Trunk or Treat

We decided to go to Alan and Debbie's Trunk or Treat on Saturday after Chelsey's shower at the last minute, so we took Kolsen and Callie without their costumes. Kolsen had so much playing all of the games and winning prises. He got to paint some pumpkins, dig for pennies, throw bean bags and go fishing. The second time he threw the bean bags he actually made two out of the three he threw. We were pretty excited. He loved it! Thanks for inviting us Alan and Debbie!

Chelsey's Shower

So I threw my best friend Chelsey a baby shower last week and it was so much fun. She got some really good stuff and I think she got everything in the nursery set you could get. I am so excited for her and Leiland and can't wait to see that beautiful baby girl. Here are some fun pictures. She is still as beautiful as ever.

I got my Daddy's Moves!!!

Kim and Cameron came over the other night to show us a card that we got for my Grandma. It was her birthday a couple days ago and it was a huge card that sings. It was so funny because if you know Kolsen, you know that he is like his dad and never dances, but when Kim opened the card he started shaking away. It was too cute so we got out the camera. Sorry it has been movie overload the last few posts.


Also we took our little Callie to the doctor the other day for her a 6 month check and she is as healthy as can be. She weighs 15 lbs and I forgot how tall she was, but I do remember that the doctor said that she is in the 40% for weight and 62% for height. Pretty average which is good. With her chubby cheeks and big rolls, I thought she would be bigger. She is doing so good and gets more fun every day.

I scream... You scream... We all scream... for ICE CREAM!!!

So we went out with Jeremiah and Heidi on Saturday night and we told Kolsen that we were getting ICE CREAM and this was his reaction. I caught just the end of it so you don't get the full effect, but it is still cute! We call it his "Excited face."

"Jessica here is your video. We are still working on one for Callie!"

HOW CAN I BE...

I copied this from Jesika because I loved it so much and have never heard it!
Enjoy!!

I can't believe I am talking about POOP!

So we have started really working on potty training lately. Kolsen is doing so good and has done so much better than I ever thought! He hasn't had very many Pee accidents and loves his "BIG BOY UNDERWEAR." He did however have a very bad Poop accident on Monday. It got all over him and was disgusting. We made a big deal out of it and showed him that it was gross to be poopy and told him that it has to go in the potty from now on. As we were cleaning it up he just kept saying "YUCKY MOM" and we would say "Yeah that is yucky and we don't go poop in out pants". Anyway, the next day he didn't go all day and I was getting worried that he was holding it and sure enough when we put a pull-up on him that night for bed, he pooped in it and said "Yucky MOM". So I thought that it was going to be a while before he got that down. So I forgot about it until he came to me the next day and said "Mom POOP!" So we went in to the bathroom, and he did it on the potty! We were so proud and got so excited that he did it and made it a big deal so he would want to do it again. Then yesterday I was in my room getting ready and he came in with nothing on from the waist down, and said "MOM POOP". So I figured he had to go and told him to run to the potty and go in the potty. When I got in there, I saw that he had unrolled the toilet paper all over the floor so I started to get mad and then he pointed to the potty and said "I POOP MOM". So it made me stop and when I looked in the toilet and there it was. I was so shocked and couldn't believe that my
2 1/2 year old went to the bathroom, took everything off, pooped, and wiped all by himself and then came and told me. So I couldn't get mad at him for the mess because I wanted him to know that he did such a good job. I love Kolsen and I am so excited that I am done with diapers. I have tried letting him sleep in underwear for naps too and he hasn't had any accidents yet. So we are down to a pull-up for bedtime and that is all. I know this a silly post, but any mom who has tried to potty train a kid can relate to how exciting this is. Thanks for listening!!!

Callie

I thought I would share this cute video I took today. Callie is getting so big and she is really starting to interact with everyone. Her latest thing is spitting. I was doing that to her the other day and she started to laugh and now she is doing it back to us. She is also rolling over a lot. She hates her tummy so whenever we put her on it she flips over. It is fun and I thought I would share! We love our sweet little girl!!!

What a Day

Well, we had an exciting day on Saturday. Cameron and Kim are moving into our Casita this weekend so they came to bring some stuff over. When they came, they brought Kolsen a toy that they found at a house. It was a brand new blow up bouncy toy. It looked like so much fun and Kolsen got so excited. Then when we went to put the toy in the back yard Kim and Cameron were bent over looking at the grass when I came around the corner. I asked them what they saw and they pointed out the little BAT that was laying there. It was so tiny and cute and couldn't have been dead for very long. I am actually surprised that we haven't found one out there sooner because they love eating the little bugs that fly around the street light that is just over our back fence. Then, when Jason got home he had found a really nice Hammock at a house that we put out on our patio. It was a fun day and it is always excited to get free gifts.

Look how tiny he is

Funny picture of Callie. She is getting so CHUBBY!

Kolsen's reaction to the JUMPER

Camping

I haven't posted I a while so I better catch everything up before I get in trouble! We had a great time at our family reunion a few weeks ago. We go camping every year up in Pine. Kolsen loved to run around and get really dirty and had a blast with Chase and Mallory. Also, Jason and Alan had a blast beating everyone in the annual Horse shoe tournament! They won first place and the bragging rights that go with it. The only down side was that Callie is a hard baby to begin with and to take her to a place where you can't put her down was pretty tough. I had to hold her the whole time and she threw up all over everyone, so I could have done without that part. But overall it was a good trip. I just can't wait until the kids are a little older and you don't have to watch them every second and they can play on there own. Then it will be awesome.


A Huge Water Balloon Fight
Kolsen trying to "FIX" the balloon that broke



Naps are GREAT!
He thought he was so sneaky!

Our cousins brought these toys up and the kids had so much fun riding them!!!

There's some RICHARDSON in her!

I actually got some genes in this one! My mom sent me this picture the other day and it looks so much like callie. It is hard to capture it in a picture, but some of the faces she makes look just like this picture. The one big difference is hair. I have double what she has. It is fun to see yourself in your little child. I never got that with Kolsen because he is all Daddy. The other pictures are just some cute ones of her smiling.

There is MUD today.... So the BOYS will play...

We had a beautiful weekend full of RAIN and because of that our backyard is now a huge puddle. It has gone down a lot, but there were still some big ones out there this morning. Which means Kolsen is in heaven. The first thing he did when he got up today was run straight outside and start jumping. He and Bode loved it and played for a long time. Boys will be Boys I guess! The funny thing was they started in the grass because when they ran it would splash behind them and they would laugh. Then Kolsen spotted a big puddle in the rocks. So with no shoes or pants they ran over and started jumping in it. They must have a high pain tolerance or just don't care because I tried to get them to come back to the soft grass but they liked the rocky puddle better.

Just a little update

I haven't posted in a while so I figured I would give you a little update on each of us.




Callie
She is doing good now, but things had to get worse before they got better. We switched her to a SOY formula to see if it would help and for the first week it worked good. Then she was horrible again and was constipated all the time which made everything that we tried ineffective. She was in so much pain because she wasn't going to the bathroom. So now she is back on regular formula and we have put her on Zantac, which is for acid reflux. It has worked wonders and she is so much happier now. Every time you talk to her she smile's and coos at you. I have tried to get a picture of it but I keep missing it. This is the closest I have come but it is a little blurry. I am so grateful that she feels better now and we can just enjoy holding her.



Kolsen
What can I say about my little man. For starters, we tried potty training a few weeks ago. TRIED being the key word. After a bath one day he was running around naked before I could catch him and I said "Lets put a diaper on so we don't pee on the floor" and he said "NO" So I asked if he would go on the potty and he said "Yeah potty!!!" So we went in and sat down and he actually went pee. I was so shocked and excited so we got out his little bug seat and put it on the toilet and I decided we would give it a try. He did good all morning and went several times. I was taking his pants off so much that I just let him run around in a diaper which was a bad idea. In the afternoon he came to me and said "I poop" and I looked down to see that he had his diaper off and there was poop on his bum and down the hall. So we cleaned it up and it all went down hill from there. Callie had a really bad next few days (this was during the constipation) and I was not handling things very well so we decided that until we got Callie under control and I had more patience we would wait. He probably would have done it if I was persistent because I think he is ready, but I want it to be a good experience and it is to hard with a really fussy newborn. So we will try again in a few months. Other than that he is doing really good. He is talking a lot better and is at such a fun age. Except for the tantrums but I guess that comes with a 2 years old. The picture I posted is how we find him every time he takes a nap. He loves to get buried in everything. I can't believe he doesn't wake up drenched in sweat.

Jason and Natalie
My wonderful husband is a Mexican now! I need to get a picture of him, but he hates pictures. He recently started to do yard jobs for his dad's company so he is out in the sun all day long. He has some major tan lines!!! It is pretty funny. I have been helping him out the past few days and don't know how he stands it. It is so hot and very hard work, but I think I lost five pounds so I guess it isn't all bad. I have to thank my family too because I couldn't do anything without there help watching our kids. Thanks mom and Rachel!!! You don't know how much we appreciate it!!!
I have also started working. We had to figure something out because Jason is starting school next week and we will be dirt poor for the next two years. So I have started working for the company too. My mom and I are doing FRESHEN UPS. That is where you go to all the vacant homes and do several things to make sure the home is in good shape to show potential buyers. It is pretty fun and it will hopefully help with the bills. Well, that's all that is new with us. We are just keeping busy with callings, school, jobs, and kids. But we are loving life and wouldn't change a thing. Except how much school is going to cost!

Picture Overload!!!!

We have a new member in our family so we decided to update our family pictures. Rachel took them this weekend and she did such a good job! Here are some but there are so many more good ones! It was so hard to choose. It was a little crazy to catch Kolsen because there were ducks and birds that he wanted to chase, but candy was a great bribery! Thanks Rachel!!! You did awesome!!!

Summer fun

Kolsen and Bode have had so much fun together. They play so good and get along very well. We bought this so they could play outside and not get heat stroke. Bode loved it from the get go, but Kolsen had to warm up to it. Once we turned it down and he could grab it and shoot Bode he loved it.


And this is the result of waking up at the crack of dawn when the sun comes up and playing hard all morning. I think it is so funny how fast he falls back asleep when Jason wakes him up!

Happy Daddy's Day!!!

Fun Father's Day craft!
We had a bit of a rough morning as you can see by the tears in Kolsen's eyes.


"I copied this from Heidi because I thought it was so cute!"


JASON DAVIS
1. He was born August 31, 1983 in Arizona.
2. He grew up with 1 sister and two brothers
3. He graduated from Sunrise Mountain High School.
4. He played sports all through our high school life and was good at everything he did.
5. He served a mission in Columbia, South Carolina where he learned to speak ghetto.
6. He has started going to GCC twice and never completed classes until this year.
7. He will start nursing school next month.
8. He is very good with people and making them feel important.
9. He used to be very sensitive to others until he got this job and had to deal with stupid people all day long. Now he has the "Change it or deal with it attitude"
10. He secretly loves to watch So you think you can dance. I find him watching it without me all the time.
11. Whenever we get into the car he buckle's up and fixes his shirt under the buckle so it doesn't wrinkle.
12. He is cleaner than I am and that is saying a lot!!!
13. He love to do yard work. On Saturday's I can't keep him inside.
14. He always puts ME first in everything we do.
15. He loves to look at craigslist even if we don't need anything.
16. He hates taking pictures, but he is soooo photogenic. Even when he is trying to pull faces and look dumb he still looks hot!
17. He has eyelashes that any girl would kill for.
18. He has a red plaid shirt that he wore in every picture on his mission and still wears almost every day! I don't have the heart to get rid of it.
19. He can make Kolsen laugh like you have never heard. I have tried and I just can't do it.
20. He loves to cook and he is a lot better than I am. I have to fight to cook for him when he is home.
21. He hates it when I try to do things for him. It is like he feels helpless or something (which we all know he is not)
22. He will eat ranch on anything.
23. He puts about a pound of cheese on everything and no matter how much I put in it is never enough.
24. He loves his new truck and works on it all the time.
25. He is wrapped around Callie's little finger already. You should see the way he looks at her!
26. He is a fanatic about the way you do a tie. If it is not perfectly to the top of your belt buckle and tied a certain way it is wrong. He is a perfectionist with his and I watch him redo it all the time because it is not quite right.
27. He is amazing with money. He knows how to save, use it, and invest it better than anyone I know.
28. He hates it when I leave lights on when I am not in the room. I get scolded!
29. He is the most observant person I know. He is also very good at reading people. He should be a detective.
30. He loves to kill flies with our electric fly swatter. It shocks them out of the air and is totally disgusting!
31.He is my favorite person in the whole world.

FUN QUIZ

YOU ARE SNOW WHITE!!!





"Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path."


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My First White Dress

Here is my beautiful clean little girl!!! Jessica did a photo shoot with her in her blessing dress. They turned out so beautiful. You wouldn't know that we would calm her down, count to three and take the Binky out so she could snap away until she started to cry again. She is so cute and I love the way the pictures turned out!!! Thanks Jess!