Life as A Mom

Has anyone ever heard of Fly Lady? I recently found it thanks to a great mom in our ward and even though I don't follow it to a T, it has brought some order to the Davies chaos. Emma is doing great in her JoySchool preschool we participate in that started last month and Kaitlyn is getting bigger and more opinionated. When I look back to where we were over a year ago having that sweet girl, I cannot believe how quickly ut lives have changed and how big both my girls are now. They grow up too darn fast that is for sure.

Dental School keeps Rod very busy and we are busy too trying not to miss Daddy too much and having fun!

Water

I was looking through the photos on the camera and started laughing. My kiddos love water, the bath, the sink, the water table, the sprinklers, you name it. They are happy when they are soaking wet. The funniest part about these two pictures is you wouldn't even think that they had a pool in the backyard, but no matter they will find anything where they can get into water. We are now in OKC, and I will post new pictures of being here soon. I guess since Rod will be so busy studying late at night I can maybe do this again....don't get your hopes up though. I always have good intentions, but the computer and I just don't spend too much time together. I guess I can learn to blog from my phone.....Here is Rod's white coat ceremony too!

What, April is blogging?

So I know that I am the worst about keeping up with this stuff, blogging, facebook, etc. You know it is bad when you post a comment on facebook and someone writes, "what you are on here" or you are talking about being on facebook with your sister and she says, "You went on facebook?" However, since I am getting to talk to my friends again after a really long time I am going to try to be better about this and sharing pictures with the family and friends that follow this.

Kaitlyn is pulling herself up and walking on everything. She learned to go up the stairs by herself last week and every once in awhile if the gate is down, we will hear this yelling and she is stuck and can't get down. She and Emma love each other, although they have a battle of the wills over stuff some time. Kaitlyn is hilarious because whenever she gets really excited about something she starts snorting with results in giggles from her older sister.

Here are some updated pics of us in Utah in January.

Here are a few pictures of Emma and Kaitlyn we took yesterday. We couldn't get Kaitlyn to smile for any of them, but Emma sure didn't hold back any smiles.

Emma's 2nd B-Day

Here are a few pictures of Emma on her 2nd Birthday last week. She is growing up so fast I can't believe it! We made two cakes and it is a good thing we did, because she would not let anyone have a piece of her Dora cake.

Here are a few pictures of Kaitlyn and Emma. Kaitlyn has changed so much in the past nine weeks since she was born. Emma just loves Kaitlyn and trys to take such good care of her.

Kaitlyn Anne Davies

Yesterday afternoon we were blessed with a beautiful little baby girl. She wasn't sure if she wanted to come into this world head first or feet first, so she chose both. She definitely gets that indecisiveness from her dad. Because of how she was positioned, the Dr decided to perform a c-section. Everything went very well and April will be recovering in the hospital for the next few days. Kaitlyn was 6 lbs, 12 oz and 21 inches long. She is a long and skinny little girl with blue eyes, light brown hair, and two big dimples. She is a MUCH better sleeper than Emma her first night and only woke up three times her first night in this world. She has been eating very well and just loves to cuddle in your arms.

She was born three weeks early due to a condition April had this pregnancy called polyhydraminos (excess amniotic fluid). April looks great and didn't even look pregnant until she turned sideways and had this huge belly sticking out. Here are a few pictures I took and will try and post more later.

We are back in the land of blogging

Okay, here we are again.Life has been crazy.The pictures of Emma are of her toothy grin she gives us and of her independence. When we took her to the park,she wanted to swing by herself and would only let us push. Emma will be 17months old this week and she is a firecracker. She says lots of words as well as saying uh-huh whenever she wants to say yes to something and shaking her head to say no. We are just glad that is a word she is not saying. She runs just about everywhere and is transitioning well to being in Bullhead. We took her to the ultrasound this week and she kept signing all done during the ultrasound. I don't know if she is as excited as we are about her new little sister. She signs now a lot of things, which has cut down tremendously on meltdowns since she can communicate with her words and signs. It has helped her vocabulary too. She does however like to pull my mom's yorkies's hair and no matter how many times she is told not to do it,she just gives a toothy grin and keeps doing it. I will post some more photos of that cute toothy grin tomorrow. She is sure the joy of our lives. Rod is busy taking classes for application to dental school this summer and we are both busy chasing our toddler. Maybe we will post more regularly now,but time will tell.

And I heard Emma and Dama didn't get along!

Here is Emma with her new summer look. She is such a water baby. She would spend all day in the pool or tub if she could. She is starting to become a good little swimmer. Watch out Michael Phelps.

It has been a while since we have written anything on here. These are some pictures we took of Emma for Easter. She now has two little bottom teeth that she didn't have during these pictures. She is such a joy in our life! She is a very happy baby (a big change from the first three months) and she loves to eat whatever we are eating. She isn't a big fan of baby food. She started crawling about two weeks ago and is really starting to scoot around the house. I think we may have gone overboard on all the pictures and video we take of this one, but she is just too cute we can't put the camera down. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen the other night and she had all the waiters and two old couples enamored with her by the end of the night (not so much at the movies though). We will try and be better about posting new pictures and updates here for you all to see.

Back in the land of blogging

What? April is blogging? I know some of you must be shocked since it has been about 6 weeks since I have done this. We went to Bullhead for two weeks and what can I say we have just been busy. I have never been the best blogger, but I think we need to update everyone on the life if Emma.

In the last 6 weeks she has finally started eating her solid food again ( she was pretty stubborn for awhile and would clamp her mouth shut and not eat anything) and now is a great eater. She loves cereal with fruit in it, pizza crust, applesauce, and cookies if her dad sneaks them to her. She is sitting up on her own and rolld all over the place on the floor. Crawling frustrates our little girl. She can get up on her knees and move sideways or push backwards but if she tries too hard she just starts fussing when she can't move forward. Here are some photos from Bullhead in her newborn size shoes and poo bear chair. She has the smallest feet and is still wearing a size 1 at 6 1/2 months.

At her six month check up she was 15lb 10 oz (35%), 26.5in(80%) and happy as can be until they started poking her. I always hate that part. She is so fun and loves to lay on the floor and laugh as she plays with her toys. Here is a picture of her from yesterday. She was sitting up playing with her toys and daddy was watching her while I started making dinner, then I heard some rattling of plastic and I realized daddy was dozing and she had found my ironing pile with the hangers...did I mention if she can find a hanger she goes after it? She loves those things and even when I put them out of reach she still finds a way to roll over and find them.

Well, my baby is awake..I better go, but I will post more pictures later!!

Here she is!

Allright, I know that you have all been asking for Emma pictures, so here they are. We found s swimsuit( only in AZ in February) and took her swimming because it has been 82 out and our pool is heated, then we had a bunch of rain so we haven't gone again. Her dad decided to try the blow in her face dunk her and she did hold her breath, but the crying picture is her reaction afterwards. She was so cute in the water.

She has started vegetables and so we finally got her a high chair. She is still waking up a couple times a night to eat and even though I am really tired, it is special to spend those precious moments with my beautiful baby. She is in her crib now and out of the swing which was a huge milestone for us. She is so cute when we put her on her back because she immediately rolls to her tummy and then after realizing the is stuck there gets very frustrated and starts kicking like crazy.

When her daddy comes home from work her face lights up and she has many big smiles for him. She loves her daddy so much!!

We finally got word that they are sending our insurance check and so maybe we can start to get our lives back to normal. This has been an interesting trial for us. We hope everyone enjoys the pictures.

The Flood

For those of you who have noticed,I have not blogged in quite awhile. This will probably be a quick one too while Emma naps. We had a flood over Christmas. We got a call while we were in Utah on the 23rd of December saying that our condo had flooded and they had to move all of our stuff out. Then we found out that it was going to take a couple of months for them to repair the condo we were renting, so we had to find a place to live ASAP. Rod was able to find a great condo in our same ward over new years and we moved in with what we had brought with us over Christmas. We just got our boxes back last week with stuff that wasn't damaged and the few pieces of furniture that were not damaged, but most of our stuff is gone or needs repairs. So while we wait for the insurance check, we are trying to figure out where to put all of our stuff that is in boxes and get our lives back on track.

Emma is finally getting on a good schedule. We moved her to the crib and since she started fighting being rocked to bed, gets put into bed and after about 10minutes of playing/fussing or crying she usually falls asleep and last night only woke up twice to eat. For you moms who had 4 1/2 months old who slept through the night that might not seem like a great thing, but for me who has had her waking up every 2-3 hours for the last few weeks it is a blessing. Well that is the update on our lives. Emma started some rice cereal and loves it. She grabbed my hand with the spoon in it last night and kept putting it in her mouth. She couldn't get that cereal fast enough. I am going to wait till she is a bit older before we try vegetables and fruits. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She rolls from her back to her tummy now and then tries to crawl without any arm help which of course gets her nowhere and then she just gets mad....but she will learn eventually. We are having so much fun with our sweet baby girl!

Christmas Party

We went to our ward Christmas party on Saturday because I wanted Emma tosit on Santa's lap. And guess what? She got to sit on two Santas. First, her "future" boyfriend in our ward Luke(poor girl, we promise we will let her make her own choices, but we sure think he's cute), our friends Kyle and Kylee's son who is about 6 weeks older than she is and then Santa came to our ward pary. Emma did okay and then she decided she didn't want to be on Luke's lap anymore as you can see by the pics. We are getting excited for her first Christmas. She had a Dr's appointment today to check on a diaper rash, I am such a first time mom, and weighed 12 lbs 10 ounces. She is sure growing up fast. We can't wait to go to Utah and meetall her cousins that she hasn't seen yet!!

Almost Christmas

We have had fun the last few weeks as Emma has become more aware of her surroundings. We got her a Bumbo chair for Christmas, but her dad decided she needed it early. I think I will still stick a bow on it for Christmas. She loves sitting up and watching TV. I am not so sure how I feel about the TV part, but she loves the colors. We got her a new play center too, thanks to her Gigi Nelson's gift of shopping. She smiles at the sun in the middle and has started to talk to all the toys. She likes to hit them with her fists and tries to grab them. She loves playing with her cousin Parker...here are some pictures of them and her new toys.

She has an aversion to the carseat lately, or more the car when she can't see anyone's face. Thank goodness for all the smiley face toys, they really help keep her happy! We can't wait for her first Christmas! She has found her fist and likes to suck on it lately. We are also trying to wean her from sleeping in her swing, but since she sleeps with her arms straight up if not swaddled and swinging, she hits herself when she moves and wakes up so that may still take awhile....

Thanksgiving and Cousins

Emma had her first Thanksgiving last week. Mostly we got pictures of her with all of her relatives and she only got to eat the yummy food through her mommy. She did pretty good, but got a little overwhelmed by all the new people. She loved to be carried around in her carrier on my chest. She is such a curious baby and wants to be able to look around and kick. Here are some pics of her over the holiday. There is one of her with her Gigi Nelson ( she has two Gigi's Rod's grandmother and my grandmother)Another is one of her with Papa, her mom's grandfather.

She spent the morning watching football with her dad and then the afternoon finishing helping her mom make the dinner. We got some other cute ones of her with her grandad, her Uncle Jordan and Her Grandma and Parker. Parker really loves Emma, as well as her other cousins.

Time to be done, my little one just woke up.

Smiling

Okay, surprise surprise for those of you who know I am not the most frequent blogger, but I finally caught my little daughter smiling on camera so here it is. She is so much fun to listen to. She talks away, especially if you mimic her noises. I can't believe what a little personality she is getting. Oh and here are some of her holding her rattle, even though her mommy put it in her hands for her.