Davis Baby #5

Well,

it's official

the word is in

and Davis baby #5 is........

A BOY!

Shocked? I have to admit, so were we (and we did have a few tears from our lone little girl) but once the shock wore off we got super excited. We have 10 fingers and 10 toes, and tons of other stuff that I really couldn't make out. But here are a few sneak peak pictures that we got.

Time to Stop and Think

Yesterday I was able to attend the Veterans Day assembly at my kids school. In years past I have not attended figuring it was just another assembly for the kids. This year however the 3rd grade cub scouts were doing the flag ceremony and Trevor was going to be the leader and wanted us to come watch. The morning of the assembly we got ready and I grabbed the video camera with intentions of capturing Trevor's great job on tape and fulfilling my motherly responsibility to watch him. I had no idea how meaningful the assembly would be to me personally.

As we sat down and the program started, the audience arose as applause and patriotic music filled the air, and then the Veterans started to file in. Theses were men and women who were relatives of the students and had been invited to be guests of honor at the assembly. As soon as they started coming in the realization hit me that my freedoms were granted and are still protected by real people, people that were walking into the room at that very moment. People that were not only willing to sacrifice being at home with their own families, but willing to sacrifice their own lives if necessary in order for me to be free. Although I had always known this to be true it hit me how easy it is to watch the news, read history books and say that I am grateful for their sacrifice, but not really realize that it is real.

As the program commenced each Veteran introduced themselves and I had to stop and reflect about the people in my life who have served, Grandpa's, Uncles, Cousins, and Friends. I felt a deep sense of gratitude for those that I know and love that chose to serve our great country. Toward the end of the program they had a video/slide show presentation and the children recited the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance. They also sang patriotic songs while the video played. Many of the songs as well as the Pledge of Allegiance mentioned God, and I realized that our country is great because God has made us great through his grace.

I am so incredibly grateful to live in a country where I am free.

I am so incredibly grateful to live in a district where my children can freely say the Pledge of Allegiance and sing songs that mention God.

I am so incredibly grateful that because of our free nation the true gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the Earth, and that I have knowledge of it.

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I am so incredibly grateful for those men and women who have served, in any capacity, our country to grant me the freedoms I so often take for granted.

(and in case you were wondering.....Trevor did great! The video's are not the best, but here is what I got.)

Two, going on Eight

Happy Birthday Ashton!!

I can't believe my baby is already 2 years old. In some ways he still feels like a baby (we really have to shake the habit of calling him baby before the new baby comes) and in other ways he acts like he is eight and on the same level as my older kids.

We had a hard time deciding what to do on his cake. His birthday is so close to Halloween that I thought we might do a spider cake because here is one of his favorite songs: (we tried several takes to get him to sing Itsy-Bitsy Spider, but this was the best we could do)

But in the end we went with "Chonk-Chonk" otherwise known as Chain-Chomp from the Mario Wii games. Most 2 year olds won't know who Mario is let alone Chain-Chomp, but like I said, Ashton is kind of 2 going on 8.

He enjoyed most all of his presents (once his siblings let him see them),

but his favorite has been the basketball hoop. Anything will work for a game of hoops.

Ashton has opened a whole new world of 2 year old for us, he is the first of our kids to not only color on walls, but couches, tables, chairs, floors, books and anything else that is in front of him when a crayon is in his hands, but he also enjoys playing with our i-pod touch. (we have to watch him close though because if it runs out of battery while he is playing then he hides the dumb thing anywhere from under couch cushions, to behind bedroom doors....mine is currently missing and there is a reward for anyone who finds it)

Crazy as he is we love him tons and can't wait to see what the next year brings.

Happy Halloween

Ahhh, Halloween is over, and I, that is um...the kids....have enough candy to satisfy those sugar cravings for a while. Here is a peak at our costumes this year:

Ashton the Giraffe

Nathan the Monster

Kaylee the Tinkerbell

Trevor the Optimus Prime

Bryan the "Where the Wild Things Are" Monster

Now go eat some chocolate!

A Little Sunday Football

Ok, so truth be told they were playing catch with a baseball and this is how it ended up. I had to come out and check when I heard the screams squeals of delight. I am sure our neighbors loved hearing the sweet sounds of children playing catch with their dad.

On a side note I am feeling much better. Still not all the way through the morning sickness but at least I am able to get dressed in the morning, which is a big change from a few weeks ago.

On a different side note..my kids started school. They have both really enjoyed their classes so far this year. Trevor is in 3rd grade and Kaylee is in 2nd grade. My only complaint is when I make their lunches in the morning I have to fight with Ashton who thinks that because Trevor and Kaylee are picking out chips and juice boxes that he should get one right then as well. But overall the school year is going along great.

On yet another side note Nathan has been a real trooper with the kids being gone during the day and mom being down for the count. He has learned to keep himself pretty busy (the wii, computer and ipod don't help much at all) But to help with his new found boredom we have started doing a special day with his cousins. Once a week he gets together with his cousins for a fun activity. One of the special days we made robot outfits and the kids got to practice their robot skills.

Well that mostly catches me up. Hopefully things will get back to normal around here really quick and I wish you all a happy start to your Fall!!

Question of the Day

What is worse than having a house full of kids with the stomach flu?

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Getting the Stomach flu right along with them.

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Whats worse than getting the stomach flu right along with a house full of sick kids?

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Getting the stomach flu right along with a house full of kids

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Having morning sickness all at the same time!

(yeah, you read that right....I am only just over 7 weeks along, which is pretty early to tell people, but when it is number 5 you start showing pretty early, so I thought I would tell people before I started wearing maternity clothes.)

Have You Ever......

Have you ever felt like stuffing your face with chocolate and taking a nap?

Yeah, me too.