It's Been Awhile!

Quite a bit has happened since Lilly was born in September and she has changed so much! We have been really busy, not only with a new baby in the house, but we also moved, I had to have surgery, and then the holidays! It has been a nightmare! But, I will attempted to post updates on all accounts! First Lilly! She is such a sweet baby, that being said she is also very picky (I'm told that's a girl thing?) She is also a mama's girl, don't get me wrong she likes Dad and Grandpa is good too but that's about it. I have come to discover that she really likes her brother however! Whenever she hears his voice she looks for him and she loves to lie next to him on the floor while he plays. As far as growth is concerned, Lilly is getting big! She has just about doubled her birth weight and has grown several inches. She Loves to smile, I have even heard her laugh and squeal! She can roll over and hold her head up when she is up right! Shes so Strong (and strong willed)I have no doubt she will be crawling as soon as she is strong enough! She is truly a joy!

Halloween was not so fun this year! It fell right during the time that we had to move. I did at least make sure the kids had costumes (Matthew was a scarecrow and Lilly was a pumpkin) and Matthew got to do some trick-or-treating, but it was crazy and I'm glad it's over! Rick also had to work on Halloween so the last of the moving responsibilities fell on me. And I would just like to thank my parents and some very wonderful people from church, with out them (I can't think of the appropriate words to describe what things would have been like with out them, but lets just say it would have been VERY bad!) We did however get moved! And Matthew got to trick-or-treat!

And we arrive at the next update. Where did we move? My parents recently bought a project, a cute little home in east Bakersfield. I fell in love with it right away! It reminded me of a doll house! Unfortunately it needed a lot of TLC!!! All of the windows had to be replaced as did all of the flooring. There was layer upon layer, decades worth of wall paper in just about every room! We all worked very hard! Especially my parents and Rick, day in day out to fix the house up so we could move into it! My Aunt Ellen (Gay) and Uncle Rowe were amazing!! They came down from Utah and layed all new flooring through out the whole house, they layed tile, painted, cleaned, and did so much more! I am so thankful to them for doing everything they did (they did a whole LOT!!) I am once again also very thankful for my parents for there love, help, generosity and so much more! I also want to thank my little sister Merrie for watching the kids so much during the madness!!

Shortly after we moved into the new house, and while we were still trying to unpack, get settled and paint the kitchen, I had an emergency. (Monday) I kept getting these awful pains in my stomach, back and chest. I scheduled a doctors appointment but it got so bad, I finally had to go to urgent care. (Tuesday) On my first trip to urgent care, the doctor was a moron! She ran a couple test, thought I had a kidney stone and sent me for an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed no kidney stones but it did show possibility of gal stones. Instead of addressing the possibility of gal stones she told me she still thought it was kidney stones. She gave me some vicodin and sent me home. (Wednesday) 36 hours later, still in pain and vicodin not helping. So I returned to urgent care. This time I had an amazing doctor! He right away knew what was wrong! He did an ultrasound himself to confirmed his suspicions, I had a mess of gal stones! But then he drooped the bomb. I needed to go to the hospital and have my gal badder removed asap. The Doctor hooked me to an IV and gave me meds through the IV for the pain, as we waited for a bed to open up at the hospital. My dad came by on his way home from work and he and Rick gave me a blessing. We only waited about 30 minuets for a bed, and then headed over to the hospital. I was very nervous! I had never been under the knife before. And I was upset I had to be away from my babies! (once again a special thanks to my parents, Rick's parents and Merrie for taking such wonderful care of my babies while I was in the hospital! And thanks to my wonderful husband who stayed with me the whole time!!!) Wednesday night I was admitted into the hospital, Thursday afternoon I had my surgery. They did not get all the stones out in the surgery and I was in a lot of pain when I woke up not only from the surgery but from the remaining stone(s) so the next day (Friday) I had to have a scope put down my throat to collect the remaining stone(s). I was really hoping I'd be able to go home Friday but no such luck (and I actually cried when they told me I had to stay another night!) Saturday afternoon I was finally discharged! We went to our house and found my parents there painting and working on the kitchen (there aren't enough thank yous in the world but here's another one!) I was so happy to see Matthew!! I missed him so much! Then we headed over to Rick's parents house to pick up Lilly. (another special thank you to Larry and Shelia for keeping a cranky 2 month old baby who was not used to being bottle fed!) It was so nice to finally be back home with my family!! (Update: One month later I am completely healed up)

Thanksgiving! This year Rick had Thanksgiving off for the first time in 3-4 years. We watched the Macy's parade, I cooked a turkey with all the fixings. We ate at our house in the late morning, then we went to my parents house late afternoon and ate again. We played games and made some new friends! It was a fun and relaxing holiday! Reflection: My family really has a lot to be thankful for this year! We added a new little baby to our family, and she truly is a sweet spirit! We love her so much! I am thankful for the men in my life, my sweet husband and my sweet sweet Matthew! I am truly thankful that Rick has a job during these economically trying times, and I am thankful that we have health insurance, in light of all that has happened recently! I am thankful for family and the love and support that they have shown us! I am especially thankful for my parents, for everything that they have done for us ( I couldn't even begin to list the things!!) They are truly the worlds best parents!! (And I am so lucky that they happen to be mine!!) And lastly and most importantly I am thankful for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ everything and everyone that has enriched my life has all come from them, and words cannot express my gratitude!

Lastly, the month of December! My favorite month!! My dear sweet husband turned 27 during the first part of December! My not so little sister turned 17. Matthew is officially 2 and a half, and Lilly is 3 months old! I absolutely love this time of year! I remember how magical it was when I was a child! And now that I have children of my own I get to experience that magic again! I have really enjoyed watching Matthew discover Santa, and presents and all the fun that comes with this time of year! (I have tried explaining that it's Jesus' birthday but I'm not sure he quite gets it but he will eventually!) He recently told me that he wants Santa to bring him cars and trains, so I know he understands how that works! He loves our Christmas tree and the Christmas lights outside on the house! And his favorite movie right now is the Polar Express! I love seeing the magic of the season come alive! Well I am pretty much caught up now! There is one more week till Christmas so I will have something to post about very soon! Can't wait!!

Baby Lilly is here!

The newest addition to our family is finally here! Lilly Anne Davis born September 12 at 1:18pm she weighed in at 6lbs 14oz and 20in long! I started feeling strong contractions around 5am Sunday morning, I wasn't sure if I was actually in labor so I tried different thing like walking around and sitting to see if the contractions would stop. Once I determined that they wouldn't stop I started timing them they were 5min apart and 30sec long I called my mom cause I wasn't sure if I should go to the hospital. She said to call my Dr. office who then told me to go to labor and delivery. Now that I was sure I was in labor I woke Rick up and told him that we needed to go to the hospital. We were pretty prepared the bag was packed and in the car the infant seat was already installed. We grabbed some last minute things and ran out the door as soon as my mom arrived to stay with Matthew. ( It felt so strange leaving him sleeping in his bed, and yes I cried!) We arrived at the hospital around 6:45am. They put us in the last labor and delivery room they had (they were on overload that night). By the time the Dr. got there to check me I was 4cm and 50% that was around 8am. I got my epidural around 9:30am. We started pushing around 1pm and Lilly was born at 1:18pm. My mom brought Matthew to the hospital a couple hours later, and he cried and wanted no one but his grandma at first. After a few minuets he let me hold him and then he wanted to see the baby. Along with Matthew and my mom, we also had visits from my sister Merrie, my Dad, Rick's Dad and Shelia and our good friends Eric and Kimi (who were in town for the baby shower which was Saturday but I'm so glad they got to see her! And thank you Kimi for the pictures since I forgot to bring the camera!) And another special thank you to Rick's sister Susie and her husband Steve and family for bringing us a wonderful dinner that night! (we all know how horrible hospital food is!) We had to stay the night at the hospital, but we hoped that we would be out of there in the morning, but no such luck it was late afternoon before we were discharged. My mom brought Matthew to the hospital so we could ride home all together. Lilly has been a wonderful baby she sleeps well eats well and rarely cries. Matthew is adjusting, everyday gets a little better. He loves to give her kisses and loves. Rick and I take turns doing things with him so he gets plenty of attention. We are all so happy to have our little Lilly home with us!

Trip to the Beach!

We made one last trip to the beach before summer was over and the baby gets here. We went with Mallory and Bryce Taylor, and my Mom and Merrie. We had a lot of fun! Rick and Bryce of course went to surf, but at night we all got together in one our hotel room (Mom, Merrie, Rick, Matthew and I were all sharing one room) ordered pizza and played games! We also got to go shopping in San Luis. I also got to have Bob's Big Boy for the first time! It was amazing! I'm so glad we have one here in town now! Matthew loved the Bob statue in front of the diner. He was really excited about the cheese on Bob's burger! Matthew also got a big lolly pop which he made a fantastic mess with on the way home!

Four Years!

I'm a little late on this one, but July 14th was mine and Rick's 4 year wedding anniversary! I can't believe that four years have already passed since we were sealed for time and all eternity in the New Port Beach Temple! It's also hard to believe how much our lives have changed in those four short years! We went from being a family of two to being a family of three soon to be four! Though it all its been a fun ride, and I can't wait to spend the rest of eternity with Rick! I love you so much sweetie! Happy Anniversary!

3rd/4th of July and Matthew's first attempt at surfing

This year with the 4th being on a Sunday we celebrated our independence on the 3rd, which worked really well cause rick also had to work on the 4th. On Saturday we headed over to my parents house for some swimming, BBQ and fireworks! We swam all day, which Matthew loved! I think he would live in the pool if we let him! Rick grilled up some amazing stakes for us all to eat, then after some more swimming and once it got dark enough we set off some small fire works in my parents backyard. Matthew wasn't too sure about the fireworks, I think they were too loud for him. I think he was also scared for his Daddy who was setting them off! However, I think by the end of the show he enjoyed them!

Sunday on the 4th like I said Rick had to work. So after church we went over to my parents house and enjoyed left overs from the night before. Around 9pm my mom, Merrie, Matthew and myself packed up some camp pads in the back of my parents truck, popped some popcorn, grabbed some snacks and sodas and headed down to the pets mart/ Mari Calenders parking lot to watch the firework show from the country club. Now, Matthew loved those fire works! We had so much fun watching the show!

A few weeks ago when we went swimming Rick had his surf board in the pool and Matthew wanted to play with it non stop! He even got to the point where he could stand up on it all by himself! Needless to say Rick was very proud! Even Sam wanted to get in on the fun!

Happy Birthday Matthew and Happy Father's Day Rick!

My baby turned two!! I can't believe it's been two years since our little miracle Matthew came into our lives! He is such a sweet and loving little boy, he brings so much joy into our lives! Everyday is an exciting adventure with Matthew, he is learning so much everyday and it's fun to see him discover new things! He is such a joy and we love him so much!

On Saturday we celebrated Matthew's birthday at my parents house. We had a swim party, and as you can see it was a Cars themed party. Cars is Matthew's favorite movie and he loves Lightning McQueen! We had so much fun spending the day with family and friends and we are so grateful to all those who were able to attend! At the party we swam, ate lunch, had cake, opened presents, and swam some more! Matthew had a blast! He was pretty much happy all day long, and he didn't even get a nap!

This year for Matthew's birthday Rick and I decided to get Matthew a puppy. I'm still trying to figure out if this was a good idea or not. For the most part they get along pretty well, but they do have there moments. And they seem to get into a bit of mischief together, like un potting all my flowers and trying to destroy the blinds on the sliding doors. However, I think that as they both grow they will be best friends!

We were so fortunate that Rick had Matthew's birthday and Father's Day off! We started father's day out by going to church. After church we had a Father's Day BBQ at the Taylor's house with the Taylor's, my parents and sister and the missionaries. We had wonderful food and played fun games! For father's day we got Rick the new season of a TV show that he likes, and tomorrow Rick leaves to go surfing with some of his friends! Happy Father's Day sweetie hope it was a good one!

I didn't take any pictures on father's day unfortunately, but I found this picture. Rick was showing Matthew how to smell the flowers. He is such a wonderful Husband and Father! We love and appreciate you so much Rick. Hope you have a good and safe time surfing!!

Mother's Day and Getting the Pool Ready for Summer!

I had an enjoyable Mother's Day this year! Rick came home from work that morning and surprised me with a beautiful arrangement of flowers. I also got a new maternity bathing suit and a cute cover up to go with it! After rick got home we all got ready and went to church. Matthew made a cute bouquet of flowers for me in nursery! (They are the yellow ones in the second picture.) After church we went over to my parents house for lunch with my Parents, Sister and Grandmother. All in all it was a pretty good day!

This past week my parents have been getting their pool ready for summer, and Matthew's up coming birthday party!!! They scrubbed and cleaned in and then Rick helped my parents paint it, it looks so good now! Last night it was finally ready to start filling it up with water! Matthew, Merrie and my Dad enjoyed sliding into the bottom while it was filling!

Well that's it for now, Matthew's birthday is in a little over a week so I will have plenty to blog about soon! :)

(A More Real) Love Story

I had to post this!! I thought it was so cute! I'm not a huge Taylor swift fan but I was familiar with this song. This parody is so cute!

*Make sure to turn off my playlist before starting the video!

Off to the Beach!

This past week we spent a couple of days at the beach! It was great to just get away! Rick got to surf, Matthew got to play in the water and the dirt, and I got to relax! The second day we were there my Mom and Merrie came over to join us and we all had fun hanging out on the beach! Unfortunately I only took a few pictures and they are mainly of Matthew playing in the sand. The day after we came back from the beach we had an early morning ultrasound appointment and a doctor's appointment. During the ultrasound part neither Rick nor I could tell if the baby was a boy or a girl. So, some what disappointed we headed upstairs to our doctor's appointment. As soon as the nurse looked at the pictures she told us it was a girl! I'm not sure how she could tell? But I sure hope she was right! I'm so excited to buy pink things!!!

Matthew loves to run!!

In these two pictures you can see rick off in the distance with his surf board. (His is the light blue one.)

In the past Matthew has disliked playing in the dirt, but on this trip I guess he decided it was a lot of fun! Now we can't keep him out of the dirt!