The Davis Family

Saturday, March 13, 2010

More Big News!

We recently found out that Jay has been transferred and we are moving! We are headed to Katy, Texas (just outside of Houston). Things have been moving very quickly and we have already bought a new home in Katy and have ours in Beaumont on the market. Jay is scheduled to start April 5th and our tentative closing date on our new home is April 8th. It has been very stressful to think about the move, trying to find new childcare, a new job for me, new doctors, etc, etc. Not to mention trying to keep our current house clean while it is on the market with a soon to be 2 year old leaving a mess everywhere she goes.

My mom came into town for the weekend to help watch Emma while Jay and I went house hunting. That was extremely helpful - I can't imagine lugging her in and out of the car at every house we saw. Jay and I couldn't believe the lack of housing options in Katy. There is one main community that is very sought after for schools and the best for resale, which is why we chose it. It is called Cinco Ranch and is the second fastest selling neighborhood in the nation. We literally found one house on the first day that was OK and one on the second morning that we liked. By lunch on the second day we called back for a second showing and it had already sold!! We ended up buying a new construction that was just finished. It is a beautiful two story home on a postage stamp lot. (We definately have to get used to that after having our awesome golf course lot in Beaumont.) I have a few pictures posted below.

Emma has been doing good. She loves to climb on anything and everything. She has also started saying "no" all the time. She doesn't exactly say it in the right context. For example, I could say "Emma, do you want some ice cream?" She would yell emphatically "NO!" However, grandma asked her if she wanted liver and when she yelled "no" it was right on!! It is hard to believe that she will be 2 years old in just a couple months! I haven't taken very many pictures lately. I will try to do better with the pictures now that I am feeling a bit better.

21 month picture with her "Big Sister" shirt

Emma's new habit of pulling out all of the pots and pans

Our soon to be new house!!

Living room fireplace with gas logs

Kitchen

Master Bathroom

View of hall to front door

Secondary bathroom

A couple videos of Emma

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!!

As you can see from the new picture at the top of the blog, we have some very exciting news to share. Jay and I went to our first doctor's appointment this week and heard the heartbeat of baby #2!! We are very excited and Emma is very excited to become a big sister. Our due date is September 7th.

This has been the main reason for my delay in blog posting (for those of you who keep track!) I have not been feeling good at all. I have been again blessed with all day nausea and extreme fatigue - much like with my pregnancy with Emma. I am trying to take one day at a time and am praying that for some reason it won't last 16 weeks like it did with Emma, but maybe 12 or 13 instead. My doctor is a bit concerned because I have lost 6lb so I do have to go back for a weekly weigh in next week. She has me on three different nausea meds now, and just added Zofran (which is mostly used for chemo patients) and I think it has helped a bit.

Jay has been in running for husband of the year. He has been helping me out around the house, has started taking Emma to daycare in the mornings so that I have more time to pull myself together, and has been running a lot of errands. Also, last weekend he had meetings scheduled in Fairfax, VA from Thursday through Saturday and he was concerned of how crummy I was feeling and how I would manage taking care of Emma all by myself. He decided to completely surprise me and fly my best friend Aimee and her 14 mo old son Ben in from Milwaukee to help me out. He literally said he had to work late Tuesday night and when he got home he came and got me out of bed and said he had to show me something. There they were standing in my kitchen!! I just couldn't believe it. It really lifted my spirits having my friend here, not to mention the fact that she cooked and cleaned for me too! It was no nice to have some real meals ( I haven't had the energy to cook at all lately.) Ben and Emma got along great and had a great time playing with each other. It was very sad to see them go on Sunday. Ironically, Jay's meetings ended up getting cancelled due to all of the bad weather the east coast got!

Jay and Emma and I are just relaxing for Valentine's day. Hope everyone has a happy day! Enjoy the pics - they are a conglomeration of pictures that I have taken since Christmas.

The pretty Edible Arrangement that my mom and dad got us for V-day!

Aimee with Ben and Emma

Emma brushing Ben's hair

Just chillin on the wagon ride!

Aimee reading to the kids - Emma LOVES Aunt Aimee and followed her all around the house the entire time she was here!

Two cuties!

I noticed that Emma's wallpaper had started to come away from the wall just a tiny bit. I tried to glue it back and thought it would be OK. About a week later after a nap this is what I found - turns out Emma had been pulling it away from the wall and this time decided to rip a huge piece off from the wall!!! I was soooo mad at her. The crib is now in the center of the room!

Her new favorite place - sitting in the big chair

Tooling around with a paper bag on her head

Laughing hysterically at Ben with the bag on his head

Contently watching her Sesame Street DVD

Emma LOVES wearing her new apron that she got for Christmas from Aunt Jenny. Isn't she adorable?

Cooking and talking on the phone - what a multitasker!

Our favorite Sparty!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy Holidays!!

We have had a wonderful, yet extremely busy last couple of weeks. We went home to Michigan for ten days to celebrate Christmas with family on Dec. 18. The first weekend Jay and I took advantage of the grandparents who were more than willing to babysit Emma and we went with our friends Tony and Angela on our fourth ski trip up to Boyne Mountains. We had a great time and stayed overnight in an awesome little 3 bedroom cabin with a kitchen and fireplace. We skiied both Saturday and Sunday, and we all managed to return home safely without any broken bones. We did get stuck on a chair lift after some rascal high school boys jumped off their lift and it derailed. We had to wait 30 minutes or so while they fixed it.

We had a very busy week traveling back and forth to our families homes. We took Emma early in the week to the pool at Delta College. It is a beautiful facility with a great pool for kids with shallow water and fun play equipment. As I predicted, Emma absolutely hated it and screamed the entire time. She loves the bath tub, but hates any other form of water. Poor girl is going to have to learn to love the water since mom and dad both love the lake and water sports.

We spent Christmas Eve with Jay's family in Grand Rapids and traveled back to Auburn on Christmas morning to spend time with my family. Saturday we had extended Christmas celebration back in Lansing - travel, travel, travel! Emma wasn't super interested in opening gifts this year, but was very interested in what was inside. She was spoiled, as you can imagine. Some of her favorite gifts were a new purse, a stroller to push her babies in, a new cell phone, some cute outfits, books, a matching apron set with mommy, and a Sesame Street dance DVD. She has to learn those characters for her trip to Jamaica in March!!!

We managed to find a couple nights to see our friends that we don't get to see often enough being spread throughout the country. It is always so nice to be able to catch up with them and as always we talk about how we don't see each other enough! Emma enjoyed playing with her friend Benjamin who lives in Milwaukee and her cousin Kole who lives in Grand Rapids. Interestingly enough, both boys were very interested in hugging and kissing her! You can see this on the videos below. It is a bit early yet, but dad may have to invest in that shotgun to keep the boys away!!

Jay and I also celebrated our 6th anniversary at home on the 27th. We went out for dinner and to a movie - a better showing than last year when we watched UFC kickboxing with friends hehe!

It has been very nice to get back home and settled in again. All of the travel is super exhausting on us and Emma. She is much better behaved when she can stay on schedule with her naps and bedtime routine. We spent New Years Eve relaxing at home - we ordered pizza and watched movies. It was so nice to stay home and not cook or have any plans!

We were super productive this weekend too. All of the holiday decorations inside and outside are down and put away. I put up a few Valentine's Day decorations. I washed windows and cleaned the entire house! Jay picked up all the leaves and edged and trimmed the bushes. He also put down new mulch around the trees and we tag teamed the master bath shower. It was in dire need of new caulk so we spent hours removing all of the old caulk. It is already looking so much nicer!

Happy New Years to everyone. We think 2010 will be a great year! Enjoy the pics - there are a lot and I really condensed them too.

At our cabin in Boyne