Davis Family

Over it!

2012-01-31T21:49:00.000-08:00

37 weeks and 2 days pregnant. This is officially the most pregnant I have ever been. Since Jaxson was born at 34 weeks and London was born at 37 weeks. Can I just say...kill me. No, it is really a good thing that we have not had her yet. I am in the process of finishing my last 26 hours of leadership clinical for nursing school and if I am able to get it done on the days that I want I will be able to have a week off before we have the baby and 4 weeks off of school with the exception of a day here and there where I have to (mandatory or not graduate) be in class in poky for a couple of hours.

(please excuse the nasty belly, I decided to try belly painting for the first time.)

Well only 15 days to birth day. Hopefully she will stay in until then.

What if my water breaks???

that is a thought I don't believe I ever worried about :)

My Wild and Crazy Kids!

2012-01-10T22:02:00.000-08:00

Jaxson showing off his Christmas PJs he got from Grandma and Grandpa Clark.

Here are London's PJs, weird how all the pictures I take of her are in motion...

Cute kids enjoying a skittle snack on the couch together.

Jaxson got a recliner from his Abuelita. (That is spanish for Grandma). London got a pink rocking chair.

My ever so innocent looking girl. She wears me out! But she is so cute I want to squeeze her!

With the weather being so nice, we have been trying to get more outside time.

Now it is back to school for my last semester. Thankfully I will be getting my BSN in May. I can't wait to start working as an RN. But before that can happen, we will be having our new baby girl. Here is the best 3D picture that the ultrasound tech could get.

It is kind of hard to see her but her face is on the left and you can see her hands up by her forehead and on her chin. Only 5 weeks left till she is here:)

25 Days of Christmas

2011-12-18T23:57:00.000-08:00

My mom always went all out for holidays and I wanted to continue the tradition with my kids. I especially wanted to make Christmas a big deal because of how little my kids see me during the semester. We have a few traditions that we always do and some new ones that i hope to continue.
We always put up Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. And we always watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation while we do it. We are excited to put up decorations and by the time Christmas is here, we are very excited to take it down. Which usually is the day after Christmas.

The kids has a great time attacking dad after the Christmas decorations were up.

This year I decided to get all crafty and start an advent calendar, that way we could have something Christmas-ie to do everyday.

Here is my finished advent calendar. I like it but it was quite the pain in the butt to make!!

Here is the list of what we will be doing for 25 days of Christmas.

1. Read the Polar Express Book

2. Make hot chocolate

3. Make snow flakes

4. Pick a treat

5. Read the Christmas Mouse Book

6. Color a picture of Santa

7. Watch the cartoon movie: The Grinch

8. Make a pumpkin pie

9. Pick a piece of candy

10. Write a letter to Santa, and then visit Santa

11. Make homemade ice cream
12. Make a Christmas chain
13. Watch the movie: Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.
14. Make a picture of Santa with a Cotton ball beard
15. Paint a picture with Red and Green

London got a little carried away.

16. Make homemade egg nog

I am not sure, but I think they liked it.

17. Decorate fridge as a snowman

18. Learn about Mexican Christmas tradition. (Will is Mexican)
19. Pick a holiday treat
20. Make Christmas cookies
21. Elf Hunt
22. Play in the snow (hopefully)
23. Take a drive and look at lights
24. Open 1 present
25. Merry Christmas- write letters to Jesus about what we will do for him over the next year.

   I am blogging about this on day 18 so the rest of these have not happened yet, but I will add pictures after we do them.
   On Christmas eve we always go out to dinner at a nice restaurant, then when we get home we let kids open their Christmas PJ's and ornament for the year, and maybe 1 toy. We then watch the nativity movie with Amy Gant's song Breath of Heaven playing instead of the movie. Then we read about the birth of Jesus, talk about Santa's part in everything, and go to bed. Christmas day, we open presents and then make tamales. We are trying to incorporate more Mexican traditions in our Christmas. So far so good.
Hope everyone has a great Christmas and a safe New Year!!

Veteran's Day

2011-11-13T23:18:00.000-08:00

Every year for Veteran's Day I take pictures of the kids all patriotic for Will. This year was a little more difficult since London is very mobile. But they turned out fairly cute anyway.

When Will was deployed, it was the hardest year of my life. I was obsessed with the news, I always had one tv tuned to MSN all the time, since they were the only ones covering the 4th ID. Which is what he was with. I am so glad that Iraq has come so far in 7 years. When Will got deployed it was hard. I didn't get my first letter for 2 month and I got my first phone call after 5 months and it was only 5 minutes long. Some weeks I was lucky if I got 1 letter but usually I would go 3 weeks with nothing and then the awesome day that something was in the mailbox, I would have 2 or 3 letters. It is a very different feeling when the only communication you can have with someone is by letter. I dreaded every phone call from his mom, not for any other reason than if something happened to him, the military would call her first since we were not married at the time. One of the best days in my whole life was when he was able to take leave and come see me. It felt like the longest 20 minutes of my life knowing that he has landed and I had to wait at baggage claim for him to exit security. Seeing him for the first time after such a long time was awesome. I didn't even notice how covered in dirt he was since the poor guy wasn't able to shower. Yes that was at the begining of the war and they didn't have showers set up yet. So they had to use water bottles.

The hardest day ever was taking him back to the airport, after his leave was over. Knowing that at that moment he was fine and not knowing how it would be after that. I feel for every military wife that goes through deployement. I don't know how they manage to do it over and over.

I am so thankful for my freedom and thankful that Will was able to help free people that were not able to help themselves. No matter how you feel about the war you have to support the troops!

I hope all the Veterans out there had a great day!

Happy Veteran's Day!

So happy Will came home safe and sound, look what cute kids came out of that:)

Confession

2011-11-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

So while shopping at Target I came across the cutest little boy outfit and I had to have it, because I was 99% sure I am having a boy. When I got home I started thinking...if this baby is a girl the store is not going to take back this outfit I bought. Then I started wondering. Am I really right in the middle about what sex of a baby I want. And the answer was no, and I mean no. I really want a boy this time! So much I was willing to buy this little outfit.
Don't get me wrong, I love London, but this girl wears me out. She is TROUBLE and rarely gives me a break! Jaxson was such a mellow baby. I want another mellow baby!!
All this could only mean 1 thing....I have to open the envelope. I need time to mentally prepare if it is another girl and I will be way excited if I am right and its a boy!! So IT IS TIME.....

IT'S

I'm glad I looked because I am excited to have another girl, I just knew I would need a little time to get used to the idea. Thanks for all your support while I didn't find out. Sorry if I let you down:) I had to know.

Its a Girl

Halloween

2011-11-03T15:45:00.000-07:00

This Halloween season was very eventful! I had fun making different festive foods for Halloween. I didn't get a chance to do all the ones I wanted to but oh well. I will keep my idea book for next year. Our trick-or-treating fun started on friday night, we took the kids to Trick or Treat street for the first time. Holy crap!!! I had no idea the line would be that long. We waited for about 2 hours in line before we even got to start trick or treating. I don't know if I would ever do that again but they did get tons of candy.
     After that we went to Boo at the Zoo. We love it, we have gone the last 3 years and it is so cute and no huge line to wait in. The tiger was roaring and the animals that are usually boring during the day were active. It was fun. And yes we got lots of candy there too.
     Saturday we took the kids to ISU's halloween carnival in the morning and then to our ward's trunk or treat that night. (lots more candy).
    And then finally monday we went trick or treating around our neighborhood. I don't know what to do with all this candy. My dentist is going to love me:)
The kids did great and Jaxson gets more fun every year for trick or treating.

This year Jaxson was of course Spiderman

London was Tinkerbell

And I was lucky to get 1 good picture of the both of them.

My crazy life...

2011-10-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

My house is almost never quiet with 2 little kids and a dog. I can honestly say my life is never boring! Here are some examples as to why that is true.

I don't know what to say about this picture other than yes that is Jaxson riding a dinosaur wearing a sombraro.

I taught her well, always eat desert first.

This is how I found them in the morning. Enjoying their breakfast peaches together.

Dinner time usually includes laughter or crying.

I never know how my day is going to end up. If it is a good day I take pictures, if it is a bad day I chant "I love my kids" over and over in my head. They are getting so cute together. I thing once Jaxson realized that London was not going to stop walking and he can teach her funny things, he changed. He is such a good brother. Every morning he gets in her crib with her and he reads her books and he gets them something to eat. I never know what I will find. They are such cute kids! I love them!!

On to a sad story. I had a morning from hell the other day. I had to get the kids up early to go to the babysitter so I could go to pocatello for clinicals. I got London dressed, she usually lays on the changing table and drinks her bottle while I get everything cleaned up. Keep in mind I am still right there so she does not fall. This particular day I needed to help Jaxson do up his pants, I kept my hip in front of the changing table and turned for half a second. She thought she was big enough to get down on her own and fell. She is tough so she only cried for a sec and was on her way. I finished helping her brother and heard London in the bathroom, this is never good, so I went running but not fast enough.

Yes, she grabbed my flat iron. Poor thing, it started to blister instantly. She is such a strong girl, she only cried a few seconds. I was worried her hand would bother her all day since I know how painful they can be and it was bad. But the babysitter said she was happy all day. It looks so sad!

I bandage it at night so it can stay moist.

It makes me sad to see but it is getting better. Poor thing.

names, names, names

2011-10-15T20:05:00.000-07:00

Alright. I held my ground (so far) and we did not find out the sex of the baby. We have pictures of the gender sealed in an envelope and locked in our safe:) I am having the hardest time loving a name. We have several options for boys and girls and I think their are a lot more girl names that I love than boy names.
I really need suggestions for names. We like them to be unique, we happen to have named the last 2 after cities. Not on purpose it just worked out that way. City names are definately not a requirement. Just anything cute. So please help!! What boy names do you love?

San Diego

2011-10-10T21:26:00.000-07:00

We made a trip to San Diego for the funeral of Will's grandma and grandpa. His grandma passed away in January but with his grandpa in bad health also, the family decided to wait to have the funeral until his grandpa passed away also. He passed away in July. They gave everyone enough time to get to San Diego for the funeral in October. We wanted to have some fun while we were there although the trip started out aweful!

Everything seemed to be going on track until we got to the Idaho Falls airport. The plane was delayed because of bad weather in Long Beach. Only to find out that the pilot looked at the next days forcast and we were fine to take off. By this time it had started to snow. So naturally the plane needed to be de-iced. They ran out of de-icer so they had to do some paperwork and see if it was ok for them to use southwest's de-icer. They agreed but we had to be in line after all the southwest planes. 5 to be exact. So they let us get off the plane. They ended up de-planeing us 2 times. Then the bathrooms filled up and because Idaho Falls is not equipt to handle a problem like that they had to call in help to empty the bathrooms. By this time the plane needed de-iced again and we were back to waiting in line behind 3 more planes. Needless to say we were stuck on the plane in Idaho Falls for 5 hours before even taking off. My sweet kids did so well! Jaxson did not even complain he was such a trooper. And London only cried twice because she got tired. It was such an aweful flight. The hour and a half flight was quick. Then we had a 2 hour drive to San Diego. We got the kids some dinner and we were off on our drive and my sweet little kids did not even cry once they just fell right to sleep. I seriously could not have asked for better kids on such a bad experience.

We stayed at the resort in Mission Valley. We love it there it is so nice, the kids get their own room, its great. We wanted to also have a good time before the funeral so we took the kids to Sea World.

We saw turtles..

And killer whales...

And dolphins...

Sorry I couldn't flip this one. Jaxson loved the sharks. He made us see the exhibit 2 times.

Saturday we had the funeral. It was fun to see almost all of Will's family. Jaxson and London had never met their other grandma.

Jaxson loved his aunt Karina right away.

After the funeral, we took the kids to the beach before we had to head back to the airport.

They loved it from the second they stepped foot on the sand! Especially London she dove in face first, literally!

Then we were off. I forgot how spoiled we have been staying in resorts. We have never stayed in a hotel with the kids until now and let me tell you it sucks!! I definately love our timeshare!! I have we never have to do that again! We are now home safe and sound, I only wish we had more time to get to show the kids around San Diego more. We will definately have to go back!!

Brotherly Love

2011-09-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

Lately Jaxson has been really good with his little sister. For a while I was very worried to add another baby into the mix if he was not going to stop being mean. I don't know what changed. I can only guess that he came to terms with the fact that she is walking now and isn't going to go back to not walking. He now thinks it is fun that she follows him everywhere. I love that he is being a good brother again!

Jaxson kept picking up the vacuum when London would drop it, and he showed her how it worked.

I was making dinner and desperately needed the kids to entertain themselves so I could finish. So Jaxson emptied boxed so him and London could play.

Jaxson set up an area for him and London to read books. He made sure she had everything she needed so she would have fun. What a sweet brother.

Birthday pictures

2011-09-21T20:19:00.000-07:00

My awesome cousin Valeigha took my kids pictures for me. London is 1 and Jaxson is 4. She does such a great job! Here are some of them...

Thanks Valeigha!! You are awesome!!

WOW

2011-08-31T13:37:00.000-07:00

I just have to say that I was very nervous to even announce that we are having another baby. I was afraid of all the negative comments I could get. It all probably comes from me feeling really stupid for it happening in the first play let alone how we will fit it in the house. I do have a really big closet...I mean it is going to be small...I bet it could fit on a shelf for a while:) But I just want to say to everyone that commented here and on my facebook, thank you so much for the support. I think this is the hardest thing I have ever had to push through, mentally. And all your love and support makes me feel like I have people to turn to! I am not quite happy about the situation yet but I will be. Maybe soon, maybe when it is here, or maybe after graduation and I can have my life back. But thanks for being there!!
My friends are awesome!!!

February 19th, 2012 OR BUST

2011-08-30T20:42:00.000-07:00

So what do you do when your life feels like you are not in the driving seat? After a few family drama episodes and Will and I embracing living on love life decided to kick me in the ass. And by this I mean...

Yes, yes I am pregnant. Isn't that just kick you in the crotch, spit on your neck fantastic! (This is a quote from Friends). As you can see there are 2 test here. First of all, I don't just get pregnant. I have had to be on fertility medications in order to get pregnant with the first 2 children I have. So you can see my suprise when i happened to drop and egg on my own. Second of all, we were being careful to prevent another baby since my baby just turned 1.
Sorry if this is all coming out negative, but I am still in the freaking out stage! Both my kids were planned and that is how I like my life. Planned, not dropping eggs out of no where.
Most the reason I am having a hard time is because I am due February 19th, which is about 5 weeks into my last semester of nursing school. I am so close to graduation and I don't want to screw it up. So I am going to push through it! You will probably think I am crazy but I in order for me to sleep at night I have to have a plan. So I will have a scheduled c-section on President's Day weekend, that will give me a 4 day weekend to recover, and then back to school to finish the semester in May. And graduate!! This is probably going to involve an extensive supply of pain medication and lack of sleep. But I have no choice, I will succeed!
    I am, however, getting more and more excited about the baby, it is just horrible timing!!! Especially today when I got to help a lady have her baby when I was doing my OB clinicals. It reminded me of how cute and sweet babies are. My only fear, ok another fear, of mine is that I barely have enough energy sometimes to salvage all the patience I have to make it through the day to bed time with my kids now. I don't know how I will be able to handle another baby. 3 kids...I am soo not ready for 3 kids. I only have 2 arms, and London wears me out!! Any tips?? I would love some advice right now.
   I do believe that everything happens for a reason, however jacked up that reason is, so this baby better grow up to cure cancer or become president or win the Nobel Peace Prize.
   Well, thanks for listening, or reading my ramble. It is what it is...right.. here we go...don't get scared now. Baby number 3 is on its way. Due February 19th, 2012.

Here we go again, but I'm excited!

2011-08-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

August has flown by so quickly! I can't believe it is almost over. My summer has finally come to an end, but not before we celebrated Will's birthday.
August 14th, Will is not really into making his birthday a big deal. I am not really sure of the reason but this year I decided to respect his wishes. He had to work so I made his favorite dinner, porcipine meatballs, veggies, and mashed potatoes and gravy and for desert, his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies. Which I turned into his cake.

At least he said it was just what he wanted, and the kids and I had fun making everything. Maybe next year he will be ok with us doing more.
Now the time has come for me to go back to school. It is kind of bitter/sweet. I am excited to get another semester of Nursing school behind me, but that means lost of work to do between now and December. I am excited for this semester because I get to study my favorite subject: OB. This means I get to do my clinical rotations in Labor and Delivery, Nursery, NICU, and post-partum. This is the area I want to work in when I graduate so I can't wait to dive in. I also am excited because I get to do my clinicals at Mountain View Hospital which is where I would love to work and it is where I have had my babies. I love that hospital. So here we go, another semester in progress. Wish me luck:)

July milestones

2011-08-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

July is a pretty busy month for milestones in our family. My birthday is July 22nd. This year was pretty low key as far as birthday's go for me, but it wasn't lacking in the love department. I got great gifts from my family and a fun dinner and a date with my honey. Who could ask for anything more than that? Not me. Yes I am still sad I turned the big 29. Some people may not think this is a big deal, but I do. This is my last year of my twenties, which means that next year I will be 30. Which is more than half way to 50. And at 30 a person is supposed to be mature, in their career, I feel like I am going to be finally starting my career. I can definately see why some women never say their actual age after 29. Don't get me wrong I had a great birthday, I just am not ready to be 30...blah!
July 29th is not only London's 1st Birthday, but it fell on the 5 year anniversary of when Will and I were sealed together in the Logan temple.

London's birthday was as exciting as a 1 year old can handle. She woke up, had breakfast took her 2 naps that day and then the fun started. Great-grandma and grandpa Simmons, Aunt Denise, and Aunt Chelsea came up to celebrate. She opened presents and then we had cake and ice cream. She had a blast.

She got lots of way cute clothes and fun toys for her birthday, and a balloon. But of course the highlight was that she got to eat all that cake, and let me tell you, she ate almost all of it. She is such a happy baby, always smiling. She makes our house light up. She gets into so much trouble that sometime I have to laugh to keep from crying. She is now officially walking all over the place. She is so much fun!
I can't believe how much she has grown in 1 year. I think the time goes by faster and faster with each kid!

We can't wait to see what she will do next. I am sure we won't have to wait long, she is probably making a mess while I am typing this...

July 31st, 2004 is the day I finally was able to marry my honey! After a year long engagement, followed by a stressful year of Will's tour in Iraq. We were finally able to make it official. We were married on top of Red Hill in Pocatello. The pillars were my favorite place to visit. I think it turned out to be the hottest day of the year but at the time we didn't care!

I have to say that I love him more now than I did on that day, and I never thought I could top that day. I am so happy I married my best friend and I wouldn't change any of it for the world! Love you tons honey!! Happy 7 years!

Oh how did this get there??? Look what I found. A picture of my love and he is in Camo!! Love it!!

A day in the life...ok a few days in the life of the Davis home.

2011-07-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

What has been happening lately?

Well...

London started drinking out of a sippy.

Jaxson finished his season of t-ball.

London officially moved up to a big seat instead of the infant carrier.

Jaxson's new favorite game is stickers...I can't figure out why???

He is getting better at sharing the shopping cart.

And at the end of the day, no matter how tuff he is on her, she loves him anyway.

4th of July

2011-07-27T20:06:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July weekend, the kids and I decided to go up to Island Park and camp with my family. Will had to work all weekend and my mom was in town, so it was a great excuse to get a way!!

Jaxson had tons of fun 4-wheeling and hanging out with his cousins. And of course we "camped" at the West Yellowstone resort. So the kids had a great time swimming in the pool. Happy Birthday America!

4 years old

2011-07-27T16:30:00.000-07:00

Jaxson had quite the fun filled birthday weekend. We like to make birthdays a big deal. Not that we go all out with lots of gifts but we try to make that day all about the birthday person. Jaxson is of course obsessed with spiderman so when he woke up his birthday morning the house was filled with balloons and spider webs.

Jaxson's birthday landed on a thursday this year. So We took him to the zoo and then to the fun park next to the zoo so he could ride the rides. He was the only one there so I am sure he has a weird sense of reality, like he is royalty or something.

That night we took Jaxson to his favorite restaurant Red Robin for dinner.
Friday was a fairly normal day for him but we did take him to see the new Cars 2 movie at the theater. And then there was Saturday. The day of the party. We were definately running behind with all the things we needed to get done before the party. So I would like to say thanks to everyone that helped last minute! The party was great!! Jaxson had a spiderman party. His friends were encouraged to dress up as their favorite superhero. Everyone was way cute. We made a giant spiderweb out of yarn with the kids. We made capes for anyone that needed one or wanted one.

Jared was a good sport to try the capes first. After that the kids loved it! We had a pinata (sorry if its spelled wrong). Jaxson got way spoiled from his friends and all of us (mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, Chelsea, Tyler, and Jo) went in on an awesome swingset for him.

I can't believe my little preemie is getting so big! 4 years has gone by so fast. I am going to be so sad when he goes off to kindergarten next year.
Here are some pics from that all so wonderful and terrifying day he was born.

4 lbs 14oz

Such a sweet boy!

Love him!!

Who says you can't be pampered by your 3 year old...

2011-06-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

What do you do when you have a toe nail painting party? Well boys can't get there toe nails painted. (At least in our house.) And I didn't want Jaxson to feel left out so here is what I came up with.

Just to warn you this is a 3 part movie series:)

And here is the finished product:

Thank you Jaxson. You did a wonderful job, now I am off to the bath to refine it a bit.

10 Months

2011-06-01T22:33:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I just updated my blog a few days ago and now London has already made it to the 10 months marker. This girl is TROUBLE!! He is pulling herself up onto everything, crawling faster than I can run sometimes, and picking up all the funny things her brother is teaching her. Here is an example:

Here is my sweet girl's picture for being 10 months old.

She is getting so big so fast. In only 2 months she is going to be 1 year old. And I could never forget to mention my awesome buddy Jaxson. He entertains me every second of everyday. Good or bad...I am entertained!

From Easter to my relationship with Lincoln Logs: Its a good one:)

2011-05-22T22:52:00.000-07:00

So much to catch up on...this is going to be a long one. Enjoy!

Let's get back to Easter. We had a fun weekend. This year I decided that it would be fun to take Jaxson to the Easter Egg hunt at ISU. We got there early...and waited.

He was sooo ready to get those eggs!!

No crossing that blue line until it is time.. Ready....Set....Go. Jaxson froze. He ran out into the sea of children and ran right back to me and refused to get any eggs. He was terrified of the crowd. Which was really funny considering he was probably one of the oldest for his age group. Oh, well. Maybe next year.
He did get lots of eggs at home and at Great Grandma Simmons house.

So funny story. Instead of my usual wake up from Jaxson which consists of him jumping on me. I heard him and London giggling out of control in their room. I get up and go in and find this...

They were having a good ol time. Jaxson had taken both of their jammies off. When I asked him why he said it was because London pooped and he didn't want her to sit in it. Good thing I woke up before the diaper came off!! These two are going to be trouble together!!

London turned 9 months old: She is crawling all over the house. She is fast too!! Keeping up with her is quite the workout. Jaxson was way more mellow than London.
Here are her stats:                      weighs: 18 lbs 4 oz         27%
                                                  height: 27 inches             25%
                                                  head: 47 cm                   98%

Here is her as compared to my premie Jaxson:

Jaxson weight: 16 lbs

height: 25 in

(This is Jaxson when he was 9 months old)

My cousin Valeigha took my kids pictures for me. She did an awesome job!! Her are some pictures from the shoot.

What is happening now days? Well I have officially passed 3 of my 5 semesters in Nursing school and now it is time for summer vacation. Holla!! I am so pumped for my much needed break. Here are a few pictures from my break so far.

Dad teaching Jaxson how to box.

London and her usual smiles.

She never wants to miss a thing. She is always watching.

Finally after 1 whole year of playing lincoln logs off and on we finished the ranch. It was so nice not to have a random "dinosaur" come through.

Oh wait

I spoke too soon.

10 seconds after I took the picture above:

Damn all the dinosaurs!!!

I hate lincoln logs!!

Yep, this picture about sums it all up. I am tired. Good night!

Much needed get-a-way

2011-05-01T22:59:00.000-07:00

Ever since I Will and I decided to buy our timeshare we try and take advantage of small vacations several times a year. Nothing too fancy. We try to take one awesome week vacation some where and a couple of local weekend retreats. With the semester coming to an end we were itching to get out and relax. Yellowstone National Park was opening for the season so the park entrance was free. If that is not a reason to go I don't know what is.
Of course this was not the most exciting thing for me having been to the park many times before, but I had not yet taken Will to the park. (I know he has been here 7 years too). So we went.

On the drive to Old Faithful there were Bison on the road.

Jaxson thought they were pretty cool being right outside his window.

Unfortunately we arrived at Old Faithful right after an eruption so we had to wait about 50 minutes for the next one. It was a fairly cold day and as you can tell lots of snow still needed to be removed. But London was smiling like always and you can't take away a first-timers chance to see Old Faithful erupt. So we waited.

And waited...

Then finally. It happened. I hope it was everything Will had hoped for.

Our weekend unfortunately was not without homework but at least we didn't have the usual home stressors to worry about such as cleaning and what not. Overall the weekend was a great success. We took the kids swimming at the pool since we stayed in the West Yellowstone Resort. It was great!!

Now we are home and in the swing of things for finals. And definately ready for another get-a-way!!

Can my day get better?....YES!

2011-04-12T18:31:00.000-07:00

My inner monologue:
Ok, what do i need to do today: pick up the house, deep clean....no I don't have time, it will have to wait till after the semester is over....just pick up.
Switch laundry...am I ever going to get it all clean?:( Ok do kid clothes, they need it most. )
I am so tired...hurry and then you can start to study.
Toys picked up...check
Laundry switched....check
London needs to eat...Jaxson needs breakfast...lets do it at the same time, strudel for him, oatmeal for her. Check.
Hurry and straighten hair before London gets tire. She is starting to get fussy...hurry.
Hair done...check
Oh, how I love check lists...focus.
London is napping...breathe...
Dad is home. Lets go to the library, and the grocery store, oh and drop off lesson for sunday.
Finally home, London is hungry....fed her...now she is not tired.
Jaxson is hungry...fed...nap
Ok now study...sigh...did I pay that bill?? Ok paid. Ooo facebook...focus...right
Watch a lecture I missed...done
Now London is tired...ahh...ok....down
Start the next lecture...Jaxson needs a snack...done....watch video...crap I need to start dinner, ok I will listen while I cook...nope London is awake.
Ok...I will stay up late...made dinner. Does anyone even care I made dinner???
Knock at the door
Special Delivery

My sweet husband sent me a spring Bonzi just to say he loves me. What timing!! Ok, I am ready for tomorrow!

My Buddie

2011-04-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

I love my little Jaxson, he keeps me laughing all the time. Of course as you know he is obsessed with Spiderman. If you ask him what his name is he will answer: Jaxson William Peter Parker Davis. He got some new spiderman rain boots so of course he could not just wear them with his normal clothes. That would not make him spiderman.

Jaxson also has a new found love for the movie Tangled. He pretty much loves all the characters in the movie, but his favorite is Flynn Rider. Here is Jaxson's "smolder".

Can't wait for the next crazy, funny thing!!

Jaxson making his sister laugh.

2011-04-10T20:52:00.000-07:00

Weinermobile

2011-04-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Anytime something fun is coming to town, we try to get out and go. It just so happens that the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile was at the Fred Meyer's right by the house. So we couldn't pass up the chance. The only other time I have seen the weinermobile was when my brother and I were driving across the country to move to Chicago. We passed it on the freeway, it made for a fun day.

It was a fun time with the giant hot dog. Now everytime we go by the Fred Meyer, Jaxson askes where the hot dog has gone. Maybe we will see it again someday:)

Time goes by so quickly!

2011-04-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

It seems like just yesterday London was fitting into her premie clothes. Not anymore. It is so different having a baby that is closer to average size, rather than premie. She changes clothes sizes only a month behind. Jaxson was about 4 to 6 months behind. She sleeps way less than he did during the day. But I guess that makes sense if you figure she was just more developed so she doesn't need all that sleep.
London is now 8 months old. She has 2 teeth and is rolling all over the house. She is not crawling yet but I am sure it will only be a matter of time. Her brother crawls around her to try and teach her how. He is so cute with her.

Jaxson is such a cute big brother. He can always make his sister smile. And sometime he is the only thing that can. I am so lucky to have such great kids!!
Happy 8 months to London!!

Mile Markers

2011-03-10T22:16:00.000-08:00

My sweet little London is now officially sitting up all by herself.

Now she can play with her big brother.

But more importantly than that...London got her first pedicure. She loved it, I can't wait till she is big enough to go to the nail salon with me.

What cute pigs!

Oh baby!

2011-03-08T22:12:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little sweetheart is now 7 months. The time is going by faster than I like. She is such a good baby, always smiling and laughing. Very few hard moments. She is rolling all over the house and I am sure it is only a matter of weeks before she is crawling. Then we are all going to be in big trouble! She loves her brother and it is cute to see them together! We are so happy and lucky to have her! Love my London!!

Valentine's Day Weekend

2011-02-22T22:48:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day for me lasted all weekend. Will and Jaxson were so cute and gave me something everyday. On Saturday night I got an Orchid plant. Which I love and have been wanting forever. Sunday I got sweet cards from my boys along with home made cupcakes which they decorated. Unfortunately the dog at about 10 of them but they were good anyway. And then on Valentines my boys cooked me dinner. It was a great weekend!

Sweet London got a book and a hippo for Valentine's day. Too bad she had a cold and didn't feel very good.

Jaxson got an Ice Age sticker book, new markers, some chocolates and these fantastic glasses!

And this is my honey, he never lets me take life too seriously and that is why I love him. Love you Will!

6 months already...Wow!

2011-02-22T22:32:00.000-08:00

My sweet little girl is 6 months old. Yes I am a little late in blogging but better late than never. She is 16 lbs 10.5 oz and in the 30% for weight. She is 25 cm tall and in the 47% for height. Her head is in the 90% because my poor kids have huge heads. She is rolling all over the house now. It is going to be a very short time before she is crawling and getting into everything.
I can't believe how fast 6 months has gone. How sad. It goes faster and faster everyday. She is so fun, she is the happiest baby ever! She just smiles and laughs all day. We love her!!

When your the best of friends...

2011-02-22T22:24:00.000-08:00

So I feel really bad that Jaxson isn't in pre-school right now, because my schedule is just way too busy. In my small way to make it up to him I have play dates with my friend Nikkie. Jaxson and Connor ended up only being 9 days apart and they are the cutest of friends. They love to go to Blast off and play. They play so good together too. I love it.

What have I been up to?

2011-02-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

School, school, and more school. So far this semester is going very well. It is very hard to find the motivation to study. But at least I will have 4 months off for the summer break.!

5 Months Old

2010-12-31T13:50:00.000-08:00

Time flies so much faster with the second kid than the first. Or I just may be way more busy. But here is a picture of my princess at 5 months old. Love you London!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

2010-12-31T13:46:00.000-08:00

This year for Christmas we decided to do something a little different. We went to our resort in Bear Lake. This was the first year we had Christmas with just our little family. It was fun. We arrived there on the 23rd just in time to have dinner and go to bed. So the next day was Christmas eve. We mostly spent time hanging out, going on a walk, and then making tomales.

Even though Will doesn't look it, he is mexican, and we want to bring in part of his culture into our family traditions. We made shreaded beef tomales and sweet ones. They were way good!! Jaxson was a good helper. I thought for sure he would be done after about 2 but he held out until the end. He was supposed to put an olive in each one, but suprise, some had 4 or 5. But they were still good.:)

That night we set up a little tree and Jaxson and dad decorated it. Then we went over the story of Jesus' birth and we brought our own nativity.

Jaxson got spiderman pj's from Grandma and Grandpa Clark, which of course he loved!! Then off to bed.

This was London's first Christmas so we had Jaxson open all her presents except one. Overall we had a great Christmas.

It was nice to get away and we were definately not ready to come back to reality!!
Before Christmas we took Jaxson to see Santa. He didn't really like it!

But Santa came to our house as it got closer to Christmas and Jaxson was very chatty then, he still wouldn't sit on Santa's lap but at least I got a picture of London and Santa.

Oh I forgot to mention London's favorite present. (Ok mine) Her Bumbo. Any moms out there that don't have one...invest. I love it!!

We had a great 2010 especially with the arrival of our little princess London! Not quite ready for the next semester of school to start but at least I will be on my way to finishing. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year!!

4 months already?? Wow

2010-12-08T15:33:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has been 4 months now that we have had London in our lives. It feels like she has always been here. She is so sweet. She is a great baby, she just smiles all the time. Especially to her brother. She is now rolling over and sleeping through the night. It is great!! Today was check up time. She is growing great!!

London: Height: 24 1/4 inches

Weight: 12 lbs 11oz

She is in the 20% for weight, 40% for height, and 90% for head circumference.

I have a hard time getting used to a full term baby. She is just getting so big so fast. I guess 3 weeks early didn't slow her down a bit.

Just as a fun comparison with my premie:

Jaxson at 4 months: height: 22inches

weight: 10lbs 13oz

height 5%, weight 0%, and head 75%

1 more week of school. I just have to pass my finals and I will have 1 more semester behind me and only 3 left. I am working on our christmas card so hopefully I will finish that and get it sent out before it gets too close to christmas but i is going to be a crazy week, with finals, Will is having surgery on his hand, and then the next week is Christmas. Wow I need to finish some shopping....

Memories in the making

2010-11-23T22:08:00.000-08:00

The last few weeks have been pretty eventful. I only have 4 weeks of school left...Holla!! Can't wait to have 1 more semester behind me. Jaxson is finally getting back into the swing of things with his new sister, finally it feels like it did before we had her. He stopped going to Nursery at church and now for 3 weeks in a row...no crying. And potty training looks like it is back on track.

He did however learn that he could climb into the crib. We decided to let him watch the first Spiderman movie and now he is obsessed. He leaps to everything and refuses to respond unless you refer to him as spiderman. We were driving home from church and he got really sad, so I asked what was wrong, and he said I need to give him a check up because his web wasn't working. Oh, and did I mention that he wouldn't even get dressed for church unless he could wear his spiderman t-shirt under his church clothes. In his words: "Just incase there is an emergency, I can save the day." He keeps me laughing!

On the frustrating side, he decided to clean the turtle tank all by himself this week. Huge mess all over the kitchen. I still have to scrub the floor to get dried up fish flakes off the lanolium. AHHHH. Good thing he is cute!!

London had a milestone of her own this week. She decided to roll over. At first I thought it was a fluke but after about the 9th straight time, I decided to record it. Here it is:

She is growing up so fast. I just hope I don't miss much with my head in my books all the time.
Hope everyone enjoyed my stories and have a great Thanksgiving!!

Home of the free, because of the brave!

2010-11-14T00:40:00.000-08:00

All gave some and some gave all!

I can't believe it has been 7 years since I had to say good bye to my love and watch him board a bus to go to the airport and head to Iraq. I don't miss the constant need I had to watch MSNBC all day just in case I got a glimpse of Will. They were the only channel following the 4th ID. Yes, I knew this from watching them all and figuring that out.

I don't miss my heart dropping every time an unidentified phone number popped up on my phone, just in case it was him or the phone call every person waiting for a soldier dreads.

I don't miss the song my grandpa used to sing to me every time I would check the mailbox and there would not be a letter there.

I don't miss the obsession I had to write at least 2 letters a week to him so he wouldn't have to watch others get a letter and him nothing.

Then finally getting to see him for 2 weeks while he was home on leave, the hardest thing I think I ever had to do in my entire life was to say good bye again, knowing how dangerous it was for him to go back.

But...

I did find out that after 5 months of no contact what so ever, a dusty letter in the mailbox can be heaven sent. I love being able to go back when I need to and read the letters we sent back and forth. It is definitely an art of communication that should be cherished.

I don't miss the deployment, and I hope I never have to do that again. I definitely feel for all those waiting for a soldier right now, and if I could ever be of help, I will.

To those serving or who have:

No matter what you think.. you are heroes!!

Thank you for my freedom!

And to my honey...my hero...I love you!

(PS. every year for Veteran's Day I take a picture of the kid/kids for Will)

Halloween Pictures

2010-11-01T17:35:00.000-07:00

I wanted to have their pictures taken for Halloween and because it also marked London turning 3 months old. London was a great participant however her brother was not. He pretty much scream the entire shoot. After we took his costume off he was great so here are some pics from that. Thanks Valeigha, you are awesome!!

Halloween and other events

2010-11-01T17:31:00.000-07:00

This year with Halloween being on a Sunday, it felt like it lasted forever. I was sad that I had to study so hard for school so I ended up not decorating the house at all. Plus the construction all down our street didn't help. Anyway I tried to make it up to Jaxson by doing some fun Halloween activities.

For dinner we made meatloaf in the shape of a mummy. It was a great hit!

Later that week we made orange rice krispy treats. Jaxson did everything by himself except stirring. He is a good helper.

And we made and decorated halloween sugar cookies. On friday night we took Jaxson and London to Boo at the zoo. It was lots of fun, as usual. Then saturday we went trick-or-treating in Pocatello with Aunt Chelsea. Jaxson was lots more fun this year since he decided that its pretty cool that you say a phrase and get candy. He ran from house to house.

London pretty much slept threw everything. Jaxson was way excited from the begining. My cute little bees.

What's happening?

2010-09-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry I suck at updating my blog, kind of a lot has been going on. Well as most of you should know, I am back to school. Yes, just 6 weeks in to my 2nd semester of Nursing school. Only 3 semesters and some odd weeks to go.

This is my life. Mountains of books. Thankfully my awesome sister flew over from Chicago to help me adjust to having 2 kids and going to school. Love you Mandi!!

As far a kids go...everyone is doing good. Jaxson is adjusting to his little sister. He loves her tons. He won't stop kissing her.

He still has his moments where he cracks me up!

I told him to be careful with my head band and his response was:

"I'm a superhero mom, what could happen?"

How do you argue with that?

London is growing great. Her 2 month check up went well.

Weight: 9lbs 15oz

Lenght: 22in

She is in the 30% for weight, 35% for height, and 80% for her head circumference. (Yes that head size is normal)

Just to compare Jaxson at 2 months:

Weight 8lbs 11oz

Length: 22in

0% for weight, 5% for length, 70% for head circimference

It is so weird having a baby that is growing at a normal rate. London is almost completely in 0-3 size clothing. Jaxson was able to wear his premie clothes for about 2 months.

Not much else is going on around here besides school.

Did I mention my homework???

And a picture to end with:

London's Blessing

2010-08-16T14:53:00.000-07:00

On sunday, August 15th, we blessed London. Everyone was able to make it except my sister Mandy and her husband but they were already here earlier this summer, so that's ok. Afterwards we had lunch at a park by the house and it was a great time. Thanks to everyone that came!! Love you guys. Here are some pictures from the event.

Here comes Baby Davis

2010-08-04T21:14:00.000-07:00

It has been quite the eventful few days! First there was the awesome Bret Michaels concert that will took me to for my birthday.

It was a great concert. Thanks honey!!

Here is a picture of me sporting my concert t-shirt the day after the concert. Perfect size for being 9 months pregnant. Oh and I didn't want to forget to post pictures of the kids bedroom. My mom painted it for me and I think it turned out better than I could have imagined!

This is the girl side of the room.

And of course Jaxson's side of the bedroom. The middle wall is brown but with blue or pink depending on the side it is closest to.

Then there is the story that I am sure most of you have been waiting for...the baby. We went into labor and delivery at 6:30am on July 29th because I had been having a headache that would not go away for about 24 hours and the doc said go get it checked out. I was being monitored for about 5 hours, my blood pressure was high but getting lower as we were there, but my headache still wasn't going away. So Will and I were very confident that we were going to be getting sent home. At 11 am the nurse came in and said that the doctor didn't want to wait for me to get any worse he just wanted to do the c-section. That was shocking but exciting news. Finally we were going to have the baby. We just never get to be prepared for when. This is it, no turning back.

So at 12:48pm London Joelle Davis was born 3 weeks early.

7lbs 3oz and 19 inches long.

The c-section went off with out much of a hitch and baby is doing great!

Jaxson was so cute. He ran into my hospital room as fast as he could and said look its London, my baby sister. He still can't stop kissing her.

We got to go home on July 31st, our 6 year anniversary, with our little princess.

We love her!!

Baby and Birthday Update

2010-07-25T22:26:00.000-07:00

Baby Update Week 36:
Offically 9 months pregnant. Which really sucks because this is the most pregnant I have ever been since I had Jaxson 6 weeks early. I don't know how people go full term without killing themselves! Anyway...
She is doing really well, growing like crazy. She should be about 18.5 to 19 cm long. And should weigh anywhere from 4.2 to 5.8 pounds.

Which is roughly the size of a honeydew mellon.

As far as I am going with all this. Crappy!! My feet are huge swollen, the tops usually swell over the top of my flip flops. As soon as i think about it I will take a picture and show you. The headaches have started and don't go away with drugs. And as all you that have had babies know, I don't sleep anymore. I'm so done being pregnant!!

A new development is my blood pressure. Normal is 120/80. The doctors don't start to worry about you until you hit 140/90.

But as you could have guessed it...mine was 155/110. And you all know what that means!

Bed Rest
So boring! But the good news is that the doctor said he wouldn't stop me if I went into labor on my own. So we need to get this party started! I start school again way too soon and I want to have some time to recover and be with my baby. But if nothing happens then August 12th is the day.

But in some good news: I did have my 28th birthday. It was pretty good. My mom took me out to get a pedicure with her and my sweet husband suprised me with...

My favorite flowers, calli lillies and Bret Michaels tickets. I'm so excited!

Well I had a lot to update about and now you are pretty much caught up. Everyone keep your fingers crossed that I can have my baby soon! I'll keep you posted!

Jaxson's Birthday Week

2010-07-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

Well Jaxson's birthday party was quite the success! For his actual birthday, Will and I and Grandma Clark filled the living room with balloons. He was a little shy to come out and see them all but after he warmed up, he loved them. His birthday was on a wednesday so we tried to make it special for him since we were not going to be having his party until that saturday.

After his fun time with balloons, we took him to the zoo. He has been there a million times but he loves it.

The next day Aunt Chelsea came over to give Jaxson his present from her. She wasn't able to come to the party. She gave him a bike. He is not quite big enough to be able to push the peddles but he did enjoy the ride up and down the street that he got from Chelsea and Grandma pushing him.

Saturday finally came and Jaxson was so excited for his "Rock Star" birthday party. We had lots of fun! Good food, lots of friends, and music that Jaxson loves to dance to. The down side was that he fell asleep about 20 minutes before the party was supposed to start so we had to wake him up and then he was very grumpy after that. Especially while opening presents! He pretty much was screaming for each one. Other than that I think everyone had a good time. In true rock star tradition, everyone at the party got a tatoo. Even the great grandparents.

I believe gram and grandpa ended up getting several tats.

Will and I got Jaxson a guitar for his birthday. He is very cute playing it. He makes up his own songs and sings while he plays. Great purchase!!

Then after all was said and done, we were very excited to have the week-ful event over. Our little boy is now 3. They grow up way too quickly!

So Big!

2010-06-16T11:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe he is almost 3 already. Time goes by so quickly! Only 7 more days till his birthday.

Busy!

2010-05-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

Things around here have not gotten less busy. Now my time is taken up with work instead of school. Not to mention we have a busy summer ahead of us. My sister Mandy and her husband are getting sealed in the temple in June, Jaxson turns 3 later in June, my brother Tyler graduates from BYI in July, and then we have our baby in August. Oh ya, did I mention my husband is in summer school. Busy, busy! I still need to get stuff ready for the baby. Speaking of...

Week 28 checkup was successful. Baby girl is still measuring 3 weeks ahead of schedule, heart beat was a strong 140bpm, and no gestational diabetes. All good news! So far so good.

I want to be lazy with this pregnancy, so if anyone knows a good painter let me know. I want someone besides me to paint the baby room.

Party!!!

2010-05-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

I am officially done with finals. That mean I will actually have time to catch up with friends and family that have forgotten what I have looked like for the last semester. And Oh ya, that baby thing. I have been so focused on school that I rarely even think about being pregnant or getting ready for a new baby. Other than when I am trying to figure out why I don't have as much energy as I used to, then it comes to me, I'm pregnant. Hopefully I will at least get to enjoy what is left of my pregnancy. Other than that, I am looking forward to spending some time with my family and cleaning my house. It has been neglected for a while. Hey, maybe with the extra time, I will be able to post more pictures. We will see.

Baby Update: Week 23

2010-04-26T17:46:00.000-07:00

Other than an hour wait at the doctor's office our visit went pretty good. Baby's heart is strong and beating away like it should. She is getting stronger and stronger everyday. She is kicking me now to the point that you can see my belly move when she does. It's fun.

On the down side I am already starting to show signs of toxemia again. Not good. So hopefully we can stay on top of it and keep her cooking longer than Jaxson did. Either way I am sure it is just a matter of time until I am on bedrest again.

Let's hope not. It is sooooo boring!

The only other thing is that I should be measuring at 23 cm but suprise I am measuring at 26 cm. The doctor actually yelled wow. So I guess that is another thing they are going to watch on me.

I'm beginning to think that pregnancy is something my body just doesn't like to do.

Well that is it for now. I guess all I can do is keep her in for as long as I can. We will see how long that will be.

Hopefull she won't be born too small!

Easter Fun

2010-04-05T19:24:00.000-07:00

Easter weekend was pretty boring around the Davis house. Saturday consisted of Will and I doing homework for most of the day. We took Jaxson out for dinner because he had been good all day while his parents studied. Then when the little one was sleeping, the Easter Bunny came and hid his easter eggs around the house. Jaxson was soo excited when he saw them in the living room. He couldn't wait to find them.

If you look closely in this picture you can see some hidden easter eggs.

He was so proud of his finds.

Our Easter baskets, Will's is on the left, Jeni's in the middle, and Jaxson's on the right.

Jaxson made a hauling for Easter. The Easter Bunny just hides the eggs, mom and dad give the baskets.

Jaxson and all his eggs.

Aunt Chelsea came up to play Easter Sunday.

They were having fun playing with the ball.

Can't till we have 2 little ones finding eggs next year.

Happy Easter Everyone!!

Baby on the Way 18 Week Update

2010-03-22T21:09:00.000-07:00

Today marks my first official day of spring break. Which for Nursing school really means that you don't have to go to school but you have lots of things due during the week. So with out school to go to I though it would be a great time to find out the sex of the baby. Our 20 week appointment is scheduled for March 20th but I wanted to know sooner when my week wouldn't be so crazy. I tried unsuccessfully to switch my appointment for this week 3 different times. Then a friend of mine told me a little tid-bit of information. My doctor's office does gender checks after 16 weeks and it is only $20.00. So we took advantage of this opportunity!

And we are happy to announce:

It's a Girl!

We will still have our 20 week ultrasound on the 30th. And they will double check the sex then too. But until then. We are having a little girl!! And we are so excited and a little nervous!

St. Patrick's Day

2010-03-22T20:59:00.000-07:00

My Boys on St. Patrick's Day. You can't tell by the picture but Jaxson is wearing a shamrock pin that his daddy gave him on his jamies. He didn't want to take it off all day.

For the occasion, Jaxson and I made some green kool-aid and then turned it into ice cubes so we could add it to our sprite for some Green fun.

16 Week update

2010-03-15T21:22:00.000-07:00

Here is my bump at 16 weeks. Nothing too big yet.
School is really intense so just to lighten up our long day in lab my friend and I took one of the dopplers that is supposed to be listening for abnormal heart sounds, and we used it to listen to our babies. She is pregnant too. Happy to say baby Davis' heart is beating away at about 135-138 beats per minute. Only 2 more weeks and we get to find out the sex. Can't wait!!

Baby Update

2010-02-17T20:46:00.000-08:00

Today we are officially 14 weeks pregnant. Our visit went smooth as usual until the doctor had a hard time finding the heart beat. We were all nervous for a second but he was able to find it.

134 Beats per minute

The doctor said that we should be in the clear now as far as miscariage goes and hopefully I will start feeling better soon.

We got approved to be in a study for a new drug that is supposed to help prevent pre-term labor, so hopefully this baby won't be early.

The plus side to the study is I will go to the doctor every week starting next week and get to hear the heartbeat and we will have lots more ultrasounds than normal. The down side is going in to get a shot every week. My butt is going to be so sore!

We may even get to find out the sex of the baby in 2 weeks. So I will keep you posted if we do!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

2010-02-14T21:05:00.000-08:00

We like to get Jaxson something little for Valentine's Day each year. This year we got him a box of chocolates and a Valentine's pez dispenser. Nana Davis sent him a huge Valentine's puppy. Grandma Clark also sent him a package of goodies but we still have to pick it up in Pocatello.
Jaxson doesn't really get Valentines yet but he did have a lot of fun at school putting them into his friends valentines boxes.

Snow Fun

2010-02-14T20:53:00.000-08:00

I try and do something fun with Jaxson everyday. Just to keep it entertaining and educational for him. One wednesday we decided to try out his new snow clothing and play outside.

First lets get the snow pants on....

Then the coat........

Now the hat and gloves..................

Time to play in the snow!

Now if only I could get him to go inside.

A grand adventure is about to begin....

2010-01-19T16:20:00.000-08:00

It happened, after 4 months of awful hormone therapy, it worked. We are excited to announce the addition of a new baby to the family due to arrive August 19th, 2010.

Already this pregnancy is very different from Jaxson. I have been sick constantly. With Jaxson i never got morning sickness but his labor and delivery was pure hell. So I am hoping that maybe if this one is bad in the begining then the labor will be easy.

We told Jaxson that mom has a baby in her tummy but he is too little to understand just yet. Maybe he will get it more when my belly gets bigger. But either way he is going to be such a good helper!

"A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die."

Catch up

2010-01-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

Wow, kind of a lot has happened in the last 30 days. Christmas went really good. For Christmas eve Will, Jaxson, and I got some take out dinner and brought it home. We put down some blankets and ate dinner on the floor while watching Christmas movies. Jaxson was excited that he was finally able to open the presents that had been under the tree all month. He was a little overwhelmed so we tried to pace his presents out over the whole day. He got a little cash register, a fire station, car ramps, skiies, and a fun tent with a tube to play in. He loved everything!

Grandma and Grandpa Clark flew in to visit for Christmas. Jaxson loved being spoiled for an entire week. Sadly they had to go home a couple of days after christmas and Jaxson desperately wanted to go with them on the plane. It was a sad drive home.

Our 2010 was not exactly what we had hoped as far as celebrating goes. Will had to be to work at 11pm so we watched the ball drop together and had our own little New Years Celebration with New York. But I did put together a cute lunch for him that included: 2010 glasses, a Happy New Years hat, and lots of confetti poppers. That way he could bring in the New Year right by himself at work.

Jaxson modeling the Happy New Years hat we got dad.

And as of what is happening now?? School starts tomorrow and to say the least I am a little nervous. I hope the nursing program is what I am expecting and not tons harder! Well lets check out my books for this semester:

What do you think? A little ridiculous for 1 semester? I definately think so!!

Well I will try to update our blog as often as you can but as you can see I will be busy doing some reading.

Our Christmas Card

2009-12-15T12:37:00.000-08:00

Hope you all have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year!!

This is sooo Tinsel!!

2009-12-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

The stocking were hung above the dvd case with care.....

While christmas books and stuffed animals cover everywhere.....

Keeping the dog out of presents, and the kid out of the tree, it is going to be a few long weeks for me.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-06T12:34:00.000-08:00

Every year for Thanksgiving we go to my grandma's house for dinner. This year was no exception to that. Dinner was not until 2pm so we tried to wear out Jaxson so that he would take a nap before we left. No go. We hoped he would take a nap on the drive to Pocatello. Nope. So he was exhausted by the time we got there.
Almost the entire family was there for the festivities. Things were going pretty well until Jaxson had to sit to eat. Yeah right. He scream his little head off and almost threw 3 plates of food onto the ground. Luckily my sister and I have cat-like speed reflexes so no mess occured.
It was fun to catch up with my family (minus my parents who were in chicago), and Jaxson had a blast with his little cousins. I am so thankful for my family both big and small. We may have drama once in a while but I wouldn't trade them for the world.
Dinner was great! But we did have to bow out early because Will had to work that night at 11pm so he needed to go home and get some sleep.
It was a great thanksgiving!
What does everyone look forward to after thanksgiving???
Black Friday
I didn't have many items I wanted to pick up for black friday and because Will doesn't get off work until 7am I had to bring the little one with me, so I decided not to leave until 9am so the crouds wouldn't scare him.
I braved the Toys-R-Us and Walmart and got most of my shopping done. Jaxson was such a trooper!

I am done with my christmas shopping except for food stuff for stocking. I don't know if I will ever shop black friday again. It was an experience I can move on from.

Weekend Get-a-Way

2009-11-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

This weekend we decided to take a well needed vacation. So we packed up the car and headed to Wolf Creek.
It is alway fun to open the door to our resort and let Jaxson run in. He thinks it is great at all the running room he has. And of course, right when we got there he wanted to go swim. We didn't even say anything about swimming, he is just starting to associate resorts with swimming.
We were hoping for a normal weekend but Ogden had other plans. When we arrived we found out that on saturday the city was going to have a power outage from 7 to 1pm. And the pass was going to be closed.

So let me get this right....we won't have any power and we can't leave???

Don't they make horror films that start that way?

We made the most of it.

We had a blast, we took Jaxson into Salt Lake City to Build a Bear. We wanted to have him put his binky in the bear and have that be the end of it. But of course I forgot to actually bring the binky so we just made a bear with him and put big boy underwear on it so hopefully that might help the potty training thing. Too bad on the binky though!! I was hoping that would help.
That night we wanted to do something fun at the resort so we had a fun game of family racket-ball. Which pretty much consisted of Will and I playing and Jaxson fetching the ball and running back and forth from wall to wall. Oh and dodging the ball...but not in time. He did take one hit to the head.
No worries, he was fine after he shook it off. I'm sure he will stop walking in circles soon. Kids are resilliant that way.
We were hoping for a relaxing weekend of sleeping in but Jaxson had other plans. He didn't want to sleep. In fact he kept waking up at 6am. So we are definately going to need to recover from our vacation.
On our last night we took Jaxson swimming in the hot tub. He loved it! He is getting to independent for his own good. He wanted to "swim" all by himself, which really meant that he wanted to jump into the deep part so his head was under the water. He thought that was so funny. I guess it is time for water wings!
Then on our way home we stopped at the dinosaur park. It was really cute! The robotic dinosaurs scared Jaxson but the rest the thought were cool. We came up to one that had a nest of babies hatching and Jaxson ran up and said, " Holy Cow mom, look, way cute babies." He cracks me up!

Can't wait for another adventure!

Jaxson at the Dinosaur Park

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL??

2009-11-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

We have been trying all season to take Jaxson to a football game, but things just kept getting in the way. But it finally happened. Last weekend we took Jaxson to his first Football game.

ISU vs. Portland State

He was facinated by everything that was going on. The music, the band, football players...it was the best day ever.

But if you add popcorn to that, he was in heaven!!

Jaxson thought that the big flag was awesome, he kept asking us throughout the game to put the flag down again. He loved it.

We caught up with Aunt Chelsea at the game. What more could a 2 year old ask for? Popcorn, music, live band, football, favorite Aunt Chelsea, and a Bengal tiger gave him a football.

He did really good throughout the whole game until the begining of the 4th quarter. Then he was ready to go home and go to bed, but he did last a long time!

We had to leave before the game was over but ISU won 41 to 34.

It was a really fun weekend and I think we will take him to lots more games next season!!

Halloween

2009-11-03T22:44:00.000-08:00

This year our Halloween was pretty eventful. It started out on Friday, Jaxson got to get all dressed up in his spider costume and he went trick-or-treating with his preschool class. They took them to Melaleuca's home office.Later that night Will and I took our friends kids trick-or-treating to Melaleuca too. So Jaxson got to go again. It was really cute. The whole building was decorated in different themes and everyone was dressed up. Jaxson got to see the Grinch, Nemo, and lots of Pirates. He loved it and he got tons of candy.On Friday night we took Jaxson to Boo at the Zoo. It was really cute! We had never heard about it before but I doubt we will ever miss a year again. They had the zoo decorated like crazy with lights and pumpkins. They also had stations set up all over for the kids to trick-or-treat. I think they had every animal area decorated, even if it was too cold for the animals to be outside they still decorated.

Boo At the Zoo

Saturday we took Jaxson trick-or treating in Pocatello. We don't have any family here so Poky made the most sense. We had a blast with Aunt Chelsea!

See ya next year!

SUCCESS!!

2009-11-03T22:17:00.000-08:00

I opened the scariest envelope of my entire life, my letter from the Nursing Department. It came 4 days early and almost made me have a heart attack right there at the mail box.
One of the most exciting news of my life....Congratulaions JeniBrooke Davis, you have been selected!!
I got in!!! I'm going to be a Nurse! And I am finally going to graduate!

Bug Jail

2009-10-21T11:17:00.000-07:00

Alright, this is what I came out of my bedroom and found. It looks pretty ordinary right?? Well if you look closely you can see a beetle in the upper left hand corner of the laundry basket. Jaxson found the beetle on the floor and got scared so he grabed the laundry basket and put it overtop of the beetle. Then he was just sitting on the couch. I didn't really notice the bug right away until I was going to clean up the living room and Jaxson had a meltdown because I moved the laundry basket and now I was "going to let the bug out."

I just had to explain to him that the bug wouldn't hurt him and we needed to get it off the carpet. Once I put the beetle in the garbage, Jaxson finally came off the couch. It was finally safe.

It has arrived!

2009-10-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

The time has finally come, Jaxson can now officially open doors. We have been lucky for quite some time now and we have made it a point to Not show him how to open door. And yet, he figured it out on his own. Now nap time and bed time are a chore again, he thinks it is so cool that he can get out of his room that it is all that he thinks about, so he won't stay in his bed to sleep. We went through a similiar situation when we changed his crib into a toddler bed, it took about 2 weeks for him to snap out of that. Hopefully it won't take that long this time. I guess it is time for child proofing his door knob.

Music Time

2009-10-11T21:26:00.000-07:00

Will has alway been into music. He was in a band in high school with some friends. Everynight he puts Jaxson to bed and sings him to sleep. It is no wonder that Jaxson would love the guitar.

Here is Jaxson chilling in Dad's guitar case. He thinks he is pretty funny.

Jaxson is my little August Rush, ever since he was born he has loved music. He finds music in every thing.

My 2 favorite people.

Potty Training

2009-10-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

This potty training thing is ruff. One day Jaxson will do really well and one day he will refuse to even sit on the potty. Thankfully today has been a really good day.

Our house got really quiet, so naturally I go worried, I went looking for him and found him

in the bathroom. He had taken off his big boy underwear, sat on his potty, missed completely, peed on

the floor, and was in the process of cleaning it up with toilet paper, and putting the wet toilet

paper into big toilet, and flushing them away.

He is getting to be such a good helper lately! I can't wait till we are completely done with diapers!

Black-Eye

2009-08-30T20:17:00.000-07:00

Jaxson's first official black-eye happened during delivery. He was beaten up pretty bad during the whole ordeal. Now he has his 1st black-eye that he gave himself. He fell off our kitchen chair and hit his cheek on our baseboard heater. It bruised instantly. The first day it was pretty confined to his cheek, but after sleeping on it for a few nights it fell into his eye.

This picture is actually taken about 3 days after the incident. It looks worse but is actually better.
The only reason his mouth is open is because he was preparing to scream, he was sick of me trying to take his picture.

Here is a view from the side. OUCH!

Jaxson's Pre-school Class

2009-08-25T13:02:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Jaxson's class at pre-school. He is going to be moving up to the next on August 31st cause he is getting too smart. He loves his teachers Katie and Cassie, he talks about them all the time, but if you can't tell he is a little partial to Cassie.

Island Park

2009-08-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

Every year my family camps at Island Park. We go every year, but this was the first year that Jaxson got to ride on the 4-wheeler. We got him a sweet helmet and glasses. He loved every minute of it!! He fell asleep on it and everything. We only went up for the day but Jaxson and I spent about 80% of the day on the 4-wheeler.

This is a picture of Jaxson and Grandma playing in the water.

Jaxson's pimp helmet and Goggles. I laugh hard every time I see this picture!

Jaxson was catching minows with cousin Jordan.

Mom and Jaxson on the Wheeler.

It's my birthday!

2009-07-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

Today I turned 27, which I don't mind, I just don't like the slow climb to 30, but let's not talk about that!
For my birthday my sweet husband let me sleep in until about 9:30, which would have been longer but I had things to do. We are going out for dinner for my b-day on saturday so he went out and bought me my favorite lunch food, Taco Bell, and we spent lunch together. Which is really sweet of him since he works graveyards and should have been sleeping. After that he headed to bed and Jaxson and I went out and played in the swimming pool for the rest of the day.
It was a pretty mellow birthday but I liked it! Thanks Will!! Love you.

My worst day ever!

2009-07-19T22:19:00.000-07:00

Alright, so today started out pretty good, I got up on time, got ready, made it to church on time. Which sorry to say has been a struggle lately, so I was very proud of myself. Get home from church, put the kid down for a nap and decide to take a nap myself. Little did I know that this was the end of good stuff happening to me today.
Jaxson wakes up from his nap and starts playing in his room, I thought this was different so I went in to check on him. As soon as I opened the door a flood of stench hit me like a ton of bricks, what the crap is that?? I look down at my cute little boy that has a weird stain on his shirt.
Is that poop???
Yes mom, he says.
He got into his diaper gene, pulled out 3 dirty diapers, proceeded to take the poop out of them and play with it. He then put those diaper in the corner and tried to clean up his mess with new diapers. It was a horrible mess! It gets better.
So as I am cleaning and trying to keep my 2 year old from cross-contaminating the house, my dog gets in the garbage and shreds it to pieces.
Ok, ok, I'm and adult, I can get through this, is what I tell myself. So I get everything cleaned up and sanitized and decide that I need a well deserved caffeine drink! So I treat myself to a splendid carmel coke from Sonic.
I not as much get home with my soothing drink, when my dog "the devil" knocks it over and drinks it all.
I about lost it at that moment.
Is my day over yet? NO.
My drink is gone, the only thing I had going for me in my life at the time. (Ok, I know I'm dramatic but it keeps you reading.)
Alright, let's calm down, play outside and relax. So while Jaxson is playing, I decide to set up our new canopy, did not go well by myself. Horrible, so I had to wake my poor sleeping hubby to help. But he was a trooper about it.
Then I want to move Jaxson's slide into the shade so he doesn't fry. HaHa, and like Gulliver the giant, I fall right on it and break it into pieces.
Carma is kicking my ass today. Tomorrow has to get better!!

I love my Rockstar!

2009-07-14T15:38:00.000-07:00

Me and Jaxson were having a good time listening to some tunes on the computer, he happened to be wearing his ACDC shirt and wanted to wear daddy's sunglasses. If that is not a Kodak moment, then I don't know what is:).

Kissing Mom.

4th of July

2009-07-05T23:33:00.000-07:00

The 4th was sooo fun this year, we went up to Island Park and rafted the river with my family. It was Jaxson's first time rafting and he loved every minute of it. After a long day of camping we drove back to watch the fireworks, this year we decided to watch them from the roof cause you can see them pretty perfectly from my back yard. It was soo much fun. I think the 4th of July is my favorite holiday!!

Happy Birthday Jaxson!!

2009-06-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

Jaxson is finally 2. Wow how the time flyes! He had a really fun birthday. I am pretty sure he had marshmellows for breakfast, ketsup for lunch, and fries for dinner. Don't judge me, it was his birthday.
We took Jaxson to the zoo to see all the animals, after that we went across the street to the fun park and took him on the farris wheel. I thought he was going to be very scared but he just loved it. After that we came home and finger painted. He was such a mess. Don't worry, you'll see, I will post some pics. After all that was a bath and bed time. Lots of stories before he actually went down, complimentary of grandma. Thanks mom.
We didn't plan a whole lot because there were big family events on the weekend before and after his birthday so we just had a fun day with him and we are having people over for dinner on sunday to celebrate.
Happy Birthday Jaxson.

Jaxson Turns 2 in 8 days.

2009-06-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

We had Jaxson's pictures taken for his 2nd birthday. I hate when you realize that you don't have a baby anymore you have a toddler.

Finally figuring out this blog thing.

2009-06-15T20:57:00.001-07:00

After I don't know how many months I am finally figuring this mother out. Hope you like it, hopefully more will happen soon.

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Easter

2009-05-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didn't get to posting these sooner but finals kind of kicked my but. We had a really fun Easter with Jaxson this year, I finally finished his easter basket 1 day before the event. And then we tood fun picutres after that just dorking around.

Jaxson's Bed

2009-03-19T13:51:00.000-07:00

Jaxson thinks he is pretty cool now that is has a big boy bed. So sad he is not a little baby anymore.

San Diego

2009-03-10T00:47:00.000-07:00

For Thanksgiving we went to San Diego to spend time with Will's grandparents. They are not doing so well and we wanted to make sure that they got to meet Jaxson. They only live 2 blocks from the beach so we took Jaxson, and obviously he loved it, we had to keep him from running in to the ocean. You have to respect the sea Jaxson.