So much has changed for us this past year. I feel its time to reinvigorate the blog!
It will take me way too long to post everything that has happened since the last post (March oops) so Here is a short list!
1. Hudson Davis was born on June 2nd.
2. We spent the summer in Okoboji.
3. Ellie stole the show at not one but two wedding dances.
4. Ellie is potty trained!!!
5. Hudson started solids and cut two teeth.
6. Ellie turned 3 - she's such a big girl.
7. Kelly is still in school...
8. We decided not to move to Des Moines and are staying in Phoenix for a while.
9. Spent Thanksgiving in Naples with the fam and Grandparents. It was a wonderful trip.
10. Ellie found a love for fairies and princesses.
I didn't mean to make it a list of 10 but that's a nice round number so I'll stop there. We are so excited to see what 2012 has in store for us. We will be spending Christmas in Phoenix with Bob and Mari. Mark and Julie will be coming too so we can all go to the Iowa v Oklahoma game (GO HAWKS!)
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! We are so blessed to have you all in our lives.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Flu
The flu hit our house with a vengeance. You'd think that since we don't send Ellie to daycare she wouldn't get sick but apparently we were wrong. When we left Iowa I had a sinus infection that wouldn't go away so when Ellie started to get sick I just thought that that's what she had. When she spiked a 102 degree fever our pediatrician suggested we get to the hospital right away the next morning so we did and as it turns out she had Influenza A! When we took her down to our naturopath the first thing the doctors said was, "daddy gets to be the main caregiver now, you can't hold her!'
So this began the longest week in Kelly's week I'm sure and one of the hardest for me since she was born. I was banished from the house for two days and Kelly got to give her round the clock care. He was amazing!
I'm happy to report that after 11 days and three trips to the doctor and one trip to the chiropractor she is back to normal and so far Kelly and I haven't caught the dreadful flu.
This past weekend four of my sister in laws came to visit the house. Kelly and Ellie got evicted this time for the weekend. We had a blast just sitting around talking, eating, they did a little (and I do mean little) drinking, and shopping. I'm sure our husbands would have thought we were boring bumps on a log but it's amazing the conversations you can have when you don't have wee ones interrupting every other sentence. Plus we all got the chance to see Mark before he heads off on deployment! Next summer we will hit up exciting Okoboji for our girls weekend. It is such a fun tradition to start and I feel so blessed to have married into such an amazing family.
Now we are preparing for the little one's arrival and taking one last trip to Denver for Bucky's college graduation! We have an ultrasound in three weeks so I'll try and put them on here!
So this began the longest week in Kelly's week I'm sure and one of the hardest for me since she was born. I was banished from the house for two days and Kelly got to give her round the clock care. He was amazing!
I'm happy to report that after 11 days and three trips to the doctor and one trip to the chiropractor she is back to normal and so far Kelly and I haven't caught the dreadful flu.
This past weekend four of my sister in laws came to visit the house. Kelly and Ellie got evicted this time for the weekend. We had a blast just sitting around talking, eating, they did a little (and I do mean little) drinking, and shopping. I'm sure our husbands would have thought we were boring bumps on a log but it's amazing the conversations you can have when you don't have wee ones interrupting every other sentence. Plus we all got the chance to see Mark before he heads off on deployment! Next summer we will hit up exciting Okoboji for our girls weekend. It is such a fun tradition to start and I feel so blessed to have married into such an amazing family.
Now we are preparing for the little one's arrival and taking one last trip to Denver for Bucky's college graduation! We have an ultrasound in three weeks so I'll try and put them on here!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Finally an Update
So I have been stressing about how I'm going to update you all on what has been going on these past few months. I've been terrible at it! I haven't posted anything since before Ellie's Second Birthday!
We had Ellie's bday at our house and she had a blast. We couldn't get her to eat or anything because she was having so much fun playing.
We spent Thanksgiving in Phoenix with Po Po, Jesse, Ren, Bobbie, Bucky, and Emily and had a blast. Ellie loves spending time with all of them and its nice to finally have some females around to hang out with!
Christmas was in Turks in Caicos with Dad, Molly, Ben, RA, Bucky, Ren, and Jesse. It was a very nice and relaxing trip. Ellie loved the beach and even swam in the ocean and played 9 holes of golf.
In January we went to Disneyland. Ellie loved all the characters which surprised us. She didn't want to leave. We had fun with Kerri Eich, Boden, and Eric Reiners and got to see Ren, Dad, Molly, and RA at the NAMM show.
In February we went to Iowa. I spent a week in Des Moines working and enjoying the snow storm. Ellie and Kelly flew out a little later. We got to go to Minneapolis to Shelagh's baby shower (she is due two days before me) and see all our old friends. Ellie still loves the "up and downs" (elevators) at Embassy Suites. Every time we got to our floor she ran out screaming, "We did it!"
Ellie is officially in her toddler bed and doing well. She still stays in it all night and wakes up and reads books. We just put a baby gate up in her room so she can still see out but so far she hasn't cried for us to come get her. Let's just hope it lasts!
Other than that she is just growing so fast (2 inches in the last month to be exact). She is definitely a comedian and knows it. She's a great talker and loves to play with her alphabets. Over and over we have to go through the letters and say what they all are!
She is taking ballet lessons and it is so fun to watch! She will resume her music classes next month as well. She is loving having some time with other kids.
Kelly is working hard at his studies. He has gone completely online so no more trips to campus. He is working out the outside of the house and trying to get it looking pretty.
We just got solar put on our house this week and are excited to turn it on. They tested it yesterday and showed us that at 80% we were still paying electricity back to the energy company so we are excited about the lower electricity bills we will have this summer.
I'm working from home now. I am the new Development Director for the Des Moines Social Club and still doing work with the camp (now preparing for its fourth summer). We are settling into a new routine that is great. I'm 25 weeks along so almost in my third trimester. Sorry, no pictures of the baby bump. I can't wait to meet this little guy that we have decided to name Hudson.
Now we are preparing for all my sister in laws to come visit. They will be here this weekend and it should be a lot of fun. Kelly and Ellie are being sent away to Po Po's house!
Hope you all are doing well!
Love,
Sami, Kelly, Ellie
We had Ellie's bday at our house and she had a blast. We couldn't get her to eat or anything because she was having so much fun playing.
We spent Thanksgiving in Phoenix with Po Po, Jesse, Ren, Bobbie, Bucky, and Emily and had a blast. Ellie loves spending time with all of them and its nice to finally have some females around to hang out with!
In February we went to Iowa. I spent a week in Des Moines working and enjoying the snow storm. Ellie and Kelly flew out a little later. We got to go to Minneapolis to Shelagh's baby shower (she is due two days before me) and see all our old friends. Ellie still loves the "up and downs" (elevators) at Embassy Suites. Every time we got to our floor she ran out screaming, "We did it!"
Ellie is officially in her toddler bed and doing well. She still stays in it all night and wakes up and reads books. We just put a baby gate up in her room so she can still see out but so far she hasn't cried for us to come get her. Let's just hope it lasts!
Other than that she is just growing so fast (2 inches in the last month to be exact). She is definitely a comedian and knows it. She's a great talker and loves to play with her alphabets. Over and over we have to go through the letters and say what they all are!
She is taking ballet lessons and it is so fun to watch! She will resume her music classes next month as well. She is loving having some time with other kids.
Kelly is working hard at his studies. He has gone completely online so no more trips to campus. He is working out the outside of the house and trying to get it looking pretty.
We just got solar put on our house this week and are excited to turn it on. They tested it yesterday and showed us that at 80% we were still paying electricity back to the energy company so we are excited about the lower electricity bills we will have this summer.
I'm working from home now. I am the new Development Director for the Des Moines Social Club and still doing work with the camp (now preparing for its fourth summer). We are settling into a new routine that is great. I'm 25 weeks along so almost in my third trimester. Sorry, no pictures of the baby bump. I can't wait to meet this little guy that we have decided to name Hudson.
Now we are preparing for all my sister in laws to come visit. They will be here this weekend and it should be a lot of fun. Kelly and Ellie are being sent away to Po Po's house!
Hope you all are doing well!
Love,
Sami, Kelly, Ellie
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