. I never came back last night and posted about Day 3. Oh well, I will catch up today... I promise!

1. Julie Beth did great in her crib, and she is continuing to do really well. Last night she slept from 10-4:30 and then got up to eat and slept from like 5ish till 8:30. Besides Stephen and I need her out of our room, this morning was a prime example of why she needs her own room. Will woke up at 7:30 and came to watch cartoons in our bed, and he would normally wake her up, but this morning she got to sleep until she was ready to get up.

2. Julie Beth is also kind of sickly. She has a runny nose and sounds like it's hard to breathe. Breaks my heart. She also hasn't been eating as good. I don't know if this is due to sickness or teething or if she's ready to wean herself. I would like to nurse a little longer as long as she will eat.

3. When I went to pick Will up from school yesterday, he came walking down the hall holding hands with another little boy in his class. I thought it was so sweet. He's such a friendly child. Someone the other night even commented, "He doesn't meet a stranger; does he?" He's definitely a youth minister's son and encouraged to talk to everyone.

4. Will asked to take a nap yesterday. I was floored. He's never done that!

5. I cooked dinner and dessert last night... with Stephen gone and both kids here. They were good for me. Will loves to help cook these days so that helps.

Seeya later for Day 4 Facts!

February Facts: Day 2

2011-02-03T14:46:00.002-06:00

Okay... so yes, I am a day late posting this. I have already failed this challenge but I am going to stick with it anyways... this are all facts about yesterday.

1. Wednesdays are ALWAYS hectic. I have manager's meeting with Domino's. Plus we have to leave early for church on Wednesday nights. Last night we left especially early because we had dinner with our preacher and his family before church. I just love their little girl to death!

2. Julie Beth did great in her crib. Her first night she slept from 10 pm until 6:15 am. And then last night she slept from 10 pm until 6:45 am. Getting better... but I'm glad she seems to have adjusted well. She looks so incredibly tiny in her crib.

3. Our downstairs heat has been acting up. So we just turned it off. It was off the reading cold this morning. I gave in and called our landlord to have it checked out. They came... said we needed to change our air filter. I feel awful for calling our landlord now. Stupid me!

4. About a week and a half ago, I started reading the Harry Potter books. I am about 3/4 the way through the 4th book. I love them! Stephen does audio books since he is in his car so much delivering. He is on the 7th HP book.

5. Will went to bed without a bath tonight. It's what happens on a busy, Wednesday night. He seemed to have slept just fine.

Seeya later for Day 3!

February Facts: Day 1

2011-02-01T18:55:00.002-06:00

So I'm going to take on a "challenge" from the blog world to post everyday for a month... some did December Dailies and January Journals, and I'm going to do February Facts. I will post 5 facts everyday during the month of February.

1. Tonight will be Julie Beth's first night in her crib in her room. Until now she's been sleeping in a bassinet in our room. I'm so sad it's come so fast for her to move into her room. But alas, it's time.

2. Julie Beth is also cutting her first tooth. It's going to break her gums any day now. I'm scared to death. Will didn't cut his first tooth till he was 9 months and I quit nursing him at 7. So I'm scared to say the least.

3. Today we ate brunch with our new preacher at Cracker Barrel. I love their biscuits and gravy. It was heavenly! And a meal without the kids, having interrupted conversation is nice.

4. It's a monsoon here in Guntersville tonight. And poor Stephen is out delivering in it. But he's gotta make the money honey!

5. Speaking of honey, the other day someone said, "Thanks honey" to Will... now honey is his favorite word... especially in reference to Julie Beth. Lovely.

And yes, there will be pictures with some of the posts! :) Just tired tonight...Seeya tomorrow!

My Baby Girl is 3 Months

2011-01-17T14:50:00.004-06:00

Here is some pictures of Julie Beth at 3 months old.... she's growing so fast!!

She's quite a talker these days!!

All smiles!

Talking to Mommy

She's squealing in this picture...

I'm a princess!

She's falling in this picture a little bit, but I wanted to post it to show how petite she is. Everyone comments on how small she is, and she really is. She's growing like a weed, but Will was at least 3 pounds heavier at this age.

These uploading in the opposite order, and I'm in a hurry and didn't have time to fix it. She started out with her paci, but then got happy and spit it out to talk...

At three months, we guesstimate her weight to be around 12 pounds. That's what the Wii says anyway. We are ordering her sound machine this week, and we plan to move her out of the bassinet in our room and into her crib in her room when that comes in. It's time to try to drop that middle of the night feeding she's still holding onto. We love our princess so much!!

Will Walks The Dog

2011-01-17T09:45:00.002-06:00

So last Christmas (as in Christmas '09), Will received this dog as a present. He wasn't really into it until this summer when I moved some of his toys to his sister's room for when she got older. And all of a sudden, it was his dog and he was all into it! Here he is playing with it the other day:

Here he is telling his doggie to sit...

Oops! He rolled over while walking...
Around the corner they go!

Stopping to let Doggie go potty...
And they're walking again...

Petting his doggie....

As you may remember, Will has a real, alive dog named Ellie. But he likes this one better because it (he hasn't decided if it's a he/she yet) doesn't try to take his food.

Sibling Love

2011-01-16T17:19:00.007-06:00

As I have mentioned before, Will loves Julie Beth to death. He truly cares about her and her feelings.

Here he is chatting with her...

And then giving her her pacifier....

Here they are in his playroom (which will be THEIR playroom when she gets to the age of playing). He wanted her to sit beside him while he ate his lunch. He wanted to actually hold her, but this was sufficient enough.

And here they are in their first bath together. Our normal routine is that I bathe Julie Beth, and right after that while I'm dressing her, Stephen bathes Will. Well, Friday night, Will begged to take a bath with Julie Beth. So here they are!

And although you can't tell it in this picture, they are dancing. See Stephen's laptop in the background? He was playing music, and Will was standing in the chair, holding her hands and swaying side to side. It was so sweet.

I am just so glad that Will loves her and isn't jealous. Here's a couple of stories about them:

One morning Will came and got in bed with us, as is our morning routine for about 15 minutes of family cuddle time, and he said, "Get girl." He wanted to hold Julie Beth. And we let him!

And today I was loading the dishwasher, and I had Julie Beth sitting in the Bumbo on the kitchen table, and Will was in a stool between us, and he begged and begged and begged for a napkin. I kept saying no but finally gave in because I was in a hurry trying to finish before Julie Beth started crying. So I look over, and he was cleaning her up...she had spit up and he was cleaning both her and the table. It was so precious!!

Updates on Will

2011-01-10T16:01:00.004-06:00

So I wanted to blog about a couple of big things happening in Will's life:

No. 1, Will is pacifier free!!! We were going to start 2011 paci free as stated earlier. We got back from Memphis on December 30th. We normally keep like 8-10 pacis in his bed so that at night Will can always find one. Well, when we got home, I didn't get all of his extras out so he just had the one. He loves to have extras, so he found me 6 more around the house that afternoon! He had quite the stash hidden. So I put those up, and on the 30th we put him to bed with just one pacifier. He woke up Friday morning and came and got in bed with us, as usual, and asked "Where's paci?" And we responded, "I don't know." If he had found it, he could have had it for one more day. But he never found it and never asked for it again. So I put it up that night before bed, and we have been paci free since. He still hasn't asked for it or tried to use his sister's. Those first few days were a little hard because he missing it even though he wasn't asking for it, so he was a bit whiny and fussy, but we survived and have been paci free for a week and a half. Hooray!! He says new words almost every hour now. I truly thought this would be my battle. I'm so relieved it wasn't.

No. 2, Will is becoming a good little prayer. Now, he doesn't pray yet, but if you ask him to pray, he will fold his hands together and look down. He doesn't close his eyes yet. But he will sit still and quiet while you pray. Then when you say, "Amen," he repeats you. So precious!!

No. 3, he is great at calming his sister down. All he has to do is talk to her or give her a paci and she will stop fussing. They really do have a great relationship already.

No. 4, Will is a neat child. Now, he is a child so he does love to make a mess, but he always cleans it up. I have really been working with him on this. So now every time he's done playing, he puts all his toys up. He even does it in the bathtub. Yesterday he went to church with my mom, and she said she had to wait on him to leave because he had to help the nursery workers put ALL the toys up. And it has to be his way... Stephen says he's almost OCD about it. His wife will appreciate me one day! :)

We just love our little guy and are amazed at how fast he's growing up!!

Snow!!

2011-01-10T15:37:00.004-06:00

So in case anyone missed it, it snowed here in Alabama. This is a rare thing. We are all under the weather but Will insisted on playing in the snow for a little while. So I bundled him up good... He has on like 4 layers on top... and the top to his tiger Halloween costume was the perfect fit so please excuse our tackiness.

Geared up ready to go!

Wow! Snow!

Snow angels!

Just not so sure about this...

I stayed inside where it was dry and warm with Julie Beth while they played outside for like 5 minutes. After that, Will was cold and ready to come in. It was fun though!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!

2011-01-10T15:26:00.002-06:00

This little girl LOOOOOVES her brother. She thinks he's the most interesting thing ever.

Will enjoying his new chair he got for Christmas

Totally relaxed!

How big is my baby girl getting?!?! Look at that sweet face!

She sucks her paci a lot, but if it falls out as it has in this picture, her fist will do!

Do you see how light her hair has gotten?!

This is right before bathtime for Will (hence the reason he's in just his diaper). These babies love to cuddle together in someone's lap. They hold hands often, which just melts my heart. They already love each other so much, and I just pray this continues over the years.

My Little Artist

2011-01-10T15:16:00.003-06:00

So, I don't know if the Christmas post will ever happen. Stephen has all the pictures on the nice camera, and I can't get to them. But it was a lovely, magical Christmas. Maybe I will do just a words post on it later.

Anyways, onto my little artist. Since starting preschool, Will has really taken to drawing, coloring, painting, gluing, anything crafts related really. The other day we were stuck inside all day, and he was pretty miserable so we did a lot of crafts. Here's some pictures:

Painting

Still painting

Playdough hearts we made

So concentrated on painting

Isn't he just adorable? We think so, but we are his proud parents.

Julie Beth 2 Months Old

2011-01-08T10:52:00.005-06:00

So, this post is almost a month old, but hey, it's better late than never; right?

Well, anyways, Julie Beth turned 2 months old on December 11th. We went for her 2 month check-up on the 9th. She weighed 10lbs even which is the 50%, and she was 22 inches even which is the 59%. Gasp, we have a child in the above average height category. Keep in mind, when Will was a year old, he was in the 8% for height. What can I say? They have a short mama! She was healthy and right on track. I asked about her right eye watering all the time, and he said that she has a TINY tear duct there, and so that's why. He said it will probably stretch with age and thus fix the problem. For now, we try to keep it dry and put Vaseline on her skin that dries out from always being wet. And this part may be too much for some, but Julie Beth poops A LOT everyday. It's so funny to me that my children are so opposite. I breastfed/breastfeed both of them eating most of the same diet, and at this age we started giving Will prune juice to help him go. With Julie Beth, every 2 or 3 days we are giving her 2-4 ounces of soy formula to help her not go. So hopefully that's going to continue helping. Shout is a MUST when doing her laundry. :)

At 2 months, Julie Beth sleeps a total of 10 hours at night with one feeding somewhere in between. She usually sleeps about 6 to 7 hours and then gets up and eats and then sleeps another 3 or 4 more. It's lovely. I prayed for a baby that loved sleep as much as me... and I think I may have gotten it!

Quick Update

2010-12-30T19:31:00.003-06:00

Okay, I plan to come back VERY soon with a full update on Julie Beth's 2 month check-up and our Christmas holidays. We have been in Memphis for 6 days (5 nights away from home!) so I have to settle back in and get things sort-of back to normal first. But here is a quick picture of all the cousins at Mimi and Poppa's house (Stephen's parents). They have 9 grandchildren that are 11 and under, and it is rare that we are all together at the same time.

Checking In

2010-12-13T12:17:00.002-06:00

I wanted to check in real fast and touch base. I am feeling a little under the weather today. The past few days have been very busy. I will be back as soon as I can to update about it all. Check back because Julie Beth's 2 month check-up and my dad's family Christmas will be featured. Stay warm in this snowy weather!

"T" for Tuesday

2010-12-07T12:38:00.006-06:00

Well, Will is napping, and Julie Beth is swinging in her swing... at least for now. Tuesdays are one of the days that Will goes to preschool at Miss Kim's. One thing I find so special about Miss Kim's is that I went to Miss Kim's when I was Will's age. She is such a patient and loving woman. She has to be to deal with like 15 2-and-3-year-olds by herself. So Will goes to school from 8-12 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. When he gets home from school, we eat lunch. Here he is enjoying a PBJ and some chips for lunch today.

After he ate his lunch, we played for a little while. He ran right in the door and ran upstairs to his room to grab a paci or two and his Mickey and Minnie. As I have stated before, all 3 stay with him at all times (except school and church). He's watching Mickey Mouse in the first picture.

While this little angel was at school, I soaked up some cuddle time with my princess. We took a short nap together. I am so glad Julie Beth was blessed with my love for sleep. She slept for 14 hours with 3 feedings last night. Us Davis girls, we love and need our beauty rest! :) Here's the princess talking to Mommy after our nap together. The pictures may not show it, but this girl is starting to have auburn hair. Her brother was born with strawberry blonde hair, and then at one point it got really red. Now he's pretty much just blonde. She was born with dark hair which lightens every time I wash it... just kidding. Although I do feel like that's true. But now out in the sun, it's definitely auburn colored.

Tuesdays equal Stephen driving a few hours at Domino's so it's usually just me and the kiddos. Tonight Memphis plays Kansas, which is a really big game, for those non-basketball fans out there. So after Stephen gets off, we will watch that and hang out. We have 3 different left-over options for dinner, so it will be nice not to have to prepare a meal. Well, my little girl is talking up a storm, and I want to go chat with her. Stay warm!

Baby It's Cold Outside

2010-12-06T16:07:00.003-06:00

Brrrrrrr, can we say it's cold outside? The wind here is what's the killer. It really makes it feel much colder. My babies have stayed inside all day where it's warm. We haven't really been up to much today. In fact, it's 4:00 and I just now jumped through the shower. Will has just played and played and watched some Mickey Mouse. Then he napped and played in the bathtub after I showered while I got dressed and stuff. That's something we do often to pass a little time is to let him play in the bathtub. He gets his real bath at night before bed, but sometimes we just fill the tub with water and give him some toys and let him play until he's tired of it.

What am I excited about today? Returning to regular meals as a family. Julie Beth is finally to a stage where she is happy long enough in her bouncy seat to let us all eat at the same time around the table. For the past two months, we have eaten in shifts... and usually in the den in front of the television or Will would eat in his playroom in front of his television as well. But we ate dinner and breakfast all around the table, and I loved it. We are trying to get Will back used to sitting at the table to eat.

What else am I excited about? The upcoming season finale of Dexter. We watched the next to last episode today. We got into this show from a friend in Nashville we used to spend a lot of time with when we both lived there. It's a very intense show and has been since the start. But this season, oh my, is very intense. I can't wait to see what happens. I really hope it's not the last season but have heard rumors that it is.

Today is a pretty boring day, so I won't bore you... Hope you are staying warm on this cold, cold day and that you take time to enjoy a meal with your family!

Photos of the Kids

2010-12-05T19:53:00.003-06:00

Since my last post didn't have any pictures, I decided to post a few from this evening...

Will in a Memphis outfit a family friend made him. Isn't it cute? We have matching blankets that my grandmother made us.

This picture is priceless. As we have entered the "Terrible 2's" we see this often...

He's watching Mickey here. This is before we changed him to his Memphis outfit so that we could send the family friend a picture of him in it.
Julie Beth practicing tummy time and holding her head up. She's getting pretty good at it for a few minutes at a time. It's hard to believe she's going to be 8 weeks tomorrow, 2 months on Thursday. Where does time go??

As I think I mentioned on Saturday, she has started talking (cooing) and smiling a lot. This is her almost smile. Isn't she just adorable? Maybe we are just bias... nah! :)

Well, it's time to bathe the kids. I'll be back tomorrow!

Sunday Solutions

2010-12-05T17:57:00.003-06:00

So for those of you close to us, you know that we have struggled with Sunday afternoons since Stephen took on the youth ministry job in Decatur. At first, it was a real struggle with Will, mainly due to his age and the fact that cold weather approached at the time Stephen started (Sept '09). Then when spring came and Will was a little older, things got easier. Will got to that real fun, easy on-the-go age. But then fall 2010 came, and with it came Julie Beth and cool weather again. Since Julie Beth has been born, Sunday afternoons have been very tiring and very stressful. Will is tired of the church building by the time church is out, but yet, I'm supposed to keep him there another 2.5-3 hours.... and get him to take a decent nap. Just wasn't happening with the addition of Julie Beth. She needed to eat, and he wouldn't nap and would scream. It was just a major headache. So we decided today to try driving separately, and the kids and I leave after church. It worked like a charm. Both kids napped on the way home. We came home and ate. Then we just hung out and played and watched TV until Stephen got home. So I think for now about 3 Sundays a month Stephen and I will both drive to Decatur, and the kids and I come home right after church. Hooray for a Sunday Solution!!

Saturday Morning Laziness

2010-12-04T12:21:00.004-06:00

We are having a lazy but productive Saturday morning around the Davis household today. Maybe relaxed is a better word to use than lazy. We are all still in our PJs taking it easy. We have done the dishes and put away 3 loads of laundry. I have Will's sheets drying. Basketball is on the television... Stephen's favorite time of the year. Housework with two is endless. So we plan to continue to do a little housework, enjoy basketball (NC and KY right now), Auburn later, and then tonight Memphis plays. GO TIGERS! Here's some pictures of the kids...

This was last Sunday. Stephen and the kids relaxing after a Memphis win. Stephen is always exhausted on Sunday afternoons so this is usually how you find him. See the Mickey figures in the picture? They are ALWAYS with Will these days. He's come to really love Mickey.

This picture and the one below it is Will this morning. He got this "hat" as he calls it yesterday. Stephen has one similar. Will loves to wear it. See that blue paci? We are starting 2011 without it. It's that time. He goes to school without it. He knows what his sissy's pacis look like. So we are saying goodbye after the holidays. (Please ignore the bed in the below picture. As I said, I am washing his sheets.)

Julie Beth this morning doing what she does best, sleep. We have spoiled this girl rotten. We hold her all.the.time. But I am eating it up as I know these days pass quickly. I have been pushing her to spend time not in our arms though. Right now she's stretched out on a blanket on the floor. She had her best night yet last night. She slept for 7 hours in her bassinet, 7.5 total, and went 8 hours without eating. For those who have asked, yes, nursing is going well. Thank goodness! And no, opposite of her brother completely, Julie Beth does not like to be rocked to sleep. It keeps her awake. If you try rocking her, she will stay wide-eyed, and as soon as you stop, her eyes will start to close. Just one of the many ways she is oh-so different from her brother.

My sweet princess with her lovey. Don't you just love all the purple? I do! But believe me, she has worn way more pink than I would have thought she would have.

That's all for now. Hope you have a relaxing Saturday too!!

Julie Beth Is Here

2010-11-05T12:32:00.003-05:00

So it happened... and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. Life with two is tiring and busy and hectic. But anyways, Julie Beth was born October 11th at 7:44 a.m. by a planned repeat C-Section. She was 7 lbs, 6 oz and 19 3/4 inches. She had a head full of dark hair. Will absolutely positively adores her. Here's a few pictures:

What We've Been Up To

2010-08-13T15:20:00.004-05:00

So it's been a couple months since I last posted. Shame on me, shame on me. But things have been SUPER busy around here lately. Living even closer to my mom now somehow keeps us even busier. So let's just get the update started!So this is Julie Beth's bedding. This is NOT her actual room. Her furniture will be the same as Will's was which is lighter wood. But the decor is what her bedding will look like. I have to still take pictures of the finished nursery... which, by the way, I think looks better than this!

We also have dealt with a broken arm. Will fell out of the kitchen chair after eating lunch one day and broke his elbow. It was quite the traumatic experience. He ended up having to have surgery to have pins put it to allow it to heal correctly. We wore the hard cast for 4 weeks and then had surgery again to have the pins removed. Everyone, both doctors and nurses, that dealt with Will agreed that this would not be our last broken bone with him. He's enjoying a Twizzler in this picture in case you are wondering.

We are just 10 days away from having Miss Julie Beth so I plan to get everything brought up-to-date before then so be looking for multiple posts!

It's A....

2010-06-17T20:33:00.002-05:00

GIRL!!!!

That's right. We went back at the beginning of June right after our beach trip, and it was confirmed that indeed Baby Davis is a GIRL! If you recall, we were told back at the beginning of May that they thought it was a girl, but I was very hesitant to believe. But it was very obvious this time that it was indeed a female.

Her name is going to be Julie Beth Davis. We plan to actually call her Julie Beth. I'm sure once she starts school and has to learn to write her name she will hate us but oh well. All kids have to hate their parents for something; right?

Anyways, we are very excited! We will be using mostly purple for both nursery and clothes. I'm just not a very pink person. Once I make a final decision on the bedding I will post what it looks like. But I will tell you this, the one I'm leaning towards is very PURPLE! YAY!!

I'm Alive!

2010-05-07T10:04:00.003-05:00

So I was reminded the other day that it has been FOREVER since I've updated the blog. Truth be told, I didn't want to just complain the whole time. But where have I been?

I've spent A LOT of time hugging one of these... Guys, this pregnancy has been oh-so-different. I kept thinking it was going to get better, and now at 16 weeks, it finally has started to. I was sick alllll day long and allllll night long. I lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks and got severely dehydrated. They put me in the hospital for a night to get IV fluids and rest. I took Zofran. It helped a little. My weight loss is now up to 11 pounds for the pregnancy. But y'all, it's coming from somewhere else because my belly is really starting to grow. It's rounding out too. In other words, it's actually starting to resemble a pregnancy belly and not someone who just needs to lay off the dessert. We had a sonogram the other day that suggested the sex of the baby but couldn't be definitive, so until the next one, we aren't sharing but stay tuned because on June 7th, we will have a confirmation and be shouting it at the tops of our lungs.

As far as Stephen and Will are concerned, they have been good. Stephen has been busy as usual getting the summer plans for the youth group finalized and things of that sort. Stephen and Will have spent a lot of time together, and Will has turned into a little Daddy's boy. I don't mind. I know deep down he's really still a Mommy's boy... haha. Just kidding. But Stephen really truly has stepped up to the plate and been such a good husband and father the past few weeks. Fed Will almost every meal when it was just the two of us. Changed pretty much every diaper when it was just the two of us. Done laundry and dishes when they got so behind he had no clean boxers or plates... And he brought me breakfast in bed every morning. I could on and on and on about just how wonderful he is. Will is just developing and growing so fast. We took away paci except for at night. For the most part Will has handled this well. Mom says Will is really like a 2nd child in a lot of ways because he spends so much time with Kalon. He's so advanced in his physical abilities... now if only we could get him talking more. That paci really hindered us.

This month is going to be super busy. Stephen's parents are coming for a visit, we are moving to a new house, and we are going on a beach vacation... so stay tuned for updates on that and what little Baby Davis is!!

Will Has Something to Tell You

2010-02-16T12:44:00.003-06:00

I guess it's time to announce to everyone that reads our blog since it's everywhere else, that yes, indeed, we are expecting child no. 2... and we couldn't be happier! The baby is due October 20th. However, the doctor said that since I will be a repeat C-Section that assuming all is healthy they will schedule the delivery for sometime during the first week of October.

And everyone always asks, what do you want? Of course we're going to be so excited and love the baby whether it's a boy or girl. With Will, without a doubt, I said I wanted a girl. With this baby, I still want my girl one day, but I want another boy. There would only be a difference of like 1/2 a month between their birth-times so the clothes would fall perfectly! And our next boy we are naming after my grandfather. Will was named after Stephen's dad and grandfather. So I'd like my grandmother to be around to meet the newest Samuel Neil Davis... calling him Sam.

Ive been feeling so tired and if I let my stomach get too empty then I feel queasy. I knew I was pregnant before the positive test based on how I was feeling... and it's so different than with Will. I don't know if it's because it's the second child or what, but I remember finding out I was pregnant with Will, being happy and feeling great for 2-3 weeks before feeling terrible. So I'm a bit surprised to feel bad so soon. But I find comfort in knowing that it just means that my body is doing what it's supposed to and the baby is settling in and finding a 9-month warm & dark home in my belly.

I suppose that's all. Once I know more, I'll pass it along. Until then, just continue to pray for us and a healthy pregnancy.

A Great Start To The Day!!

2010-02-06T09:56:00.003-06:00

So I decided to check the shipping status of Will's swing this morning. When I ordered it they said it would be delivered between February 17-25th. So I really just wanted to see what the status was. It said it was delivered. It has shipped USPS. I immediately ran to the front door, and what do you know is sitting on the front step...

his swing!!

Thankfully, Stephen ran out and put it on the swing set for me. I wanted to see how it would look, because they didn't have a red one, and I noticed that the green of the slide and the swing were a little different. But I do think it looks fine since we put distance between them and stuff. What do you think?

Sorry for the lighting again. It wasn't dark this time, but today is just a dreary, rainy, dark day. I wish it was warm enough that we could put Will in it for just like 5 minutes. He fussed... well really screamed... so much when Stephen went out to put the swing on. We are ready for it to warm back up a little and the rain to go away so that we can play, play play!!

My sister-in-law, Lauren, and her family have one of these, and she has 4 kids and they all loved it, so when Stephen and I found one similar we immediately wanted it. Will loves it. We are using it in place of a stroller. We carried Will to the mall in it, and he was very good. It has the little cup holder for him which he loves. He sets his paci down on the floorboard of the car, and then drinks some of his milk, and then he puts the cup back and picks up his paci. And the steering wheel has a horn that he likes. Right now we are using it as an inside/outside toy. We usually go on a lot of walks during the spring/summer, so we are hoping that Will will also enjoy it for neighborhood walks.

Well, I'm off to put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher in an attempt to keep this house straightened up! Stay warm on this chilly, rainy Saturday morning!

What We've Been Up To

2010-02-05T19:14:00.004-06:00

Well, we have continued to stay very busy around here. Mommy and Daddy had to put this together for Will....
Sorry for the quality of the picture. It was dark and I just wanted to snap one. His bucket swing is on its way and then he'll be set. I've managed to push him in one of these regular swings but it wasn't without challenge. Stephen and I read a lot of reviews on this swing set, and they said that it took the average couple two hours to put together. Well, Stephen and I must be far from the average couple because it took us like 5.5 hours! Oh well, it's done and soon Will will get to enjoy it tons.

This has kept Will VERY entertained....

This is Will's favorite show. Actually, it's all he really watches it. It's a lot like the Wiggles, but it's a mixed group and it's a lot brighter and they sing a little more and have story time and stuff. He loves to dance to their songs and I've even caught him trying a few of the moves! This lets me get a little housework done or grab a shower... if I can keep Will out. He thinks any time it's running he needs to be in too.

The housework for the most part is caught up. Since I'm working again we have divided up chores between Stephen and I to try and keep it caught up. So we both just do a couple of things each day and it has really made a difference so far.

What are your Valentine's Day plans? Ours... well, we decided it would ever so romantic to celebrate with about 8 teens spending the night. Doesn't that just sound ideal?! It's the first time a lock-in has worked out with the youth group, so we decided to let them all come here and party it up. I'll be back with updates about that soon!

Favorite Pictures

2010-02-05T19:04:00.003-06:00

Here's some of my favorite recent pictures of Will. Hope you enjoy!

Looking like a big boy!

Hanging out before bedtime, loving on Ellie, and enjoying his periodic treat of VERY watered down sweet tea. Check out the curls... they tend to show up by the end of the day!

I love Daddy, and I love pretending like I'm driving!!

Enjoying (or at least pretending) a sucker... this didn't last long. About 30 seconds in, he hated how dirty his hands were.

Will's Next to Favorite Thing

2010-02-05T18:43:00.002-06:00

Sooooo Will's favorite thing to do is play outside, but next to that, his favorite thing is to take a shower and play in the water... here's a couple of pics for proof... check out his posing in the one picture!

Isn't he just adoreable?!

It's 2010

2010-01-12T14:27:00.004-06:00

Yep, it's 2010, and I have yet to do a post. We kicked this year off with a bang... a bang of sickness that is. The week after Christmas we went to Memphis, and I don't know if it's the traveling or the colder weather there, or nothing to do with Memphis, but Will and I came down with the crud. Nothing specific, we just didn't feel good. No fever. No throwing up or diarrhea or anything of that sort. Just no energy and feeling like crud. How do I know Will felt like crud you may ask. Well, the child sat in my lap for two day straight and screamed if I had to put him down to go to the bathroom or eat or anything. And Stephen was working a lot because we had been in Memphis and he had asked off the next weekend to go on a youth retreat. (More on that later) So we tried to stay warm and nap some.... and after 3 days, we were ourselves again. However, Stephen continued to work, work, work... but we are paying bills and slowly but surely tackling our debt so that we can have a debt free life. I am so thankful for Stephen's extra hard work and dedication to getting all of our deb tackled as quickly as possible. So after working like 8 days straight (having the beginning of one week and the weekend of the next off-remember, he does work weekends too), he left for TCTC (Tennessee Christian Teen Conference) in Gatlinburg with the youth group. From all the stories I've heard, they had a blast. They laughed and made bags to feed the hungry and made memories that are going to last a lifetime. Now, that we are somewhat up-to-date.....

I am so over this cold weather. I loved cold weather before I had a child. I loved to stay in bed or on the couch bundled up watching TV or reading and drinking hot chocolate and things of that sort... but I hate it now that I have a child who feels very cooped up in our house. I just keep reminding myself at least we have a house and are out of the apartment... I don't even want to imagine what that would be like. So anyways, with the weather being so cold and us being sick, we have tried to stay inside as much as possible. Our house wasn't over-the-top decorated, but we did have wreaths on every window on the front.... which I did manage to take down just a few days after Christmas. However, we also had a nativity scene that was still up. So today, Will and I bundled up and took it down!

This is Will trying to climb a tree (It's really a bush)

Empty space where the nativity scene was

Most of the nativity before I took it down

My bundled up baby loves being outside, and this bright yellow ball makes him so happy!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-22T10:28:00.003-06:00

So it's that time of year already.... and I can't believe it. I've been struggling to get in the spirit of Christmas. Maybe it's because we are used to Nashville weather and Nashville malls and stuff... but it just doesn't seem like Christmas to me. We've already done 2 family gatherings, went Christmas caroling, had a Christmas party at the church and with the youth group and done all our shopping... but still not feeling it. We are spending Christmas Eve with my mom and family. Then we are spending Christmas Day home, just us. I am so excited to wake up and do presents with Will here and be lazy most of the day. We are heading to Memphis on Sunday after church to celebrate Christmas there. We will be there the 27th-30th and I am so excited to see Ryan and Casie and the in-laws and all of that family. I am excited that it's not rushed and we will actually get to relax some with them.

What are your plans for Christmas? Are you in the spirit?

In close, here's a picture of Will with Santa. Needless to say, he hated Santa this year. I was expecting this, so I wasn't too surprised.

We Are Alive!!

2009-11-23T18:59:00.002-06:00

I'm so sorry it has been a while since I have posted. I did really good for a while. Boo. Things have been so crazy around here... you wouldn't even believe it. I swear my house turns into a disaster in one day.. it's very frustrating. So I spend a lot of time trying to stay on top of it... with the key word being trying. Stephen and I have been passing Will back and forth as we come and go a lot lately. But this weekend, we finally got to all spend a lot of time together. We went to the movies Friday night with Jonathan and Danielle. Mom kept Will. That was such a nice treat. And then Saturday was my mom's extended family Thanksgiving so we had that. Then there was a party Sunday for Jason to honor him for going to be a torch bearer in the Winter Olympics. Now, we are packing and cleaning to head to Memphis to visit Stephen's family for a few days. We haven't actually been to Memphis since March. The in-laws have made a few visits here.. but boy does Will change a lot every couple of weeks. I'm so glad everyone is getting to see him. It will be nice. Well, I don't really have much time but I did want to touchbase... hopefully after a trip to Memphis and a basketball game, we will have some exciting pictures to share! Happy Thanksgiving all!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-05T14:30:00.004-06:00

I know it's a little late. Things have been VERY crazy around here this week. My house is an absolute wreck and there are piles of laundry to be put away and washed... but I have absolutely no motivation or energy to do it. I have no idea what's up. Anyways, to the point of this post: Halloween!! I think the pictures sum it up... so enjoy!

Will was a monkey!!!

The Davis Family!!

I'm showing Will his singing card from Grams.

Our little pumpkin hanging out!

That sweet face could never scare you!!

Such a happy monkey!

He seemed to like his costume pretty well, which I'm glad for.

TGIF!!

2009-10-30T16:45:00.005-05:00

As I'm writing this, I'm facebook-chatting with my friend Michele. Michele and I are high school best friends. We actually met on a trip with our old church our freshman year. After that, we were inseparable. I love this girl... and I am so glad that we are still so close! We text almost daily and stay pretty well updated with each other. I love her!!

It has been a good day around the Davis household! We had a bit of a lazy morning.. and by lazy, I mean relaxed. You can't really be too lazy with a toddler around. But we stayed in our pajamas all morning and just hung out. After lunch, I was determined to get some housework done. So I took some before pictures to motivate myself. I really can't believe I'm doing this. Here was my house before the 45 minutes I spent cleaning it:

And here it is after:

After we cleaned, my dad came over and played with Will for a while. Will sure does love his Pop-O! And other than that, we have just hung out. Sorry for no pictures of Will today. But he just woke up, so there's always a chance for one later!

Hurray for a clean house!!

Another Sunny Afternoon!!

2009-10-29T20:33:00.004-05:00

Thank you Lord for another sunny afternoon. Will and I ventured outside before and after his afternoon nap. It was fun as always. Here's the pics of what we did today:

Trying to climb into the neighbor's driveway...

Sitting on the bench...

And climbing off...

We go up and down these stairs a thousand times when we're outside. He loves it so much!

As I'm typing this, Will is in his crib fighting sleep a little bit. Mostly he's just talking with an occasional whine. I still rock Will but only for a short period. Mostly so he knows I love him and he's safe.. but I sing 3 or 4 songs and then lay him down. He's done very good adjusting to soothing himself and getting himself to sleep.

Anyways, back to today, we had a pretty good day. Stephen worked all day. I did very little cleaning unfortunately. I did put away one load of Will's laundry... and washed another load and put it in the dryer. That's about the extent of it. I have felt so tired today. I'm not sure why. Just exhausted. I did nap during Will's afternoon nap, which was an hour. But I woke from it with the most horrible headache. And it hasn't really gone away.

Mom and I took Kalon and Will to eat at Chick-fil-A today. Will played in the play area with the kids. He absolutely LOVED it. I have no doubt that the "Terrible Two's" really will be TERRIBLE in his household. When it was time to go, Will pitched the biggest fit. He was screaming. And I had to sit him down to get my keys out, and someone opened the door to the play area, and he took off! He was there so fast! His short, little legs moved so fast! I do wish I had the camera with me but the battery died, and I'm not good with the big, expensive one.

Tomorrow is Friday... and I can't wait!! Hope you have a good night!

Sunny Day!!!

2009-10-28T12:36:00.006-05:00

Well, today is a sunny day!! It brings much joy here to the Davis household. I'm sitting outside on my laptop watching Will play. He loves to just explore and play with the balls. It's so relaxing. You can tell we play outside even when it's cool because Will knows how to hold his arms for me to put him on a jacket! Today he started trying to unzip it though. Not cool. Here are a couple of pictures of him playing outside today. And yes, I know my child is dressed in clothes that are on the verge of being too small. That's what we choose to let get dirty.

Trying to unzip his jacket

Will with all the balls he likes to drag out one by one

Playing with his toy lawn mower

Again, playing with the lawn mower... if only he could really mow... one day though!

On another note, I feel the housework is going to get under control in the next couple of days. After I posted my second post yesterday, I folded two loads of laundry and cleaned out Will's drawers and closet of all the clothes he had outgrown. And we got the living room back put together. It's been a little disorganized since Will was sick and we spent so much time in there holding him and rocking him. Today is Wednesday (as I am sure everyone is aware) so we are leaving in a couple hours to head to Decatur for church. While Stephen and the preacher have their meeting, Will and I will make a run to Kroger. I'll let you know how that turns out! I'm hoping to save a lot!!

Update on Ugly Day

2009-10-27T14:35:00.002-05:00

Well, the raining has quit outside, so it's not quite as ugly, but it's still ugly enough that we can't play outside. And that's a very sad thing in his household. Will thrives for his outside time. So today after his morning nap (yes, still taking two naps) we ate lunch and loaded up to go to Mama Rie's house for a little change of scenery for a little while. Will loved getting out. We got to see Mama Rie and let her pick out the pictures she wanted from Will's portrait session. I am dying to share these with you guys. They make him look so grown!! Then to make the day better for Mommy, we went and got a Route 44 Coke from Sonic for a buck. The extra caffeine helps me out. I think I figured out that I need to start taking my iron again and maybe that will help with my energy level too. So when we got home I was determined to clean some. Will and I emptied the dishwasher and vacuumed over the floor. So it looks a LITTLE better. Far from clean but able to function in by my standards now. I'd love to do more but now I'm just pooped. I'm ready for Will's second nap, if only he was.

Speaking of second nap, any advice on this? He takes two short naps. By short, I mean around 45 minutes to an hour. I'd love for him to take one long nap. But before lunch he's unbearable most of the time he's so sleepy. What's some of y'all's schedules with naps and bedtime? Are we maybe putting him to bed too late and that's why he can't seem to do with just one nap? I'd love some help here!!!

Ugly Day

2009-10-27T11:33:00.003-05:00

It's an ugly day... both inside and outside the house today. The rainy weather makes me so sleepy and just want to lay on the couch cuddled up with Ellie and watch TV all day... but those are the days of the past. Now, I spend my time chasing a little toddler, changing diapers, and trying to clean. If people I went to high school with came over, they'd be amazed that this is my house. The floors haven't been swept/vacuumed in like a week or so... there is so much dust on the hardwood floors. Don't even get me started on the bathrooms. Gross. I used to be such a neat freak. I straighten my house daily, if I have the energy. But man, Will these days wears me out. I am terribly frightened of the terrible 2's. I mean, he already pitches these horrible fits where he throws his head back and arches his back and screams... it's quite a sight.

Three things Will loves this week. Climbing in our shower... with all his clothes on... with the shower wet. We go through at least two outfits a day fighting this. I close the bathroom door and then get in a hurry one time and forget to close it. We are already on our second outfit of the day, if you want to keep track. We awoke in pajamas and changed, and now, we have changed again. He also LOVES to flip the switches on surge protectors. It's really beginning to be a problem. And this goes with the surge protector, he LOVES to turn on and off the flat screen in the living room. Both of these present problems, and "no" just doesn't seem to do the trick. And finally, Will has found his nose and that it has two nostrils. He hasn't learned to "pick" his nose...yet anyways. But he loves to walk around with one of his fingers stuck up his nose.... for no reason.

So today, I am going to try to clean my house a little bit at least and manage to have patience with Will. These two often don't go hand-in-hand, but we'll try. I'll be back with a recap of if inside the Davis household is looking prettier both with appearance and attitude. :)

Week from You Know Where

2009-10-23T12:21:00.002-05:00

It has been quite a week around here. Very, very, very busy and stressful. As many of you may know, my parents own a few Domino's Pizza in Northern Alabama. This week is national Customer Appreciation Week... meaning you can get a large 1-topping with free extra cheese for 5.99. It's crazy at the stores! And I had already precommitted to help during this week. I worked in the Guntersville store three days.

So I knew I had this going into this week. But on Sunday, we were at church getting things ready to do the activity with the youth... and one of my old bosses from V&J called. He said an attorney had contacted him on a case I did almost two years ago requesting that transcript... and by the next night! Well, since we were at church, we were an hour away from home. Thank goodness Jon and Danielle were in town because they came over and found most of the files and told me how many pages the job was. Thankfully, my boss called back and said the attorney changed his mind and just needed the job as quickly as possible. I thought the job was around 75 pages from what they were able to find. I get home and I start working on the job, which was every reporter's nightmare. I forgot that during this time, my laptop was broken and sent in for repairs so I didn't have it in realtime files and had to download it from my machine and use my digital recorder files in Windows Media Player. But after many long days and nights, the job is finally with my proofreader. I sent it to her in three parts so that maybe we could tackle it sooner. After finding ALL the files, it really ended up being 200 pages. I'm so glad she was able to fit me in! She's the best. If anyone is looking for a proofreader or scopist, e-mail me and I'll give you her contact info. She's awesome!

So that was my side of the crazy week. Stephen has to teach Sunday School, preach during worship, and plan a video scavenger hunt for the kids... all for this Sunday so he has been crazily busy too. Poor Will has had no home-cooked meals... lots of grilled cheeses and chicken nuggets.

OH, which reminds me... Tuesday evening Will was so fussy... actually, he was screaming. So even though I didn't want, I gave in and was going to let him take a second nap at 5:45 because there was no way he was going to make it to bedtime... I didn't feed him dinner or give him a bath because I thought this was a NAP... but no, he slept until 7:05 the next morning!!! I guess he was just completely worn out.

Well, hopefully now that I have the transcript mostly tackled, I will be able to blog and relax a little more and tackle housework... don't even get me started on my house. Will and I are riding with my mom in a few minutes to deliver payroll to the stores... just so I can have a second to visit with her. We have both been so busy that a few minutes in a car together technically still working is the only way we can spend time together!

Chilly Saturday Morning

2009-10-17T10:06:00.002-05:00

Wow, is it a chilly Saturday morning or what? We turned the heat on low when we woke up. It's going to be hard to know if I'm for sure keeping Will warm enough these days. I mean, he runs around all day therefore keeping his body temp up I would imagine. And then Stephen and I are complete opposites. I freeze all the time, and he's always burning up.... so I'm not sure what Will is going to be like. I sit and cover up with a blanket a lot, but obviously I can't keep my busy boy under covers all day. I've been dressing him in socks, pants, and a long-sleeved shirt for now. Any suggestions would be welcomed!

The picture yesterday with the mascot didn't happen. We left right before the pep-rally ended, and the mascot was no where to be found. But we are about to get ready and go get his professional portraits made. Woohoo!! I don't know if I'll come back with proofs or not, so stay tuned.

Hope you stay warm on this chilly day!!

Ready for the Weekend

2009-10-16T12:22:00.004-05:00

Well, let me just tell y'all... you are in for a huge treat come Halloween. We put Will's costume on him the other morning because we were so excited, and it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. And much to my surprise, he didn't try to pull the hood off or anything. So I'm very eager to show off pictures... but I'll wait until the big day to keep you curious and coming back for more!

Today is Homecoming for the high school. I had hoped to take Will to the parade, but instead of having it on Friday afternoons like they normally do, they moved it to Thursday evening, and I would have had to take him alone... so no thanks. And I was going to try to brave the football game, but with the very cool weather, we are going to sit it out as well. We went to one game and I thought Will would be super interested in the band and all... but he wasn't. We are going to go to the pep-rally at the high school this afternoon though. I'm going to try to get Will's picture made with the mascot. I'll let you know if that happens or not.

Tomorrow we are getting Will's 1-year portraits made... a little late, but hey, we've been busy. So I'll have those to post soon hopefully.

I think we have finally transitioned to one nap a day. He goes to bed a little earlier with that one nap so if we need to stay out past 8ish then I'll have to let him have another one during the day. But when we're home, I love having some down time just Stephen and myself.

Jonathan and Danielle (my little brother and his serious girlfriend) are coming home this weekend too! I'm excited to see them. It's been like a month. I saw them just a little the weekend of Will's birthday, and then they came home last weekend, but Will was sick and housebound, and we weren't really supposed to have visitors. So I am excited to see them!!

Anyways, I'll be back with some pictures and a weekend recap soon!

Our Little Monkey

2009-10-14T16:43:00.003-05:00

Will's Halloween costume just came... and I am so excited. It is soooooo cute! I definitely love it more in person... and I already loved it online. I can't wait to put him in it!! I think the candy pail is just adorable too!!

Will's First Birthday Pictures

2009-10-14T11:35:00.006-05:00

Will's birthday cake. My grandmother always homemade from scratch icing and all all of our birthday cakes growing up. She made his too. It was very special. His favorite stuffed animal that he sleeps with at night is this blue dog. We call him "Blue" for obvious reasons. So we decided to put Blue from Blue's Clues on his cake.

Will's individual cake to tear into!

The table

The presents

Us with the birthday boy

Mommy and Will. I stripped him down to a birthday bib for the cake eating part.

Will eating his cake... although the pictures are deceiving. He really didn't like it that much. Sad.

Will playing with some of his toys. He loved the ball Uncle Jon gave him. He LOVED having Casie and Ryan (his god parents) visiting. Ryan could lift him and let him touch things Mommy & Daddy couldn't reach.

Grandma (Stephen's parternal grandmother) and his sister Kristin gave him these shakers and an outfit to wear to the Memphis Tigers games this year. The outfit is adoreable. It will be pictured on him at some point I'm sure. :) In case you are new, we are HUGE Memphis Tigers basketball fans. But the shakers are a daily play toy... he LOVES them!!

Happy, happy birthday boy!! I think he had a blast. Of course, we have a ton more pictures and videos, but these sum up the party for the most part.

Will's Sick

2009-10-09T19:39:00.002-05:00

Sorry, I come without pictures.... again. Stephen has successfully downloaded them to his computer, but he hasn't had the time to upload them. The files are unrecognizable on my computer, since the pictures are on the big, nice, expensive camera.

Anyways, the real reason for the post is to ask for prayers. Will started running a temp of 101 on Wednesday night. I didn't really pay much attention to it, but we did give him medicine. The fever lasted all through the day Thursday. So this morning I decided to take him to the doctor. And what would you know, the flu test showed a faint line. :( They are treating him as if the line was stronger because of his age. We started on Tamiflu.

We think he got it from one of Stephen's youth at church. He loves Will to death and last Sunday he was all over Will as normal, and they announced Wednesday night that he has Swine Flu.

But we think we caught it super early enough... since he doesn't have a super high fever and he still has some energy and he isn't throwing up and all that mess. So please remember us over the next 5 days. We are housebound.. and it will be hard on Will and me. Be back soon with an update.

Will's the big 1!

2009-09-24T15:47:00.002-05:00

Okay, it happened. I survived it. Will turned one. There were many tears shed by this mama over her baby turning one. But we laughed and we played and we had a good day. Stephen is so busy these days with balancing Domino's and the church job that he hasn't had time to download the pictures and videos yet but we will be back soon to post those, PROMISE. It was a great party all around. Will was loved on and played with by numerous people who loved him.

We went for his one-year check-up. It was great! He weighed 22 pounds, 4 ounces (39th percentile). He was 30 inches long (51st percentile). I was so happy he had grew a good bit since at his 9 month appointment he was only in the 8th percentile for height. I don't remember his head circumference but it was in the 90th percentile so he has a big head! Haha.

He's to the point of running now. And he is a climber. If you turn your back for second, he's onto something. It's unbelievable. He eats solely table food now, and I love it. He's only on whole milk as well. He doesn't miss his bottle at all! Life is so much easier now. He still sleeps great at night and naps totally depend on the day and what's going on. He's a very happy baby. He's very ticklish. He absolutely LOVES being outside. He fusses to go outside all the time.

Anyways, we will be back with pictures soon.

PS- He didn't really love the cake, in case you were wondering.

11 Months Old

2009-08-22T10:30:00.004-05:00

It is so hard to believe but Will is already 11 months old! I don't have any new pictures to post right now. We have tons, but they aren't on my computer so I can't upload them. I will get some on here as soon as I can though.
Knowing that his birthday is nearing constantly makes me tear up. I cannot believe my baby is about to be 1. It just blows my mind. At the beginning, in those rough times between 3 months and 6 months, I wished for this time... now I want to be back at those rough times.
But boy, this is such a fun age. I just love this age. My favorite new thing: Will gives hugs... and means it!! It makes my day when he walks (Yes, I said WALKS!) over to me and gives me a hug. Right after Will turned 10 months he started walking. And boy has life changed since. He gets everywhere so fast. We have to keep our bedroom and the hallway bathroom door closed. He loves to play in the trash and with the toilet paper in the bathroom. And he finds such joy in pulling everything (clock, laptop, picture frame) off Stephen's night stand. So we've just started closing the doors.
Will has 8 teeth! He didn't get his first till 9 months but boy they just keep coming. He has 4 on bottom and 4 on top. And it makes for such a cute smile! Will loves to read books.... all the time! He never gets enough of them.
OH, another big change, Will is completely off baby food. Still on formula for just a bit longer, but he eats table food. This is so fun. I like cooking for all of us or going out to eat and him being able to eat off my plate. And he's a good little eater at that! I can't wait to go for his 1 year check-up to see how much he's grown. I don't know that he's much taller but I do think he's slimmed out a little in his legs from walking.
Well, I will be back as soon as I can with pictures. Thanks for checking in on us!

Life in Guntersville

2009-07-07T14:14:00.004-05:00

So as we have mentioned before, we moved to Guntersville in the middle of May to be closer to family. We are loving it here! We see family almost every day. It's fun to get to watch Will getting to know these people better, and it's nice to have a break every now and again. Here are some pictures with descriptions of what we've been up to here:

Will absolutely loves to swing on Kalon's swing set at my mom's. He will stay in this as long as you will stand there and push him, really. We think this is a family trait or something, because Lauren, Stephen's sister, her kids will swing ALL day long if you let them.
We have made a few trips to the walking trail by the lake. Will enjoyed eating by such beautiful scenery.
On Father's Day, being Stephen's day, I gave in and went to the State Park and hiked with him. For any of you that know me know that I am NOT an outdoor person. But being his day, I obliged and went and never ONCE complained. I carried Will like this the whole way... for three miles!! It was quite the workout!
I love this picture of the two of them. We go to swim at Grams' sometimes. Will loves the water!
However, this is Will's real love of water... his baby pool we bought for him. He loves to crawl around and play with toys... and try to climb out of it.

We really are loving life in Guntersville. We will have to do another blog on our trip to the beach and Stephen's parents weekend here visiting.

A quick update on Will's checkup and stuff. He went to the doctor on June 23rd, and he's as healthy as we could hope for! He weighed 19 lbs, 3 oz, which put him in the 23%. He was 27 inches long, which put him in the 8%. Poor baby boy, he's going to be short like his mommy. At 9 months, Will have four teeth. He crawls like a pro. He walks behind toys and down the couch. He calls Stephen "Dada" and me "Nana". We can't seem to master the M sound. But I'll take Nana over nothing! :) He's such a sweet and happy baby. We're having so much fun at the age he is now!

Short Update

2009-05-18T11:03:00.002-05:00

So I do not have very long but just wanted to let everyone know we are alive. Things have been so hectic lately. Will has started crawling which puts me chasing after him all day, and then we just moved back to Alabama. We are so excited to be close to family with Will and let him spend time with them and get help and such. So packing with Will was quite difficult and took a lot of extra work. So anyways, as a short update, we are alive and living in Alabama with an 8-month-old who is all over the place. Pictures and more details to come!

Our Little Memphis Tiger

2009-02-13T17:35:00.012-06:00

Will is already a huge Memphis Tigers fan, and he makes us so proud. He has been to five Tigers games in the last year, and he has a blast everytime. Three of those games were when he was still in the womb (the regular season finale against UAB, and then the Final Four and the National Championship games last April). We know he was having fun at the Final Four because the first time Jennifer ever felt him kick was in the middle of the beatdown that Memphis put on UCLA. Will kicked extra hard when CDR dunked right in Kevin Love's face. Will's first game post-birth was the UAB game on January 17, just before he turned four months old. Here is the whole family decked out in our Memphis Tigers gear. It is hard to tell in the picture, but Will is wearing Memphis Tigers socks, polo shirt, and hoodie.

Jennifer and I bought season tickets this year for $100 a piece (they are in the nose-bleeds) even though we were not able to make most of the games. This is much easier than trying to buy individual game tickets on StubHub or from a scalper, and we were able to sell or give away the tickets for the games we didn't go to. So when we took Will to the UAB game, we were only three rows from the top of FedEx Form. As you can see in this picture, Will was a little scared of the height...

Even though he was a little scared at first, Will had a great time. He was mesmerized when they introduced the Tigers' starting line-up (They turned off the lights and had spotlights roaming the arena and had a loud video introducing the players). He also had fun looking around during the game at the 18,000+ people at the Forum, and was intrigued when everyone cheered. It was an exciting experience for all of us, although Will kept us up nearly the entire night after the game because his schedule was so out-of-wack from staying out till nearly midnight. It was well-worth it to enjoy a Memphis Tigers game with our son! We took him back two weeks later for the Houston game, but this time we sat in my dad's company seats and not at the top of the arena. It was much more pleasant only carrying Will to the lower-level, and my dad's company seats are in the handicapped section, meaning we weren't stuck in the middle of a tightly packed row when Will would start to get fussy. At the Houston game Will got scared during the intro video and started to cry because the video was MUCH louder in the lower section of the arena. After that we all once again had a great time. Will loves his Memphis Tigers, and we all look forward to going to lots of games as a family for the rest of our lives! Here are a few more pictures from the UAB game in January.

Our Little Giggle Box

2009-02-13T16:31:00.008-06:00

Check out these two video clips to see how much Will loves to laugh now...

4 Month Check-Up

2009-02-03T10:07:00.003-06:00

What can I say? I still have no pictures to update with. I know, blogs are boring without pictures... so maybe soon. Last Tuesday, we had Will's 4 month checkup. Everything's still going great. He's a healthy baby. He weighed 14 lbs, 11 oz, which put him in the 45th percentile. He was 23 and 1/8 inches long, which put him in the 20th percentile. His head circumference was 17 inches, which put him in the 70th percentile. So we have a short, chubby, big-headed baby to sum it up. The doctor said it was time to start letting Will cry it out some. He has started rolling over from his stomach to his back... which I thought was the best thing ever! But Will is a tummy sleeper so when he would flip to his back, it would wake him up and make him mad... so we were up a lot. It was getting really bad. But he's cried some the past three nights. Each night he cries less and less so it's working.

Also, for any of you know that know my brother or sister-in-law, they had their baby boy, Charlie, on Thursday, January 29th. Everything went great and he's healthy. I forget his exact weight but it was around a 6.5 pound baby. January 29th is also their wedding anniversary. They were celebrating their 4 year anniversary when Charlie arrived! So fun!!

So Glad It's Friday!

2009-01-23T15:44:00.004-06:00

I am soooo relieved that it's finally Friday. We are really in need of some down time here in the Davis household. We've travelled two weekends in a row, and it's just not as relaxing and as much of a break as I'd like the weekends to be. Friday is what gets me through the week... knowing that at 5pm, Will and I are the center of Stephen's world for the next two and a half days. I love Will so much, and I absolutely love being able to stay home with him. I wouldn't trade it for the world. But it can get tiring and frustrating, so I do treasure and love the help I get from Stephen... it makes the week bearable. We have had such a busy week on top of the being gone two weekends in a row so this weekend is especially special. I'm sure Stephen will be back to recap about our weekend in Memphis soon... he's so excited to share about Will's first time at a Memphis basketball game! :) So check back soon for pics and an update on that.

We Thought We Had a Sick Baby

2009-01-20T10:27:00.002-06:00

So Will has been screaming (not crying, not fussing) but screaming a lot more lately. His eating decreased so we were determined he was sick. We have an overall happy, quiet baby. People even comment on how good he is. So yesterday we took him to the doctor. I'm glad to report that Will is healthy. He goes for his 4-month well-check-up on Tuesday, the 27th. But the doctor's explanation for his screaming is that, "You have an ill-tempered child." Everyone in my family finds that a hoot. They say that it's payback for my childhood and teenage years.

So I am very eager to go for his well check-up and get his statistics. I will say that he did weigh 14 lbs, 9 oz yesterday. So he is still growing way strong. He's getting close to doubling his birth weight. We got some great pics of him yesterday for his 4 month snapshots. So hopefully we'll get those posted soon.

A Long Awaited Update

2009-01-03T14:19:00.014-06:00

It has been quite awhile since we last posted on our blog, and many things have changed over the last few weeks. Will has continued to grow like crazy, but not just physically. He had his two-month checkup November 26. He weighed 11 lbs 13 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long. He also got his first shots, so that was a scary experience for all of us! Luckily he calmed down quickly afterward. He goes back for his four-month checkup January 27, and we cannot wait to see how much he has grown because we know it is a lot.

Then Will had his first Thanksgiving. We spent it in Alabama this year. I had to miss one of the family functions, as I was the best man in Ryan and Casie's wedding, but we all went to spend Thanksgiving Day with Jennifer's Dad's side of the family. We ate lots of turkey and ham, and Jennifer ate extra for Will.

After Thanksgiving life became hectic with my final exams and term papers. I pulled more than one all-nighter, as I am known to do, but luckily we all survived and were rewarded with my graduation on Saturday, December 20. It was really exciting to finish college forever and know that I never have to take another test or write another paper again if I do not want to. Jennifer was probably even more excited than I was because now she gets all those extra hours with me that I used to spend in class! I am now officially a master of something, a Master of Theological Studies. We look forward to seeing how God allows me to use all that I have learned and where he takes our family next.

We started the Christmas festivities just a couple hours after my graduation. My parents, along with Grandma, Nani & Pop, and Kristin's twins came up for graduation, and then we all went over to Lauren and David's house for our first Christmas dinner and gifts of the year. Then Sunday we drove down to Alabama for the next couple days. First we celebrated with Jennifer's Dad's family, and then the next day with Jennifer's Mom's family. It was a rushed and busy trip, but very memorable since it was Will's first Christmas experience. Then we headed to Memphis the night before Christmas Eve. Will has gotten to be a very good car-rider, however seven hours on what should be a four hour trip pushed him to the limit. Yes, that is correct, it took us seven hours to get from Guntersville, AL to Collierville, TN because we apparently made a wrong turn or missed something along the way. After driving over an hour the wrong way, we found our way back in the right direction and arrived in Collierville at 10:30 PM after leaving Guntersville at 3:30. We had dinner and presents with my parents, Grandma, Kristin and her twins on Christmas Eve. Then we spent Christmas Day at Nani & Pop's house. This was the first time Will met most of my extended family, so it was an exciting time. My younger cousins and nephews acted out the Christmas story, with Will as the baby Jesus. Jennifer and I were supposedly Mary & Joseph, although all we did was sit there and hold Will.

We headed back to Nashville Christmas night because I had to work on Friday. Since we had been out of town, we called Santa and arranged for him to come the night after Christmas. We set-up a hidden video camera to capture the moment when Santa came to visit Will for the first time. It was quite memorable to say the least. I will even allow all of you who read this blog to see the secret footage in the video below.

All in all, Will's first Christmas was a great experience. Will got lots of new outfits and toys that will keep him well-dressed and entertained in 2009. Now that life has settled down a bit, you can expect to see updates more often on the happenings of our family.

Sweet Baby Boy

2008-11-06T13:49:00.003-06:00

This is Daddy and Will watching sports on TV. We love football season and watch a lot of games... whether it's Alabama or Tennessee or the Titans or whatever. Plus the big sport in our household is basketball and the NBA season started and Stephen's been following some former Memphis players who are now in the NBA until the new Memphis season gets kicked off. So there will be lots of sports watching in the future for these guys! Notice Will has on a sports outfit!

I love his face when he's sleeping!! You can tell he's in a really deep sleep when the mouth is not only open but puckered too...

We have started using the activity mat as well. One end has an area that has lights and music which he absolutely loves to lay on his belly and watch. Then the other end has the mirror. It is so funny to watch Will stare into this. You can tell he's so confused. But it's so sweet. He's started talking to himself. Stephen and I will try to get him to talk but come away with nothing. Then when he's alone either in his crib or on his activity mat, the baby talk just flows out. It's so sweet to hear!! So this is our baby boy that's growing soooooo fast!!!

Will's First Halloween

2008-11-06T08:52:00.007-06:00

This is the Davis family at Trunk or Treat at church. We didn't actually "treat or trick". We just hung out with our Sunday School class which had a few cars decorated and gave out candy. Will wore his skeleton sweatsuit that Joey and Amanda gave him. It was big on him because it was 3-6 months but it was cute, and it kept him warm so it worked!

Stephen & Will together. Will was tired. It wore him out! :)

Me with Will in his backpack carrier. He absolutely loves it. We use it when we go almost everywhere right now.. grocery store, mall, wherever.

Closeup of Will at home before we left of him in his skeleton costume.

Me & Will before church one Wednesday night. Look at that cute pumpkin booty!!

Will looking at me talking to him. He's really into making eye contact when you talk to him.

Us again but with Will looking at the camera this time.

Will smiling/starting to laugh at us while taking pictures. I love this picture!!

Look at those chubby legs!! Everyone comments on how small Will is but look at those legs!! The next pictures are just a few more of him in him pumpkin outfit:

Overall, since Will was only 6 weeks old on his first Halloween we thought it went well. On actual Halloween, we went out to eat with Ryan and Casie and then went to the mall and walked around. Each store was giving out candy to trick or treaters so we admired all of the kids' costumes. So this is our little pumpkin & skeleton! :)

Another Week: A Growing Baby

2008-10-31T15:52:00.005-05:00

This week Will has discovered the mobile in his crib. He absolutely LOVES it, and it entertains him just long enough for me to scarf down dinner in peace without having to hold him. He is still sleeping in his bassinet in our room, but we have play time in the crib to get him used to it so the transition won't be too difficult... at least we hope not.

Will loves to sit up either propped up against the couch or on a pillow. His head is a little lopsided here. We think he looks like such a big boy in this picture.

He is so sweet when he sleeps. He has started sleeping less as he requires less sleep and gets older and has more awake time, but I just love how peaceful he looks when he's sleeping.

Will contemplating....
Then he let us know what he was thinking... His daddy thinks he's going to be a preacher. We'll see about that. Other comments on this picture has been that he's telling about how he almost caught a fish this big or saw a snake this long... haha. If only we could really know what he was trying to tell us...

So Will is now 6 weeks old. The weeks are truly flying by. We have started getting out with him a little more. Last Sunday we went and Stephen got fitted for Ryan and Casie's tux at the mall and grabbed dinner out. It was nice to just get out of the apartment and do some of the things we did before Will was born. Then Wednesday night we went to Trunk or Treat at church. It was a lot of fun. We really enjoy being social and getting to experience our new life as a family with a baby. Look for another post this weekend about Trunk or Treat and pictures from Halloween and such.

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

2008-10-25T13:42:00.006-05:00

So that entails this week... the good, the bad & the ugly. It's been quite the week with Will. We've had many emotions run through our house over the last few days. There have been some trying times with Will. In the past couple of weeks Will has started getting fussy at night and crying for no reason... which the doctor said is normal. There's nothing more wearing on you than hearing your child cry and not being able to calm him down. We hold him every way possible. We feed him. We change him. We rock him. We sing to him. Sometimes nothing works. But eventually the crying stops and he goes to sleep and tomorrow is a good day and it's all forgotten.

But aside from the bad and ugly that comes with parenting, the good and the great come with it too. Will has "grown up" so much over just the last week even. He's to the point where he needs to be interacted with and stimulated. It's the sweetest thing to see Will be amazed by a singing giraffe that he has.
Now, I know you can't really see the giraffe in the picture, and I know Will's head is cut off, but I took this with my cell phone real fast so not to lose the moment. This is Will's first interaction with his toys. The giraffe was playing the music, and Will was looking at it, and then out of no where, he reached for it and this is what he came out with! It was the sweetest thing ever. When he grabbed it, you could tell he was like, "What did I just do?" and then he made one of his "Caaaa" noises that is heart melting sweet.

Since Will was so amazed by his giraffe, I decided to let him try and watch a Baby Einstein movie he has. It says from 3 months and up. But man, Will loved it. It's 31 minutes long, and he sat through 22 minutes of it. He loved all the shapes and colors that came across the screen. It will definitely become a daily activity from now on out.

I let Will sit in his bouncy seat while I set up and he watched the movie. The first picture below depicts how calm he was at first. Then he was not very patient with me while I was trying to get the DVD on. He started fussing and throwing his arms all around. Well, on his bouncy seat there is a toy bar. One of the toys that dangles is a rattle, and the other is something that plays a short song when pulled. Well, he throws his arms around and they end up grabbing onto the red thing that plays music. Again, he stopped for a second as if he was amazed at the feeling... which I'm sure he was. But then he started back up again with his arms and this ended in him pulling the toy which then started singing which really got his attention and calmed him right down. It was so neat to see him start noticing the things around him... even if on accident. The second picture below shows him holding the toy. Again, it's blurry because I snapped it with my cell phone before he let go, plus Will was moving the whole time.

Overall, being a parent is still amazing, but it's definitely a trial and error and learning process. We're still learning what Will likes and doesn't like and how he likes to be held when he's fussy and things of the sort. He's starting to smile some, which when he smiles it melts my heart! As long as at the end of every fussy, bad time Will lays his head on my shoulder and holds onto my shirt so tight and looks at me with those beautiful blue eyes that I can tell love me, I can handle the bad times. We have some other new pictures as well, but we'll post them later when we have more time. Oh, and Will's Social Security card came in the mail so the government now recognizes him!

Meet Will's Godparents

2008-10-25T13:31:00.003-05:00

So this is Ryan & Casie Adams (almost!). They are engaged and are getting married on November 22, 2008. We are so excited that they are Will's Godparents. They are such a great couple. Ryan graduated from Lipscomb in May of 2008 and is working full-time while Casie finishes nursing school. She'll graduate in May of 2009. Then Ryan is going to grad school next fall. They are such a loving, patient Godly couple... the type we'd love to take care of Will if something were to happen to us. (Although we definitely prefer for nothing to happen!). We are so glad that they accepted such an important responsibility. We look forward to them being involved in Will's life and being his "Aunt Casie" and "Uncle Ryan".

Will is One Month Old

2008-10-20T19:56:00.005-05:00

It is so hard to believe that it's already been a month. It's absolutely flown by. He is such a great baby overall. I mean, he is a baby so he does have his fussy moments, but they are really few and far between.

We went to the doctor today for his one month check-up. He is quite a healthy baby. He weighed 9 lbs, 5 oz and was 21 inches long. He had gained 28 oz in 21 days... absolutely amazing. His weight was in the 40th percentile, so he is still a smaller baby. But the doctor did say his overall weight gain was above average. Him being 21 inches put him in the 20th percentile... but no one in either of our families is tall so we weren't expecting a long baby. His head circumference was 14.5 inches which was in the 25 percentile. So we have a very healthy baby, and we are so thankful for that.

Here's Will at One Month:

Recovery is in Sight!

2008-10-14T10:17:00.013-05:00

So it's been another week. Time is still flying by. I am finally starting to feel better. It's been very difficult being sick and taking care of Will... AND a client called and ordered a transcript of a case I had covered before Will was born. The unexpected money will be very nice but squeezing the work in was a little hard.

Stephen's mom came as mentioned in the previous post. She was a great help. I was able to rest a lot during the days and work on my transcripts. We enjoyed just her company too. Plus she gave us a little extra cash and we were able to splurge with the grocery budget at the store this past week... which was super nice! On Saturday, my mom came up. It was very nice to see my mom. Then on Sunday my dad came up. I'm so glad that Will's grandparents are involved and want to see him and watch him grow. He's very blessed.

Will & I are headed to Bama this weekend to watch Uncle Jon play football since it's his senior year and there are only a few games left. Plus we are going to my cousin Tatum's baby shower, which will be fun for Will because he'll get to meet all of my aunts and cousins and stuff.

As far as an update on Will during the last week, not too much has changed. He's slept a little more than he did before. I miss his wide-eyed talking time but I know he needs his rest. And depending on who you ask, Will has either strawberry-blonde or red hair. It's cute on him! Maybe you can see it in the pictures below!

Will is growing so fast!!

2008-10-07T20:52:00.009-05:00

It is so hard to believe that Will is 2.5 weeks old already! Where is time going?!? He is such a great baby. He cries very little and is very content just laying on his boppy looking around. It's so nice that he's easy going and sleeps a lot. He's growing like a weed too! He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz when he was born on Friday, September 19. When we left the hospital on Monday, September 22, he weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz. Then when we went to the doctor on Monday, September 29th (a mere week later) he weighed 7 lbs, 9 oz. His doctor was amazed!! He warned us that Will is going to develop neck rolls and leg rolls but not to limit his food intake and keep feeding him on demand... oh boy! He's started communicating already. If you talk to him, he'll look you in the eyes for a while and then say, "Caaa". Haha. Not really much of communication but it is the sweetest sound. He has the strongest legs ever as well. He kicks and can move himself around a great deal. It's actually kind of scary. Oh, and his cord fell off today so we officially have a belly button.. and I'm glad to report it's an inny. :)

I have the crud... runny nose, headache, earache, sore throat.. the crud. It's hard since I can't take anything for it since I'm breastfeeding. It's definitely a challenge being a new mom and having to sacrifice so much... like when I feel like crud and just want to rest but Will needs to eat or needs a diaper change or just wants to be held.. but it's also amazing how much I love him and how it doesn't bother me at all to love on my little guy...although I can't kiss and hug on him too much since I don't want to get him sick. Stephen has been a great help during all of this. I still let him sleep at night and try not to bother him since he does work full-time and go to school full-time. But he'll take care of Will from the time he gets home until he goes to bed except for feedings & diaper changing. I have tried pumping and letting him feed Will and Will just doesn't like it as much, and I'd rather let Will eat than pump anyways so I don't mind feeding him. I think it's a sweet, fun time. But I enjoy my downtime and rest time that he allows me to have. He's a fabulous husband and father.

Stephen's mom is coming tomorrow for a few days. I am looking forward to having some help since I'm sick. And of course Stephen is gong to enjoy having his mom here... after all, there's nothing like your mom! :)

Oh, and we went to church this past Sunday for the first time. We only went to worship service but it went great. We sat on the back row right by the door in case Will did get fussy and needed to leave. But he slept the whole time. He really loves music and singing. He always kicked a lot in the womb when we were at church during the singing, and he enjoyed the music this Sunday at church just as much. Anyways, that's what's been going on with Will and us over the last 2.5 weeks. I'll attach a couple of pictures of Will... they are all of him sleeping, because, well, that's mostly what he does besides eat.

Will is finally here!

2008-09-24T09:00:00.012-05:00

Our son, William Seth Davis, was born at 9:30 pm on Friday, September 19, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs 8 oz and was 19 inches long. We had a planned C-Section scheduled for Tuesday, September 23, but Will did not want to wait that long. Jennifer's water broke about an hour after I got home from work on Friday, and 3 hours later Will was born! Everything went extremely well during the C-Section, and both Will and Jennifer are very healthy. Jennifer is feeling great and seems to already be recovering very quickly. Everyone is amazed at how well she has been able to move and walk around these first few days, but we know it is because we prayed everyday for the last 9 months that both Jennifer and Will would make it through childbirth healthy and safe. God has truly blessed us with our beautiful son Will. Here are a couple pictures...

and a brief slideshow....

You can see a whole larger album of pictures from the first few days of Will's life by going here...

The Birth of William Seth Davis

The End is Near!!

2008-09-02T14:01:00.003-05:00

So I went to the doctor today for my weekly checkup. I've still made no progress and my cervix is closed. :( But we did schedule for me to be induced if I don't go into labor before my due date. So I am scheduled to be induced September 30th (a Tuesday). I really would like to have Will earlier but at least the end is in sight. I know I have a maximum of 28 days left so that's bearable. So that's the latest Will update. He's being like his daddy and taking his time... and being extra slow! :)

Will's First Room

2008-09-01T21:58:00.008-05:00

We finally finished putting everything together so that Will's room is ready for him to arrive! We spent all day today (Labor Day) finishing things up. All of his stuff is safari themed. Here is a quick little video that shows what the final product looks like. Enjoy!

General Update

2008-08-21T19:59:00.004-05:00

Okay. I felt the need to do a second post just as a general update. Things have continued to be busy for us over the past couple of months. We had a shower in Memphis and Stephen was the best man in a wedding in Florida. Check out the pics of us with the bride & groom and then Stephen being goofy with the groom and other best man.

We almost have Will's nursery finished. We still have to hang some of the valances on some of the windows and then do some of the wall decor so hopefully after the weekend I can post some pictures of that. We hope to have a very successful, relaxing weekend in town since it's our first in many weekends. We are going to go shopping and get things to pack up the hospital bag and stuff since we are getting close to that time when it could happen almost at any point.

Stephen starts back to school next week. He enjoyed his whole like one week off, but that's what happens when you take summer classes. He's looking forward to being done in December. Work has started picking back up some for me, which is nice since we'll need the extra money after I'm off work. I can only work for about 3 more weeks though since we have a 2 week turnaround. I don't want to be in the hospital trying to get transcripts out and holding up cases because I'm delivering a baby! Anyways, that's what has been up with us... just busy, busy, busy.

Child Birthing Class Complete!!

2008-08-21T19:49:00.001-05:00

So once again it's been a while since Stephen or I posted. I am now 34 weeks along. We are getting so close to the due date... it's so exciting and scary at the same time. We went to child birthing classes at the hospital this weekend which were very beneficial but at the same time it kinda made me more scared. Check out the picture of Stephen in the empathy belly!!

Our New Apartment

2008-06-18T15:55:00.002-05:00

As we have settled into our new apartment at Colonial Grand in Brentwood, which we absolutely love, we thought it would be nice to post some pictures. I had some pretty serious difficulties installing our ceiling fans, but we have learned a lot about building and installing different things around our apartment. These new skills should come in handy in the future. As always, we have a great deal of sunflower decorations (Jennifer's favorite), especially in the kitchen. Right now Will's room is pretty bare, but we are about to paint it and put in his new bed, dresser/changing table, and gliding chair. We do have his bathroom finished, as you can see his monkey shower curtain. Will's bedding and decorations will be safari themed. So here's a short slideshow.

Davis Family Update

2008-06-12T20:12:00.000-05:00

Okay. So Stephen and I are not very good at the blogging thing but we are going to work on it. We've been hassled by some people for our lack of blogging so we are going to make a real effort to keep it up.

For those of you who may not know yet, Stephen and I found out we are having a little baby boy, and we are so excited! His name will be William Seth Davis. We got William from Stephen's dad and granddad's name. They were Herbert William Davis and Herbert William Davis, Jr. and we just thought Herbert was a little old-fashioned for us, so we kept William. And we just picked Seth because we like it. If we have a little girl one day, we'd like to name her Julie Beth, and we like how they rhythm although some people think it's silly.

So Will is growing so fast. It's amazing to me that I'm already 24.5 weeks along. My mom says it's because we've been so busy the first part of the pregnancy, which we have. Shortly after we found out we were pregnant, we went to the Final Four in San Antonio with my dad which was amazing. Then summer was coming up so we had vacations and such. And we've gotten moved and settled into our new apartment. We plan to take pictures of our new place this weekend so I'll post some!

My mom came up today and we picked out and bought Will's furniture for his nursery. I had already picked out and ordered the bedding. We still have to paint the room but hopefully in the next three weeks or so, we'll knock out a big portion of the nursery work. Will is going to be so spoiled thanks to his Mama J (my mom) and Mama Rie (my grandmother). They just love to buy stuff for him, and it's sooooo sweet and much appreciated.

On a side note away from the baby part of our lives, Stephen is set to graduate in December with his Master's which is super exciting. He's taking summer classes this summer, which he's bummed about. But he knows he'll be glad he did come December when he's finished. This is the first time in his college (undergrad & grad) career that he's ever taken summer classes. He has two classes, one online and one classroom, so it's not that bad. Work has been pretty steady with me. I just absolutely love my job... never a dull moment.

But I reckon that's about all for this update, except I will attach a belly picture that a lot of people have asked to see. This is me at the beach (hot!) at the start of my 6th month... Will & my belly are growing FAST!

We Got a Kitchen Table!

2008-04-20T16:53:00.000-05:00

Stephen and I got our first piece of furniture that we actually picked out and bought together as a married couple. When we moved into our first apartment as a married couple, we moved into our TINY current apartment. It didn't have a dining room area so we gave my kitchen table to my dad. Well, since we are expecting our first child, we are about to move into our new apartment that has a dining room area so we need a kitchen table. And this is the one we picked:

We think it's a great table for an apartment and for a few years. This isn't a table we plan to keep for a long time. We have both missed having a table, and Stephen really looks forward to being able to study at the table. It's such an exciting time getting moved into the home where we will start our family. I will post some pictures once we get moved and settled in!

Our Journey Into the Blogging World

2008-04-17T22:54:00.000-05:00

So Stephen and I decided it was time to join the blogging world as a way to keep up with our friends and family as our family continues to grow. It will be much easier to post some pictures and stories on here for our moms to read.

Since we're new at this, I think we'll just use the first blog as sort of an in depth about us section. Stephen grew up in the Memphis area and went to undergrad at Lipscomb University and majored in Bible with an emphasis in youth ministry. He is now finishing up his Master's in Theological Studies. He is set to graduate in December, and we hope very shortly after the Lord blesses us with a ministry job for Stephen. I grew up in Guntersville, AL and went to court reporting school in Gadsden. Stephen and I met in Nashville after I moved here for a job. We love it here. We are still looking for the right church to join but we've been attending Brentwood Hills Church of Christ and are fairly happy there. We are expecting our first real child in September... the 29th to be exact. I say "real child" because we have a dog (maltipoo) who is like our baby now so when the real Baby Davis arrives she will have some major adjusting to do. As long as Baby Davis cooperates we are scheduled to find out the sex on May 5th! (18 days!) We'll definitely keep everyone updated!