The Davis Family

Carolyn, happy 8 months! And happy third tooth!

Let me compare the three sisters…. they are so similar and so different!

Anna at 8 months:
Just learned to crawl
Was pulling to stand
Jabbered and jabbered like crazy!
Growing hair on the back of her head
Already a thinker and doer and tell-all-about-it-er

Anna – 8 months

Anna – 8 months

Video:

Margaret at 8 months:
Was crawling really well
Was beginning her career of climbing
Smiler and silly girl
Not growing much hair at all
Made more sound effects and expressions than Anna.

Maggie – 8 months

Maggie – 8 months

Video:
Right before 8 mo –
Right after 8 mo –

Carolyn at 8 months:
A great sitter and will learn to crawl soon, but isn’t yet.
A deliberate speaker – lots of papas and mamas – she isn’t saying words yet, but she sounds an awful lot like Anna or Maggie hollering for us now and then!
Growing hair right on the top
Happy to watch and think… and have things brought to her by her sisters
For what it’s worth – I have a really hard time imagining Carolyn crawling OR standing.

Carolyn – 8 months

Carolyn – 8 months

Video:
coming soon as I take one!

And because this post is missing just one sweet little boy before all kids are accounted for – here is Jordan on trip 1 when he was 2 1/2:

And home just 1 month:

Recently, dancing with Mama:

Our loan is in underwriting – we don’t expect any issues. We expect that to be all approved and ready for closing this week. We’re going to play with the numbers a little to see what we can do with the closing costs the lender conceded to us… hoping to buy some points.

The inspection is finished with the house; all the repairs we requested were completed. Just waiting on a receipt that the chimney was cleaned and inspected. The appraisal came in just fine also. It came in $1500 higher than the sale price of the house…. somebody suggested that might mean the appraiser thinks we got a good deal, because they usually match appraisal to sale price? Hmm. I don’t know. I am pretty confident that the home is not a bad deal, though!

I have the new house all drawn in my little program (Sweet Home 3D) and I’ve been trying to arrange the house. After living in a house with one large living area, I’m finding it an adjustment to organize separate rooms. Glad I can do rearranging on the computer now, because it’s taken multiple arrangements and it’s much better on the computer with no strained backs!

Called utilities and asked them to start up on May 31, the day we’ll be closing. That’s kinda fun! Except that the electric utility warned me that in one month, there was a $450+ electric bill. Really want to avoid that!!!

A potential renter came and walked through our house today. Hope they love it and rent it as soon as we’re out of here so we don’t have to pay rent until our lease is up at the end of July.

Me on Wikkit in 2000 or 2001 at state 4-H Fair. I got a medal in dressage and trail and did well in the rest. It was a high point of my horsie years and this picture makes me miss my old friend and companion Wikkit. I’m really, truly and deeply feeling…. feeling a lot of ressurected hopeful feelings about doing horses again since our new house is two doors down from a nice 4-H arena!

Here is Anna at her homeschool co-op performance, where she was in a short play and also a ballet performance. Watching her in these videos, I’m just so proud and happy I could burst!

Here’s Carolyn eating some sweet potatoes. I keep thinking this video was taken in the old house. There’s a bit of de ja vu going on with darling little girl number 3!

Maggie tells about her bike crash, Anna reads a book and Jordan says goodnight. Love it! (Brian almost said goodnight to Carolyn too, which would have been darling, but Mama in her jammies did not want to be in the shot!)

Pictures! More from the birthday party and just other fun summery stuff.

Bedtime smiles!

Tough little girl

Did you get in a fight with the road?
Yes.
What happened?
I tried to kill it!
Did you win?
No….

Razzie is happy to be outside a little more too!

Sunny days watching the kids… happy!

Jordan liked the sprinkler!

The chickens have decimated the compost heap… it’s gone now.

Kids in boxes. Love.

Anna’s dance routine. MORE CUTE!

My goggles girl!

Anna is Villager 8… she had three lines that she shared with the other Villager 8. CUTE

SUNSHINE!

Wet, wet jeans

The kids were falling asleep, but Jordan’s soups needed to be pureed and put in the freezer. Pureed them on the back porch… that blender is loud!

Pretty baby!

Grammy love!

Dad…. – great minds think alike

Dad’s mom…..

Checking out buttons and necklace

Jordan in a pile of toys!

Great-Grandma cuddles

My eldest daughter. Six big years old!

Pretty, pretty baby.

Carolyn with Great Grandma Joan

Happy birthday! She designed that cake – white cake, mint chips, white frosting, pink decorative frosting, sprinkles and two colors of candles.

Anna made them both beeeeeeeautiful!

Puffin book and puffin cereal! (It was yummy!)

Showing their two personalities!

Pappy time!

Silly girls

Good familiy time.

Great Grandpa loves on Great Grandma’s namesake – Carolyn.

Just a few more pictures from Anna’s birthday party. We’re packing a few boxes and preparing to move. The inspection is finished and the appraisal is done, though we haven’t heard back from it yet. (We don’t expect any hiccups.) I’ve got a list about a mile long of projects to do and things to buy…. most of which will have to wait. Helloooooooo, country living!

Jordan hung out in his box quite a bit; it was a great option for helping him not get overhwhelmed.

Anna loved her gifts! With her gift cards, she bought: A bike horn, a shirt, a notebook, yogurt-covered raisins, and a box of frozen corn dogs. That’s my six-year-old!

Happy sixth birthday, Anna!

Beautiful princess.

Way to go!

This house is full of beauties!

The grandpas took turns helping Maggie ride her bike… Anna went up and down, showing us how fast she is!