Callie's Blessing

Callie's Blessing was so beautiful on Sunday. She did a great job and just sat there awake and still for the whole thing. Which is a blessing from Heavenly Father because she never does that. My dad said that when the blessing started one little arm went out to the side, then the other and then she was totally relaxed. I am so thankful for my husband who holds the priesthood and is a strong worthy member of the church. I am so glad that he could bless our sweet little girl and it was so neat to see our brothers, Dads, grandparents, and friends stand around her and bless her will all the blessings from heaven. I am so thankful for the gospel in my life!!! It was sweet and special day and I am so glad that all of our family was there to share it with us.

Our new family
























What a good big brother!










Daddy's little girl

My sweet little angel. She likes to look at the lights!

My Blessing is a Trial

As I was going through the blogs today I noticed a pattern of posts. "TRIALS" Everyone seems to have something going on in their life right now that has causes them to reflect a little on life. Such as: Why we are here, What we can do to be better, and how Heavenly Father knows what to do to make us stronger. Even though, as we go through it we may not understand why we need it. I am also going through that right now. One of the biggest blessings in my life is my kids. They have brought me so much joy and have changed our lives in so many wonderful ways. The newest addition however, has challenged us more than I thought she would. I love Callie with all my heart and am so glad that she is in our family and I know she was sent to us for a reason. We have had some great moments with her and some very hard ones. I don't know how many people have had a baby that cries a lot, but if you have you can relate to me. Callie has Colic very bad. Which just meas that know one knows why she cries. It is at some points in the day non stop for hours and nothing I do changes it. It is not only hard for me, but you can tell that it is affecting Kolsen too. It has to be hard for a little person to not know why this new baby is always screaming. I think the hardest part for me right now is that no matter what I do I can't help. That is one of the worst feeling for a mom to have. To know that she can not comfort her child. It is also hard because when she is like this it is so hard to bond with her the way I did with Kolsen. He was an angel baby and the only trial with him was spit up. Which I thought was a big trial until now. I love her unconditionally and I know there is something I need to learn from this so I just have to be patient with her and I know she will grow out of it or I will learn what I need from her.

Anyway, I also know that Heavenly Father knows me and what I need, more than I do. I had a really neat experience Friday night and Saturday. I am in the primary presidency in our ward and I got a call from our Primary president at 9:00 at night saying that she couldn't be at the stake baptisms the next morning and asked if I could go. I didn't have anything going so I told her I could and thought nothing of it. Then we went to bed. I can honestly say that last night was the worst night we have EVER had with kids. After going to bed at 11:00, Callie was up screaming from 12:00pm-5:00am, and there was nothing that Jason or I did that would help. If she did fall asleep she would wake up in 3 min screaming again, Kolsen was up and down because she was so loud, and I have not been sleeping very well so I was not handling things good at all. Anyways, when Kolsen got up at 6:00 we were all up for good and started our day. Then I went to the baptisms. The spirit was so strong there and I know that Heavenly Father knew that I would need that after the night I was going to have and I can't tell you how much more emotionally stable I am now that the spirit has been so strong all day. I love my heavenly Father and I KNOW that he knows me and what I need. I LOVE my children and am so thankful that I have been blessed with them. I know there are others struggling with their specific trials and it is comforting to know that we are not alone in what we are going through. It is also interesting that everyone had such different needs and then get met through some challenging situations. I am also thankful to our friends and family who offer to take our little ones so we can get a break and are so sensitive to the spirit to know when to help without me having to ask. I am really bad at asking for help because I don't want to feel like a burden to anyone. Thank you and please know that even the small and simple gestures are so appreciated!!!!

Callie's Shower, Camping, and Mother's Day

Callie's Shower



We were finally able to have a baby shower for Callie this weekend. It was a lot of fun and I am so thankful for all those who could come. I think Callie has so many clothes that she could wear a different outfit every day until she is 2. We got so many cute outfits at the shower and we have been given so many clothes of all sizes by friends and family that have saved us so much money it is crazy. Which is good because we are losing so much to pay for Jason' school right now. Thank you again to all those who came and enjoyed a nice day with us.

Camping
While we were at the shower the boys went camping at Father and Sons. They had a lot of fun and filled the kids with all kinds of junk and because they are men we got absolutely no pictures of the whole trip. They drive me crazy sometimes! I am glad that they had fun!


















Mother's Day



Happy Mother's Day to my mom and Debbie and all the wonderful mom's out there! I think I have the best mom's in the world and I am so thankful for all that they do for us and our family's. They are amazing, strong, righteous women who I look to for everything. They are such a great example of what a perfect mom should be and I hope I can raise my kids as good as they raised us. Thank you and we love you and are proud to be your kids!



I do have to brag about my hubby for a minuet and he would be totally embarrassed if he found out that I posted this, but o well! We had a really long night with Callie and didn't get much sleep, so when it came time to get up with Kolsen Jason jumped out of bed and told me that I could sleep in and he would take care of everyone. I know that is something small and it doesn't sound like a big deal, but that was the best gift he could have given me that day. Then when I woke up he brought me a vase filled with all the different flowers from our yard that him and Kolsen had picked. It was so cute and the flowers looked so gorgeous in the vase he had. It was so sweet and meant so much more than any store bought flowers would have!!! Then through out the day he was still very sweet and made it such a special day for me. I love Jason so much and am so thankful everyday that I have him by my side!!! I love you JASE!













Here are some Mother's Day pictures of the kiddo's. Kolsen hiding from the camera. Cool picture Rachel!


















My little girl awake and happy. This is a rare occurrence, but a cherished one!!! She is like her brother and loves to be outside. Whenever she is fussy it helps to get some fresh air. She has also lost tons of hair on top of her head. She is going to be bald with the old man ring! O well, she is still a cutie!! Thank Heaven for Bows!!!











Grandma's strawberry pie! Gotta love the messy face.



Mother's Day entertainment. I can't believe we didn't break the thing!!!

Happy Late Birthday Kolsen!!!

My baby a few weeks old















My baby at 1 years old



















My big boy at his 2nd Birthday last week. I can't believe how fast the time goes when you have kids. It is so hard to think that we have already had him for two years. He had a fun little birthday party with our family and got lots of fun gifts from everyone. Even though some of them are being used for weapons (thanks Kim and Cam)!!! Just kidding he loved the golf clubs that you got. They play with them all the time. Thanks you to all those who came! Kolsen had a blast. I am so glad that we have such a good little boy. We are so spoiled to have him.







His "blowing up a balloon" pose.















This is a really cute shirt Heidi made for the boys. It says " Warning I am Two." Which totally fits right now!

















Yummy cake












The boys and there clubs.
Kolsen needs a little more practice!!!

THE STORE IS NOW AN ADVENTURE!!!

Well, I had my first two kid shopping trip. It was quite the experience! I took Kolsen and Callie to Fry's a few days ago all by myself and they didn't have any of those CAR shopping carts so I had to use a regular one. Which meant that Callie sat in front with her car seat and I had to put Kolsen in the back with all of our groceries. Kolsen has never sat in the back before so he was very excited. A little too excited because by the time we were done every box we had was opened, we had spilled half a bottle of Windex on the floor, the package of hot dogs had several bite marks on them, and I had to load the groceries in the cart myself after they were bagged because the girl didn't want to put them next to him. It was very interesting and we will definitely be teaching him how to either walk along side the cart or that he needs to help me load and unload so he has something to do. If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated!! I don't know how people with more kids do it! He is such a good little boy and I know it could have been much worse so I guess I shouldn't complain too much! KIDS MAKE LIFE SO MUCH FUN!!!

My Beautiful Baby Girl!!!

Rachel has really become interested in photography these last few months and just got a really nice camera from my parents so I thought it would be fun for her to take some pictures of Callie. She did such a good job and I wanted to show them off, so here are some of the amazing pictures she took. She is so talented and I can't wait for her to develop her talent even further and see what she can do. Thank you and good job Rachel!!!

Callie's Two Week Debute!!!

Kolsen coming to visit mommy!

I am bored so I thought I would share a little bit about our extended hospital stay and some exciting things that happened. It all started on Monday March 24Th. I went in for my regular check up and decided to bring Kolsen since my parents went out of town. I had been having some contractions so I decided that I should tell the doctor. They weren't hard or anything so I wasn't worried. He asked if he should check me and I said sure, just to be safe. I thought I was dilated but when I saw the look of Horror on his face when he did, it really scarred me. He said that I was about a 4-5 and my water was about to break. He told me that I had to go to the hospital right away and find someone to take Koslen. I called Jason to let him know (totally freaked out at this point) and he was only 10 min. away. Which is a miracle because he normally works 1 hr away. So he came right down and then Holly heard what was happening and she was on her way to a store and was only a few min away from the hospital too, so she came and got Kolsen for us. I am so glad that she was so close!!! Anyway, they got me in a bed and started me on several medications, IVs, and gave me a steroid shot in the bum. I don't know who has had one of those, but they are not fun at all. The next few days were full of pokes and IV fluid because a few hours after I had taken the oral medication it would wear off the my contractions would start up again so they would have to give me a tributiline shot in the arm every 15 min until they slowed down again. I think overall I had over 50 shots in my arms. They were pretty small so it wasn't to bad. While this all was going on the only thing I could do was get up to go to the bathroom. They did not let me stand, sit up, or shower for 4 days because they wanted me to hit my 34 1/2 mark and wanted the steroid shots to take effect. After that I was still on bed rest, but I could be up for a few min. to shower and clean up a little then it was back to bed. It sounds good to be in bed for 2 weeks, but let me tell you it was no picnic. You start to go crazy! It is sad when the highlight of my day was to take a wheel chair ride down the hall and back! Then my doctor wanted to put me on a tributiline pump. It is a pump that goes into your leg and gives you automatic doses every few hours. This worked really good and it slowed the contractions way down. The only bad part was that I had to put it in myself. Out of all the things I had to do in the hospital, this was the hardest for me. I don't know why, but the thought of stabbing MYSELF with a needle was much worse than a trained professional doing it. It took a while for me to work up the courage to do it but when I finally did, I was so proud of myself.

Here is a picture of the pump in my leg. After that things slowed way down and it was just a waiting game. Finally on Thursday April 3rd my doctor took me off all the medicine because I was 36 weeks, to see what would happen. Nothing happened that day which made me really depressed, but the next day it started to pick up again. The doctor came in at about 3:00 and broke my water. About an hour later I was at a eight and the nurse thought I had about an hour left so she told me to take a nap and told Jason, my mom, and Debbie to go for a walk and get something to eat. After they left, about 5 min. later the nurse came in and said that the baby's heart rate was dropping and they needed to get me on oxygen. She said she wanted to check me first to see if anything had happened and when she did, she said that I needed to hurry and call everyone back because the baby was coming. I got on the phone and she called the doctor and when everyone got back in the room the baby was already crowning. The doctor hurried and got dressed and they didn't even have time to get the bed ready. It took 1 and 1/2 pushes and she was out. It went so fast it was kind of a blur. She was born 1 hour after he broke my water at 4:28 on Friday April 4Th. One day before my birthday. I just think she wanted her own special day and didn't want to share with her mom. She was beautiful (after they cleaned her up) and she was healthy and a good weight. I am so grateful for all the love and support from our family and friends while we went through this. Because of all of the help we received, Callie stayed in there long enough to be as healthy as could be. Well, enough of my long story. Thanks again to everyone!!!

Daddy trying to keep him busy!!!

WE HAVE IDENTICAL BABIES!!!

OK, so we took a picture of Callie today because she had just gotten a bath and her hair was sticking up really cute. As we were looking at it I thought it looked really familiar, so I looked through Kolsen's baby pictures and found this. I am so amazed at how much they look a like. I don't think you could tell them apart except that Callie has a pink Blanket. CRAZY!!! We are going to be one of those families that the kids all look the same. It is those strong DAVIS genes!!! Which is a very good thing. I just hope some Richardson genes come through at some point in our kids.

Where do I begin???

Well, this post is going to be short because I have done way to much already today, but I wanted to post a few pictures and say thank you to everyone who came to visit or called to let us know they cared. I couldn't have gotten through these past few weeks without all of the support and love from our family and friends. Thank you!!!

Callie is doing good and Kolsen has been such a good brother. It is so amazing to watch them together and to see our family growing. Kids are the most precious gift of all.

I am also so thankful that I have such an amazing husband. Jason has been so wonderful through all of this and it is such a big relief to know that even though I wasn't home to take care of things that needed to get done, he was on top of everything. He was also very patient and caring with me in the hospital and all that I had to go through. I love you Jason and thank my Heavenly Father every day that he let you come into my life and share this journey with me here and Forever. Here are some pictures and I will go into detail of our eventful few weeks in a few days when things here have settled down.

She's Here!!!

Hey everyone it's Jessica again! Sorry for not updating but poor Natalie has been in the hospital since last Monday! And everything was a day to day thing! But I will let her tell you all more about that!

She is HERE!!
Callie Davis
arrived at 4:28pm
on Friday April 4th
she weighs 6lbs 5oz
and is 19 in long!

Both her and Mom are healthy and doing good!! I just wanted to let you all know so you can stop worrying about them!! I know Natalie will update everyone and have LOTS of pictures to share!! She sent me one on my phone because I'm in Maryland right now so I won't get to see her until I get home and she looks like Kolsen, which is what Brian said too. So for right now this is all you get until Natalie gets home!
Not the best but what can I do from so far away!!
Stay tuned for Natalie to start updating again! She's going to LOVE having the internet back!! And I'm sure a lot of other things we all take for granted!!

Congrats you guys!
I'm so happy for you and I can't wait to come home and give her tons of kisses and get my baby fix! ;) Love you!!

She is in a bit of a hurry...

Hello everyone~
This is Jessica (friend, neighbor, cousin:) I thought everyone in Natalie's "blog family" would want to hear the latest happenings in the Davis house... No there is no baby, but she could be here sooner rather then later! Here's the story:
Natalie went in Monday morning for a normal doctor's appointment and mentioned to Dr. Erickson that she had been having contractions, nothing serious, but they decided to check and see if she had dilated at all. So he checked her and Natalie said his eyes got really big and he told her that she was at 4cm and her water was going to break at any minute! So he sent her right over to the hospital. She got hooked up to all the machines and found out she was contracting every 2 minutes! So they have stopped those yesterday finally, because she still has about 5 1/2 weeks left, they did another ultrasound yesterday and found out that the first lady that did it and told them she was almost 5lbs was wrong! She is almost 4lbs! So she is still just a little to tiny to make her entrance! Natalie has to stay in the hospital until she arrives, she is already going crazy!! Poor thing! She has been given 2 steroid shots to help her lungs develop faster and the baby has passed every non stress test so far, so they both are doing good, just bored!
Everyone who is wondering about the shower that is supposed to be this Saturday... It's been postponed until after she is here! So hopefully no one will show up to the Davis's on Saturday! ;)

Don't worry about Kolsen either!! He is being spoiled at Grandma and Grandpa's house!!
And because Jessica can't post without a picture... Here is one I took a year ago of Kolsen!!

Don't worry I'll be sure I keep you all posted on the latest and when anything chages!! Also if you leave a comment, I will be sure Natalie gets it!! Please just keep them in your prayers!!

The Phoenix Zoo

We have had such an eventful week this week. Jason has had spring break so we have been able to some fun family things. One of which was a trip to the phoenix zoo. We had so much fun and Kolsen loved to see the animals and get to run around. The only bad thing was on Tuesday or Wednesday he got a bug and has had diarrhea. So we would have to check him every few minuets to make sure it wasn't getting everywhere. Pretty gross I know, but the poor guy did such a good job and still had a lot of fun even though he didn't feel very good. He is doing much better now and hopefully the bug is through his system. We have gone through almost 2 packages of Costco diapers in the past 4 days which tells you how bad it was. Other than that we have been doing pretty good and have just been staying busy around the house and getting ready to pop this baby out. She is getting so big and you can see her moving so much now. I have started having contractions (just braxton hicks which aren't too bad) so I know she is getting ready to come. We are so excited to have her here and can't wait to meet her and introduce her to Kolsen. I have heard that it is a good idea to get the older kid a gift for when they come to see the new baby at the hospital. Did anyone else do this and if so, what kinds of things did you get? We would love to hear some suggestions. Hope everyone is doing good!!!