2009 Family Portriats

Here we are in our 2009 Family Portrait and boy what a workout it is to say, "smile". Luckily Shauri is such a great photographer http://www.awsnapphoto.com

Almost done!

We are in March and mommy is almost done with this third pregnancy!! We are expecting our newest addition hopefully the last week of March even though she is due on April 6th. I just hope that she can work around April 2nd b/c that is mommy and daddy's anniversary and we really should have a day to ourselves, shouldn't we?

This winter has been good to us but we are ready to get outside and play! The girls are going to Tutor Time 3 times a week and 2 a week to Grandma Davis and Great Grandma Johnson. Emmanuel finished up her soccer class and we are going to sign up for basketball next (soccer again outside in the spring). Is it too much to hope that at least one of my girls plays basketball? Grandpa Johnson is hoping for the next (female) Tiger Woods so we will see.

Be on the look out for the next posting in April because there will be pictures of the new baby!

Enjoy your March Madness.

Soccer and Winter Wonderland

We were very excited to have our first day of soccer on January 10th...the real reason mom had children was to watch them play sports! We got Emmanuel some shorts, a top and some in-door soccer shoes and went out hoping for the best. Emmanuel had been practicing her kicks with her Nintendo Wii and but was surprised when we actually go there (I think she was expecting a large Nintendo game).

She started off strong with her, "red light/green light" sprint game and kicking back and forth between mommy and daddy, but towards the end she was getting a little restless. We were very surprised at how well Jordan did with the soccer ball. She got right out there and kicked it up and down the field...long live PEPE!! We have 8 weeks at High Velocity and then we may sign up for the basketball league. It was so good to see all those young girls out early in the morning playing sports! LONG LIVE WOMEN ATHLETICS.

We got a lot of snow this past week so we took advantage and used Grandma Davis' birthday present (sled) and took the girls out. Daddy was sure to put on 5 layers of Vaseline on their faces. They really enjoy being outside and had a great time being pulled while daddy got his workout in.

Christmas Morning

It was a banner year at the Davis household this Christmas. We had a lot of family in town to help us celebrate the season of love. Uncle Aaron and his family (Monica, Jourdian, Maxwell and Jayla), Aunt Alex (and Carmen), Cousin JoVonn and Grandma Galster all came in from out of town and we had a great time.

The morning of Christmas we woke up to a kitchen set and a "hello kitty" house for the girls, (poor dad was up until 4am putting it all together). Afterwards we went to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson's house to start the day. Grandma Eileen made a wonderful breakfast and the girls got all sorts of fun stuff. Mom got a new video camera and dad got his pancake dispenser (along with other wonderful things).

Afterwards, we head over to Grandma and Grandpa Davis to continue to season of giving. The girls got some cool toys and Emmanuel was very happy with her helmet and Dora scooter. Dad was very happy with his new GPS system and has not stopped playing with it since...even putting in places he already knows how to get to.

Lastly, we went to my aunt Jodie's in Southfield and my good friend Brandi came over. All the grandparents were so happy to see the kids and we were so excited that we saw everyone in one day. The next day mom went to see the movie "doubt" and today we are off to see the "Benjamin so and so" movie. Can someone please get me to the movie, "Milk"? I have been waiting for that one forever!

I finished my book "Middlesex" and thought it was amazing in case you are looking for a new book. Now I am on to the book I gave my mother (she finished in one day), "Wishfully Drinking" by Carrie Fisher. Enjoy your New Year!!

Emmanuel Turns 3

We celebrated Emmanuel's birthday on December 13 at Tutor Time in Saline. We had a great day and Emmanuel LOVED every minute of it. It still amazes me how tired these parties can be so thank goodness they are only once a year.

Emmanuel's birthday is December 24th so we will be celebrating again in a few weeks with family so this Christmas child can NEVER argue that she gets the short end of the stick.

Thank you to those that came to the party...HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy Halloween

We had a blast this Halloween! It was great to see the girls dress up together and Emmanuel got such a kick out of Jordan in costume. Earlier in the week we went to a neighborhood parade and it was too cold to be our 1st choice costumes (Ariel and the fisher(wo)man) so we resorted to the warm Piglet and Pooh (see pictures).

On Halloween we had a parade at school and Emmanuel's friends had great costumes (Bat girl, Dora, Obama). Ariel is completely into Disney Princesses and just felt so pretty in her Ariel costume. I'm not sure who taught her to pose but she thinks she has it down.

John took the girls to a few houses and mom stayed behind dressed as a ghost buster to hand out candy. It was an overall great day and now we are exhausted...and by "we" I mean John and I.

Happy Halloween.

Last week of Summer

The season is officially changing and I do love being in a college town. All the students are back in session and our kids are even going back to daycare (3 days a week).

We got these lovely outfits from our lovely neighbors, Kathy and Phil for Jordan's birthday so we were modeling outside the house.

Not much to write about this week but things are good and we will have much more to share next time.

Enjoy Fall.