Pic Updates-3 & 4/2011

Sweetie Kate

Owen's 8th Birthday

Strawberry Heaven!

Kate & her friend Parah

Nathan loves strawberries too!

Baby Sitter Brothers

5k Run for Compassion

Cutie pie Nathan~

Free pig rides!

Claire really wanted a sister-
look in his hair!

Claire & Cody mountain climbing

Kate's animal report on...
can you guess?

This is why we call him Bruiser!
Look at his forehead.

Easter 2011

"Here kitty, kitty~i promise i'll
be gentle!"

Bros

We teach 'em young!

More Pics-May 2011

Look Mama, i can climb!

I can climb this too!

I figured out how to climb on Cody's bed
to get his Lego's!

Mother's Day Sweeties

Mother's Day

Mohawk Man! Claire loves to do
hair~Kate & Nathan are her willing subjects.

How many Davis' can you fit in
a go-cart??

Claire begged to make Nathan's birthday
cake. She's wearing as much as she made!

Nathan digging into his cake on his birthday!

Another cake-blue icing should be banned!!!
Family party.

Party with Nana & Pop T

Big 1 year old!

Monkey see, monkey do!
CLaire like to hand wash stuff, Nathan
does whatever the big kids do!

Back yard pool~wonderful after hot days
working in the garden!

Some of my favorite pics~
sleeping babes!

May I help you???

Claire's Babysitting Services~
"We do whatever it takes!"

Long summer days are exhausting!

2 times in 1 week-she is really asleep
in both pics!

Davis Animals

Currently we have a lot of animals! We are not animal people but really want our children to have the experiences of owning, caring for, training, and enjoying animals.
Here's the run down (in case you can't tell what the pics are):
~Clementine-sheep-Nathan is enamored by her but she wants nothing to do with him!
~Maggie & Daisy-yellow labs and chicken killers-not sure what we were thinking bringing home bird dogs to live peaceably among chickens!
~Blue-kitten~named after his crystal blue eyes that are now gray ; ( He recently started pouncing on our chickens, it better just be a phase!
~Katy-cat-still sassy as ever, although, she hangs around more now that Blue is getting all the attention.
~Wilbur & Hammy-pigs (future dinner and current eaters of everything left over from our garden-nothing gets wasted around here!)
~Lucy-buff orpington chicken that got broody so we put eggs under her and she hatched 7 of them-she's a good mama! It was so much fun to watch the whole sitting/hatching/training process. We have 2 more hens that randomly lay their eggs somewhere on our property that we currently can't find. If they don't start pulling their weight around here, adios to them!
~Snowball-Owen's rabbit
~We also have been blessed to get to watch 2 sets of baby mockingbird's hatch and grow, as their mother's built the nest's down very low in our trees. This provided hours of real nature science right in our back yard.

With so many kids and animals around here, there's never a dull moment!

Labor & Birth

Nathan's Birth

New Baby

We are seeing blue around our house. Our new baby boy was born early wednesday morning May 19th, weighing 7lbs 7oz and 20 in. His name is Nathan Henry, a family name from my hubbie's dad's side. We all are doing well and love having a sweet new baby to hold. I will post new pics when i get them.

Baby Update

I know i've been sparse lately on my blog but a lot is going on and will get even busier soon! I am 38 weeks tomorrow and feel huge, although everyone but my hubbie, assures me i'm not that big. He looks at me every day and says, "Wow, you're huge!" Either way, i am full o' baby and feel ready to pop, hopefully soon. 2 of my babies have come a couple of weeks early and the other 2 were about 4 days early, so this one is a toss up, could be tomorrow or in 2 + more weeks?? We are very excited to know if this one is a boy or girl. Our house is still divided-the guys say boy, and girls say girl???

My midwife recently discovered that i was very anemic, so i have spent the last 2 weeks loading up on lots of alfalfa, iron, yellow dock, spirulina, molasses, etc, etc. We are hoping that these supplements will bring my hemoglobin up enough to not have issues at the birth. Thanks for all of you who have been praying for us. I should get lab results back tomorrow to find out if it's all been helping. In addition, i have had more than normal (for end of pregnancy) fatigue and lack of energy which has required lots of extra sleeping and resting. My children have been very understanding and for the most part have handled it well, except Kate, poor baby, lots of crying and getting upset. I guess it is a precursor to her adjustment of a new member of the family. Maybe we'll get all of this out of the way now, instead of after?

We've also had fun being photographed lately by a friend who is starting a photography business. Her business name is Wrapped in Light and you can see more pics here on her flickr page. She also hand dyes yarn, as you will see pics of too. I've loved getting some great, unique pictures of our family and my belly. I'll be posting more of her photos later.

So, we are here, just finishing up last minute details, getting our summer homeschool schedule going, and waiting.

Rare Snow 2010

These pics were taken back in February when we had a rare snow fall. Everyone had a great time, especially Daddy!

Bluebonnets 2010

Here in Texas we are blessed with beautiful Spring wildflowers. What better way to enjoy them than putting your own beauties in the middle of them and taking pictures. Here's a rare 35 week belly pic too. It's nice to have children old enough to take pictures of Mama every once in a while ; )